Kyonan Stone (Chiba Prefecture) [Famous Stones of Japan]

KYONAN Stone

Kyonan stone

Boso stone is famous for being extracted from the strata of Chiba Prefecture, but the mine where it is located, Mt. Nokogiri, is currently closed to mining and extraction.
At the site of the former mine, a 30m tall Buddha statue called Hyakushaku Kannon, carved into the rock face in 1960, is enshrined as a prayer for safe travels on land, sea and air.
This Nokogiri stone is mined from the same stratum as Boso stone and has a similar texture, but the stratum is slightly younger and it feels softer and finer-grained than Boso stone.
This is a famous stone extracted from a stratum dating back 2 million years to the Pliocene period of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era.
Two million years ago was the time when the ancestors of the mammals we see today flourished, followed by the Ice Age.

Boshu stone is famous for being extracted from the stratum of Chiba Prefecture, and Mount Nokogiri, where the mine is located, is currently not open for mining or extraction. At the site of the mine, a 30m tall Buddha called Hyakushaku Kannon, carved from the rock surface in 1960, is enshrined as a buddha of safe travels on land, sea and air. similar texture, but the stratum is a little younger and it feels softer and finer than Boshu stone. This Japan stone is extracted from stratum of the Pliocene epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic Era, 2 million years ago. 2 million years ago was the time when the ancestors of the mammals we can see today flourished, and then the ice age began.