Annual Report 2013
Geography

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

Contents
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Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

11) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

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Laboratory of Climatology

111) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

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Laboratory of Environmental Geography

271) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

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Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

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1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

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Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

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1. Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

1) Staff
Haruo YAMAZAKI

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Seismotectonics

Takehiko SUZUKI

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Volcanology

Masaaki SHIRAIAssociate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology2) Overview of Research Activities
We focus on various earth scientific phenomena and processes on the solid earth surface in orderto prospect the futuristic view of environmental changes through the understanding the history andprocess of surface geology/landform development during the Quaternary period. The followings aresome examples of our studies.

1.

Plate tectonics: The Quaternary tectonics including the historical process of seismic andvolcanic activity are our special interest along the plate collision zone.

2.

Tephra study: Tephra means a generic term on the volcanic ejecta excluding lava-flow andrelated explosive deposits. We are trying to identify the source volcano, age of the eruption andthe distribution of widespread tephras that have covered the Japanese Islands through the
Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene.

3.

Paleo-environment and natural hazards: On the basis of geomorphological and sedimentologicalstudies, paleo-environmental change and natural hazards history are reconstructed.

4.

Chronological studies: We are improving chronological efficiency of tephro-stratigraphy,
radio-isotope activity, historical records, and so on through studies on these objectives.

5.

Modeling: For understanding correlation between intra-surface processes (volcanism, faultingetc.) and land formation, studies on computer simulation are carried out.

13) List of Research Activities in FY2013

Peer-reviewed Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Earthquake and seismogenic fault, and what is the active fault; Eliminate adelusion and rumor for active fault and give a calm response. Journal of Atomic Energy Society ofJapan 55: 322-325. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. History and future of volcanic disasters in and around the Tokyo metropolitan area,
central Japan. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 122: 1088-1098. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Shirai, M. and Hayashizaki, R. 2013 Transport process of sand grains from fluvial to deep marine
regions estimated by luminescence of feldspar: Example from the Kumano area, central Japan.
Island Arc 22: 242-257.
Chiba, T., Shirai, M. and Sato, S. 2014 Recognizing cryptic environmental changes by using
paleoecology and taphonomy of Pleistocene bivalve assemblages in the Oga Peninsula, northern
Japan. Quaternary Research 81: 21-34.
Nishiki, K., Oikawa, T., Furukawa, R., Oishi, M., Nakano, S. and Miyagi, I. 2013. Amounts oftephra fall deposits from Shinmoedake Volcano, Kirishima Volcanoes, during March
2011-February 2012: A preliminary study for immediate estimation of the eruptive mass. Bulletinof the Volcanological Society of Japan 58: 353-363. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2013. The depth of the misconstruction on the Tachikawa fault－Why did theresearcher mistake it?－ Energy-Forum 702: 52-53. (in Japansee)
Yamazaki, H. and Suzuki, Y. 2014. A background and process on the activity-evaluation forgeological faults located in the nuclear site. Energy Review 2014-2: 7-8. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Kasahara, A., Nishizawa, F. and Saito, H. 2014. Chemical characterization of volcanic
glass shards by energy dispersive X-Ray spectrometry with EDAX Genesis APEX2 and JEOL
JSM-6390. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 49: 1-12.
Ueki, T. 2013. Description and age estimate of the Ogoya Landslide in south Tokushima Prefecture,southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 64: 213-219. (in Japansese withEnglish abstract)
Ueki, T. 2013. What is the “Yobake” as a Japan's top 100 geological site?, Excursion of the scenic
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spot “Nagatoro” , Thinking a dynamic Earth at Yorii－Fluvial terrace of the Ara River－. In
Walking and enjoying nature of the Saitama Prefecture 2, ed. R. Kanaizuka and S. Omura,
196-197, 198-200, 204-206. Tokyo: Chukei Publishing. (in Japanese)Ueki, T. 2014. Magnetostratigraphy of Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene in Japan. Chikyu Monthly /Special 63: 136-144. (in Japanese)Ueki, T. 2014. Outline of methods of natural history education: A guide of outreach programme forscientists. The University Bulletin of Chiba Institute of Science 7: 129-150. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Oishi, M. and Ojima, T. 2013. Geology of dig site of Kashiwatouge obsidian. The basic study of theplace of origin of the Kashiwatouge obsidian in Izu-Amagi area 2: Preliminary report of thesurvey at Tokunaga-higashi, Shirasakabora, Tokunaga, Izu city: 18-22. (in Japanese)
Nishiki, K., Oishi, M., Takahashi, K. and Miyake, Y. 2013. The 2004 and 2009 eruptions of the
Asama Volcano which supplied ash fall deposits as far as the Tokyo metropolitan area. The
Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 119: VII-VIII. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kudo, T. and Kobayashi, M. 2013. Radiometric dating of tephras from pre-caldera andcaldera-forming stages, Towada volcano, northeast Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey ofJapan 64: 305-311. (in Japanese with English abstract)Books
Ueki, T., Hara, H. and Ozaki, M. 2013. Geology of the Hachioji district. Quadrangle Series, 1:
50,000. Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology. (in Japanese with English Abstract)

Reports
Suzuki, T. 2013. 3.2.2. High-resolution tephrochronological survey for the estimation of mean slip
rate and accumulated displacement of the fault zone. 2012 Report of the Integrated Research
Project for the Tachikawa Fault Zone: 35-49. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
Kasahara, A. 2013. Book review (Kimura, G.: A geological perspective on nature). The Quaternary
Research 52: 92-93. (in Japanese)3

Miscellaneous Reports
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Misunderstand on the active fault.

Kansai Science Forum 77: 6-17. (inJapanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. The necessity of a calm argument on the nuclear power plant, the active fault
and the geological disposal of the high level waste－In particular about the Higashi-dori nuclear
power plant in Aomori Prefecture－(Opinion). Energy for the Future 38 (1): 24-27. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Memory of Nagaoka-san. In Memories and selected papers of late Professor Shinji
Nagaoka, ed. The Committee for Publication of Memories and Selected Papers of Late Professor
Shinji Nagaoka, 53-54. Nagasaki: Faculty of Education, Nagasaki University. (in Japanese)
Saito, Y. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Report of International Union for Quaternary Research, XVIII
Congress, July 21 to 27, 2011, Exhibition and Congress Centre BERNEXPO, Bern, Switzerland.
The Quaternary Research 52: 65-89. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Yamazaki, H. 2013. A commentary about the active fault. The 3rd symposium on issue of active fault,
Japan Energy Conference, May, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Natural environment and hazard for Kanagawa Prefecture. Lecture of the Super
Science High School Project at Seisho High School, Kanagawa Prefecture, June, Odawara. (inJapanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Misunderstand on the active fault. Lecture at the Kansai Science Forum, June,
Osaka. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Active fault and seismic hazards. Special Lecture of Open University of Tokyo
Metropolitan University, June, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013, Knowledge and the technology that are necessary for active fault investigation.
A Class for Technical Tradition, Geological Survey Enterprises, Association, Kanto. July, Chiyoda.
(in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. The Tachikawa fault and earthquake. Workshop for School Staff of Tachikawa
Girl’s High School, August, Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. What is the active fault? – The handling of the active fault in the atomic energy－. Invited Lecture of Atomic Energy Society in Japan, September, Hachinohe. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Why is the earthquake generated?

