Annual Report 2019
Geography

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

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LABORATORY OF QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY .................. 1

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STAFF ................................................................................................................................... 1

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OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 1

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LIST OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN FY2019............................................................................ 1

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LABORATORY OF CLIMATOLOGY ................................................................................. 12

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STAFFS ................................................................................................................................ 12

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OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIE ................................................................................... 12

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LIST OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN FY2019.......................................................................... 13

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LABORATORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY .................................................. 24

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STAFFS ................................................................................................................................ 24

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OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 24

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LIST OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN FY2019.......................................................................... 24

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LABORATORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCES............................... 29

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STAFFS ................................................................................................................................ 29

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OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 29

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LIST OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN FY2019.......................................................................... 30

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LABORATORY OF URBAN AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ............................................. 35

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STAFFS ................................................................................................................................ 35

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OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 35

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LIST OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN FY2019.......................................................................... 36

１ Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
1) Staff
Takehiko SUZUKI

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

Masaaki SHIRAIAssociate Professor / D.Sc.
Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology

Daisuke ISHIMURA

Assistant Professor / D.Sc.
Tectonic geomorphology, Quaternary Geology2) Overview of Research Activities
To prospect the futuristic view of environmental changes, our laboratory investigates the history
and process of surface landform/geological development during the Quaternary period. The followings
are some topics of our studies.
1.

Reconstruction of geomorphological/geological phenomena during the Quaternary (thelast 2–3 million years) with accuracies of 105–101 years

2.

Study on volcanic products (tephra) and explosive eruption history in and around theJapanese Islands

3.

Investigation on production–transport–depositional processes of sedimentary particles

