Aso Geoguides
Meet the members of Aso's Geoguide Association!
- Name
- Toshio Yamamoto
- Interests
- Searching for olivine and volcanic glass in lava
- Favorite geosite
- Nakadake Crater, Sunasenri
- Message
- Come experience the movements of the earth!
- Name
- Akachan
- Interests
- How is daily life connected to Aso Volcano?
- Favorite geosite
- Vast volcanic plateaus (harmony between volcanic plateaus and grasslands)
- Message
- I lead relaxed tours where you can enjoy gorgeous, expansive views of the caldera.
- Name
- Isse
- Interests
- Photography
- Favorite geosite
- Takadake
- Message
- Let's enjoy Aso together!
- Name
- Kazetaro
- Interests
- Coexistence with Aso's natural environment
- Favorite geosite
- Mt. Kishimadake, Mt. Eboshi, grasslands
- Message
- Humans are a part of nature. If nature is destroyed, we are destroyed. Whether an ant or a humans, we all share this same earth on its journey through the universe.
- Name
- Yoshihiko Nakashima
- Interests
- The history of the Aso region
- Favorite geosite
- Daikanbo
- Message
- I've seen many places both in and out of Japan, but the magnificent landscape of Aso tops them all!
- Name
- Kiyoshi Sugawara
- Interests
- Photographing Aso's vibrant animal life
- Favorite geosite
- Komezuka (the grandchild volcano of Aso?)
- Message
- Come experience Aso's 1,000-year-old grasslands ? and help them see another 1,000 years.
- Name
- Akemi Hirose
- Interests
- Mountain climbing in Japan and internationally
- Favorite geosite
- Central cone group
- Message
- I've traveled Japan's hundred famous mountains, and more than one hundred World Heritage sites, but Aso is second to none. Come enjoy Aso with me!
- Name
- Ichio Kasano
- Interests
- All of Aso (flowers are my weak point)
- Favorite geosite
- Tateno Gorge
- Message
- Volcanos are the chimneys of the earth.
- Name
- Nobuo Takashima
- Interests
- Grasslands and wildflowers, listening to music
- Favorite geosite
- Milk Road grasslands, Mt. Kishimadake
- Message
- I'd like to share Aso with children, and with the world!
- Name
- Kazuyan
- Interests
- Catastrophic eruptions, landscape photography, easy mountain climbing
- Favorite geosite
- Daikanbo, Minamiaso Spring Group, Tawarayama, Tateno Gorge
- Message
- Behind you, red cattle grazing the grasslands. Before you, the huge caldera. Stand in this landscape, and I promise you will be moved.
