Annual Report 2016
Geography

Department of Geography
Graduate School and Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences
Tokyo Metropolitan University

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Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Laboratory of Climatology
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Laboratory of Environmental Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2016

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Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

1) Staff
Takehiko SUZUKI

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Volcanology
Masaaki SHIRAIAssociate Professor / D.Sc.

Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology
Daisuke ISHIMURA

Assistant Professor / D.Sc.

Tectonic geomorphology, Quaternary Geology2) Overview of Research Activities
To prospect the futuristic view of environmental changes, our laboratory investigates the history andprocess of surface landform/geological development during the Quaternary period. The followings
are some topics of our studies.
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Reconstruction of geomorphological/geological phenomena during the Quaternary (the last 2–3
million years) with accuracies of 105–101 years

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Study on volcanic products (tephra) and explosive eruption history in and around the JapaneseIslands

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Investigation on production–transport–depositional processes of sedimentary particles

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Study on coastal–deep marine sediment for reconstruction of natural hazard history andinfluence of human activity to natural environment

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Reconstruction of earthquake recurrence interval and fault activity from earthquake/fault
induced landform and sediment

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Investigation on marine/fluvial terraces for reconstruction of landform development and crustal
movement during the last 105 years

3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Peer-reviewed Articles
Suzuki, T., Shirai, M. and Fukushima, T. 2016. Tephrochronology of the Kazusa Group in southern
Kanto Plain, central Japan. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 122: 343-356. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Maruyama, S., Hattori, K., Hirata, T., Suzuki, T. and Danhara, T. 2016. Simultaneous determination1

of 58 major and trace elements in volcanic glass shards from the INTAV sample mount using
femtosecond laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Geochemical Journal
50: 403-422. doi:10.2343/geochemj.2.0436.
McLean, D., Albert, P., Nakagawa, T., Staff, R., Suzuki, T., Suigetsu 2006 Project Members andSmith, V. 2016. Identification of the Changbaishan ‘Millennium’ (B-Tm) eruption deposit in theLake Suigetsu (SG06) sedimentary archive, Japan: Synchronisation of hemispheric-widepalaeoclimate archives. Quaternary Science Reviews 150: 301-307.
Sezaki, S., Kosaka, H., Kagohara, K., Abe, K., Miwa, A., Ikebe, H., Okada, S. Yagi, H., Suzuki, T.
and Imaizumi, T. 2016. Outcrop of the active structure at construction site of Tohoku- Chuo
Expressway, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture, in North East Japan. Journal of the Japan
Society of Engineering Geology 57: 68-79. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Hayashizaki, R., Liu, H. and Sato, S. 2016. Transport–depositional processes of sandgrains in the present Tenryu River to Enshu Coast watershed estimated from OSL intensity. The
Quaternary Research 55: 107-118. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Utsugawa, T., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R., Kameo, K., Niwa, Y. and Shimizu, H. 2017.
Influence of deposition in dam reservoir on the deep marine hemipelagic environment off Niigata,central Japan. Environmental Earth Sciences 76: 107. doi 10.1007/s12665-017-6430-2.
Ishimura, D., Miyauchi, T., Hayase, R., Ohara, K. and Yamaichi, T. 2016. Systematic age gap ofradiocarbon dates between organic bulk sediment samples and fossil samples of animal and plantin Holocene core sediments and their causes. Journal of Geography 125: 243-256. (in Japansesewith English abstract)
Kato, S., Tanigawa, K., Kawashima, M., Ishimura, D. and Okada, A. 2016. Late Holocene Activityof the Hijima Fault of the Yamasaki Fault Zone, Western Japan. Humans and Nature 27: 13-26.
(in Japansese with English abstract)
Toda, S., Kaneda, H., Okada, S., Ishimura, D. and Mildon, Z.K. 2016. Slip-partitioned

surfaceruptures for the Mw 7.0 16 April 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake. Earth, Planets and Space68:188 DOI 10.1186/s40623-016-0560-8.
Kariya, Y., Aoki, K. and Takaoka S. 2016. A middle Holocene wide-spread tephra, Towada-Chuseri,
discovered from a subalpine soil on Mount Aizu-komagatake and the Gassan Volcano, northern
Japan. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki Kenkyu) 55: 237-246. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Tsuchiya, M., Mannnen, K., Kobayashi, M. and Fukuoka, T. 2017. Two Type of Glass Shards within
the Owakidani Tephra Group Deposits, Hakone Volcano: Constraints on Their Sources and Age.
Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan: 62, 23-30. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T., 2016. Correlation of the Middle Pleistocene pyroclastic flow depositsintercalated in the Futami gravel beds, west-central Kyushu, Japan. The Quaternary Research 55:

2211-222. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2016. A review of roundness, a fundamental shape parameter of detrital
particles: history of analysis and analytic prospects. Geographical Review of Japan Series A 89:
329–346. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Suzuki, T. 2016. Frequency and characteristic of volcanic eruption viewed from the standpoint of
Quaternary Sciences. Trends in Sciences 21: 47. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Study and its starting point of Prof. Sohei Kaizuka; landform and tephra in the
Kanto Plain. The Map Center 529: 18-21. (in Japanese)
Books/ Reports/ Book Reviews
Suzuki, T. 2017. D2-4 Development and distribution of volcanoes, D2-5 Classification of volcanoes,
D2-6 Tephra and tephrochronology. In Dictionary of Physical Geography. Tokyo: Asakura
Publishing Co., Ltd., pp.236-241. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2017. Kanto loam In Dictionary of Landforms. Tokyo: Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.,
pp.173. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Book review (Nanayama, F., Nakazato, H., Ooi, S. and Nakashima, R.: Geology of
the Mobara district). Geographical Review of Japan Series B 90: 53-54. (in Japanese)
Yamaoka, K. and Suzuki, T. 2017. Understanding!, Working on! Disaster and Measure 3: Volcano.
Tokyo: Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., 47p. (in Japanese)
Okada, A., Kato, S., Ishimura, D., Yamada, K., Suehiro, M., Yanagida, M. 2016. Evaluation ofactivity of the Iwakuma fault based on the subsurface stratigraphy and chronology at Hatabebasin, northern coast of Lake Biwa. Journal of Geography 125: N115. (in Japansese)
Miscellaneous Reports
Suzuki, T., Shirai, M. and Fukushima, T. 2016. Report of the 123rd JGS: 2016 Sakurajosui,
TOKYO: Excusion J: Tephrochronology of the Kazusa Group in southern Kanto Plain, central
Japan. The Geological Society of Japan News 19: 22. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. and Saito, Y. 2016. Report of International Union for Quaternary Research, XIX
Congress, July 26 to August 2, 2015, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. The Quaternary
Research 55: 119-151. (in Japanese)
Hirouchi, D., Sawa, H., Ishimura, D., Okada, S., Kagohara, K., Goto, H., Sugito, N., Suzuki, Y. andMatsuta, N. 2017. Active Fault Map in Urban Area, Shiroumadake and Omachi, partial revision.
Geographical Survey Institute, D1-No.765. (in Japanese)
Tsutsumi, H., Ishimura, D., Kagohara, K., Kumahara, Y., Chida, N., Nakata, T. 2016. Active Fault

3Map in Urban Area, Kikukawa Fault Zone and its vicinity, Ube. Geographical Survey Institute,
D1-No.745. (in Japanese)
Kagohara, K., Ishimura, D., Sugito, N., Chida, N., Tsutsumi, H., Nakata, T. 2016. Active Fault Map
in Urban Area, Kikukawa Fault Zone and its vicinity, Shimonoseki-Hokubu. Geographical
Survey Institute, D1-No.745. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Suzuki, T., Yamaoka, K., Senda, Y. and Unome, S. 2016. Landform change detected from theairborne laser survey before and after the 2014 Eruption of Ontake Volcano, central Japan.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SVC47-27, May, Chiba. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Suzuki, T., Aoki, T., Maruyama, T. and Saitou, M. 2016. Reexamination of the eruptive age of Late
Pleistocene widespread DKP tephra by using MD01-2421 core collected off the Kashima-Pacificcoast, Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: HQR15-05, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Earthquakes occurred below Tokyo and Tama regions and active fault. Asahi
Culture Center Tachikawa, June, Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Earthquakes occurred below capital area and possibility of Fuji eruption: learningfrom recent studies. Asahi Culture Center Yokohama, July, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Characteristics of natural disasters in the Japanese Islands located in a humid andtectonically active area, education in physical geography and disaster prevention using hazard
maps. 16th Geography Workshop of the Kokushikan University "Consideration of Disaster
Prevention in Geography", July, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Frequency and characteristic of volcanic eruption on million to hundred -year scale
and their impacts. Mass Meeting for Promotion of Disaster Prevention, August, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T., Shirai, M. and Fukushima, T. 2016. Excusion J: Excusion for 123rd Geological Societyof Japan “Tephrochronology of the Kazusa Group in southern Kanto Plain, central Japan”,
September, Tokorozawa, Hino and Inagi, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Recent studies on stratigraphy and chronology of the Kazusa Group beneath theMusashino Upland, south Kanto Plain, Central Japan. Abstracts 2016 the 123 Annual Meeting of
the Geological Society of Japan 35, September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Tephra studies: Recent progress and future perspectives. Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 46: 20, September, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2016. Learning disasters in the Hachioji City: relation between Geology of Tama andvolcano. Hachioji Eco Hiroba, December, Hachioji. (in Japanese)4

