{"id":23569,"date":"2022-06-21T11:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T02:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/?page_id=23569"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:24:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Japan in 8K -Hokkaido Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark\/\u6d1e\u723a\u6e56\u6709\u73e0\u5c71\u30b8\u30aa\u30d1\u30fc\u30af-\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VMWxwCyO2Js?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-section_ttl u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\"><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-l\">Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A geopark where visitors enjoy nature, culture, food and the awesome power of volcanoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group u-mb-ctrl u-mb-30\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"r-conts\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R4_MapHeader2_E_com.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R4_MapHeader2_E_com.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R4_MapHeader2_E_com-768x77.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"ggmap\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1bcr_CdR1MZV7DeB8ieBlgbH1e7T2vbLQ&amp;ehbc=2E312F\">\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload\" style=\"background-color:rgba(247, 247, 247, 0.4)\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_HPTOP2_com.jpg\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<p class=\"animated fadeInUp slower\">The Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark is a geopark with Lake Toya at its center. Look for the donut shape on a map of Hokkaido. You\u2019ll find a donut-shaped lake (10 km in diameter) in southwestern Hokkaido. This is Lake Toya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60 animated fadeInUp slower delay-200ms\">Surrounded by mountains, the lake resembles a large pot. Approximately 110,000 years ago, an eruption caused a huge depression to form, and the lake formed when the depression filled with precipitation. Such a lake is called a caldera lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-section_ttl u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-xl\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-xl\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60 animated fadeInUp slower\">At the center of Lake Toya is an uninhabited island called Nakajima, which consists of several large and small hills. Nakajima Island was also shaped by repeated eruptions approximately 50,000 years ago. The differently shaped hills are the lava domes that formed when lava pushed up from underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide u-mb-ctrl u-mb-50\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default\">History of Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swiper slider1\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">About 110000 years ago<\/span><br> \nOccurrence of a massive pyroclastic flow<br>Formation of Toya caldera\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time02.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">Lake Toya was formed.<\/span><br> \nIt took a long period of time for the depression to be filled with precipitation.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">About 45000 years ago<\/span><br> \nFormation of Nakajima island(domes)\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time04.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">About 20000-10000 years ago<\/span><br> \nBirth of Mt. Usu stratovolcano\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time05.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">About 10000 years ago<\/span><br>\nPeople around Lake Toya<br>Used stone tools \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time06.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">About 8000 years ago<br>\nCollapse forming debris avalanche deposit<\/span><br> \nMt.Usu lost its summit and entered into a period of dormancy.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time07.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">The Jomon culture thrived<\/span><br>\nVillages and shell mounds were formed. \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/time08.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">The Ainu culture thrived<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1663sss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1663 Reawakening &amp; Large eruption<\/span><br>\nSome casualties.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/thumb_s2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">Around the end of 17th century<\/span><br>\nNo written records,but volcanic deposits found.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1769ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1769 Pyroclastic flow eruption<\/span><br> \nSome houses burned.<br> The birth of Ogariyama cryptodome.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1822ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1822 Major pyroclastic flow eruption<\/span><br>\nThe birth of ko-Usu lava dome.<br>Approx 100 casualties,settlement relocated.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1853ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1853 Pyroclastic flow eruption<\/span><br>\nThe birth of O-Usu lava dome.<br>Residents evacuated. <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1910ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1910 Eruption at the northwestern flank<\/span><br>\nThe birth of Meiji-Shinzan cryptodome.<br>1 casualty from hot lahar.<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1945ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">1943-45 Eruption at the eastern flank<\/span><br>\nThe birth of Showa-Shinzan lava dome. <br>Mimatsu diagram <br>1 casualty from ash fall.<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1977ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\"> 1977-78 Eruption at summit<\/span><br>\nBirth of Usu-Shinzan cryptodome.<br>3 casualties from lahar.\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/2000ss.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ec5a2b; font-weight:500\">2000 Eruption at the western flank<\/span><br>\nThe birth of 2000 Shinzan.<br>No injuries or casualties due to successful evacuation.\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile u-mb-ctrl u-mb-40\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_Kyousei_usu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23606 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"animated fadeInRight slow\">South of Lake Toya is Mt. Usu, an active volcano. Its fumarolic gas, bare rock and awesome traces of eruptions convey the might of the volcano. Mt. Usu has erupted at least nine times since 1663 \u2013 four times in the 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century alone (1910, 1944 \u2013 1945, 1977 \u2013 1978, 2000). Near the summit and the base, visitors can see the many craters that have formed from the repeated eruptions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile u-mb-ctrl u-mb-30\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"animated fadeInLeft slower\">The most notable characteristic of the Toya-Usu Unesco Global Geopark lies in the fact that people have been living in the shadow of this active volcano. From time to time, craters and faults would form in the town and new hills would be created. Eruptions have caused various disasters and have affected people\u2019s lives. To keep the memories of these disasters from fading, buildings and roads damaged by eruptions have been protected as disaster traces, and a walking path has been built to give visitors access to these.