Lecture of Higashi-Murayama-shi

Community Hall, September, Higashi-Murayama. (in Japanese)4

Yamazaki, H. 2013. Tachikawa fault and earthquake. Lecture for PTA of Toho High School,
September, Kunitachi. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Earthquake and fault, and what is the active fault. Technical Class of Tokyo
Urban Planning and Development Company. September, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. On the Tachikawa fault－Commentary about the active fault and earthquake－.
Lecture for the Senior Class of the Koganei-shi East Community Center. October, Koganei. (inJapanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Atomic energy and the issue of active fault. Symposium of Atomic Energy
Society in Japan, Tohoku Office, October, Aomori. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Lecture on the active fault: Issue of the active fault in the atomic energy. Special
Lecture of Nuclear Professional School, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, October,
Ibaraki. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. The Tachikawa fault and earthquake. Museum for Local History of Hanno-shi,
November, Hanno. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Geological excursion “Tachikawa fault”. Tokyo Geotechnical Consultant
Association, November, Tokyo-Saitama. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2013. Local shallow earthquake in Tokyo and the Tachikawa fault. Lecture of SPP of
Tachikawa Metropolitan High School, November-December, Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. The inland shallow-earthquake of Tokyo, and the Tachikawa fault. The Local
Community to Establishing the Network for Hazard Prevention. February, Sayama. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Knowing earthquakes and volcanoes in Japanese islands. Open University of Tokyo
Metropolitan University, April and May, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Affection on city by earthquakes and volcanic eruption: Relation between large
cities in Japan and earthquakes occurred below cities, active faults and active volcanoes. Seminarfor Disaster Prevention Measures of Companies, May, Shibuya. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Tephra studies by Dr. Shinji Nagaoka. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society ofJapan, West Japan Branch and Symposium of Shinji Nagaoka; Field work in Sea, Mountain andVolcanoes, June, Shimabara. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Search for the seven Izu volcanic islands; Eruptive histories and their comparisonof Hachijo-jima to Izu-oshima. 65th Lecture of Citizen Univrsity of Hachijo-jima, September,
Hachijo-jima. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Landforms, ground and natural disaters in Tama: Possibility of earthquake occurred
5below cities by Tachikawa active fault and eruption of Fuji volcanoes. Seminar for Tama Nikkei
Konwakai, September, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Origin and distribution of Diluvial Clay in Japan. Seminar for Diluvial Clay inJapan Home Shield Corporation, October, Sumida. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Knowing earthquakes and volcanoes in the Japanese Islands. Open University ofTokyo Metropolitan University, November, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2013. Tephrostratigraphy and geological structure under Tokyo area, central Japan. Joint
Symposium of Current Status and Direction of Tephra, Geomorphological and Geological Studies
in Kanto, November, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Map reading: How to read topographical map, and fundamental of landform andgeology. Lecture for Green Volunteer Leader by Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, January, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Landform and geology around Tama and Tokyo. Training Lecture for Leader ofHachioji City Environmental Learning, February, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Report on the survey of landform and geological conditions for shallow landslide.
Local Conference for Reports on TMU Group for Izu-Oshima Typhoon Wipha (1326) Disaster
Survey, March, Oshima. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Saito, H. and Imaizumi, T. 2013. Quaternary underground geology and activity of theWest Aizu Basin Fault Zone in the Aizu basin, northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2013: SSS32-P06, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T., Saito, H. and Murata, M. 2013. Geological structure interpreted from tephras in boringcore and vicinity of the Tachikawa Fault Zone, Tokyo, NE Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2013: HQR23-09, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T., Kasahara, A., Uemura, K., Murata, M., Aoki, T., Saito, H., Kawashima, S. and Kawai, M.
2013. Tephrochronological study on Quaternary stratigraphy under the west part of Musashino
Upland, Tokyo, central Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and
Abstracts 43: 74-75, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Saito, H. and Imaizumi, T. 2013. Underground Quaternary tephrostratigraphy and activityof the West Aizu Basin Fault Zone, Northeast Japan. Abstracts for the 120th Annual Meeting of
the Geological Society of Japan: 170, September, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. and TMU Group for Izu-Oshima Typhoon Wipha (1326) Disaster Survey 2014.
Preliminary report on the landslides disaster, Oct. 2013, Izu-Oshima Volcanic island, central
6Japan: (2) Shallow landslide, landforms, and geology. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 310, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T., Kasahara, A., Yagi, H., Imaizumi, T. and Yoshida, A. 2014. Late Quaternary tephras andbasin fill sediments under Ukinuma of Murayama city in the north part of the Yamagata basin,
Northeast Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2014 Spring Meeting 85: 201, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Ishiyama, T., Sato, H., Togo, M., Suzuki, T., Hirouchi, D., Kawasaki, S., Abe, S., Koriya, Y. andOmata, M. 2013. Deep and long trench excavation and 3D seismic reflection survey across the
Tachikawa fault, central Japan. Programme and Abstracts, the Seismological Society of Japan,
Fall Meeting, 2013: 112, October, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Koarai, M. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Volcanic hazard estimation using tephra GIS and geospatial
information. Abstracts of International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's
Interior 2013 Scientific Assembly: Poster 4W_4D-P17, July, Kagoshima.
Murata, M. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Eruptive history of early Quaternary caldera volcanoes in the Aizu
region, southern part of Northeast Japan Arc. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 43: 144-145, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Sugito, N., Suzuki, T., Ishiyama, T., Hirouchi, D. and Imaizumi, T. 2013. Slip rate of the western
margin active fault zone of the Nagano basin in central Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture. Programmeand Abstracts, the Seismological Society of Japan, Fall Meeting, 2013: 188, October, Yokohama.
(in Japanese)
Shirai, M. and Imamura, A. 2013 Depositional environment of the early Pleistocene Inagi Formation,
northern edge of the Tama Hills, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2013: HQR23-P04, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Ito, T. and Niwa, Y. 2013. Mass accumulation rate of hemipelagite at theWestern Kumano Trough during the last ca.100 years. Programme and Abstracts, Japan
Association for Quaternary Research 43: 8-9, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R., Utsugawa, T. and Niwa, Y. 2014．Changes in MAR off the
Niigata Coast during the later 20th century．Abstracts for Annual Meeting of the SedimentologicalSociety of Japan 2014: 32-33, March, Yamaguchi. (in Japanese)Niwa, Y., Shirai, M., Omura, A., Utsugawa, T., Watanabe, M. and Hayashizaki, R. 2013. Influence ofporosity on electrical conductivity of stirred sediments gained from stable salinity environment:
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Examples of hemipelagite at the Kumano Trough and lacustrine at the Sakuma dam lake.
Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 43: 120-121, August,
Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Watanabe, M., Shirai, M. and TMU Group for Izu-Oshima Typhoon Wipha (1326) Disaster Survey
2014. Preliminary report on the landslides disaster, Oct. 2013, Izu-Oshima volcanic island, central
Japan: (3) Vegetation and soil of the landslide area. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 311, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Tamura, I. 2013. The widespread tephras in Tokai Group. The Public Symposium of the Mie
Museum “The end of Neogene and the beginning of Quaternary”, November, Tsu. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. and Yamazaki, H. 2013. Tephrochronology on Plio-Pleistocene boundary in central Japan,
based on tephra correlation between south Kanto area and Tokai and Kobiwako Groups.
Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 43: 78-79, August,
Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. and Yamazaki, H. 2013. Tephrochronology on Plio-Pleistocene boundary in central Japanand presumption of source volcano areas. Abstracts of Geological Society of Japan 2013 Meeting:69, September, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I., Yamazaki, H. and Takagi, H. 2013. 2.5 Ma garnet-bearing tephras found in Kanto Plain.
The Symposium of the Kanto Branch of Geological Society of Japan “The geological study ofsummit of Izu collision”, November, Yokohama. (in Japanese)Ueki, T. and Sugihara, N. 2013. Geomorphic development around the Iyari Swamp, northern Nagano
Prefecture, central Japan, since the Last Glacial. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for
Quaternary Research 43: 44-45, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M., Geshi, N., Shinohara, H. and Miwa, T. 2013. Characteristics of grain composition of
volcanic ash from each eruptive style. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013:
SVC048-P07, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Oishi, M., Nishiki, K., Geshi, N., Furukawa, R., Oikawa, T., Ishizuka, Y., Hirota, A., Tanaka, A. andMiwa, T. 2013. Volume estimation of single vulcanian eruption during the activity of Showa crater,
Sakurajima Volcano, Japan. Abstracts of International Association of Volcanology and Chemistryof the Earth's Interior 2013 Scientific Assembly: Poster 3F-P18, July, Kagoshima.
Oishi, M., Miwa, T., Geshi, N. and Shinohara, H. 2013. Making process of volcanic glass shards inthe tephra, based on the analysis of grain component and texture: A case study of 2011 eruption of8

Shinmoedake, Kirishima Volcano, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for
Quaternary Research 43: 4-5, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M., Miwa, T., Geshi, N., Shinohara, H. and Vinet, N. 2013. Magma ascent mechanism during
the 2011 eruption of Shinmoedake, Kirishima Volcano, Japan, deduced from the analysis ofmorphology and texture of volcanic ashes. AGU Fall Meeting 2013: V21B-2712, December, San
Francisco, U.S.A.
Nanayama, F., Furukawa, R., Ishizuka, Y., Yamamoto, T., Geshi, N. and Oishi, M. 2013.
Characterization of fine volcanic ash from explosive eruption from Sakurajima volcano, SouthJapan. AGU Fall Meeting 2013: V23C-2867, December, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Ando, K. 2013. Extrapolation of whether the Kushibiki fault is the back thrust of the Fukaya fault or
not –Using a maximum fault slip rate–. Programme and Abstracts, The Seismological Society ofJapan, Fall Meeting, 2013: 112, October, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Hayashizaki, R. and Shirai, M. 2013. Transportation process of Tsunami deposits estimated fromequivalent doses variation in K-feldspar grains using OSL dating method in Soma, northeastern
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary
Research 43: 112-113, August, Hirosaki. (in Japanese)
Hayashizaki, R. and Shirai, M. 2014. Estimating bleaching degrees of the 2011 off the Pacific coastof Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami deposits using post-IR IRSL dating method. Abstracts of the 30thWorkshop on ESR Applied Metrology: 37, February, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Kasahara, A., Suzuki, T., Kitamura, A., and Kato, S. 2014. Late Pleistocene tephras distributed nearunder Lake Hakuryu, northeastern part of the Yonezawa Basin, Northeast Japan. Proceedings ofthe General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 202,
March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Ojima, T. and Yamazaki, H. 2013. Reexamination of large scale felsic pyroclastic deposits in thesouthwestern part of Sengan Volcanic Field, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, the VolcanologicalSociety of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting: 131, September, Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Re-examination of t h e correlation of pyroclastic deposits
similar to Shimokado pyroclastic flow deposit and Ks18 tephra. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2013: SVC048-P06, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Re-examination of the widespread correlation of Middle
Pleistocene tephras in Japan: A co-ignimbrite Ks18 tephra in central Japan and the Shimokado
pyroclastic flow deposits, south Kyusyu. Abstracts of International Association of Volcanology
9and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior 2013 Scientific Assembly: Poster 3W_3F-P15, July,
Kagoshima.
Uemura, K. and Yokota, A. 2013. Reexamination of terrace surface division and its marker tephras
around Higashi-Matsuyama, western margins of the Kanto Plain, Central Japan. Programme and
Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 43: 142-143, August, Hirosaki. (inJapanese)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2013. Formation process of the Noshiro coastal dune, northeasternJapan: Insight from internal structure and its distribution. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2013: HGM22-P07, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2013. Influence of sedimentary supply on formation process and shapeof the Noshiro coastal dune, northeastern Japan. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August,Kyoto.
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2014. Fluvial sand grain producing process revealed from lithology androundness change of gravel and sand: A case study of the tributaries of Watarase River. Abstracts
for Annual Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 2014: 40-41, March, Yamaguchi. (inJapanese)
Utsugawa, Toru, Hiradate, S., Maejima, Y. and Utsugawa, Takako 2013. A detailed soil map (scale,
1:5,000) of the Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Japanese
Pedology Society 2013: 40, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, Toru, Utsugawa, Takako, Hoshi, Y., Hiradate, S. and Maejima, Y. 2014. A detailed soilmap (scale, 1:5,000) of the Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting ofJapanese Pedology Society 2014: 35, March, Matsue. (in Japanese)
Saito, H. and Suzuki, T. 2013. Pliocene ignimbrites in and around Abukuma Mountains. Abstracts
for the 120th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan: 45, September, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Yokota, A., Suzuki, M. and Endo, K. 2013. Eruption history of Tarumae volcano and tephras since
17th century found in Shiraoi-Tomakomai lowlands. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2013: HQR24-P01, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nanri, S. 2014. The activities of the Miyake-jima volcano around 30 ka: Significance of the pumice
distributed in the northwestern part of the Miyake-jima Island. The 62th Meeting of Graduation
Thesis of Geography 2014, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)10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

Hiroshi TAKAHASHI

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Climate System Study, Cloud-Precipitation Climatology, Regional Climate Modeling2) 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).
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