Suzuki, T. 2017. Natural disasters in the Tama district and preparation for them. Lectures for
Attractions of Tama, February, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Chigira, M. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Hazard mapping of earthquake-induced landslides of pyroclastic
fall deposits. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: HDS05-01, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Chigira, M. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Prediction of earthquake-induced landslides of pyroclastic fall
deposits. 12th International Symposium on Landslides, June, Naples.
Chigira, M., Suzuki, T., Wang, G. and Tobita, T. 2016. Landslide horizons of the landslides ofpyroclastic fall deposits induced by the 1949 Imaichi earthquake. August, Kochi. (in Japanese)
Chigira, M., Furuki, H., Kasama, T. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Shinseiko-landslide induced by the great
Kanto Earthquake had a sliding surface in the Tokyo Pumice, which is widely distributed in
Kanagawa and Tokyo areas. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: HDS17-04,
May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishihara, T., Suzuki, T., Hongo, M. and Uchida, Y. 2016. Tephras and fossil pollen stratigraphy of
all-cores drilled in the eastern margin of the Aizu basin, Northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: HQR15-P05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Wang, G., Chigira, M. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Post shear behavior of pyroclastic fall deposits andlandsliding phenomena during the 1949 Imaichi earthquake. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2016: HDS05-02, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M. 2016. Journey of sand grains from river to deep marine estimated from bleaching
percentage (BLP) of feldspar grains. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2016 Meeting:
SST53-06, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M. 2016. Mountain, river and slopes: geologic and geomorphologic processes around theHamura City. The 2nd special lecture associated with compilation of the History of the Hamura
City. November, Hamura. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Utsugawa, T., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R., Kato, Y. and Ashi J. 2017. Decrease in MARof hemipelagic sediment core obtained from off Enshu coast during the mid-20th century.
Abstracts for Annual Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 2017: 19-20, March,
Matsumoto. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D., Toda, S., Mukoyama, S. and Homma, S. 2016. Surface rupture and coseismic
deformation associated with the 2014 Nagano-ken-hokubu earthquake revealed from differential
LiDAR analysis. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SSS31-17, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. and Toda, S. 2016. Distribution of liquefactions and sand volcanoes in Aso Caldera,
associated with the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2016: MIS34-P88, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)5

Ishimura, D. 2016. High-precision age estimation of tsunami deposits in Koyadori, Yamada Town,
northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: MIS11-01, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. and Miyauchi, T. 2016. Tsunami deposits and preservation potential of them in Onuma,
Minami-Sanriku Town, northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016:
MIS11-P07, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D., Toda, S., Mukoyama, S., Homma, S. and Yamaguchi, K. 2017. Detailed locations ofsurface ruptures and coseismic deformation revealed from differential LiDAR analysis - An
example of the 2014 Nagano-ken-hokubu earthquake –. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 91: 435, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)Niwa, Y., Toda, S., Ishimura, D., Mori, Y. and Omata, M. 2016. Vertical slip rate estimated fromyoung lacustrine sediment core samples across the Kamishiro fault, Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic
Line, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SSS31-15, May, Chiba.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Toda, S., Ishimura, D., Okumura, K., Niwa, Y., Mori, Y., Omata, M. and Yamasaki, M. 2016. Trench
excavation survey across the 2014 rupture zone along Kamishiro fault, Itoigawa-Shizuoka
Tectonic Line. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SSS31-16, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Kumahara, K., Goto, H., Nakata, T., Ishiguro, S., Ishimura, D., Ishiyama, T., Okada, S., Kagohara,K., Kashihara, S., Kaneda, H., Sugito, N., Suzuki, Y., Takenami, D., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, T.,
Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Hirouchi, D., Matsuta, N., Mita, T., Moriki, H., Yoshida, H. and Watanabe,
M. 2016. Distribution of surface rupture associated the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake and its
significance. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: MIS34-05, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Goto, H., Kumahara, K., Nakata, T., Ishiguro, S., Ishimura, D., Ishiyama, T., Okada, S., Kagohara,K., Kashihara, S., Kaneda, H., Sugito, N., Suzuki, Y., Takenami, D., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, T.,
Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Hirouchi, D., Matsuta, N., Mita, T., Moriki, H., Yoshida, H. and Watanabe,
M. 2016. Surface Fault Ruptures of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: MIS34-P44, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Toda, S., Kaneda, H., Okada, S. and Ishimura, D. 2016. Slip-partitioned surface ruptures for the Mw
7.0 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016:
MIS34-P48, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Miyazaki, M and Ishimura D. 2016. Crustal movements on the northern Sanriku coast based on thelast interglacial marine terraces. Programme and abstracts JSAF 2016 Fall Meeting: 28-29,
October, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Kato, S., Okada, A. and Ishimura, D. 2016. Late Pleistocene activity of the concealed active fault in6the Hatabe basin north of Lake Biwa, Central Japan. Programme and abstracts JSAF 2016 Fall
Meeting: 68, October, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Hirouchi, D., Matsuta, N., Yasue, K., Takeshita, Y., Doke, R., Sato, Y., Ishimura, D., Ishiyama, T.,
Sugito, N., Shiono, T., Taniguchi, K., Sawa, H., Watanabe, M., Suzuki, Y. and Research Group for
Kamishiro Fault 2017. Faulting event of the Northern part of Kamishiro fault, ISTL active fault
zone, central Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 91: P021, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Toda, S., Kaneda, H., Okada, S., Ishimura, D. and Mildon, Z.K. 2016. Slip-partitioned surface
ruptures for the Mw 7.0 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake. Abstracts of AGU 2016 Fall
Meeting: S52C-04, December, San Francisco, USA.
Goto, H., Kumahara, Y., Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Ishimura, D., Okada, S., Nakata, T., Kagohara, K.,
Kaneda, H., Suzuki, Y., Watanabe, M., Tsumura, S., Matsuta, N., Ishiyama, T., Sugito, N.,
Hirouchi, D., Ishiguro, S., Yoshida, H., Tanaka, K., Takenami, D., Kashihara, S., Tanaka, T. andMoriki, H. 2016. Distribution of surface rupture associated the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake andits significance. Abstracts of AGU 2016 Fall Meeting: T14A-01, December, San Francisco, USA.
Tamura, I. 2016. When did the Tateyama mountain range rise? ‐Natural history of Toyama by
the tephrochronology‐．Relay Meeting of the Tateyama Kurobe Geo Park. June, Toyama. (inJapanese)
Tamura, I., Hoshi, H. and Matsuo, T. 2016. The accuracy and possibility of Miocene tephra
correlation．Abstracts of the 123nd Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan : 216,
September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I., Mizuno, K., Ito, D., Mori, Y. and Usami, T. 2016. Tephrocronology of the Tokai Group in
Hokuse area, Mie Prefecture. Programme and Abstracts of Japan Association for Quaternary
Research 46 : 62, September, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Tokuyasu, K., Tamura, I., Komatsu, T. and Yasue, K．2016．Quartz OSL ages and marker tephra offluvial terrace sediments along the middle part of the Kiso River. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2016 : STT53 - P04 , May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tokuyasu, K., Yasue, K., Komatsu, T., Tamura, I. and Horiuchi, Y. 2016．Geosphere Stability Project(3) Provenance analysis techniques. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 :HCG025-P03, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suguyama, K., Takagi, H., Tamura, I., Kitazawa, N. and Kawamoto, K. 2016．Post Paleogene brittle
deformations along the Median tectonic Line, Chubu district. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2016 : SGL37-P12, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoki K. 2017. Japanese volcanic eruptions as shown by the northwestern Pacific seabed sediment.
MFRI International Symposium 2016 -Deciphering volcanic eruption history from lake sediment-,
Abstracts: 6, January, Fujiyoshida. (in Japanese)7

Aoki K. and Suzuki T. 2016 Identification of Nantaisan Shichihon-sakura/Imaichi tephra (Nt-S/I) in
the sediment core MD01-2421 collected off the Kashima coast, Japan. Abstract of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting: HQR15-04, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoki., K. 2016. Tephrostratigraphy of middle to late Quaternary pelagic sediment off the Kuril
islands. Programme and abstracts, 2016 Meeting of Japan Association for Quaternary Research
46: 42, September, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Oikawa, T., Takarada, S., Tomiya, A., Geshi, N., Hoshizumi, H., Kawanabe, Y., Furukawa, R.,
Ishizuka, Y., Tsuchiya, S. and Kobayashi, M. 2016. Sequence of Japanise Plinian and sub-Plinian
eruptions. Programme and Abstracts, the Volcanological Society of Japan, 2016 Fall Meeting:152, October, Fujiyoshida. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Maejima, Y. and Tokita, K. 2017. Applicability evaluation of the drone-mounted
thermal infrared camera to geothermal monitoring at Sumikawa site, Akita Prefecture. Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SVC47-P03, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kawai, T. 2016. Re-examination of geomorphic chronology of Middle Pleistocene based on
tephrostratigrphy around the drainage of the Natori River, Miyagi Prefecture, Northeast Japan.
Programme and Abstracts of the General Meeting of Japan Association for Quaternary Research
46: 74, September, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Hayashizaki, R. and Shirai, M. 2016. Potential and problems of K-feldspar optically stimulated
luminescence dating of tsunami deposits. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016:
STT53-05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shibayama, A. and Nishizawa, F. 2016. Examination of earthquake disaster prevention education
method in school education - Example of teaching practice at the Third Senior High School of
Nihon University -. Proceedings of the 18th Conference Japan Society for Disaster Information
Studies: 188-189, October, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2016. Fluvial breaking and abrasion mechanisms acting upon gravel–
sand grains utilizing the difference of grain lithology. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2016: HGM14-P07, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2017. Characteristics of rock type−grain size−shape of clastic sediments
during producing−transport processes in the watershed of Watarase River. Abstracts for Annual
Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 2017: 11–12, March, Matsumoto. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. Several topics of roundness. Talk and Talk in Sedimentology: Reviews of grain sizeand shape. Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 2017. March, Matsumoto. (inJapanese)
Yamada, M., Kawai, T., Saito, H., Kasahara, A., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Stratigraphicalstudy on the Middle Pleistocene pyroclastic flow deposits, northern Tochigi and southern
Fukushima Prefectures and the eruptive history of Takahara volcano. Abstracts of Japan8

