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Shigaraki Granite Collaborative Research Group for the Granites around Lake Biwa, 1982

• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceus (72.6 - 68.4 Ma, K-Ar)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Yagyu Granite, Kabuto Granodiorite
• Intruded by: Tanakami Granite

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite, Hornblende-bearing biotite granite, Hornblende-bearing biotite granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Quartz diorite, Tonalite

• Distribution (East - West): ca. 10 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 10 km
• Upper limit: Abut unconformity (Nakasato Gravels and Clays Member, Makiyama Member, Maki Member)

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Mizogaya, Shigaraki town, Koka city, Shiga pref.; Ayama - Hajikino - Shimagahara - Nakaya - Okumura - Suwa, Iga city, Mie pref.; Oshihara - Minamiyamashiro city, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.

• Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Nakano et al. (2003) Geology of the Minakuchi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 83p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)