113) List of Research Activities in FY2013

Peer-reviewed Articles
Chen, T.C., Tsay, J.D., Yen, M.C. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. The winter rainfall of Malaysia. Journalof Climate 26: 936-958, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00174.1.
Chen, T.C., Tsay, J.D., Yen, M.C. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Interannual variation of the winterrainfall in Malaysia caused by the activity of rain-producing disturbances. Journal of Climate 26:
4630-4648, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00367.1.
Hsu, H.-H., Zhou, T.-J. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. East Asian, Indochina and western North Pacificsummer monsoon － An update. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 50: 1-24,
doi:10.1007/13143-014-0027-4.
Hyung-Jin Kim, H.J., Takata, K., Tanaka, K., Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., Saito, K., Takemura,T. and Yasunari, T. 2014. Regional climatic effects according to different estimations of biogenic
volatile organic compounds during the Asian summer monsoon. Asia-Pacific Journal of
Atmospheric Sciences 50:45-68, doi:1007/13143-014-0027-4.
Kiguchi, M., Miyazaki S., Kim, W., Kanae, S., Oki, T., Matsumoto, J. and Satomura, T. 2013. The
heat flux from the land surface during the pre-monsoon season in the inland region of Thailand.
Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, IAHS Publications 359: 239-245.
Ngo-Duc, T., Matsumoto, J., Kamimera, H. and Bui, H.H. 2013. Monthly adjustment of Global
Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) data over the VuGia-ThuBon River Basin in Central
Vietnam using an artificial neural network. Hydrological Research Letters 7: 85-90,
doi:10.3178/hrl. 7.85.
Ogino, S.Y., Fujiwara, M., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J., Hoang, T.H.T. and Nguyen,
T.T.T. 2013. Ozone variations over the northern subtropical region revealed by ozonesonde
observations in Hanoi. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 118: 3245–3257,
doi:10.1002/jgrd.50348.
Takahashi, K. and Takahashi, H. 2013. Influence of urban heat island phenomenon in the central
Tokyo on nocturnal local wind system in summer: A case study using atmospheric pressure data ofhigh density observation network. Tenki 60: 505-519. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Wu, P.M., Arbain, A., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Syamsudin, F. and Yamanaka, M. D.
2013. The effects of an active phase of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the extreme precipitation
event over western Java Island in January 2013. SOLA 9: 79-83.
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Takahashi, H.G., and Idenaga, T. 2013. Impact of SST on precipitation and snowfall on the sea ofJapan side in the winter monsoon season: Timescale dependency. Journal of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 91: 639-653, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2013-506.
Takahashi, H.G., Ishizaki, N.N., Kawase, H.,Hara, M.,Yoshikane, T., Ma, X. and Kimura, F. 2013.
Potential impact of sea surface temperature on winter precipitation over the Japan Sea side ofJapan: A regional climate modeling study. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan 91:
471-488, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2013-404.
Fujita, M., Takahashi, H.G. and Hara, M. 2013. Diurnal cycle of precipitation over the eastern Indian
Ocean off Sumatra Island during different phases of Indian Ocean Dipole. Atmospheric Science
Letters 14: 153-159, doi: 10.1002/asl2.432.
Ma, X., Kawase, H., Adachi, S., Fujita, M., Takahashi, H.G., Hara, M., Ishizaki, N., Yoshikane, T.,
Hatsushika, H., Wakazuki, Y. and Kimura, F. 2013. Simulating river discharge in a snowy regionof Japan using output from a regional climate model, Advances in Geosciences 35: 55-60,
doi:10.5194/adgeo-35-55-2013.
Nguyen-Le, D., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo-Duc, T. 2013. Climatological onset date of summer
monsoon in Vietnam. International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.3908.
Konno, S., Nakano, T. and Takahashi, H. 2013. Temporal and spatial variability of nocturnal coolingin a complex of small valleys in the Kanto Plain during the winter. Journal of Agricultural.
Meteorology 69: 191-200.
Nguyen-Thi, H. A., Matsumoto, J., Ngo-Duc, T. and Endo, N. 2013. Long-term trends in tropical
cyclone rainfall in Vietnam. Journal of Agroforestry and Environment Bangladesh 6(2): 89-92.
Villafuerte II, M.Q., Matsumoto, J., Akasaka, I., Takahashi, H.G., Kubota, H. and Cinco, T.A. 2014.
Long-term trends and variability of rainfall extremes in the Philippines. Atmospheric Research
137: 1–13.

Other Articles
Matsumoto, J. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Water cycle in Asian monsoon. In Illustrated encyclopediaof Earth environment, 134-135. ed. M. Yoshizaki, A. Noda, H. Akimoto, A. Abe-Ouchi, T. Ohata,
Y. Kanaya, T. Saino, H. Sakuma, R. Suzuki, T. Tokioka, M. Fukasawa, M. Murata, T. Yasunari, S.
Watanabe, Tokyo: Asakura-Shoten. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Yamashita, K., Takahashi, Y., Kanamori, S., Yokoyama, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2014.
Overview of lightning observation network with ELF-VLF electromagnetic measurements over13

Tokyo metropolitan area. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 49: 13-22.
Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Impact of regional-scale land use and land cover changes (LULCs) on climate.
In Illustrated encyclopedia of Earth environment, 154-155. ed. M. Yoshizaki, A. Noda, H.
Akimoto, A.Abe-Ouchi, T. Ohata, Y. Kanaya, T. Saino, H. Sakuma, R. Suzuki, T. Tokioka, M.
Fukasawa, M. Murata, T. Yasunari, S. Watanabe, Tokyo: Asakura-Shoten. (in Japanese)
Akasaka, I., Wang, L. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Regional characteristics on year-to-year variations insummer precipitation in Inner Mongolia and its relationship to the atmospheric circulation patterns.
Bulletin of the Institute of Natural Sciences, Senshu University 45: 6-17. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2013. Relationship between sea-breeze wind systems over the Kanto
Plain and high temperature in the northern Kanto. E-journal GEO 8: 167-168. (in Japanese)

Books
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Miscellaneous Reports
Matsumoto, J. 2014. Toward climate prediction by improvement of satellite rainfall observation in
Asian monsoon region. JAXA’s 54: 7. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Matsumoto, J. 2013. Validation and application of GSMaP and GPM data for mitigating impact ofwater related disasters in Vietnam. The 7th PMM RA Science Meeting, June, Tokyo.
Matsumoto, J. 2013. MAHASRI. Joint Meeting of the World Climate Research Programme Global
Energy and Water Exchanges Project Hydroclimatology and Data and Assessments Panels,
September, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Matsumoto, J. 2013. Asian monsoon hydroclimate. Asian Monsoon Years (2007-2012) OpenScience Conference (AMY-OSC) (Invited), October, Zhuhai, China.
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Matsumoto, J. 2013. Climate changes in monsoon Asia and human geoscience. Science Council ofJapan Open Symposium, How Can Human Geoscience Tackle the Increasing Disasters and Global
Environmental Problems? December, Tokyo.
Matsumoto, J. and Asada, H. 2013. Climate and agriculture in South Asia. Proceedings of theTwenty-Sixth Annual Conference, the Japanese Association for South Asian Studies: 98-99(Invited), October, Hiroshima. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Villafuerte II, M.Q., Akasaka, I., Kubota, H., Endo, N., Zaiki, M., Takahashi, H.G.,
Inoue, T. and Hirano, J. 2013. Long-term climate changes based on the climate data prior to thefirst half of the 20th century in Southeast Asia. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan
2013 Spring Meeting 103: 163, May, Yoyogi. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Suzuki, H., Otsuka, M., Fujibe, F., Yamamoto, Hirotsugu, Yamamoto Haruhiko,
Akasaka, I., Kubota, H., Endo, N., Takahashi, H.G. and Hirano, J. and Zaiki, M. 2013. Data rescue
and long-term climatic changes in Asia. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Matsumoto, J., Villafuerte II, M.Q., Akasaka, I., Kubota, H. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Long-term
trends and variability of rainfall extremes in the Philippines and their relationship with ENSO andmonsoon. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J., Wu, P.-M., Ogino, S.-Y., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D.,
Endo, N., Kubota, H., Xu, J., Hattori, M., Inoue, T., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani,
H., Wang, D., Kamahori, H., Kamiguchi, K., Oki, T., Satomura, T., Higuchi, A., Kanae, S.,
Takahashi, H.G. and Yasunari, T. 2013. MAHASRI, AMY and future Earth. Proceedings of theThird International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 1-4(Invited), August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J.-P., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H.,
Wang, D.-X., Kamahori, H. and Kamiguchi, K. 2013. AMY coordinated observations, reanalysis
and data management. Asian Monsoon Years (2007-2012) Open Science Conference (AMY-OSC)(Invited), October, Zhuhai, China.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J.-P., Wu, P.-M., Ogino,S.-Y., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D.,
Endo, N., Hattori, M., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H., Wang, D.-X., Kamahori,
H. and Kamiguchi, K. 2013. Asian Monsoon Years (AMY) 2007-2012. The Fifth International
Workshop on Monsoons (Invited), October, Macao, China.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J.-P., Wu, P.-M., Ogino, S.Y., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D.,
Endo, N., Hattori, M., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H., Wang, D.-X., Kamahori,15