Geoscience Union Meeting 2015: SVC48-P07, May Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nanri, S. and Suzuki, T. 2016. Two eruptive events occurred around 40 ka at the Akagi volcano in
North Kanto, NE Japan: Eruptions of the Akagi-Kanuma and Akagi-Shimizu Lithic Tephras.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: SVC48-10, May, Chiba. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Matsuyama, H., Izumi, T., Sakai, K. and Nanri, S. 2016. Estimation of snow depth distribution byusing UAV-SfM method as evaluated by in situ snow probe measurements－A case study aroundMt. Makihata, Niigata Prefecture－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2016 Fall Meeting 90: 85, September, Sendai (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H., Izumi, T., Sakai, K. and Nanri, S. 2016. Estimation of snow depth distribution byusing UAV-SfM method as evaluated by in situ snow probe measurements－A case study aroundMt. Makihata, Niigata Prefecture－. Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSISDAYS 2016: 9, November, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Kato, Y. and Shirai, M. 2016. Depositional system of the early Pleistocene Inagi Formation, Kazusa
Group in the northwest Tama Hills, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2016
Meeting: HQR15-P10, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yamada, M., Kawai, T., Saito, S., Kasahara, A., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. Stratigraphical study on
the Middle Pleistocene pyroclastic flow deposits, northern Tochigi and southern Fukushima
Prefectures and the eruptive history of Takahara volcano. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2016: SVC48-07, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Okumura, N. 2017. Shape characteristics of river bed gravels suitable to juggling performance. The
65th Meeting of Graduation Thesis of Geography 2017, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)92. Laboratory of Climatology

1) Staff
Jun MATSUMOTO

Professor / D.Sc

Monsoon Climatology, Environmental Climatology
Hideo TAKAHASHI

Professor / D.Sc.

Urban Climatology, Climatic Change, Rainfall Climatology
Fumiaki FUJIBE

Project Professor / D.Sc.

Urban Climatology, Environmental Climatology
Jun-Ichi HAMADA

Project Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Tropical Climatology, Meteorilogical Observation
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Climate System Study, Cloud-Precipitation Climatology, Regional Climate Modeling
Tomoshige INOUE

Project Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Monsoon Climatology, Climate Change, Global Warming
Masato NOZU

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)

Tropical climatology, Satellite Meteorology
Yoshihito SETO

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Climatology, Local Climatology, Statistical Analysis2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory investigates climate system on the earth in various temporal-spatial scales. In
particular, we focus on climate changes due both to natural and anthropogenic causes, for example,
processes of heat island and heavy rainfall events over and around urban regions, and influences ofland-use changes and deforestation on regional climates. We also investigate diurnal, intra-seasonal,
and inter-annual variabilities and long-term changes of climate, in particular, rainfall activities in the
Asian monsoon region, and influences of global warming on regional climates (future projection).

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We apply three major methods, observation (monitoring), data-analysis of various global andregional datasets, and numerical modeling for investigating above-mentioned topics.
1)

Climate changes and climate variability over Japan and around the world

2)

Variability and seasonal changes of regional climate over Asian monsoon region

3)

Observational study on formation processes of urban heat island, detailed structure of urban
boundary layer, and elucidation of urban effects on short duration intense rainfall

4)

Impacts of land-surface conditions and changes on cloud and precipitation activities, inparticular, in the tropics

5)

Reconstruction of past climate during the historical period in Japan and in East Asia

3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J., Wu, P.-M., Hattori, M., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D.,
Ogino, S.Y., Hamada, J.-I., Syamusdin, F., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H.,
Kamahori, H., Kamiguchi, K. and Harada, Y. 2017. An overview of the Asian Monsoon Years
2007–2012 (AMY) and multi-scale interactions in the extreme rainfall events over the Indonesian
Maritime Continent. In C.P. Chang et al. eds. The Global Monsoon System: Research andForecast, (3rd ed.), 365-385, doi: 10.1142/9789813200913_0029.
Chen, T.-C., Tsay, J.-D., Matsumoto, J. and Alpert, J. 2017. Forecast advisory for the cold-season
heavy rainfall/flood event developed from multiple interactions of the cold surge vortex with cold
surge flows in the South China Sea. Weather and Forecasting, doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-16-0148.1
Chen, T.-C., Tsay, J.-D., Matsumoto, J. and Alpert, J. 2017. Impact of the summer monsoon
westerlies on the South China Sea tropical cyclone genesis in May. Weather and Forecasting,doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-16-0189.1
Hattori, M., Yamazaki, A., Ogino, S.Y., Wu P.-M. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. Impact of the radiosonde
observations of cold surge over the Philippine Sea on the tropical region and the Southern
Hemisphere in December 2012. SOLA 13: 19−24, doi:10.2151/sola.2017- 004.
Kiguchi, M., Matsumoto, J., Oki, T. and Kanae, S. 2016. Pre-monsoon rain and its relationship withmonsoon onset over the Indochina Peninsula. Frontiers in Earth Science 4: 42, doi:
10.3389/feart.2016.00042.
Nguyen-Xuan, T., Ngo-Duc, T., Kamimera, H., Trinh-Tuan, L., Matsumoto, J., Inoue T. andPhan-Van, T. 2016. The Vietnam Gridded Precipitation (VnGP) Dataset: construction andvalidation. SOLA 12: 291-296, doi:10.2151/sola.2016-057.

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Suzuki, H., Nakakita, E. and Takahashi, H. 2017. Accuracy of radar-raingauge analyzed
precipitation: Analysis in Kanto, Koshin-etsu, and Tohoku regions. Annual Journal of HydraulicEngineering 73(4): I_13-I_18. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takahashi, H.G. 2016. Seasonal and diurnal variations in rainfall characteristics over the tropicalAsian monsoon region using TRMM-PR data. SOLA 12A: 22–27, doi:10.2151/sola.12A-005.
Ono, M. and Takahashi, H.G. 2016. Seasonal transition of precipitation characteristics associatedwith land surface conditions in and around Bangladesh. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmosphere 121: 11, 190–11, 200, doi:10.1002/2016JD025218.
Sugimoto, S. and Takahashi, H.G. 2016. Effect of spatial resolution and cumulus parameterization
on simulated precipitation over South Asia. SOLA 12A: 7–12, doi:10.2151/sola.12A-002.
Sugimoto, S. and Takahashi, H.G. 2017. Seasonal differences in precipitation sensitivity to soil
moisture in Bangladesh and surrounding regions. Journal of Climate 30: 921–938,
doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0800.1.
Adachi, S.A., Kimura, F., Takahashi, H.G., Hara, M., Ma, X. and Tomita, H. 2016. Impact ofhigh-resolution sea surface temperature and urban data on estimations of surface air temperature
in a regional climate. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere 121: 10, 486–10, 504,
doi:10.1002/2016JD024961.
Fujibe, F. 2016: Annual variation of extreme precipitation intensity in Japan: Assessment of thevalidity of Clausius-Clapeyron scaling in seasonal change. SOLA 12: 106-110.
Fujibe, F. 2016. Long-term variations in cold mortality and winter temperature in Japan. Tenki 63:
469-476. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shido, F., Seino, N., Yamamoto, A., Fujibe, F. and Aoyagi, T. 2016. An observational study on theinfluence of wind ventilation changes on surface air temperature induced by nearby plants andartificial structures. Proceedings of 24th National Symposium on Wind Engineering: 91-96. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Ngo-Duc, T., Tangang, F.T., Santisirisomboon, J., Cruz, F., Trinh-Tuan, L., Nguyen-Xuan, T.,
Phan-Van, T., Juneng, L., Narisma, G., Singhruck, P. and Gunawan, D. 2016. Performance
evaluation of RegCM4 in simulating extreme rainfall and temperature indices over the
CORDEX-Southeast Asia region. International Journal of Climatology 37: 1634-1647, doi:
10.1002/joc.4803
Other Articles
Matsumoto, J . 2017. Climatic divisions in Japan. In Koike, K., Yamashita, S., Iwata, S., Urushibara,K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K., Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa, S. eds. Encyclopedia of
Physical Geography, Asakura-shoten: 138-139. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Oki, T., Yamanaka M. D., Hayashi, T. and Asanuma, J. 2016. 10 years of MAHASRI:

