Abstract
The counter measures for preventing tsunami disaster have been targeted to the local inhabitants, therefore the effect of mitigating disaster in the seaside resorts where many tourists visit is not adequate. For early evacuation from tsunami disaster, it is essential that beachgoers have consciousness and knowledge of tsunami. In this study, the questionnaire surveys concerning on the beachgoer's awareness of tsunami disaster were conducted in five seaside resorts where the raid of gigantic tsunami was expected when the Tonankai and Nankai earthquake would be happened near future. As a result, it is found that the disaster prevention education and the counter measures influence in the awareness of tsunami disaster, and that the experience of Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake improves the awareness though it is not tsunami damage.