H. and Kamiguchi, K. 2014. AMY coordinated observations, reanalysis and data management.
The Third International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian
Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Matsumoto, J., Hamada, J.-I., Takahashi, H. G., Hashiguchi, H. and Yamashita, K. 2014. Integrated
observational study for thunderstorm over the Tokyo metropolitan area. Mission Symposium of
Sustainable Humanosphere, March, Uji. (In Japanese)
Arima, T., Mokudai, K., Iwata, S., Koizumi, T., Tabayashi, A., Matsumoto, J., Niina, A., Oyagi, H.,
Kikuchi, T., Kinda, A., Hasegawa, N., Nakai, T. and Watanabe, T. 2013. Selection scheme forJapanese 100 geoheritages and candidate places. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2013 Autumn Meeting 84: 138, September, Fukushima. (inJapanese)
Chen, T.C., Tsay, J.D., Matsumoto, J. and Alpert, J. 2013. Development and formation mechanism of
the Southeast Asian winter heavy rainfall events around the South China Sea. Proceedings of theThird International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 125-132(Invited), August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Chen, T.C., Yen, M.C., Tsay, J.D., Matsumoto, J., Alpert, J. and Nguyen-Thi, T.T. 2013. Genesis anddevelopment mechanism of spring rainstorms in the Northern South China Sea: Results of
EAMEX. Proceedings of the Third International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon
and Water Cycle: 23-28, August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Evaluation of JRA-55 forecast precipitation in autumn over the
Indochina Peninsula. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Spring Meeting 103:
159, May, Yoyogi. (in Japanese)Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Heavy precipitation events in central Vietnam during boreal
autumn and its relationship to MJO activity. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting:
AHW02-07, May, Makuhari.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. MJO controls on heavy precipitation events in central Vietnam
during boreal autumn. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Inter-annual variation of fall rainfall and its characteristics inCentral Vietnam in the 20th century, The Third International Workshop of Climatic Changes andTheir Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Data rescue of meteorological data in French Indochina－
Interannual variation of fall rainfall in Central Vietnam－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
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the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 91, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)Endo, N., Kamimera, H., Dinh-Duc, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Precipitation observation in central
part of Vietnam during boreal fall from 2010 to 2012: Some preliminary results. Proceedings of
the Third International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 7-11,
August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Fukutomi, Y., Wu, P.-M. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Recent increasing trend of extreme rainfall eventsin the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsular. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan
2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 165, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Interannual variations of premonsoon rainfall in northeastern
Thailand. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 233,
November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Interannual variation of pre-monsoon rainfall over northeast
Thailand, The Third International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture
in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Endo, N. 2013. Recent interdecadal variations of autumnal precipitationin Vietnam. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: AHW02-P06, May, Makuhari.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Endo, N. 2013. Observed long-term changes in September-December
precipitation over Southeast Asia. 2013 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 10th Annual
Meeting, June, Brisbane, Australia.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Endo, N. 2013. Long-term trends of rainfall in boreal autumn overSoutheast Asia. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J., Endo, N., Truong, D.T. and Nguyen, V.T. 2013. Trend in observed rainfall
during boreal autumn over Indochina for the period 1961-2010. Proceedings of the Third
International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 385-392, August,
Da Nang, Vietnam.
Kubota, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Reconsruction of typhoon track in the western North Pacific in
the first half of the 20th century towards the understanding of long-term changes of typhoon
activity, Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Spring Meeting 103: 165, May,
Yoyogi. (in Japanese)
Murata, F., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Kiguchi, M., Yamane, Y., Asada, H., Matsumoto, J., Habib, A. andSyiemlieh, H.J. 2013. Rainfall at Cherrapunji, India and its relation to floods in Bangladesh. IGU
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2013 Kyoto Regional Conference August, Kyoto.
Ngo-Duc, T., Matsumoto, J. and Kamimera, H. 2013. Validation and application of the Global
Satellite Mapping of Precipitaion (GSMaP) data over Vietnam. Proceedings of the Third
International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 225-234, August,
Da Nang, Vietnam.
Ngo-Duc, T., Matsumoto, J., Kamimera, H., Hai B.-H. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Performance of
the GSMaP data over Vietnam and a case study of its correction by using artificial neural networks.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: ACG39-07, May, Makuhari.
Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Hattori, M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Coldsurge in December 2012 captured by the sonde observations from Hakuho-maru in the Pacific.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Spring Meeting 103: 196, May, Yoyogi. (inJapanese)
Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Hattori, M., Kamimera, H., Matsumoto, J., Nguyen,
V.T., Tran, Q.C., Cayanan, E.O., Espinueva, S.R. and Servando, N.T. 2013. Characteristics ofrainfall events observed in Vietnam Philippines Rainfall Experiment 2010 (VPREX2010).
Proceedings of the Third International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water
Cycle: 5-6, August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Hattori, M., Kamimera, H., Matsumoto, J., Nguyen
V.T., Tran, Q.C., Cayanan, E.O., Espinueva, S.R. and Servando, N.T. 2013. Characteristics ofconvective activities in the eastern coastal region of Central Vietnam revealed by the Vietnam
Philippines Rainfall Experiment 2010 (VPREX2010), The Fifth International Workshop on
Monsoons, October, Macao, China.
Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Hattori, M., Matsumoto, J., Cayanan, E.O., Servando,
N.T., Tran, Q.C. and Nguyen, V.T. 2013. Characteristics of convective activities in the eastern
coastal region of Central Vietnam revealed by the Vietnam Philippines Rainfall Experiment 2010
(VPREX2010), Part II: Relationship with synoptic-scale disturbances. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 219, November, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.-M., Hattori, M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2014.
Air-sea interaction during the cold surge event observed by the radiosonde observation from theresearch vessel “Hakuho-maru” over the Philippine Sea in December 2012. The Third
International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon
18Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Tamagawa, K., Oota, T., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H., Ooyanagi, M., Kanauchi, S., Kitsuregawa, M.,
Matsumoto, J. and Koike, T. 2013. In-situ data archiving for the GEOSS/AWCI, AfWCCI and
WCRP/AMY on DIAS. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: ACG40-03, May,
Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Wu, P., Fukutomi, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Effects of the Asian winter monsoon and theMadden-Julian Oscillation on extreme Central Vietnam precipitation events. Proceedings of theThird International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle: 13-22,
August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Xu, J., Kubota, H., Hattori, M. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Solar and long-wave radiations at Laoag,
Philippines. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Spring Meeting 103: 318, May,
Yoyogi. (in Japanese)
Xu, J., Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Masuda, K. and Cayanan, E.O. 2013. Estimation ofsolar radiation in the Philippines. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn
Meeting 104: 103, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Xu, J., Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Masuda, K. and Cayanan, E.O. 2014. Estimate theprecipitable water from the observation of surface radiation flux, The Third International
Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region,
March, Bali, Indonesia.
Yamashita, K., Oya, H., Takahashi, Y., Tsuchiya, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Monitoring of lightning
activity in the Maritime Continent based on electromagnetic measurement in ELF and VLF range.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: AHW02-P03, May, Makuhari (in Japanesewith English abstract).
Yamashita, K., Takahashi, Y., Matsumoto, J., Hamada, J.-I. 2013. Construction of lightningobservation network in the Kanto region based on electromagnetic measurement in ELF and VLF
range. Abstracts of IEICE (the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineer)
Society Conference 2013, September, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Yamashita, K., Takahashi, Y., Ohya, H., Tsuchiya, F., Sato, M. and Matsumoto, J. 2013.
Measurement of electromagnetic waves in ELF and VLF bands to monitor lightning activity in the
Maritime Continent. Abstracts of European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013:
EGU2013-8377, April, Vienna, Austria.
Zaiki, M., Akasaka, I., Kubota, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Data-rescue of meteorological19

observation records in Southeast and East Asia from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th
century. The 232nd Symposium of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere,
Utilization of Long-term Data in Earth Environmental Sciences and Inter-disciplinary Research－Data Mining and e-infrastructure－, August, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2013. Heat island phenomenon in Tokyo. Lecture at the FY2013 workshop forengineering work members of the Tokyo Metropolitan government (engineering seminar Ⅱ),
October, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. and TMU Group for Izu-Oshima Typhoon Wipha （1326） Disaster Survey 2014.
Preliminary report on the landslides disaster, Oct. 2013, Izu-Oshima Volcanic island, central
Japan: (1) Temporal changes in rainfall activity. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 309, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Takahashi, H., Shimizu, S., Yamato, H. and Suzuki, H. 2013. Large urban canopy and behavior ofgust front during a torrential rainfall in the central Tokyo metropolis, Japan. Abstracts of IGU
2013 Kyoto Regional Conference: Poster_A-18, August, Kyoto.
Takahashi, H., Shimizu, S., Yamato, H., Seto, Y. and Yokoyama, H. 2014. Wintertime nocturnal
temperature distribution in the Tokyo Metropolitan area under clear sky and weak wind conditions.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring
Meeting 85: 90, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H., Yamato, H. and Shimizu, S. 2014. Case analysis of localized torrential rainfall in thecentral Tokyo metropolis based on spatially high density observation data: Behavior of cold
outflow and gust front. Abstracts, 60th Japanese Study Group for Climate Impact and Application:
12-13, March, Chiyoda. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, H., Takahashi, H. and Nakakita, E. 2013. Spatial representativeness of heavy rainfall in
Kanto plain: Analysis by using rainfall data of multiple organizations. Abstracts of the 32nd
Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science: 151-152, September, Kitami.
(in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Wu, P., Mori, S., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M. D., Haryoko, U., Lestari,
S. and Syamsudin, F. 2013. Effects of the cross-equatorial northerly surge to interannual rainfall
variability over northwestern Jawa. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013:
AHW02-04, May, Makuhari.
Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Wu, P., Hattori, M., Yamanaka, M. D., Matsumoto, J., Haryoko, U., Lestari,
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S. and Syamsudin, F. 2013. Interannual variations of heavy rainfall over Jakarta metropolitan area,
Indonesia. The 7th MU/EAR symposium, September, Uji. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Wu, P., Mori, S., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M. D., Haryoko, U., Lestali,
S. and Syamsudin, F. 2014. Interannual rainfall variability over the Indonesian maritime continentand its relation to the Asian winter monsoon. The 3rd International Workshop of Climatic
Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Kubota, H., Yoneyama, K. and Hamada, J.-I. 2013. Importance of the maritime continent convection
for the preconditioning of the Madden-Julian Oscillation during CINDY2011. Tropical Climate
and Weather Workshop, October, Honolulu, U.S.A.
Kubota, H., Yoneyama, K., Nasuno, T. and Hamada, J.-I. 2013. Contribution of the maritime
continent convection during the pre-conditioning stage of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. AGU
Fall Meeting 2013, December, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Kubota, H., Shirooka, R., Hamada, J.-I. and Syamsudin, F. 2014. Interannual rainfall variability overthe eastern maritime continent. The 3rd International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their
Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Kamimera, H., Wu, P., Arbain, A. A., Lestari, S., Syamsudin, F.
and Yamanaka, M. D. 2013. Coastal heavy rainband formed along Sumatera Island, Indonesia,
observed with X-band Doppler radars during HARIMAU2011 campaign. EGU General Assembly
2013, April, Vienna, Austria.
Mori, S., Hattori, M., Hamada, J.-I., Katsumata, M., Wu, P., Endo, N., Mega, T., Tabata, Y.,
Hashiguchi, H., Tanoue, M., Ichiyanagi, K., Arbain, A. A., Sulistyowati, R., Lestari, S., Manik, T.,
Syamsudin, F. and Yamanaka, M. D. 2013. Meridional oscillation of rainfall diurnal cycle overJakarta and cross-equatorial monsoon northerly surge. Tropical Meteorology Workshop 2013,
August, Okinawa. (in Japanese)Mori, S., Hattori, M., Hamada, J.-I., Katsumata, M., Wu, P., Endo, N., Mega, T.. Tabata, Y.,
Hashiguchi, H., Tanoue, M., Ichiyanagi, K., Arbain A. A., Sulistyowati, R., Lestari, S., Manik, T.,
Syamsudin, F. and Yamanaka, M. D. 2013. Meridional oscillation of diurnal rainfall cycle andlocal circulation over Jakarta observed during the HARIMAU2010 campaign observation period.
The 7th MU/EAR symposium, September, Uji. (in Japanese)
Sulistyowati, R., Hapsari, R. I., Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Syamsudin, F., Oishi, S. T. and Yamanaka,
M. D. 2013. Simulation of the diurnal cycle of river water level during HARIMAU IOP2010
using radar rainfall data and distributed hydrological model. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
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Meeting 2013: AHW02-05, May, Makuhari.
Sulistyowati, R., Hapsari, R. I., Hamada, J.-I., Syamsudin, F., Mori, S., Oishi, S. T. and Yamanaka,
M. D. 2013. Variability of Ciliwung river water level due to diurnal-cycle rainfall: Modelcalculations based on radar observations. The 7th MU/EAR symposium, September, Uji.
Sulistyowati, R., Hapsari, R. I., Hamada, J.-I., Syamsudin, F., Mori, S., Oishi, S. T. and Yamanaka,
M. D. 2013. Variability of Ciliwung river water level due to diurnal-cycle rainfall. Abstract of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: B211, November, Sendai.
Tanoue, M., Ichiyanagi, K., Shimada, J., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Wu, P., Yamanaka, M.
D., Syamsudin, F. and Haryoko, U. 2013. Diurnal cycle of stable isotopes in precipitation
corresponding to land-sea breeze over Jakarta, Indonesia. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference,
August, Kyoto.
Wu, P.-M., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Yamanaka, M.D., Matsumoto, J., Arbain, A.A. andSyamsudin, F. 2013. Heavy rainfall event in Jakarta associated with MJO and Asian wintermonsoon. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Spring Meeting 103: 194, May,
Yoyogi. (in Japanese)Wu, P.-M., Ardhi A. A., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Yamanaka, M.D., Matsumoto, J. andSyamsudin, F. 2013. The impact of trans-equatorial Asian winter monsoon and the MJO on
extreme precipitation over Western Java Island. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013
Meeting: AHW02-03, May, Makuhari.
Wu, P.-M., Arbain, A. A., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Syamsudin, F., Matsumoto J. andYamanaka, M.D. 2014. Impact of cross-equatorial Asian winter monsoon and the MJO on extreme
precipitation over western Java Island. The Third International Workshop of Climatic Changes andTheir Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Yamashita, K., Kudo, T., Hamada, J.-I., Takahashi, Y., Matsumoto, J. and Yokoyama, H. 2013.
Estimation of the lightning distribution over Kanto district with VLF electromagnetic
measurements. The 2013 Fall Meeting of the Society of Geomagnetism, and Earth, Planetary andSpace Sciences (SGEPSS), November, Kochi. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G. 2014. A high-resolution long-term downscaling experiment over the Indocina
Peninsula and its application to agriculture. The 3rd International Workshop of Climatic Changes
and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Takahashi, H.G. and Idenaga, T. 2013. Impact of SST on precipitation and snowfall on the sea ofJapan side in the winter monsoon season: Timescale dependency. Abstracts of the Meteorological
22Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 466, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G., Adachi, S. A., Hara, M., Ma, X. and Kimura, F. 2013. The impact of sea surface
temperature on the interannual variation in surface air temperature over Tokyo and Nagoya.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 240, November,
Sendai. (in Japanese)
Adachi, S. A., Hara, M., Takahashi, H.G., Ma, X., Yoshikane, T., Kimura, F., Matsuhashi, K. andAriga, T. 2013. The effect of landuse changes based on a future population projection on a future
regional climate over Nagoya. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn
Meeting 104: 241, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)Hara, M., Fujita, M. and Takahashi, H.G.. 2013. The relationship between diurnal precipitation cycle
and land-surface condition over the tropics. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013
Autumn Meeting 104: 166, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Katayama, R., Takahashi, H.G. and Yamaji, M. 2014. Interannual variation in aerosol optical depth
over the Asian monsoon region. 16th CEReS Symposium on Environmental Remote Sensing,February, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Mizoguchi, M., Takahashi, H.G., Matsumoto, J., Tanaka, K. and Kuwagata, T. 2013. Global datautilization for climatic changes and evaluation of their effects on agriculture in Asian monsoon
region. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: U02-10, May, Makuhari. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Sakai, D., Takahashi, H.G., Matsumoto, J. and Mizuta, R. 2013. Future change of pressure patterns
and their frequencies during extremely hot temperature events in August in Japan simulated by
MRI-AGCM3.2H. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Akasaka, I., Kubota, H., Villafuerte II, M.Q., Cayanan, E.O. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Long-termchanges in seasonal progression patterns of rainfall in the Philippines. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional
Conference, August, Kyoto.
Akasaka, I., Wang, L. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Year-to-year variations in summer precipitation andits regional characteristics in Inner Mongolia. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 307, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Nguyen-Le, D. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Climatological onset date of summer monsoon in Vietnam.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: AHW02-P05, May, Makuhari.
Nguyen-Le, D. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Long-term trends and variations of rainy seasons in23