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Accomplishments and the international science conference wrap-up. GEWEX NEWS 26(4):10-15.
Hosoda, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. Environment of continents. In Koike, K., Yamashita, S., Iwata,
S., Urushibara, K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K., Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa, S. eds.
Encyclopedia of Physical Geography, Asakura-shoten: 434-435. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2017. Multiformity of urban surface and spatial scale of urban climate phenomena.
Chiri 62(2): 32-39. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2017. Monsoon circulation and wet/dry seasons, In Koike, K., Yamashita, S., Iwata, S.,
Urushibara, K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K., Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa, S. eds.:
Encyclopedia of Physical Geography. Asakura-shoten: 66-67. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2017. Systems of front, Baiu front and autumnal rain front. In Koike, K., Yamashita,
S., Iwata, S., Urushibara, K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K., Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa,S. eds.: Encyclopedia of Physical Geography. Asakura-shoten: 80-83. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2017. Changes in climatic environment by urbanization. In Koike, K., Yamashita, S.,
Iwata, S., Urushibara, K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K., Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa, S.
eds.: Encyclopedia of Physical Geography. Asakura-shoten: 100-103. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. 2017. Problems of data homogeneity in urban warming evaluation. Chiri 62(2): 40-47. (inJapanese)
Dado, J.M. and Takahashi, H.G. 2016. Effect of spatial resolution on simulated rainfall over western
Philippines. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 52: 1-9.
Books
Matsumoto, J., Tsuboki, K., Kubo, S., Umitsu, M. and Sekine, M. 2017. Understand! Tackle!
Disasterand Its Prevension 4 Heavy Rainfall, Typhoon. Teikoku-shoin, 54p. (in Japanese)
Koike, K., Yamashita, S., Iwata, S., Urushibara, K., Koizumi, T., Tase, N., Matsukura, K.,
Matsumoto, J. and Yamakawa, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Physical Geography, Asakura-Shoten:
465p. (in Japanese)
Reports
Takahashi, H. and Suzuki, H. (eds.) 2017. Researches on the spatial structures of heavy rainfall andstrong winds in Shonai Plain. 2016 Joint Research Report of Tokyo Metropolitan University andResearch & Development Center of JR East Group, 48p. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
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Miscellaneous Reports
Kumamoto, M., Hamagami, T., Iijima, S., Otsauka, M. and Fujibe, F. 2017. Long-term temperature
variation at the Karuizawa Observatory and the change of surrounding environments. Tenki 64:
181-184. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Matsumoto, J. 2016. Overview of MAHASRI and some problems on the onset of summer monsoon
in Nepal. NAST-DHM-TMU Joint Workshop on "Contemporary Issues on Hydro-meteorologicalResearches and Services in Nepal", Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, August,Kathmandu, Nepal.
Matsumoto, J. 2016. Monsoon climate. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016
Autumn Meeting 110: 301, October, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2017. Onset of summer monsoon in Bangladesh and Nepal. International Workshop
for Climate Variability and Related Studies over North East Indian Subcontinent. February,
Nagoya.
Matsumoto, J., Zaiki, M., Mikami, T. and Kobayashi, S. 2017. Investigation of climate change in
Asia through climate data rescue. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 54, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, H., Endo, N., Hirano, J., Akasaka, I., Zaiki,
M., Hamada, J.I., Inoue, T., Hayashi, T. and Terao, T. 2016. Data rescue activities in Japan.
ACRE CHINA Workshop: Recovery, Digitization and Analysis of Pre-mid-20th Century Climate
Observational Data in East Asia. August, Beijing, China.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Endo, N., Akasaka, I., Hirano, J., Mikami, T., Zaiki, M., Nishina, J.,
Hamada, J.-I., Inoue, T., Hayashi, T. and Terao, T. 2017. Japanese rainfall data rescue activities
in monsoon Asia. The ACRE-China WorkshopⅡ, March, Hong Kong, China.
Matsumoto, J., Hamada, J.-I., Inoue, T., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, H., Mikami, T., Zaiki, M.,
Kubota, H., Endo, N., Hirano, J., Tsumura, K., Nyomura, Y., Nishina, J., Ishii, M. and Akasaka, I.
2016. Data rescue activities in Japan. The 9th ACRE Workshop and Historical Weather andClimate Data Forum, June, Maynooth, Ireland. (Poster)
Akasaka, I., Zaiki, M., Kubota, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. Characteristics of seasonal march of
rfainfall in Manila for the late 19th century – the early 20th century. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 298, March,
Tsukuba. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Fukushima, A., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Kiguchi, M., Yamane, Y., Tanoue M. andMatsumoto, J. 2017. Rainfall characteristics of Assam, India – Comparison of the rain-gauge
observation data and the gridded data (IMD4) -. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the14

Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91:301, March, Tsukuba. (inJapanese) (Poster)
Hattori, M., Yamazaki, A., Ogino, S.Y., Wu, P.-M. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. The impact of theradiosonde observations of cold surge over the Philippine Sea in December 2012. RIKENInternational Symposium on Data Assimilation, March, Kobe.
Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. Data rescue of precipitation observations in Meiji
and Taisho periods in Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 304，March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Kubota, H, Matsumoto J., Zaiki, M., Ishii, M., Kumazawa, R., Fudeyasu, H., Mikami, T., Hamada,J.-I., Inoue, T., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, H. and Akasaka, I. 2016 Japan Climate Data Project(JCDP) - Data rescue of tropical cyclone landfall in Japan. The 9th ACRE workshop andHistorical Weather and Climate Data Forum, June, Maynooth, Ireland.
Kubota, H., Matsumoto J., Zaiki, M., Ishii, M., Kumazawa, R., Fudeyasu, H. and Akasaka, I. 2016
Japan Climate Data Project (JCDP) -Data rescue of weather station and tropical cyclone trackdata along the coast of East and Southeast. ACRE CHINA Workshop: Recovery, Digitization andAnalysis of Pre-mid-20th Century Climate Observational Data in East Asia. August, Beijing,
China.
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Mikami T., Zaiki, M., Tsukahara, T., Akasaka, I., Endo, N., Hamada,J.-I., Inoue T., Allan, R. and Williamson, F. 2017. Data rescue in East and Southeast Asia.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring
Meeting 91: 55, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Murata, F., Terao, T., Fujinami, H., Hayashi, T., Asada, H. and Matsumoto, J., 2016. Observational
study over north eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. Workshop on Global Precipitation
Systems, October, Yokohama.
Murata, F., Terao, T., Fujinami, H., Hayashi, T., Asada, H. and Matsumoto, J., 2017. Long-term data
analysis of rainfall at Cherrapunji, India. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Associationof Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 300，March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Murata, F., Terao, T., Hayashi, T., Asada, H., Matsumoto, J. and Syiemlieh, H.J. 2016.
Characteristics of active periods at Cherrapunji, India. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2016 Spring Meeting 109: 256, May, Shibuya. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S.Y., Yamanaka, M.D., Mori, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2016. Climatology of coastal
precipitation in the tropics. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Spring
Meeting 109: 323, May, Shibuya. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S.Y., Yamanaka, M.D., Mori, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2016. How much is the precipitation
amount over the tropical coastal region? Tropical Meteorology Workshop, September, Kyoto.

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Ogino, S.Y., Fujiwara, M., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Nodzu, M.I., Matsumoto, J., Hoang, G.H., Witte,
J.C. and Thompson, A. M. 2016. Studies on ozone variations revealed by the ozonesonde
observations in Hanoi. Vietnam Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, September, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom.
Terao, T., Murata, F., Yamane, Y., Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Tanoue M., Hayashi, T. andMatsumoto, J. 2017. Analysis of climatic change in rainfall characteristics over the northeastern
Indian subcontinent using daily rainfall dataset compiled by British India. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91:56, March,
Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Yamanaka, M. D., Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Matsumoto, J. and Syamsudin,
F. 2016. Indonesian coastlines controlling global climate. Proceedings of the International
Seminar on Sustainable Utilization of Coastal Resources in Tropical Zone (Invited), October,
Bengkulu, Indonesia
Yamashita, K., Kubono, Y., Takahashi, Y., Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J. and Watanabe, S. 2016.
Study on early detection of thunderstorm based on electromagnetic measurement in ELF-VLF
band. Abstract of the Institute of Systems, Controls and Information Engineers, May, Kyoto. (inJapanese) (in Japanese)
Yokoyama, T., Sugimoto, S., Matsumoto, J. 2016. Precipitation systems generated over the Tibetan
Plateau and synoptic scale circulation field accompanied by its eastward propagation.
International Workshop on Land Surface Multi-spheres Processes of Tibetan Plateau, August,Xining, China.
Takahashi, H, 2016. Heat island and land/sea-breezes of Tokyo metropolitan area. Lecture for Risuu
Academy at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji Senior High School･Junior High School. August,Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H, 2016. Let’s investigate urban and regional climate/weather using meteorologicalobservation data. Saturday Lecture for Risuu Academy at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji
Senior High School･Junior High School. September, Nakano. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2016. What urban climatological phenomena do we try to understand from fieldobservations in the Tokyo metropolitan area? Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2016 Autumn Meeting 90: 16, October, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Takahashi, H., Shimizu, S., Yamato, H., Seto, Y., Yokoyama, H. and Mikami, T. 2016. Nocturnal
temperature distribution under fine and weak wind conditions based on spatially high density
observation data in the Tokyo metropolitan area: Features in winter (Invited paper). Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: A-AS13-06, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, H., Nakakita, E. and Takahashi, H. 2017. Accuracy of radar-raingauge analyzed

