Abstract
This study refers to our lack of cognition about the limit of our own presumption ragarding natural disasters as meta-ignorance. It investigated how people tend to suffer from meta-ignorance regarding fire disaster occurred due to earthquake and then examined the effect of disaster simulation to mitigate the meta-ignorance. The result indicated the phenomenon of meta-ignorance: those who underestimate the level of the earthquake fire hazards tend to underestimate the possibility of occurrence of situations exceeding his or her estimation. It was also found that meta-recognition regarding one's own presumption about earthquake fire was associated negatively with the tendency of dependence on government for disaster prevention. Furthermore, it was shown that the presentation of disaster simulation has an effect to reduce the tendency of meta-ignorance.