Vietnam. International Symposium on Answers to Asian Aquatic Problems 2013, November,
Hachioji.
Nguyen-Le, D. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Interannual variability of rainy season in Vietnam during
1951-2007. AGU Fall Meeting 2013, December, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Nguyen-Le, D. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Long-term trends of rainy seasons onset and withdrawal in
Vietnam. The Third International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture
in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali, Indonesia.
Konno, S. 2013. Wintertime measurements of meteorological elements atop Mt. Dodaira in thewestern Kanto mountain range, Japan. Abstracts of IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference:
Poster_B 42, August, Kyoto.
Makita, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Caspian Sea Level Changes in Recent Years. IGU 2013 Kyoto
Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Makita, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Cloud system in East Asia including yellow sand on March 21,
2010 observed by the Japanese Geostationary Satellite (MTSAT). IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional
Conference, August, Kyoto.
Nguyen-Thi, H. A., Matsumoto, J., Ngo-Duc, T. and Endo, N. 2013. An insight view of the tropical
cyclone-induced rainfall in Central Vietnam. The Third International MAHASRI/HyARC
Workshop on Asian Monsoon and Water Cycle, August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2013. Relationship between local wind systems and temperature
distribution in summer over the Kanto Plain. Abstracts of IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference:CS04-5, August, Kyoto.
Seto, Y., Yokoyama, H., Ando, H., Hiroi, K., Nakayama, M., Kusunoki, K., Maki, M., Saitoh, Y. andTakahashi, H. 2013. Relationship between rainfall distribution and surface wind during heavy
rainfall occurred in central Tokyo in summer. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013
Meeting: AAS23-07, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Seto, Y., Yokoyama, H., Ando, H., Tsunematsu, N., Ichihashi, A., Nakatani, T., Shoji, Y., Kusunoki,K., Nakayama, M. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Relationship between rainfall distribution and surface
wind convergence during heavy rainfall occurred in central Tokyo in summer. Research Meetingon Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study for Extreme Weather Resilient Cities (TOMACS)
Theme 1: Studies of Extreme Weather with Dense Meteorological Observations, March, Tokyo.
(in Japanese)
Yokoyama, H., Ando, H., Seto, Y., Hiroi, K., Nakayama, M., Kusunoki, K., Maki, M., Saitoh, Y. and24

Takahashi, H. 2013. Surface meteorological monitoring network for observation of extreme
weather (1): Meteorological characteristics in Tokyo. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013
Meeting: AAS23-06, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Villafuerte II, M.Q. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Detection of trends and changes in extreme rainfall
over the Philippines using the generalized extreme value distribution. Proceedings of theInternational Symposium on Answers to Asian Aquatic Problems 2013: 39-46, November,
Hachioji.
Villafuerte II, M.Q. and Matsumoto, J. 2013. Multidecadal changes in extreme rainfall over thePhilippines. Proceedings of the Third International MAHASRI/HyARC Workshop on Asian
Monsoon and Water Cycle: 177–184, August, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Villafuerte II, M.Q. Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2014. Nonstationarities in extreme rainfall overthe Philippines: Linked to global warming and ENSO. The Third International Workshop of
Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Bali,
Indonesia.
Villafuerte II, M.Q., Matsumoto, J., Akasaka, I., Takahashi, H.G. and Cinco, T.A. 2013.
Spatiotemporal variability and trends of rainfall extremes in the Philippines: Linkage with ENSO
and monsoon. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2013 Meeting: AHW02-P04, 19–24, May,
Makuhari.
Fujima, Y., Yamato, H. and Takahashi, H. 2013. A study on a cooling process in the urban canopy
layer in Tokyo－Comparison between urban and suburban area－. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 418, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Katayama, R. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Seasonal variation of aerosol optical depth and its
association with precipitation activity over monsoon Asia. Abstracts of the Meteorological Societyof Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 189, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Machida, S. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. The distribution and temporal changes of cloud around the
Nagoya city on fine days in summer. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013
Autumn Meeting 104: 304, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, K., Yoshikado, H., Ooka, R., Kawamoto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2013. Effects of sea breeze
on distribution of air pollutant concentration in the southern Kanto Plain. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 415, November, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Ninomiya, D. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Long-term change of the seasonal variability of the winter25

Asian monsoon. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 455,
November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Okuhara, K., Matsumoto, J. and Takahashi, H.G. 2013. Westerly wind bursts and their relationshipwith ENSO and IOD. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting
104: 479, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Long-term changes of heavy rainfall in Japan using the data ofclimatological and raingauge stations from 1931 to 2010. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 92, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese).
Yamaji,M.,

Takahashi,

H.G.

and

Matsumoto,

J.

2013.

Interannual

variabilityofaerosol-cloud-precipitation based on satellite observations. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2013 Autumn Meeting 104: 501, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)26

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 studies processes enacted upon human and natural environment in local andregional scales, with interdisciplinary fields comprised of physical geography, environmental
chemistry, forest ecology, soil science, anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary
based on fieldworks associated with laboratory analyses of soil, water, plant and other environmental
samples collected, interview survey, aerial photo and satellite imagery interpretation as well.
Evaluation of urban soils as environmental resources is one of our major research subject together
with overseas field studies.
Recent research subjects are as follows;1.

Development of survey methodology 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.

Environmental risk evaluation of heavy metals around urban and mining area of Mongolia

6.

Vegetation and land recovery after forest fire in taiga of Sibera perma frost area

7.

Influence of land reclamation in Amur River Basin on dynamics of bio-elements

8.

Effective application of plant residues for acid soil rehabilitation to enhance agricultural
productivity

9.