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precipitation: Analysis in Kanto, Koshin-etsu, and Tohoku regions. The 61st Annual Meeting of
Hydraulic Engineering (CD-ROM), March, Fukuoka. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Fujibe, F. 2016. Long-term change of lightning mortality and its relation to annual thunder days inJapan. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Spring Meeting 109: 114, May,
Shibuya. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. 2016. Problems of data homogeneity in urban warming evaluation. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 90: 20, October, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Kamahori, H. 2017. On the digitization of the JMA precipitation data.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring
Meeting 91: 57, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2016. Relationship between heat mortality and temperature
distribution in the Tokyo ward area: Analysis for the 2013 summer. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Autumn Meeting 110: 278, October, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Shido, F., Seino, N., Aoyagi, T., Yamamoto, A. and Fujibe, F. 2016. Relationship between
temperature distribution and wind speed in the Otemachi observation field in Tokyo. Abstracts of
the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Spring Meeting 109: 190, May, Shibuya (in Japanese)
Shido, F., Yamamoto, A., Aoyagi, T., Seino, N. and Fujibe, F. 2016. An observational study of theinfluence of nearby plants and artificial structures on the surface air temperature. WMO TechnicalConference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation,
P1(33), September, Madrid, Spain.
Hamada, J.-I., Lestari, S., Syamsudin, F., Hassan, S., Matsumoto, J. and Yamanaka, M.D. 2016.
Trends and interannual variations of rainfall over the Indonesian maritime continent. Abstract of
the Japan Geosciences Union meeting 2016: ACG07-P01, May, Chiba. (Poster)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Haryoko, U., Syamsudin, F. and Yamanaka, M.D. 2017. Long-termmonsoon rainfall variations in Jakarta (Batavia) during the past 150 years. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 297，
March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese) (Poster)Mori, S., Wu, P., Yamanaka, M. D., Hamada, J.-I., Arbain, A. A., Lestari, S., Sulistyowati, R. andSyamsudin, F. 2016. Lightning climatology over Jakarta, Indonesia, based on long-term surface
operational, satellite, and campaign observations. Abstract of the European Geosciences Union
General Assembly 2016: NH1.2/AS1.6/SSS2.25, April, Vienna, Austria.
Takahashi, H.G. and Sugimoto, S. 2017. Impact of soil moisture over the tropical Asian monsoon
region on rainfall characteristics around the summer monsoon onset. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 190, March,
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Takahashi, H.G., Adachi, S. and Sato, T. 2016. Impact of sea surface temperature over the Kuroshio
on interannual variation of regional climate over the Pacific Coast of Japan in summer.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 90: 173,
October, Sendai. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Takahashi, H.G., Adachi, S. and Sato, T. 2016. Impact of sea surface temperature over the Kuroshio
on interannual variation of regional climate over the Pacific Coast of Japan in summer: Regional
H2O Greenhouse Gas Effect. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Autumn
Meeting 110: 372, October, Nagoya. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Inoue T. and Matsumoto, J. 2016. Seasonal marches and their long-term variations of precipitation inIndia. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Autumn Meeting 110: 255, October,
Nagoya. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Inoue T. and Matsumoto, J. 2017. A regional division based on seasonal marches of precipitation andlong-term variations of precipitation in India．Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 299, March, Tsukuba. (inJapanese) (Poster)Ueda, H., Kamae Y., Inoue T. and Ushigami N. 2016. Response of the Asian summer and wintermonsoon to the recent La Niña-like SST with and without Indian Ocean warming. The 2016
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting: A21N-07, December, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Nodzu, M.I., Ogino, S.Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2016. Thermal budget analysis on generation of dual
inversion layers in winter over the northwestern coastal region of the South China Sea. Abstractsof the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Autumn Meeting 110: 452, October, Nagoya.
Seto, Y., Takahashi, H., Sakaida, K., Sawada, Y., Mikami, T. and Yokoyama, H. 2016. Frequency
distribution of raindrop size observed by an optical disdrometer during heavy rainfall in Tokyo.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: AAS13-P11, May, Chiba. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract) (Poster)Oka, A., Takahashi, H., Nakajima, K. and Suzuki, H. 2017. The summertime heavy rainfall
characteristics around Tokyo metropolitan area using spatially high density observation data.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring
Meeting 91: 313, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese) (Poster)Dado, J.M. and Takahashi, H.G. 2016. Potential impact of sea surface temperature on rainfall over
the western Philippines. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, A13F-0351,
December, San Francisco, U.S.A. (Poster)
Nakajima, K., Takahashi, H. and Yokoyama, H. 2016. Characteristics of nocturnal vertical potential
temperature in clear and weak wind days using temperature data at Tokyo Tower. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Spring Meeting 109: 100, May, Shibuya. (in Japanese)(Poster)18

Nakajima, K., Takahashi, H. and Yokoyama, H. 2016. Characteristics of nocturnal vertical potential
temperature in clear and weak wind days over the Tokyo urban area. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2016 Autumn Meeting 90: 131, October,
Sendai. (in Japanese)
Trinh‐Tuan, L., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo Duc, T. 2016. Evaluation on satellite precipitation products
CMORPH, GSMaP, PERSIANN and TRMM over the Central of Vietnam. The 8th IPWG and5th IWSSM Joint Workshop Abstracts, October, Bologna, Italy.
Trinh Tuan, L., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo Duc, T. 2016. Trends in rainfall characteristics over Vietnam.
Workshop on Global Precipitation System 2016: Diversity and Future Outlook of Weather andClimate Models, November, Yokohama. (Poster)
Abiko, S., Takahashi, H.G. and Matsumoto, J. 2016. The relationship between snow depth in Japanand atmospheric environment, and its interannual variations. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2016 Autumn Meeting 110: 258, October, Nagoya. (in Japanese) (Poster)Takasugi, K., Takahashi, H., Fujiwara, C. and Suzuki, H. 2017. Spatial structure of local strong wind
Kiyokawa-dashi in Shonai Plain, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Abstracts, The 66th JapaneseStudy Group for Climate Impact and Application: 10-11, March, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)
Tsutsumi, M., Takahashi, H., Yamato, H., Yokoyama, H. and Mikami, T. 2016. Nocturnal
Temperature distribution under fine and weak wind conditions based on spatially high density
observation data in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area: Features in summer. Abstract of the Japan
Geosciences Union Meeting 2016: May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract) (Poster)Tsutsumi, M., Takahashi, H., Yamato, H., Yokoyama, H. and Mikami, T. 2016. Summertime
nocturnal temperature distribution based on spatially high density observation data in the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2016 Autumn Meeting 90: 171, September, Sendai. (in Japanese) (Poster)
Hoshi, R. 2017. The relationship between the Arctic Oscillation in winter season and the succeedingsummer climate. The 65th Japan National Graduation Thesis Meeting in Geography, March,
Koganei. (in Japanese)193. Laboratory of Environmental Geography
1) Staff
Makiko WATANABE

Professor / PhD

Soil Geography, Environmental Dynamic Analysis, Geoarcheology
Masayuki KAWAHIGASHI Associate Professor / Dc. Agr.
Soil Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Material Dynamics in Ecosystems2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit focuses on the relations between human and natural environment. For
understanding processes enacted upon environment in local and regional scales, we try to integrate
subdivisions of both physical and human geography together with interdisciplinary aspects ofenvironmental sciences, such as botanical science, forest ecology, zoology, soil science, landscapedesign, political ecology, folklore, anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary basedon fieldworks, including weather observation, land survey, soil and vegetation surveys, andinterview survey and in participative on laboratory analyses on soil-water analyses andinterpretations of aerial photo and satellite imagery as well.
1.

Development of survey methods for evaluation of soils in urban area

2.

Characterization of sclerotium grains and their function in forest soil ecosystem

3.

Geoarcheological study on ancient water environment of Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt

4.

Environmental dynamics study of watershed area of SWIP dam in central Luzon, Philippines

5.

Influence of anthropic pressure in a river basin on downstream water environment

6.

Evaluation of forest fire impact on soil, vegetation and landform in terrestrial ecosystems

7.

Study for carbon and nitrogen dynamics in urban ecosystems

8.