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

3) List of Research Activities in FY2019
Peer-reviewed Articles
Suzuki, T., Maruyama, S., Danhara, T., Hirata, T., Machida, H. and Arai, F. 2020. Identification ofLower Pleistocene widespread tephras associated with large caldera‐forming eruptions in the
Tohoku area, north‐east Japan. Journal of Quaternary Science 35: 316-333. doi 10.1002/jqs.3162.
Abbott, P., Jensen, B., Lowe, D., Suzuki, T. and Veres, D. 2020. Crossing new frontiers: extending
tephrochronology as a global geoscientific research tool. Journal of Quaternary Science 35: 1-8.
1doi 10.1002/jqs.3184.
Albert, P., Smith, V., Suzuki, T., McLean, D., Tomlinson, E., Miyabuchi, Y., Kitaba, I., Mark, D.,
Moriwaki, H., Suigetsu 2006 Project Members and Nakagawa, T. 2019. Geochemical
characterisation of the Late Quaternary widespread Japanese tephrostratigraphic markers andcorrelations to the Lake Suigetsu sedimentary archive (SG06 core). Quaternary Geochronology
52: 103-131. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2019.01.005.
McLean, D., Albert, P., Suzuki, T., Nakagawa, T., Kimura, J., Chang, Q., Macleod, A., Blockley, S.,
Staff, R., Yamada, K., Kitaba, I., Haraguchi, T., Kitagawa, J., Smith, V. and SG14 Project Members
2020. Refining the eruptive history of Ulleungdo and Changbaishanvolcanoes (East Asia) over thelast 86 kyrs using distal sedimentary records. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
389: 106669. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106669.
Endo, K., Chiba, T., Suginaka, Y., Suzuki, T., Uesugi, Y., Ishiwata, S., Nakayama, T., Funatsu, T.,
Osato, S., Suzuki, M., Nogichi, M., Sato, A., Kondo, R. and Hori, S. 2019. New division oflandforms in Musashino Upland, Tokyo. The Quaternary Research 58: 353-375.
Shirai, M, Utsugawa, T. and Watanabe, M. 2020. Influence of mega debris flow on geomorphologicalfeatures of the upper reaches in the Abe River examined from the formation process of the
Akamizu waterfall. The Quaternary Research 59: 17-29. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. 2019. Re-examination of the ages of paleo-tsunami deposits in Onuma, Miyagi Prefecture,northeast Japan. Active Fault Research 51: 53-59. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. 2019. Co-seismic vertical displacement associated with the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake(Mw7.0) and activity of the Futagawa fault around Futa, Nishihara Village, Kumamoto prefecture.
Active Fault Research 50: 33-44. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. 2019. Paleo-tsunami deposit research on the Sanriku Coast since the 2011 Tohoku-oki
earthquake. The Quaternary Research: 58, 175-186. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. and Yamada, K. 2019. Palaeo-tsunami inundation distances deduced from roundness ofgravel particles in tsunami deposits. Scientific Reports 9: 10251 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-01946584-z.
Ishimura, D. and Hiramine, R. 2020. Proximal‒distal fall deposit correlation of VEI‐5 tephra(Towada‐Chuseri) from Towada volcano, northeast Japan. Journal of Quaternary Science 35:
334-348 doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3161.
Toda, S. and Ishimura, D. 2019. Evaluation of short active faults reflected from distributed minor
surface breaks found at recent inland large earthquakes including the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake.
The Quaternary Research: 58, 121-136. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoki, K. 2020. Dawson tephra, a widespread 29-ka marker bed, in a marine core from Patton
Seamount off the Alaska Peninsula and its potential marine-terrestrial correlation. Journal of
Quaternary Science 35: 93-101. doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3176.
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Takahashi, T. and Sugai, T. 2020. Reexamination of the Fluvial Terrace Development in the Nagatoro
Gorge and the Development of Longitudinal Profile of the Ara River in the Kanto District, Central
Japan. Journal of Geography 129: 123-140. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I., Mizuno, K., Utsunomiya, M., Nakajima, T. and Yamazaki, H. 2019. Widespread tephrasof the Kazusa Group distributed in the Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan - Especially,
tephrostratigraphy and tephra correlation of the lower part of the Kazusa Group -. The Journal of
the Geological Society of Japan 125: 23-39. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takagi, H., Sugiyama, K., Tamura, I., Mizuno, K, Kitazawa, N. and Kawamoto, K. 2019.
Identification of the youngest activity of the Median Tectonic Lone at Hiji outcrop, Ina City,
Nagano Prefecture. Active Fault Research 50: 1-12. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Characterization and correlation of the Hegawa-Kasamori 5 tephra,a widespread tephra aged c. 450 ka associated with large-scale pyroclastic flows from southern
Kyushu, SW Japan. Journal of Quaternary Science 35: 288-303. doi: 10.1002/jqs.3172.
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2019. Characteristics of breaking and abrasion mechanisms acting on
fluvial sediments during production and transport processes: relationships between rock type,grain size, and roundness of gravel and sand. Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 78:
15-31. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Nakazawa, T., Tomonori, T., Sakata, K., Hongo, M., Suzuki, T. and Nakayama, T. 2020. Reexamination of the stratigraphy of the Tokyo Formation at the type core section in the Yoyogi Park,Tokyo, central Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 71: 19-32.
Aoki, K. 2020. Major-element composition of volcanic glass shards in late Quaternary tephras
provided from the Asama volcano in An-naka and Tomioka area, Gunma prefecture, central Japan.
Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 55: 1-11.
Aoki, K. 2020 A consideration on the distribution of Amagi- Kawagodaira tephra (Kg) and its eruptive
age. Bulletin of the Society for Cultural History, Showa Women’s University 23: 39-49. (inJapanese)
Shitaoka, Y., Soda T., Aoki, K., and Wakai, A. 2020. Petrography and Radiocarbon Dating of As-BP
Group of Asama volcano, Japan. Bulletin of Geo-Environmental Science, Rissho University 22:
57-65. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takahashi, T. 2019. Reconstruction of the long-term sediment routing in the upper reaches usinghydrological analysis. GIS NEXT: 69, 59. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2019. Tephra−The history of volcanic eruption and time scale key bed. In Geo World Boso
Peninsula. eds Takagi, H. and Hirukawa, M., 67-78. mihorin Planning Office.(in Japanese)
Utsunomiya, M.,

