Tojinbo

It is a wallpaper photograph of the scenic spot and Tojinbo of Fukui Prefecture

The volcanic rock which is the seashore of the precipitous cliff facing the Sea of Japan in Fukui Sakai Mikuni-cho, and was eroded by the rough sea of the Sea of Japan forms a columnar joint, and Tojinbo is just going to form the with a height [ 25m-30m ] precipitous cliff. Although it can do in the process in which magma gets cold if it is called a columnar joint,The volcanic activity around this Tojinbo is what was made by activity which occurred about 12 million to 13 million years ago, enters into the stratum which magma had deposited before it, appears in a sea surface by the upheaval activities by diastrophism, and is considered to have become a present form in response to erosion by a wave. Moreover, it is said that the feature of the columnar joint made with pyroxene andesite is here, and this is a precious thing in which only three places exist also in the world. So, 1930 (Showa 10) come the scenic spot of a country, and the natural treasure specified by a country here. Moreover, it is also the feature of here Tojinbo that the strong wind from the Sea of Japan blows. Moreover, the Mikuni Sunset beach where a Mikuni fireworks display is held is located immediately in the neighborhood, and the parking lot in Tojinbo is used also as an extraordinary parking lot on the fireworks display day.

Tojinbo	The cliff of a columnar joint	Rough sea of the Sea of Japan	The flower of a wave
Shadow Tojinbo	At a beach	A perpendicular cliff	The origin of a name
Access by car	Access by train	Tojinbo and Japanese pampas grass	The incident which occurred in Tojinbo
If you have no glasses	Sightseeing boat	Glasses are bought and boiled	Twilight in Mikuni