Soil carbon sequestration from the point of view of soil parent materials3) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Peer-reviewed Articles
Souri, B. and Watanabe, M. 2017. Comparative evaluation of age and weathering condition among
Sirvan river terraces in western Iran. Geosciences Journal 21:33-46.
Enkhzaya, S. Ohe, K., Shiomori, K., Bolormaa, O., Ochirkhuyag B. and Watanabe, M. 2016.
Assessment of heavy metals in mining tailing around Boroo and Zuunkharaa gold mining areasof Mongolia. J. of Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 3923/jest.2016.379.389.
Nonoyama (Sasaki), Y., Sakagami, N., Narisawa, K., Ohta, H. and Watanabe, M. 2016. Fungal

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community analysis by isolation and clone library in sclerotia from forest soil in Mt. Ontake,
Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Soil and Microbes 70: 56–59. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Hardenbicker, U., Watanabe, M., Kotowich, R. 2016．Exploring the use of weathering Indexes inalluvial fan chronology. Geographical Report of Tokyo Metropolitan University, 51, 109 118.
Books
Miyajima, S., Murata, T., Kawahigashi, M., and Watanabe, M. 2016. Observation of soils respirationin the Institute for Nature Study. Report of Institute for Nature Study 47:61-70. (in Japanese withEnglish Abstract).
Miyajima, S., Matsudaira, H., and Watanabe, M. 2017. Effect of soil profile structure on seasonalchanges of soil temperature in urban forests. Geographical Report of Tokyo Metropolitan
University 52:11-22.
Watanabe, M. and Miyajima, S. 2017. Heat transfer in urban soils. In Soils within Cities. Global
approaches to their sustainable management – composition, properties, and functions of soils of
the urban environment. Eds. Levin, M.J., Kim, J.K, Morel, J.L, Burghardt, W., Charzynski, P. andShaw, R.K.; IUSS Working Group SUITMA, Schweitzerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart,
pp53-62.
Murata, T. Kawai, N. and Watanabe, M. 2017. Constructed soils on river bank. In M. Watanabe and
M. Kawahigashi Ed., Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co.
Ltd., pp20-33.
Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Specific properties of soils underneath pavement construction. In Soils
within Cities. Global approaches to their sustainable management – composition, properties, andfunctions of soils of the urban environment. Eds. Levin, M.J., Kim, J.K., Morel, J.L., Burghardt,
W., Charzynski, P. and Shaw, R.K.; IUSS Working Group SUITMA, Schweitzerbart Science
Publishers, Stuttgart, pp78-83.
Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Constructed soils of ski slopes. In M. Watanabe and M. Kawahigashi Ed.,
Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd., pp14-16.
Kawahigashi, M., Ishii, K. and Shinagawa, S. 2017. Soils in the reclaimed land after drainage inIsahaya Bay. In M. Watanabe and M. Kawahigashi Ed., Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan
project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd., pp69-72.
Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Conversion of land uses of cultivated land in Japan. In M. Watanabe and M.
Kawahigashi Ed., Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd.,
pp112-115.
Kida, K. 2017. Soils sealed by technic hard materials. In M. Watanabe and M. Kawahigashi Ed.,21

Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd., pp1-13.
Morishita, M. and Yamada, K. 2017. Constructed soils on river bank. In M. Watanabe and M.
Kawahigashi Ed., Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd.,
pp17-19.
Matsudaira, H. 2017. Constructed soils in the man-made island. In M. Watanabe and M.
Kawahigashi Ed., Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan project (2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd.,
pp61-68.
Reports
None
Book Reviews
None
Compiled Books
Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M. Ed. 2017. Anthropic soils in Asia. Kenkyukan Project(2015-2017), Sato Print Co. Ltd., 120pp.
Miscellaneous Reports
None
Presentations
Watanabe, M., Kelly, C. and Hardenbicker, U. 2016. Characteristics of calcite of select sediment
samples from Qu’Appelle Valley Saskatchewan. The 40th annual conference of the Prairie
Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), September 26-28, Melfort, Canada.
Kamei, H., Watanabe, M. and Abbas, AB. 2016. Estimation of the underground structure by Time
Domain Electro-Magnetic Survey (TDEM) around El Zayyan Temple, Kharga Oasis, Egypt．
JSSSCP 33rd Conference, 2016 June, Nara, Japan. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Function of soils in Siberian taiga ecosystems. TMU-TSU Joint Symposium
2016, May 16, Hachioji, Japan.
Kawahigashi, M. and Morishtia, M. 2016. Peat decomposition evaluated by detailed analysis using
microscopic FT-IR, 18th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society,
September 11-16, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Studies on specificity of urban soils. Abstracts of Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition, 62: 89, September, Saga (in Japanese).
Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Changes in soil properties induced by artifacts beneath constructions.

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Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer 2016, October 20-21, Muju, Korea.
Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Soils on urbanization. “Geopark and Soils” in Symposium of Japan
Association for Quaternary Research, January 28, Tsukuba, (in Japanese).
Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Discussion of carbon cycles in a forest ecosystem from a view point of water
dynamics in soil. Workshop of the Japanese society of ecology. March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Sakagami, N. and Watanabe, M. 2016. Aluminum accumulation and carbon decomposition insclerotia of Cenococcum geophilum in low pH forest soils. Goldschmidt, June 26 – July 1,
Yokohama, Japan.
Inose, Y., Guo, Y., Takashima, Y., Sakagami, N. and Narisawa, K. 2016. The distribution of thebeech ectomycorrhizal fungi at a different vegetation in Komado moor. JCOM 2016, December,
Chiba, Japan. (in Japanese)
Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Estimation of CO2 absorption potential on asphalt pavement.
Proceedings of the general meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2016 Autumn
Meeting, 90:93, September, Miyagi (in Japanese)
Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Classification on anthropized soils according to new soil
classification system of Japanese Society of Pedology. Peoceeding of Japanese Society ofPedology on 2017, p36, March, Wakayama (in Japanese)
Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2017. Spatial estimation of land function alteration by road
construction. Proceedings of the general meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2016 Spring Meeting, 91:200, March, Ibaraki (in Japanese)
Orgilbold, M. 2017. Elemental dynamics in the Selenga River Delta, Russia. International Workshop
on Climate and Land in Eurasia. February 14, Hachioji.
Morishita, M. 2016. Evaluation of peat vulnerability using spectroscopic studies. TMU-TSU Joint
Symposium 2016, May 16, Hachioji, Japan.
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2017．The estimation of carbon stock in buried peat based on thetypes of soils and landforms. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers, 91: 118, March, Tsukuba (in Japanese).
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M.2017．Paleoenvironment of wetlands locating on alluvial
lowlands reconstructed by buried peat distribution and landform classification: application of GIS
and the database of physico-chemical properties of agricultural soils. Abstracts of JapaneseSociety of Pedology 57, March, Wakayama. (in Japanese)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M.2017． The evaluation of heterogeneous process of peat
decomposition using Fourier Transform Infrared micro-spectroscopy. Abstracts of 63rd Annual
Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan: 120, September, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Morishtia, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Heterogeneity in peat decomposition evaluated by Fourier
Transform infrared micro-spectroscopy, 15th International Peat congress, August 15-19, Kuching,23

Malaysia.
Matsudaira, H. and Kawahigashi, M. 2016. Changes in properties of planting basements with passed
time after artificial plantation in “Uminomori-Park”. Abstract of the Japanese Society ofRevegetation Technology 47: 5, September, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Yamada, K. and Watanabe, M. 2017. The characteristic of vertical physicochemical property and the
distribution of microphytobenthos in coastal and estuarine tidalflat in south-east Ariake Bay.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2016 Spring
Meeting 91，pp.119，2017 March, Tsukuba, Japan ( in Japanese)
Battulga, B. 2017. Chemical characteristics of water in the trans-boundary Selenga River system.
International Workshop on Climate and Land in Eurasia. February 14, Hachioji.

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4. Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences
1) Staff
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA

Professor / Ph D (D.Sc.)

Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences
Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / Ph D (D.Eng.)

Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Numerical Meteorological Modelling
Daichi NAKAYAMA

Assistant Professor / Ph D (D.Sc.)

Geographical Information Sciences, Remote Sensing, Computational Geomorphology2) Overview of Research Activities
This laboratory is going to study the natural environment as a whole which is composed ofgeomorphology, climate, hydrology, vegetation, and so on. Concretely, deductive approach andinductive approach are combined for conducting studies. The former approach is going to explain
results from causes by physical lows such as mass balance, energy balance, equation of motion, andso on. The latter approach is going to explain facts demonstratively based on field surveys and in situ
observations. Therefore, collection of quantitative data, digital mapping, statistical analyses,
numerical modeling, and GIS (Geographical Information Systems) are main methods used in thislaboratory.
The main study themes in this laboratory are listed as follows.
1.

Energy and water cycle in the atmosphere and hydrosphere2.

Capturing snow distribution and snow water resources, along with snowmelt-runoff based onremote sensing techniques and field surveys

3.

Quantitative evaluation of spectral reflectance characteristics of coniferous forests and their leaf
area indices

4.

Water environment around Mt. Aso and Tokyo metropolis

5.

Numerical simulation of urban climate and local wind

6.

Capturing surface conditions of cities using GIS

7.

Monitoring and modeling natural environment and natural hazards

253) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Peer-reviewed Articles
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2016. Sediment yields triggered byheavy rainfall in July 2012 at Aso volcano: Application of high-definition topography data using
unmanned aerial vehicles and Structure-from-Motion Multi-View Stereo photogrammetry.
Geographical Review of Japan 89: 347-359 (in Japanese with English abstract).
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H. and Oguchi, T. 2017. Effect of forest clear-cutting onlandslide occurrences: Analysis of rainfall thresholds at Mt. Ichifusa, Japan. Geomorphology
276: 1-7. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.09.024.
Hayakawa, Y. S., Obanawa, H., Saito, H. and Uchiyama, S. 2016. Geomorphological applications ofStructure-from-Motion Multi-View Stereo photogrammetry: A review. Transactions, Japanese
Geomorphological Union 37: 321-343 (in Japanese with English abstract).
Hasegawa, K., Sakai, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Present status and future prospects ofusing Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Functions in forests based on observational data andnumerical simulation. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 36: 225-235 (in Japanesewith English abstract).
Sakai, K., Yamamoto, R., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Generation of DSMs offorest crown generated by vertical images and by vertical + oblique stereo pair images taken bysmall-sized UAV. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 36: 388-397 (in Japanese withEnglish abstract).
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2017. Development of an address geocoding system in Tokyo in the
Meiji Era. Geographical Review of Japan 90: 125-136 (in Japanese with English abstract).
Other Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Actual climate variability, Climate variability and natural disasters. In
Enciclopédia do Brasil Contemporâneo, ed. Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil,
158-160. Tokyo: Shinhyouron Publishing Inc. (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2017. B4.6: Comparison of the climates of both hemispheres, B9.3: Climate index
and climate classification, Information materials at the end of the book 4. In Encyclopedia of
Physical Geography, ed. K. Koike, S. Yamashita, S. Iwata, K. Urushibara-Yoshino, T. Koizumi,
N. Tase, K. Matsukura, J. Matsumoto and S. Yamakawa, Tokyo: Asakura Publishing Co. Ltd.,74-75, 134-137, 446 (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. 2017. Relationship between floodwater depth and flood hazard map in Joso City,
Ibaraki Prefecture, caused by the Kanto-Tohoku torrential rain in September 2015. Annual Reportsof the Faculty of Education, Gunma University, Cultural Science Series 90: 79-87 (in Japanese).
Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Landslide occurrences, recurrence interval of heavy rainfall, and26