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/77iko-1920x1078.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14935 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-top-center\" style=\"min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-17821\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/2000pa.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/2000pa.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/2000pa-520x249.png 520w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/2000pa-768x368.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated fadeInUp slow has-large-font-size\"><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-l\"><strong>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br> The 2000 Eruption<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated fadeInUp slower delay-100ms\">This eruption occurred at the foot of the mountain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated fadeInUp slower delay-200ms\">Despite the proximity to a national route and houses, there were no direct casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated fadeInUp delay-200ms slower\">The early detection of eruption signs made it possible for residents to evacuate beforehand.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-big_icon_hatena animated fadeInDown u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><strong><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-l\">Why have people continued to live in an area where eruptions occur?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-broken\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi1_com.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23647 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi1_com.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi1_com-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group animated slideInRight  has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>There are many springs at the foot of Mt. Usu. Archaeological research has clarified that people have been living here for approximately 10,000 years. The plateaus of volcanic ash around Lake Toya have been used for sunny agricultural fields and orchards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-broken\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group animated slideInLeft  has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Toyako Onsen, a town that was developed after the 1910 eruption, is one of Hokkaido\u2019s most popular hot spring resorts, attracting 700,000 people each year. All of these are blessings of the volcano.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi2_com.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23648 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi2_com.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi2_com-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-broken u-mb-ctrl u-mb-30\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi3_com.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23649 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi3_com.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_megumi3_com-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group animated slideInRight  has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Ocean life is also related to the volcano. A landslide at Mt. Usu approximately 10,000 years ago reached the sea, forming a complex coastline. Crevices between rocks provide habitats for shellfish, crabs, octopuses and other marine creatures. These too are volcanic blessings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light u-mb-ctrl u-mb-0\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-23654\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_akane_web_com.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 51%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 51%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_akane_web_com.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_akane_web_com-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R04_akane_web_com-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center animated zoomIn slow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0069b4;font-size:1.8em\"><span class=\"swl-fz u-fz-l\"><strong>People live here because they\u2019ve benefitted from  these volcanic blessings.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-20 alignfull u-mb-ctrl u-mb-0\" style=\"color:#fff;background-color:#0069b4\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<p class=\"u-mb-ctrl u-mb-30 animated fadeInUp has-medium-font-size\">People in this area will have to keep thinking about how they can live with the volcano. To keep living here, they must prepare for eruption disasters. What distinguishes the area are tours that are guided by people who are knowledgeable about volcanoes and who can talk about natural disasters and disaster mitigation. In light of this, the area has earned high acclaim and has been designated as a UNESCO Global Geopark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-columns u-mb-ctrl u-mb-30\" style=\"--clmn-w--pc:33.33%;--clmn-w--tab:33.33%;--clmn-w--mobile:33.33%\"><div class=\"swell-block-columns__inner\">\n<div class=\"swell-block-column swl-has-mb--s\"><div class=\"wp-block-image u-lb-off\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Blessing_ICON_yoko.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23669\" style=\"width:173px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-column swl-has-mb--s\"><div class=\"wp-block-image u-lb-off\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R03_SDGs_LogoW3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23667\" style=\"width:137px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-column swl-has-mb--s\"><div class=\"wp-block-image u-lb-off\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/R03_DRR_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23668\" style=\"width:138px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60 animated fadeInUp has-medium-font-size\">Taking in views created by the volcano, eating delicious food that owes to volcanic blessings, soaking in a hot spring and thinking of the earth, our home: These are some ways to enjoy the Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark A geopark where visitors enjoy nature, culture, food and the awesome power of volcanoes At the center of Lake Toya is an uninhabited island called Nakajima, which consists of several large and small hills. Nakajima Island was also shaped by repeated eruptions approximately 50,000 years ago. The differently shaped hills are the lava domes that formed when lava pushed up from underground. South of Lake Toya is Mt. Usu, an active volcano. Its fumarolic gas, bare rock and awesome traces of eruptions convey the might of the volcano. Mt. Usu has erupted at least nine times since 1663 \u2013 four times in the 20th&nbsp;century alone (1910, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-23569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23569"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26534,"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23569\/revisions\/26534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toya-usu-geopark.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}