Mizuno, K. and Tamura, I. 2019. Stratigraphic positions and characteristics oftephra beds in the lower to middle Kiwada Formation (lower Pleistocene), Kazusa Group. Bulletin3

of the Geological Survey of Japan 70: 373-441. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2020. Sedimentological characteristics of gravels on refreshed gravel bar
by Typhoon 1721 in the middle of the Tama River, central Japan. Geographical Reports of Tokyo
Metropolitan University 55: 13-21.
Books/ Reports/ Book Reviews
Kaizuka, S., Ota, Y., Koaze, T., Koike, K., Nogami, M., Yonekura, N., Kubo, S. and Suzuki, T. (eds.)
2019. Geomorphology Illustrated New Edition. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. (in Japanese)
Miscellaneous Reports
Suzuki, T. 2019. Reports of lectures on the Suigetsu tephra studies. QR newsletter 26: 12-13. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2020. 1.2.1 Overview. In Report of the Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle
to Upper Reaches of the Tama River, eds. Committee of the Research Project on the Kazusa Groupin the Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River, 22-24. Tokyo: Committee of the Research
Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2020. Chapter 2 Kazusa Group in the middle to upper reaches of the Tama River. In Reportof the Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River,eds. Committee of the Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of
the Tama River, 55-104. Tokyo: Committee of the Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the
Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D. 2019. Description of Active Fault Map, Tsushima (Revised edition). Geographical
Survey Institute, D1-No.933. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D., Kagohara, K., Suzuki, Y. and Chida, N. 2019. Active Fault Map, Tsushima (Revised
edition). Geographical Survey Institute. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Suzuki, T. 2019. Quest of landforms in Tokyo: History of landforms and sediments in Musashino.
Open University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, April, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2019. Quaternary chronological studies on stratigraphy and tephras in the Choshi area: afavorable field for the reconstruction of development history of the Kanto Plain, NE Japan. Joint
Symposium by the Japan Association for Quaternary Research and Choshi Geopark: Recent Resultof the Quaternary Research in the East Kanto Plain, August, Choshi. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2019. Does an earthquake occurring below the Tokyo capital realy occur in future?
Possibility and preparation. Shincho Koza, September, Shinjuku-ku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2019. Recent studies and disaster countermeasure for Oshima volcano. Oshima Citizen
Forum: volcanic and landslide hazards mitigation measure, November, Oshima. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2019. Recognition of natural disaster: active fault and its related beds and landforms in
Tama. Lecture for Hachioji Citizens, December, Hachioji. (in Japanese)4