two rainfall types for major disasters in 2013-2014. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Kanto
Gakuin University (KEIZAIKEI) 266: 15-28 (in Japanese).
Hasegawa, K. 2016. Possibility of disaster education and rehabilitation assistance in cooperation
with devastated municipality by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake－Notes offive years’ supports for devastated municipality by Komazawa University Senior High School－.
Bulletin of Komazawa University Senior High School 32: 21-37 (in Japanese).
Books
Matsuyama, H. ed. 2017. Visits to Sacred Places of the Cartography. Tokyo: Ninomiya-Shoten (inJapanese).
Yamamoto, S., Ishii, H., Tetsuka, A., Kikuchi, T., Akimoto, H., Ida, H., Niibori, T., Hayashi, A. andMatsuyama, H. 2017. Textbook “Basic Chiri A”. Tokyo: Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, S., Ishii, H., Tetsuka, A., Ikeda, A., Uchiyama, Y., Oda, H., Kashiwagi, Y., Kikuchi, T.,
Kikuchi, M., Kureha, M., Nakanishi, R., Matsuyama, H., Miyahara, H. and Yamakawa, S. 2017.
Textbook “Precise Chiri B (Latest Version)”. Tokyo: Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese).
Akimoto, H., Hayashi, A. and co-authors (including Matsuyama, H.) 2017. Guidebook for the Usageof Textbook “Basic Chiri A”. Tokyo: Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese).
Ishii, H., Tetsuka, A. and co-authors (including Matsuyama, H.) 2017. Guidebook for the Usage of
Textbook “Precise Chiri B (Latest Version)”. Tokyo: Ninomiya-shoten (in Japanese).
Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Comments on “An observational study on flood disasters in the Sendai Riverbasin in relation to the compatibility of flood control and water attraction (Master thesis of M.
Tomiyoshi)”. Open Forum of the Open University of Japan No.12: 167 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. An observational study of BRDF at forests using small-sized UAV in relation
to the seasonal variation of their phenology. Annual Report 2015 of Center for Environmental
Remote Sensing, Chiba University 21: 52-53 (in Japanese and English).
Izumi, T. 2016. A study of quantitative vegetation monitoring using infrared camera mounted on
UAV. Annual Report 2015 of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University 21:
54-55 (in Japanese and English).
Saito, H. 2016. Detection of topographic changes and re-vegetation in landslides using UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and SfM (Structure from Motion) method. Annual Report 2015 ofCenter for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University 21: 50-51 (in Japanese and English).
Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Application of rainfall-related landslide monitoring systems fordisaster prevention information based on long-term analysis. Research Reports of the Japan
Geographic Data Center 2: 23-38 (in Japanese).

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Saito, H., Obanawa, H., Sumantyo, J. T. S., Uchiyama, S. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2016. Application ofhigh definition data for analysis of topographic and vegetation changes using UAVs and SfM
photogrammetry－A case study of shallow landslides around Mt. Aso－. Proceedings of 18th
CEReS Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium, 23th CEReS International Symposium, and3rd Small Satellite Symposium: 24.
Sakai, K., Yamamoto, R., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Observational study of
BRDF at forests using small-sized UAV. Proceedings of 18th CEReS Environmental Remote
Sensing Symposium, 23th CEReS International Symposium, and 3rd Small Satellite Symposium:
214-217.
Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Book Review: Encyclopedia of Brazil. The Book Review Press No. 3263: thefourth-page news (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Book Review (Fryirs, K. A. and Brierley, G. J. 2012. Geomorphic Analysis ofRiver Systems － An Approach to Reading the Landscape － . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell).
Geographical Review of Japan 69: 362-364 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Book Review (Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Japonesa do Brasil ed:
Enciclopédia do Brasil Contemporâneo). Chiri 61(12):117 (in Japanese).
Miscellaneous Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2016. What is the frontier of the research topics we are now facing? Science Mentor
News, the Japan Science Society 2: 67-68 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. How to find previous studies related to the research topics we are now facing?
Science Mentor News, the Japan Science Society 2: 74-75 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2017. How to find research articles using Internet? Science Mentor News, the Japan
Science Society 3: 5-7 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2017. The practice of“What is the frontier of the research topics we are now
facing?”Science Mentor News, the Japan Science Society 3: 14-17 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2017. When is the total railway in Japan longest after World War II ? Annual Reportof Old Boys/Girls of Wandervogel Club in Tokyo University in 2017: 40-41 (in Japanese).
Nakaegawa, T., Hayashi, T., Tanakamaru, H., Tokunaga, T., Matsuyama, H., Yamanaka, T., Yokoo,
Y., Lu, M. and Ishida, S. 2016. Current status of Hydrological Research Letters in 2016. Journalof the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 29: 386-391 (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. 2016. Investigation of the liquefaction from a viewpoint of land history considering thetime resolution. GIS NEXT No.56: 64-67 (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R. 2016. An observational study on evaluation of street trees using mobile mapping

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system (IP-S2 Lite, TOPCON CORPORATION). GIS NEXT No.57: 74 (in Japanese).
Presentations
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Cubic Earth－If the Earth were cube－. Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior &Senior High School, October, Den-en Chofu (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Rivers, spring waters and soils in Hachioji City in relation to their uniqueness.
Seminar on “Reading New History of Hachioji City” by City History Compilation Sector in
FY2016, November, Hachioji (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Ecosystem indices in city. Workshop on Urban Diversity, November, Hachioji(in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2016. Cubic Earth－If the Earth were cube－. Seminar on Math and Science
Subjects of Tokyo Private School Association, November, Ichigaya (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2017. Is it possible to acquire water resources of northern part of Chichijima Island
based on the precipitation fallen there? Lecture at Ogasawara Visitor Center, March, Ogasawara(in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. and Kezer, K. 2016. Different roles of temperature and precipitation on the shrinkageof the Glacier No.1 of the Urumqi River, Tianshan Mountains, China for recent 30 years.
TMU-TSU Joint Symposium 2016, May, Hachioji.
Matsuyama, H., Izumi, T., Sakai, K. and Nanri, S. 2016. Estimation of snow depth distribution byusing UAV-SfM method as evaluated by in situ snow probe measurements－A case study aroundMt. Makihata, Niigata Prefecture－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2016 Fall Meeting 90: 85, September, Sendai (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H., Izumi, T., Sakai, K. and Nanri, S. 2016. Estimation of snow depth distribution byusing UAV-SfM method as evaluated by in situ snow probe measurements－A case study aroundMt. Makihata, Niigata Prefecture－. Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSISDAYS 2016: 9, November, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Nemoto, Y. and Hatakeyama, H. 2016. Development of a disaster lore sharing system using GIS.
25th Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): D-5-4, October, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Nemoto, Y. and Hatakeyama, H. 2016. Making map and developing system for sharing disaster lore.
18th Conference of Japan Society for Disaster Information Studies: 34-35, October, Tokyo (inJapanese).
Aoyama, M. 2016. Reassessment of land condition of liquefied sites caused by the 2011 Tohoku
Earthquake and liquefaction potential. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016:
HSC16-02, May, Makuhari (in Japanese with English abstract).
Aoyama, M. 2016. Distribution of floodwater depth and damages of road structures in Joso City,
Ibaraki Prefecture, caused by the Kanto-Tohoku torrential rain in September 2015. Abstracts of29

Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: HSC16-02, May, Makuhari (in Japanese with English
abstract).
Aoyama, M. 2016. Distribution and land conditions of the liquefied sites caused by the 2016
Kumamoto Earthquake. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016: MIS34-P86, May,
Makuhari (in Japanese with English abstract).
Aoyama, M. 2016. Inventory of the liquefaction damages in inland area caused by the 2011 off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Geoscience Club of Tokyo Geographical Society 299th
Meeting, December, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. and Une, H. 2016. Distribution and land conditions of the liquefied sites caused by the2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Three Months' Symposium on 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, July,
Tokyo (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. and Une, H. 2016. Distribution and land conditions of liquefied sites caused by the2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2016 Fall Meeting 90: 122, September, Sendai (in Japanese).
Koyama, T. and Aoyama, M. 2017. Distribution and land conditions of liquefied sites caused by the2016 Kumamoto Earthquake－From the viewpoint of geography. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting 91: 3, March, Tsukuba(in Japanese).
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2016. High-definition topography
applied to landslide hazard assessment around Aso volcano. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2016: HTT08-04, May, Makuhari.
Saito, H., Iijima, Y., Ulrich, M. and Fedorov, A. N. 2016. Distribution of thermokarst lakes and theirarea-frequency relations in Eastern Siberia. Proceedings of XI. International Conference on
Permafrost: A03, June, Potsdam, Germany.
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2016. Landslides triggered by heavy
rainfalls and earthquakes at Aso volcano using UAVs and SfM-MVS photogrammetry.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2016 Fall
Meeting 90: 121, September, Sendai (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2016. High-definition measurement oflandslides triggered by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. Research Abstracts on Spatial
Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2016: 11, November, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H. and Hayakawa, Y. S. 2017. Sediment yield from landslides
using multi-temporal and high-definition topography data. Proceedings of the 8th GIS-Landslide
Meetings and the 4th High-Definition Topography Symposium: No. 7, February, Kashiwa (inJapanese).
Iijima, Y., Saito, H., Basharin, N. and Fedorov A. N. 2016. Distribution of thermokarst in Churapcha,

