Japanese
Trace Fossils on Daimon-zaka Slope（Daimon-zaka-no Seikon Kaseki）
大門坂の生痕化石
There is evidence that the area around Daimon-zaka Slope used to be under the sea.
If you carefully look at stone pavements on Daimon-zaka Slope, there are some stones whose surfaces are elongated and swollen. These are trace fossils, geological records of the activities and behaviors of past life. On these stone pavements, you can find fossilized traces of the burrowing and crawling activities of ragworms, crabs, shrimps, and species closely related to them; from these, it is speculated that the present area around Daimon-zaka Slope used to lie beneath the sea in ancient times.
Information
Municipality
Nachikatsuura Town
Area
Nachisan, Nachi-Katsuura Town
Season / Time zone
Spring Summer Autumn Winter ／
Daytime
Weather conditions
Sunny Cloudy Others
Frequency of appearance
Year-round
Access
Get on the Kumano Kotsu Bus at JR Kii-Katsuura Station or JR Nachi Station and get off at “Daimon-zaka”[大門坂] stop. It is 10 minutes’ walk from the stop.
