{"id":2,"date":"2025-01-08T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T00:51:13","slug":"top-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/fad5a2a11522658c95f6fca25fa933fb.png\" alt=\"\u30b8\u30aa\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u5de1\u56de\u5c55\u300c\u5730\u7403\u6642\u9593\u306e\u65c5\u300d\u65e5\u672c\u5168\u571f\u3092\u5de1\u308b\u3001\u5730\u7403\u306e\u9f13\u52d5\u3092\u611f\u3058\u308b\u65c5\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/sp1en.png\"\/>\n<h2>\n\t\tKey Message\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The landscapes that unfold before our eyes<br \/> and the creatures that live within them,<br \/> and the cultures and traditions we have spun,<br \/> are deeply related<br \/> to the long story of the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>We will unravel the Earth-scaled stories<br \/> that are hidden in our daily lives,<br \/> through rocks and landscapes collected from geoparks across Japan.<\/p>\n<p>See familiar landscapes in a new way!<br \/>Let&#8217;s go on a &#8220;Geoparkian Journey!&#8221;<\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPfWwfxsQ0o?si=pF37TR-QV68YE0kS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>\n\t\tExhibits\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter1\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/5f9b7bee8036cbb9ef1824ffbf8cb206-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sakurajima Radish is grown in the volcanic ash soil of Sakurajima Island (Sakurajima-Kinkowan Geopark \/ Kagoshima Prefecture). The largest ones grow up to 30 kg in weight.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1702\" width=\"2560\" title=\"5f9b7bee8036cbb9ef1824ffbf8cb206-scaled\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter1\/\" title=\"Chapter 1: Stories of the past that shape the present\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tChapter 1: Stories of the past that shape the present\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>\u300cCONNECT with people&#8217;s lives\u300d\u300cCONNECT with creatures\u300d\u300cCONNECT with culture\u300d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter2\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/12057d4a0d2dc1f50a8a0d18fd72c1a8.jpg\" alt=\"Zircon in the granite of Unazuki (Tateyama Kurobe Geopark \/ Toyama Prefecture). Some of it is thought to have been sand grains 3.8 billion years ago.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1440\" width=\"1920\" title=\"12057d4a0d2dc1f50a8a0d18fd72c1a8\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/\/chapter2\/\" title=\"Chapter 2: Various stones that create the landscape in front of us\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tChapter 2: Various stones that create the landscape in front of us\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>\u300cEarth&#8217;s history in a microscopic world?\u300d\u300cWhere the rocks are born\u300d\u300cThe arts of the Earth\u300d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter3\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/5ae5ebac67294ee1dd3abdae513ffc1f-725x500.jpg\" alt=\"Green tuff from Oga Peninsula (Oga Peninsula-Ogata Geopark \/ Akita Prefecture) around 21 million years ago. Parts that were particularly affected by hydrothermal alteration show a bright green color.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"725\" title=\"5ae5ebac67294ee1dd3abdae513ffc1f\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter3\/\" title=\"Chapter 3: The story of the Earth that shaped Japan\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tChapter 3: The story of the Earth that shaped Japan\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>\u300cMemory of the Land\u300d\u300cThe birth of the Japanese archipelago\u300d\u300cThe ever-changing Japanese archipelago\u300d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter4\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/67418902090040c498869905253a69c7-725x500.jpg\" alt=\"Children, creating arts and crafts with marine plastic debris collected on beaches. They realize that items from our daily lives can easily pollute the sea. (Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark \/ Niigata Prefecture)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"725\" title=\"67418902090040c498869905253a69c7\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h3>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/chapter4\/\" title=\"Chapter 4: We in the present, who create the future\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\tChapter 4: We in the present, who create the future\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>\u300cGeological resources that support our lives\u300d\u300cCuisines raised by the land\u300d\u300cConvey to the next generation\u300d<\/p>\n\t<dl>\n<dt>Organized by:<\/dt>\n<dd>Itoigawa Geopark Council and Fossa Magna Museum<\/dd>\n<dt>Co-organized by:<\/dt>\n<dd>Specified Nonprofit Organization Japanese Geoparks Network<\/dd>\n<dt>Supported by:<\/dt>\n<dd>Geological Society of Japan and Paleontological Society of Japan<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bunka.go.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthtime-journey.geopark.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bunka-banner.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>This exhibition is sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in fiscal 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Message The landscapes that unfold before our eyes and the creatures that live within them, and the cultures and traditions we have spun, are deeply related to the long story of the Earth. 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