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Sakha Republic. The 2nd Meetings of the Association of Siberian Studies: No.3, November, Chiba(in Japanese).
Iijima, Y., Nemoto, M. and Saito, H., 2017. Growth diagnosis of wine grapes using UAVs andground observations. Proceedings of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan 2017
Meeting: J-51, March, Towada (in Japanese).
Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. Generation of DSM of forest crowngenerated by vertical + oblique stereo pair images taken by small-sized UAV. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (CD-ROM): HTT22-03, May, Makuhari (in Japanese withEnglish abstract).
Watanabe, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. The effects of year-to-year climate variability onozone absorption by the forest. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2016 Spring
Meeting 109: 298, May, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. An observational study on the relationshipbetween image resolution and level of discrimination of vegetation using small-sized UAV. 25th
Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): P-17, October, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2016. A study on measurement of street trees using
mobile mapping system to acquire 360-degree image. 25th Conference of GIS Association ofJapan (CD-ROM): P-76, October, Tokyo.
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2016. Development and application of a geocoding system in Tokyoin 1907. The 11th Japan-Korea-China Joint Conference on Geography: 168, September, Sapporo.
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2016. Visualization of traffic census in Tokyo in the Taisho Era.
25th Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): D-53, October, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2016. Application of the Modern Tokyo Geocoding System－A
case of using classified telephone directory published in 1922－. IPSJ SIG Computers and the
Humanities Symposium 2016, December, Tachikawa (in Japanese).
Ishikawa, K., Natsume, M. and Nakayama, D. 2016. A study of changing boundary in Edo-Tokyo
using the falconry fields boundary data. 25th Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM):
P-60, October, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Saito, Y., Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2017. Generation of DSMs offorest crown using stereo pair images taken by small-sized UAV. 19th CEReS Symposium on
Environmental Remote Sensing, February, Chiba (in Japanese).

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5. Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information Sciences
Akihiro TAKINAMI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

Regional Studies, Representation Studies
Naoto YABE

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Quantitative Geography, Urban Geography
Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTOAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Office Study
2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit specializes in human geography, with special emphasis on the city and its
environs. Our research interests center on the structural explanation of the relationship between
human activities and geographic environment by employing approaches of social sciences andhumanities. Methodologically, the emphasis lies largely on positivistic (viz., quantitative or
mathematical); fieldwork is also encouraged. The research interests cover quantitative,
socioeconomic, urban and behavioral geography. The main themes of our current research are as
follows:
1. Mathematical modeling of human geographic phenomena
2. Regional analysis of human geographic phenomena
1) Relationship between human activities and geographic environment2) Land use change in the city and its suburbs3) Spatial organization of the society4) Transformation of human activities brought about by environmental change
3. Geographical studies of urban systems
1) Spatial structures of intra-urban system
2) System of cities
4. Geographical thought
1) History of modern geography2) Bibliometric research of geographical studies

323) List of Research Activities in FY2016
Peer-reviewed Articles
Yui, Y., Wakabayashi, Y. and Kukimoto, M. 2016. Daycare centers for school children in Ishigaki
City, Okinawa. Annals of Japan Society for Urbanology 49: 99-107. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2016. Evaluating the creation method of barrier-free improvement areas in Tokyo.
Japanese Journal of Human Geography 68: 195-210. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Wakabayashi, Y. 2017. Licensed childcare facilities. Miyazawa, J. ed.: mapping health, medicalcare and welfare in Japan. 80-83. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. and Kukimoto, M. 2017.

Variation of childcare facilities. Miyazawa, J. ed.:mapping health, medical care and welfare in Japan. 84-87. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. (in Japanese)Hara, T., Aoyama, K., Kurata, Y. and Yabe, N. 2016. Service Design in Tourism: Encouraging acooperative relationship between professional design and non-professional design. In Global
Perspectives of Service Science: Japan, ed. Stephen K. Kwan, J. Spohrer and Y. Sawatani,
119-135. New York: Springer.
Yabe, N. 2016. An analysis for tourist flow patterns of inbound tourists to Japan. Notes on
Theoretical Geography 18: 39-48. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2017. Development of 3D models from old aerial photos at Johnson Town in Iruma city,
Saitama prefecture. The International Journal of Tourism Science 10: 93-97. (in Japanese)
Kuriyama, E. 2017. Preliminary analysis of multi-scale spatial cognition snd its longitudinal changes
in sketch maps of high school students. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University
52: 33-44.
Morita, T., Arikawa, M., Ota, M., Ito, K., SI, Ruochen, Nakano, T., Wakabayashi, Y., Tanaka, M.,
Fujita, H., LU, Min and Kukimoto, M. 2016. Report on 27th International Cartographic
Conference and 16th General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Map 54: 9-24. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2017. Supporting for the travel behavior of visually impaired people through themap-making activity by a volunteer group. In Theory and applications of participatory GIS, eds.
Y. Wakabayashi, O. Imai, T. Seto and Y. Nishimura, 133-137. Tokyo: Kokon-Shoin. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2017. Dissemination of verbal maps for visually impaired people by a non-profit
organization in Tokyo. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 52: 23-32.
Books
Wakabayashi, Y., Imai, O., Seto, T. and Nishimura, Y. eds. 2017. Theory and applications of33

participatory GIS. Tokyo: Kokon Shoin. (in Japanese)
Reports
None
Book Reviews
Tsubomoto, H. 2016. Book Review (Sato, H. 2016. Change in suburbs of Tokyo metropolitan area andoffice location (Tokyo Daitoshiken Kougai no Henka to Ofisu Richi),. kokon-shoin). Japanese Journalof Human Geography 68: 234-235. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
Wakabayashi, Y. 2016. Activities by the Japan Cartographers Association for the International Map
Year. Map: Journal of the Japan Cartographers Association 54(1): 1. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2016. The aim and the meaning of the International Map Year. Chizu-chushin 531:
6-7. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2017. Regional continuities and discontinuities: the case of the borderland between
France and Geneva. Geography 62(2), 68-75. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Wakabayashi, Y. 2016. Recent trend of cartography in the United Kingdom. Papers and Proceedingsof the Annual Conference of the Japan Cartographers Association, 8-9, Okayama, August 2015.
(in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2016. Spatial dependency of factors affecting the evaluation of subjective
well-being. IGU 2016 Beijing August, Beijing.
Koizumi, R. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2016. Spatial patterns of population change in the 23 Special
Wards of Tokyo after the period of the bubble economy. IGU 2016 Beijing, August, Beijing.
Jung, Y. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2017. Recognition of vacant house problems and measures against it inTokyo metropolitan area. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2016 Autumn Meeting 91: 144, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Sugano, F., Saito, A. and Tsubomoto, H. 2016. Study on intelligent productivity of workplace by"SOF model". 17th meeting of Japan Society of office studies. September. Sendai. (in Japanese)
Saito, A., Tsubomoto, H and Sugano, F. 2017. Study of 50 items of work place model "SOF"
supporting intellectual productivity. Facility management Forum. February, Edogawa. (inJapanese)
Arahori,T. 2016. Visualization of infectious disease epidemic situation by disease maps. ‐Map usage
and issues of Influenza regional surveillance in Japan‐Papers and Proceedings of the Annual34Conference of the Japan Cartographers Association 36-37, August, Okayama. (in Japanese)
Arahori,T. 2016. Diffusion route estimation of infectious diseases in local scale using network
analysis. 25th Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM) P-9, October, Shinagawa. (inJapanese)
Arahori,T. 2016. Issues and prospects of research on infectious disease control and health crisis
management in geography. The General Meeting of the Geographical Association of Nihon
University 2016 Autumn Meeting, November, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Arahori,T. 2016. Utilization of maps and issues of health crisis management in epidemiologicalsurveillance. The General Meeting of the Health Geography Group of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2017 Spring Meeting, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2016. Possibilities and limitations of the map to provide geospatial information forvisually impaired people. Papers and proceedings of the annual conference of the Japan
Cartographic Association 2016. 38-39. August, Okayama. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2016. Diffusion of verbal maps for people with visual impairments by volunteer group in
Japan. The 33rd International Geographical Congress, August, Beijing, China.
Tanaka, M. 2017. Creation of the geospatial database of tactile paving using participatory GIS in
Kita ward, Tokyo. Proceedings of the general meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2016 spring meeting. 91: 343. March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2017. Review of critical cartography in Anglophone Scholars. GRECO meeting 2017.
March, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)35