Influence of land use and land cover change in sub-urban areas on water quality in soils andwater resources

10. Soil carbon sequestration from the view point of soil parent materials

273) List of Research Activities in FY2013

Peer-reviewed Articles
Nurudin, M., Ohta, S., Hardiyanto, E.B., Mendham, D., Wicaksono, A., Heriyanto, J., and Watanabe,
M. 2013．Relationships between soil characteristics and productivity of Acacia mangium in South
Sumatra. TROPICS 22: 1-12.
Tanino, K., Hosono, M. and Watanabe, M. 2013. Physicochemical properties and geomorphic historyof tephric-loess-derived dunes in Shiriyazaki, Japan. Geographical Review of Japan 86: 229-247.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Kawahigashi, M., Ono, K., Iimura, Y. and Fujitake, N. 2013. Investigations of environmental
changes based on chemical analyses of humic substances. Humic Substance Researches 10: 1-10.
Nagano, H., Kasahara T., Takahashi, M., Yoshioka, R., Kong, Y., Yashima, M., Okazaki, M., Suzuki,S., Takesako, H., Tamura, K., Sumida, H., Kawahigashi, M., Kosaki, T., Ikazaki, K. and Inubushi,
K. 2013. Temporal and spatial variation in physicochemical and microbial properties of soils in
Chiba University’s Environmental Horticulture and Forestry Farm –Comparative research ofresults in 2002, 2003 and 2011－. Horticulture Research 67: 21-27. (in Japanese with English
Abstract)
Prikhodoko, V. E., Ivanov, I. V., Manakhov, D. V., Gerasimenko, K., Inubushi, K., Kawahigashi, M.,
Nagano, H. and Sugihara, S. 2013. Soils, vegetation, and climate of the southern Transural region
in the Middle Bronze Age (by the example of the Arkaim Fortress). Eurasian Soil Science 46:
925–934.
Ito, N., Hashimoto, B., Sakagami, N. and Watanabe, M. 2013. The structure of a perylene-containing
fossilized sclerotium is maintained by the small amount of silica originally present. Organic
Geochemistry 63: 37-39.
Uoi, N., Murata, T. and Watanabe, M. 2014. Relation between vertical soil compaction and land use
history in urban green spaces: A case study of Kitanomaru Garden, Kokyo Gaien National
Garden. Journal of Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology 39: 412-421 (in Japanese withEnglish abstract).

Other Articles
Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Soils in arctic and subarctic area. In Encyclopedia of soils, ed. Tsuchi no
Hyakkajiten Editorial Committee, 46-48. Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing Co. Ltd. (in Japanese)28

Kawahigashi, M., Takahashi, T., Fujii, K., Miura, S., Ishizuka, S., Kaneko, S., Shirato, Y., Yagasaki,Y., Takata, Y., Wagai, R., Kishimoto, A., Yonemura, S., Hiradate, S., Watanabe, M., Izumi, T.,
Fujitake, N. and Iimura, Y. 2013. Evaluation of soil carbon stock in Japan from the view point of
the quality and quantity. Journal of Japanese Society of Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition 84:
224-229. (in Japanese)
Nagao, S., Seki, O., Kawahigashi, M., Kodama, H., Suzuki, T., Shesterkin, V. P., Kim, V. I.,
Levshina, S. I. and Makhinov, A. N. 2014. Migration behavior of dissolved organic matter in thelower Amur River. Proceedings of the 3rd International Meeting of Amur-Okhotsk Consortium
2013: 29-32.
Sakagami, N. and Dewa, N.S. 2014. Local wisdom and agricultural sustainability (column). In
Sustainability sciences in the society after earthquake disaster－Towards collaboration between
universities and regional societies, ed. M. Tamura, T. Itoh, K. Kimura, S. Kato, N. Sakagami and
N. Mimura, 87-88. Tokyo: Kokusai-Bunken-Sha. (in Japanese)
Narisawa, K. and Sakagami, N. 2014. New aspects of natural symbiosis－Utilization of symbiotic
microbes － . In Sustainability sciences in the society after earthquake disaster － Towards
collaboration between universities and regional societies, ed. M. Tamura, T. Itoh, K. Kimura, S.
Kato, N. Sakagami and N. Mimura, 77-87. Tokyo: Kokusai-Bunken-Sha. (in Japanese)
Amasya, A.F. 2014. Niche differentiation of fungivorous Acari and Collembola in Japanese beech
forest soils. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 49: 33-46.

Books
Tamura, M., Itoh, T., Kimura, K., Kato, S., Sakagami, N. and Mimura, N. eds. 2014. Sustainability
sciences in the society after earthquake disaster –Towards collaboration between universities andregional societies. Tokyo: Kokusai-Bunken-Sha. (in Japanese)

Reports
Watanabe, M. and Kamei, H. 2014. Analyses of soil and bone samples from the 6th excavation
Shinjuku Ichigaya Kaga-cho archeological site. Archaeological Prospection Report for Ichigaya
Kaga-cho 2-7 ruin. Shinjuku City, Tokyo: 36-39. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2013. Report of the 28th annual meeting (Hachioji). Humic Substance Researches
10: 21-26. (in Japanese)29Book Reviews
None

Miscellaneous Reports
Watanabe, M. 2014. Soil. In DVD ”Jomon people who lived in Shinjuku － Excavation of
Ichigaya-kagacho 2chome ruin (Commentary and appearance)”, Planning by Shinjuku-city,
Production by Nichiei Kikaku (22min. 47sec.).
Asami, S. and Watanabe, M. 2013．Soil related item. Japan Knowledge Complete Japanese
Encyclopedia(Encyclopedia

Nipponika).

Tokyo:

Shougakukan,

NetAdvanceInc.

(http://www.japanknowledge.com/) (in Japanese)

Presentations
Watanabe, M. 2014. Survey report on vegetation and soil of the upper slopes of the Oct.2013
landslide area, Izu-Oshima Volcanic island. TMU Local briefing session of Izu-Oshima Typhoon
1326 (Wipha) Disaster (Invited speaker). March, Oshima. (in Japanese)
Watanabe, M., Shirai, M. and TMU Group for Izu-Oshima Typhoon 1326 (Wipha) 2014. Disastersurvey preliminary report on the landslides disaster, Oct. 2013, Izu-Oshima Volcanic island,
central Japan: (3) Vegetation and soil of the landslide area. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 311, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Bolormaa, O., Watanabe, M., Dorj, D., Yondonjamts, J. and Erdenetuya, O. 2013. Heavy metal
distribution in surface soils around mining areas of Mongolia. 7th International Conference of the
Urban Soils Working Group, SUITMA, of the International Union of Soil Sciences, September,
Torun, Poland.
Sugimura, T., Watanabe, M., Abbas, A.M. and Kamei. H. 2013. Application of ALOS satellite
imageries for geo-archaeological studies of El-Zayyan Temple in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert,
Egypt. International Symposium of Remote Sensing, May, Chiba.
Tashiro, T., Morishima, W. and Watanabe, M. 2013. Reconstruction of paleoenvironment during last
4,000 years in central plain of Luzon, the Philippines. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference,
August, Kyoto.
Tashiro, T., Watanabe, M., Collado, M.B. and Morishima, W. 2014. Relation between
paleovegetation and paleoclimate by analysis of collected core sample in central plain of Luzon,
30

Philippines. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 85:
272, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2013. Discussion of homeostasis in environment. Open Class in Tokyo
Metropolitan University, July, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2013. Fate of pollutants from urban ecosystems. 2013 TMU-NUM Education
Exchange Program, October, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Predicting dynamics of metal elements in rivers in the Lake Baikal water
systems. Workshop in Institute of the Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, March,
Sapporo. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi,
development

M.,onProkushkin,

A.S.,

the

hummocks

earth

and Sumida,inH.

permafrost

2013.

Organic

horizonterrain. IGU 2013 Kyoto

Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Kida, M., Maki, K., Tsuda, K., Hayakawa, K., Sugiyama, Y., Kawahigashi, M., Otsuka, T., Kato, T.
and Fujitake, N. 2013. Concentrations of aquatic humic substance in lake and river waters.
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Japanese Humic Substance Society: 17-18, November, Saga.
(in Japanese).
Nakata, Y., Bando, K., Sakagami, S., Kawahigashi, M., Takami, M., Tsuchiya, K. and Yajima, H.
2013. Application of fulvic acids prepared from bamboo compost for bone regeneration process.
Abstract of the Annual Meeting of Japanese Humic Substance Society: 37-38, November, Saga.
(in Japanese)
Sakagami, N. and Takashima, Y. 2013. Relationship between soil properties and distribution of
fungal sclerotia beneath subtropical forest in Okinawa pref. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2013 Autumn Meeting 84: 88, September,
Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Ito, N., Sakagami, N., Torimura, M. and Watanabe, M. 2013. Characteristics of segments containing
perylene in Lake Biwa sediment.

Discussion Meeting of Japan Society for Environmental

Chemistry, July, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Shiotsu, F., Sakagami, N., Komatsuzaki, M. and Dewa, N.S. 2014. Present situation of ricecultivation in Bali, Indonesia –Approaches of organic farming. 115th Annual Meeting ofJapanese Society for Tropical Agriculture: 11, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2013 Major element distribution in soils under asphalt pavement.
Taiwan and Japan Joint Research Workshop, August, Pingtung, Taiwan.
31

Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2013. Influence of asphalt pavement on elemental composition andphysico-chemical properties of subgrade soils. 7th International Conference of the Urban Soils
Working Group, SUITMA, of the International Union of Soil Sciences, September, Torun,
Poland.
Kida, K., Kawahigashi, M. and Watanabe, M. 2013. Effects of asphalt road construction on
distributions of major elements in subsoils. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Japanese Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition 59: 215, September, Nagoya. (in Japanese).
Miyajima, S., Watanabe, M. and Morishima, W. 2014. The change of temperature and soil moisture
in man-made soils by influence of soil profile structure. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 176, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2013. Pedogenesis of buried peat soils distributing in the
Sagamino Plain－Evaluation of chemical structure of peat－. Abstracts of the Japanese Societyof Pedology: 43, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Pedogenesis of buried peat soils distributing in the
Sagamino Plain－A comparison between peat bog and lowland peat－. Abstracts of the JapaneseSociety of Pedology: 38, March, Matsue. (in Japanese)32

4. Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

1) Staff
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences

Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Eng.)

Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Numerical Meteorological Modelling

Daichi NAKAYAMA

Assistant Professor / PhD (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
333) List of Research Activities in FY2013

Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H., Inamura, T. and Izumi. T. 2014. How do local residents regard the strong local wind
Matsubori-kaze?－A case study based on a questionnaire survey at Ozu-Higashi Elementary
School－. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 123:69-81. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoyama, M., Koyama, T. and Une, H. 2014. Geomorphological condition and land history of theliquefaction damaged sites in the lower part of the Tone River lowland induced by the 2011 off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Geographical Review of Japan 87: 128-142. (in Japanesewith English abstract)
Koyama, T. and Aoyama, M. 2013. Relationship between liquefaction sites and land history in Itako
and Kamisu cities, Ibaraki Prefecture. Geo-Pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban
Geology 8:26-38. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Hasegawa, K., Omi, H., Hiruma, Y., Kumagai, S., Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2013.
Estimation of leaf area index of Cryptomeria japonica using various methods－A case study in
the Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture－. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 122: 875-891.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Nemoto, Y., Izumi, T., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Hydrological study on the artificial
flooding tactics at Bichutakamatsu castle by Hideyoshi based on the flood-inundation simulations.
Geographical Review of Japan 86: 315-337. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Miyano, H., Izumi, T., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Observational study of long-term
springwater temperature change in Tokyo in relation to changes in land-use. Journal of
Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 122: 822-840. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2013. "Parana River", "Pilcomayo River", "Amazon River", "Araguaia River","Xingu River","Tapajos River", "Tocantins River", "Parnaiba River", "Purus River", "MadeiraRiver", "Patos Lake", "Apure River", "Orinoco River", "Caura River", "Brazo Casiquiare River","Maracaibo Lake", "Apurimac River", "Ucayali River", "Urubamba River", "Putomayo River","Maranon River", "Titicaca Lake", "Grande River", "San Miguel River", "Beni River", “Mamore
River”. In Encyclopedia of rivers in Japan and world, ed. Y. Takahashi, K. Takara, K. Nonomura
34and S. Haruyama, Tokyo: Maruzen, 825-826, 831-840. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Global warming and urbanization affect springwater temperatures in Tokyo,
Japan. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 18 (2014) 012102 doi:10.1088/
1755-1315/18/1/012102.
Mahmud, M. R., Numata, S., Matsuyama, H., Hosaka, T. and Hashim, M. 2014. Challenge andopportunities of space-based precipitation radar for spatio-temporal hydrology analysis in tropicalmaritime influenced catchment: Case study on the hilly tropical watershed of Peninsular Malaysia.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 18 (2014) 012001 doi:
10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012001.
Fukumoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2013. The development and application of a citizen support system as aself-help platform in disasters. Proceedings of International Symposium on City Planning 2013:
238-241.
Hasegawa, H., Aoyama, M., Sasaki, A and Masuzawa, T. 2013. Geomorphic development of the
Glacial and periglacial landforms in the Arakawa cirques, southern Japanese Alps since the Last
Glacial. Geographical Report of Kokushikan University 22: 23-37. (in Japanese)
Komatsu, G., Goto, K., Baker, V. R., Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, Y. S., Saito, H., Pelletier, J. D.,
McGuire, L. and Iijima, Y. 2014. Effects of Tsunami wave erosion on natural landscapes:
Examples from the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami, in Tsunami events and lessons learned;
Environmental and societal significance, ed. Y.A. Kontar, V. Santiago-Fandiño and T. Takahashi,
243-253. Berlin: Springer, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7269-4_13.
Matsushi, Y., Saito, H., Fukuoka, H. and Furuya, G. 2013. Landslides of tephra deposits onhillslopes of the Aso caldera wall and volcanic central cones by the north-Kyushu heavy rainfall at
July 2012. Annuals of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University 56B: 237-241.
(in Japanese with English abstract)

Books
None

Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Configuration of BRDF observation system using newly-developed unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV). Annual Report 2012 of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba
University 18: 59. (in Japanese and English)
35

Saito, H. 2014. Relationships between landslides, topography, and geology in the Japanese Alps.
News Letter of Institute of Mountain Science, Shinshu University 41: 10-11. (in Japanese)
Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Configuration of BRDF observation
system using newly-developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Proceedings of the 15th CEReS
Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment: 13 (in Japanese).

Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Book review (Oki, T.: Mizu kiki hontou no hanashi (How to think water crisisout)). Geographical Review of Japan 86B: 93-94.
Nakayama, D. 2013. Book Review (Tange, Y.: History of climate and civilization). Chiri 58(5): 97.
(in Japanese)
Nakayama, D. 2013. Book Review (Kinda, A. and Uesugi, K.: Japanese history of cartograph).
Chiri 58(8): 95. (in Japanese)
Nakayama, D. 2013. Book Review (Braudel, F., Kanezuka, S. trns. : La dynamique du capitalisme).
Chiri 58(9): 114. (in Japanese)
Nakayama, D. 2013. Book Review (Tanikawa, K.: Place-names of Japan). Chiri 58(10): 111. (inJapanese)
Nakayama, D. 2014. Book Review (Kawamura, Y.: Cityscape and settlements of Japan 1300). Chiri
59(3): 111. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
The Japan Science Society (Matsuyama, H. is one of the supervisers) 2013. Cubic Earth－If the
Earth were cubic－. The Japan Science Society, http://www.jss.or.jp/fukyu/cubicearth/.
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Brazil－Difficult for certified weather forecasters to predict its weather
properly. 16th June, 2013, Nikkan Sports.
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Dr. H. who accidently met at Hakone. Annual Report of Old Boys/Girls ofWandervogel Club in Tokyo University in 2014: 47-48. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Field work in physical geography－(3) “Discovery” of Yuda hot spring－.
Chiri 59(1): 82-87. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Field work in physical geography－(5) Nobody can determine the weather
as one likes－. Chiri 59(3): 90-95. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. and Izumi, T. 2014. Field work in physical geography－(4) How to make wonderful36connection－. Chiri 59(2): 88-93. (in Japanese)
Izumi, T. 2014. Field work in physical geography－(6) Perspective of the skyview aerial data taken
by a unmanned helicopter. Chiri 59(4): 88-93. (in Japanese)
Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Field work in physical geography－(1) Fortunate coincidence
and good intuition－. Chiri 58(11): 12-17. (in Japanese)
Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Field work in physical geography－(2) We would like to give up
at the field if necessary－. Chiri 58(12): 92-97. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2013. Multi-angular optical remote sensing for monitoring dynamic vegetation
structure and leaf area index. Doctoral Dissertations in Geography Accepted at Japanese
Universities, Academic Year 2012. Geographical Review of Japan 86: 393-394. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2013. Doctoral thesis abstracts (Multi-angular optical remote sensing for monitoring
dynamic vegetation structure and leaf area index). Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan
34: 41. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, R. 2013. Land cover classification of urban area using object-based image analysis－A
case study of Setagaya ward, Tokyo－. Record of General Meeting for Graduation Theses ofGeography, 2007. The New Geography (The Shin-Chiri) 61(2): 87-88. (in Japanese)（c.f.）Inamura, T. 2013. Diagnostic study on mechanisms of a local downslope wind storm andeffects of climate change on its occurrence. Doctoral Dissertations in Geography Accepted at
Japanese Universities, Academic Year 2012. Geographical Review of Japan 86: 389. (inJapanese)

Presentations
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Global warming and urbanization affect springwater temperatures in Tokyo,
Japan. The 8th International Symposium on Digital Earth 2013, August, Kuching, Malaysia.
Matsuyama, H. 2013. Walking with thinking water－Hydrological aspect of walking－. Meguro
City Collage. October, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2014. How do local residents regard strong local wind “Matsubori-kaze”? －Are
there any differences between elementary school students and adults?－. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 83, March,
Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Mahmud, M. R., Numata, S., Matsuyama, H. and Hashim, M. 2013. Challenge and opportunities ofspace-based precipitation radar for spatio-temporal hydrology analysis in tropical maritime37

influenced catchment: Case study on the upper and remote forested tropical watershed of
Peninsular Malaysia. The 8th International Symposium on Digital Earth 2013, August, Kuching,
Malaysia.
Mahmud, M. R., Numata, S., Hosaka, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Mapping of rainfall patterns ofhilly dipterocarp forest using satellite precipitation in Peninsular Malaysia. The 61st Annual
Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ61), March, Hiroshima.
Izumi, T. 2014. A study on UAV imagery archives of the reconstruction process from the Great East
Japan Earthquake－A case study in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Pref.－. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 319, March,
Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Osawa, S. 2014. A study on the coastal forest condition using
high-resolution images taken by UAV － A case study in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Pref. － .
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring
Meeting 85: 276, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Nakayama, D. and Tsuchiya, H. 2014. A study on placename similarity and temporal variation using
DP matching algorithm. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 325, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Nakayama, D., Hiramatsu, Y. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Estimated population map in urban landslidearea, Kamakura city, Japan. 2013 ESRI International User Conference, July, San Diego, U.S.A.
Nakayama, D., Hiramatsu, Y. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. The evaluation of the settle slope collapse
hazard area considering the distribution of the population and buildings. IGU 2013 Kyoto
Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Aoyama, M. 2013. Geomorphic condition of the liquefaction sites in the northern part of Miyagi
prefecture during the Tohoku earthquake. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013:
HSC25-P03, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoyama, M. 2013. Liquefaction damage in inland area caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of
Tohoku Earthquake. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Aoyama, M. 2013. Distribution and land conditions of the liquefied sites caused by the 2013 April
13th Earthquake in Awaji Island area. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2013 Autumn Meeting 84: 127, September, Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Aoyama, M. 2014. Liquefaction occurrence ratio in the inland area caused by the 2011 off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of38

Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 69, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Kobori, N., Kawano, K. and Aoyama, M. 2014. Identify the building demolished area using U.S.
military aerial photographs. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 228, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Sato, H. and Aoyama, M. 2014. Interpretation of the tsunami trace triggered by 1944 Tonankai
earthquake in South Owase City using U. S. military aerial photographs. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 203,
March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Saito, H. 2013. Relationships between landslides, topography, and geology in the Japanese Alps.
Proceedings of Conference of GIS Association of Japan 22: 9, October, Mita (in Japanese)
Saito, H., 2013. Relationships between landslides, topography, and geology in the Japanese Alps.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Large Landslides in the Japanese Alps from the Perspectives of
Quaternary Geomorphology and Geology, December, Matsumoto. (in Japanese)
Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Application of real-time rainfall data－SWING system:
Monitoring of rainfalls associated with shallow landslides. The 5th GIS-Landslide Workshop,
November, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Korup, O., Uchida, T., Hayashi, S. and Oguchi, T. 2013. Relationship between rainfall
condition and landslide magnitude–frequency in Japan. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2013: HDS27-07, May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Saito, H., Korup, O., Uchida, T., Hayashi, S. and Oguchi, T. 2013. Landslide magnitude andfrequency related to rainfall conditions in Japan. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, 00695.
August, Kyoto.
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H. and Oguchi, T. 2013. Effect of clear-cutting on landslide
occurrences: Rainfall thresholds and topographic analysis at Mt. Ichifusa, Japan. 8th IAG
International Conference on Geomorphology, 348, August, Paris, France.
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H. and Oguchi, T. 2013. Effect of clear-cutting on landslide
occurrences: Rainfall thresholds and topographic analysis at Mt. Ichifusa, Japan. Research
Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2013: 20, November, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)
Doshida, S., Inoue, K., Shimada, T., Fujiwara, S., Morishima, N. and Saito, H. 2013. Characteristics
of distribution of large landslides triggered by subduction-zone earthquakes. Proceedings of Japan
Society of Erosion Control Engineering 2013 Meeting: T1-01, May, Shizuoka. (in Japanese)39Doshida, S., Inoue, K., Shimada, T., Fujiwara, S. Morishima, N. and Saito, H. 2013. Regional-scale
hazard assessment of large landslides triggered by subduction-zone earthquakes. Research
Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2013: 19, November, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)
Dou, J., Oguchi, T., Uchiyama S., Hayakawa, S. Y., Doshida, S. and Saito, H. 2013. Using
back-propagation networks to predict landslides based on an airborne LiDAR DEM. Abstract ofJapan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013: HTT09-05, May, Makuhari.
Dou, J., Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, S. Y., Uchiyama, S. and Saito, H. 2013. Application of support
vector machines to predict landslides based on Lidar DEM: A case study from Chuetsu earthquake,in Japan. 2013 International Conference on Earth Observations and Societal Impacts, C2-02, June,
Tainan, Taiwan.
Dou, J., Oguchi, T., Uchiyama S., Doshida, S. and Saito, H. 2013. Back propagation (BP) model
optimized by genetic algorithms (GA) for predicting landslides. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional
Conference, 00747. August, Kyoto.
Fukuoka, H., Matsushi, Y., Furuya, G. and Saito, H. 2013. Fluidized landslides induced by extreme
rainfall along basaltic caldera cliff of Mt. Aso in July 2012. EGU General Assembly 2013,
EGU2013-13118, April, Vienna, Austria.
Hayakawa, S. Y., Oguchi, T., Saito, H., Kobayashi, A., Komatsu G., Goto, K., Baker, R. V., Pelletier,
D. J. and McGuire, L. 2013. Impact of tsunami erosion on coastal valley formation in northeasternJapan: An airborne and terrestrial laser scanning approach. 8th IAG International Conference on
Geomorphology, 1643, August, Paris, France.
Komatsu, G., Goto, K., Baker, R. V., Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, S. Y., Saito, H., Kobayashi, A., Pelletier,
D. J. and McGuire, L. 2013. Effects of tsunami wave erosion on natural landscapes: Examples
from the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, 00986. August,Kyoto.
Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, S. Y. and Saito, H. 2013. Analysis of landforms eroded by tsunamis fordisaster prevention based on high-resolution topographic data. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2013 Autumn Meeting 84: 29, September,
Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Vanwalleghem, T., Saito, H., Hayakawa, S. Y. and Oguchi, T. 2013. Interaction between soil
formation and landslide occurrence. EGU General Assembly 2013, EGU2013-8665, April, Vienna,
Austria.
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Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2014. A study on archive of reconstruction from the Great East Japan
Earthquake disaster using mobile mapping system－A case study in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Pref.
－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring
Meeting 85: 320, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Land cover classification of urban area using
object-based image analysis－A case study of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo－. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 226,
March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Construction of new observation
system of BRDF using small-sized UAV to capture 3D structure of forests based on optical remotesensing. The 16th CEReS Symposium on Environmental Remote Sensing, February, Chiba. (inJapanese)
Sakamoto, M. 2014. Observational study on the situation and mechanism of “Matsubori-kaze” basedon field survey and meso-scale meteorological model. The 62th Meeting of Graduation Theses ofGeography 2014, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)
Sakamoto, M., Inamura, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Observational study on the situationand mechanism of “Matsubori-kaze” based on field survey and meso-scale meteorological model.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring
Meeting 85: 82, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Hisatomi, Y., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Diagnostic study on shallow groundwaterflow in Musashino Terrace as simulated by MODFLOW. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 175, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Shimizu, T., Hiroi, T., Nishimine, Y. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Spatial analysis of the stores of drug
store “COSMOS Pharmaceutical Corporation” and discount store “DIREX Corporation”.
Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2013: 56, November, Kashiwa.
(in Japanese)
Tanaka, D., Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2013. Analyses of heavy rainfall events such as heavy
rainfall of northern part of Kyushu in 2012 with the use of the snake line－Application ofprobability value of 50 years－. The 5th GIS-Landslide Workshop, November, Tsukuba. (inJapanese)41

5 Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography

1) Staff
Yoshio SUGIURA

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Human Geography

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information Sciences

Akihiro TAKINAMI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

Cultural Geography, Tourism Study, Francophone Studies

Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTOAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Office Study

Michiko HARAYAMA

Assistant Professor

Bibliometrics

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 society424) 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

3) List of Research Activities in FY2013

Peer-reviewed Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2014. The turn to functionalism of German urban geography and dawning central placestudies. Urban Geography of Japan 9: 1-27. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kukimoto, M., Yui, Y. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. The role of a childcare facility managed by a
NPO in suburban area: A case of Kozoji New Town. Urban Geography of Japan 9: 81-90. (InJapanese with English abstract)
Kukimoto, M. and Koizumi, R. 2013. Childcare choice among white-color and double-income
families with young children living in Tokyo bay area : A case of Toyosu area in Tokyo. Annalsof the Association of Economic Geographers 59: 328-343. (In Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2013. Central place theory. In Dictionary in human geography, ed. The Human
Geographical Society of Japan, 32-35. Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
Sugiura, Y. 2014. Urban spatial analysis: A viewpoint of quantitative geography. In Introduction tourban geography, ed. T. Fujii, and H. Kamiya, 66-68. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Sugiura, Y. 2014. Edward Ullman. In Introduction to urban geography, ed. T. Fujii and H. Kamiya,
69. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Furuya, Y., Sugiura, Y. and Harayama, M. 2013. Supply of private-sector condominiums and theirresidents in Tama City, Tokyo western suburb in the early 2000s. Notes on Theoretical Geography
17: 39-66. (In Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Behavioral geography and mental maps. In The dictionary of humangeography, ed. The Human Geographical Society of Japan, 44-47．Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing43

Co., Ltd. (In Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Cognition and behavior. In Introduction to urban geography, ed. T. Fujii, and
H. Kamiya, 56-58. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Peter Gould. In Introduction to urban geography, ed. T. Fujii, and H. Kamiya,
59. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Kevin Lynch. In Introduction to urban geography, ed. T. Fujii, and H.
Kamiya, 129. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Safe and secure town development. In Introduction to urban geography, ed.
T. Fujii, and H. Kamiya, 198-199. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo. (in Japanese)
Kukimoto, M. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Provision of web-based childcare support maps by local
governments in Japan: Possibilities and limitations. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan
University 49: 47-54.
Takinami, A. 2013. Aulnay-sous-Bois, a town of football or a suburban territory in France. Notes on
Theoretical Geography 17: 1-20. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2013. The sense of place and the travels toward the north in autobiographic works ofYasushi Inoue. Notes on Theoretical Geography 17: 22-38. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2014. Sunset over Lake Shinji in Matsue: Influence of Lafcadio Hearn's travel
literatures on tourism. In Tourism and media, ed. H. Endo, S, Teraoka and M. Horino, 81-96.
Kyoto: Nakanishiya. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. and Fujikawa, S. 2014. The actual situation of stores which sell "Asaka-mai" rice inKoriyama district, Koriyama city. In How to produce, process, sell and advertise the branded ricein Koriyama of Fukushima prefecture, ed. A. Takinami, 105-111. Hachioji: Laboratory of Urban
and Human Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University. (in Japanese)
Fujikawa, S. 2013. The lady's neighbor told me that she has to support Athletic Club though shedoesn't like football. In Trip to Spain for beauty and food: Basque and Navarre, ed. C. Sugawara
and J. Yamaguchi, 70-71. Tokyo: Heibonsha. (in Japanese)
Fujikawa, S. and Tanaka, M. 2014. Provision of sixth industrialized product information by"Fukushima-oishi-taisho". In How to produce, process, sell and advertise the branded rice inKoriyama of Fukushima prefecture, ed. A. Takinami, 112-119. Hachioji: Laboratory of Urban and
Human Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University. (in Japanese)

Books
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Wakabayashi, Y. ed. 2013. Introduction to regional geography of Japan with maps and data. Tokyo :JTB Publishing. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2014. Paris, Genève, Méditerranée : L’espace ludique et ses territoires multiculturels.
Fukuoka: Kyushu University Press. (in Japanese)

Reports
Takinami, A. ed. 2014. How to produce, process, sell and advertise the branded rice in Koriyama of
Fukushima prefecture. Hachioji: Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan
University. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
None

Miscellaneous Reports
Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Spatial cognition and navigation of taxi drivers in Tokyo. Shinrigaku warudo
63: 23-24．(in Japanese)

Presentations
Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Measurement of geospatial thinking abilities and the factors affecting them.
IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. What is spatial thinking and how to measure it? Public Symposium on theDevelopment of Spatial Thinking Abilities, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. and Kukimoto, M. 2013. Present condition and problems of childcare support maps
in Japan as a participatory map-making. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Conference of theJapan Cartographers Association 2013, 22-23, August, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. and Matsui, Y. 2013. Variation of geospatial thinking in answering geography
questions based on topographic maps. International Cartographic Conference (ICC) 2013, August,Dresden, Germany.
Wakabayashi, Y., Kukimoto, M. and Yui, Y. 2013. Mapping the supply-demand gap in childcare
services with GIS: A case study in Naha City, Okinawa. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013,
May, Makuhari. (in Japanese)
Kukimoto, M. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Provision of web-based childcare maps by local
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governments and the role of local NPOs. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Kukimoto, M. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Provision of web-based childcare support maps by local
governments in Japan. International Cartographic Conference (ICC) 2013, August, Dresden,
Germany.
Takinami, A. 2013. The reality and representations of a Paris’s north-eastern suburban town.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2013 Autumn
Meeting 84: 47, September, Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2013. Office locaton as workspace for white-collar worker in central Tokyo. The
30th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Geographical Science, October, Hiroshima. (inJapanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2014. Recent restructuring business space of central Tokyo－A case study of officeconstruction activities by the Knowledge-based industry after the 1990s – . The General Meetingof the Global Economy and Management Geography Study Group of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting, March, Setagaya.
Ikeda, Y., Tsubomoto, H. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2013. Typology and location of convenience stores interms of sales mix in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the
Human Geographical Society of Japan: 128-129, November, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2013. Changing spatial patterns of residents in Tokyo metropolitan area since 2000.
Abstract of the 8th Japan-Korea-China Joint Conference on Geography: 111-112, July, Fukuoka.
Koizumi, R. 2013. The changes of the spatial patterns of occupational structure in Tokyo
metropolitan area, 1985-2005: An extended shift-share analysis. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional
Conference, August, Kyoto.
Komaki, N., Satake, Y., Kanmura, H, and Koizumi, R. 2014. Achievements and problems ofintelligence sharing in the conduct of an international conference: Through experiments of theJapan-Korea-China Joint conference on geography. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 85: 355. Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Abe, C. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. The actual condition and problems of the child care support
center use in Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 85: 242, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, M. 2013. A collaborative effort to verbal guidance for visually impaired people asvolunteered geographic information. IGU 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference, August, Kyoto.
Fujikawa, S. 2014. FC Ryukyu's regional development of application for J League membership.
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February Meeting of the Kanto Branch of Japan Association of Economic Geographers, February,Tokyo. (in Japanese)47