Suzuki, T. 2020. Recognition of natural disaster: active fault and its related beds and landforms in
Tama. 10th Training Lecture for Leader of Hachioji City Environmental Learning, January,
Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2020. Large eruption history in the NE Japan Arc and development of the Kanto Plainestablished by tephras in the Kazusa Group. Symposium of the Branch, Association of GeologicalSociety of Japan: tephras in the Kanto, age and their source, January, Kita-ku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2020. Keynote: Kazusa Group in the middle to upper reaches of the Tama River.
Symposium of the Studies on the Kazusa Group in the middle to upper reaches of the Tama River,February, Hamura. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2020. History of the extremely low frequent and huge eruptions and their impacts during
the last 2 million years. 9th Symposium of the Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction,
March, Minato-ku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. and Chigira, M. 2019. Slope failures occurred in the southwest part of the Izu-oshima Islandin geological time, NE Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HDS14-04,
May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T. and Terayama, S. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy of the basaltic Izu-oshima volcano during last
20,000 years using radiocarbon ages and distal tephras, off Tokyo Pacific Ocean. Abstracts of 20th
Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): P-1608, July, Dublin,
Ireland.
Suzuki, T., Terayama, S., Matsukaze, J, and Kato, Y. 2019. Tephrochoronogy in the southwest part ofbasaltic Izu-oshima volcanic island during last 20,000 years, off Tokyo, Pacific Ocean. Abstractsof Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SVC38-01, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Ishihara, T. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Comparison of geological stratigraphy between three drilling cores
and analysis of shallow geological structure in the Koriyama Basin, Northeast Japan. Abstracts ofJapan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HQR05-P-05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Kato, Y. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Late Quaternary fluvial terraces and piracies in the Tanagura area, along
the upper reaches of Kuji River, NE Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019:
HQR05-06, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Chigira, M., Tjika, J., Ishimaru, S. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Geological features of landslides of pyroclastic
fall deposits induced by the 2018 Eastern Iburi Earthquake and other previous earthquakes.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HDS14-P10, May, Chiba. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Takasugi, N., Saito, T., Makino, K. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrochronological relations of MiddlePleistocene tephra derived from Myoko Volcanic Group and the pumice and scoria fall deposits
5found in Kosha Volcano, Central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019:
SVC36-P19, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)Naya, T., Sakata, K., Nakazawa, T., Suzuki, T. and Nakayama, T. 2019. Stratigraphy of Tokyo
Formation: re-examination of Kita-Ku Central Park core. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2019: HQR05-10, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takasugi, N., Saito, T., Takeshita, Y., Makino, K. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Correlation of the Iz-KT tephra
and the pumice fall deposits found in Kohsha Volcano, Central Japan. Programme and Abstracts
the Volcanological Society of Japan 2019 Fall Meeting: 97, September, Akita. (in Japanese).
Siwan, D., Albert, P., Bourne, A., Cook, E., Svensson, A., Suzuki, T., Ponomareva, V., Jensen, B. 2019.
The Greenland tephra repository: uncovering the source and timing of distant eruptions. Abstractsof 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA): O-3042, July,
Dublin, Ireland.
Smith, V., Humphreys, M., Stock, M., Isaia, R., Suzuki, T., McLean, D. and Albert, P. 2019. Can
apatites be used to correlate tephra deposits? Abstracts of 20th Congress of the International Union
for Quaternary Research (INQUA): P-3629, July, Dublin, Ireland.
Endo, K., Suginaka, Y., Horii, S., Sugai, T., Suzuki, T., Isiwata, S., Uesugi, Y., Kondo, R., Chiba, T.,
Nakayama, T., Osato, S., Noguchi, M., Sato, A. and Takemura, T. 2019. Revision ofgeomorphology and geology of Tokyo Upland and Lowland, based on boring data and precise
landform analysis. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HQR05-08, May, Chiba.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M. 2020. Geological features of the western part of the Musashino Upland and surrounding
hills: Ome Formation and Kazusa Group. Open University, Tokyo Metropolitan University,
Natural Environment of the western part of the Musashino Upland, February, Chiyoda-ku. (inJapanese)
Shirai, M., Takehara, M. and Utsugawa, T. 2019. Sedimentological features of Fuji-Sagamigawa Lahardeposits from the upper reaches of Sagami River, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2019: HQR05-P09, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Utsugawa, T. and Kawajiri, K. 2019. Sedimentological features on hyperconcentrated flow
deposit formed by the 300 years ago slope failure due to Nankai-Trough earthquake, central Japan.
Abstracts of 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) : P-3868,
July, Dublin, Ireland.
Ishimura, D., Tsutsumi, H., Takahashi, N., Oda, R., Matsukaze, J., Kaneda,H., Kobayashi, M.,
Kumahara, Y., Kobayashi, M. and Ichihara, T. 2019. Paleo-seismological survey on the Idenokuchi
fault, Nishihara village,Kumamoto prefecture. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019:
SSS15-16, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D., Takahashi, N., Tsutsumi, H., Kumahara, Y., Toda, S. and Ichihara, T. 2020. Paleoseismic
6trenching on the subsidiary surface ruptures associated with the mainshock of the 2016 Kumamoto
earthquake sequence. Abstracts of HOKUDAN International Symposium on Active Faulting: 4445, January, Awaji, Japan. (invited)
Ishimura, D. and Yamada, K. 2020. Lateral correlation of tsunami deposits since ca 6000 cal BP at
Koyadori, Yamada Town, Iwate Prefecture, based on sedimentary facies, geochemical signature,
gravel roundness, and radiocarbon dating. Abstracts of HOKUDAN International Symposium on
Active Faulting: 42-43, January, Awaji, Japan.
Ishimura, D. and Yamada, K. 2020. Estimations of source and transport process based on shape ofgravels in event deposits: Case study of tsunami deposits at Koyadori, Yamada Town, Iwate
Prefecture. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 97:
156, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Fukushima, Y. and Ishimura, D. 2019. InSAR ground displacements and slip distribution associatedwith secondary fault slips of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2019: STT45-03, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Claro, S.M., Ramos, N., Maxwell, K., Ramirez, A.B. and Ishimura, D 2019. Characterization ofcoastal sediments in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines in relation to offshore tsunamigenic
earthquakes. Abstracts of 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research(INQUA): O-3163, July, Dublin, Ireland.
Murata, M., Kobayashi, M., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy and these correlation
on Tenjosan and Kushigamine in Kozushima volcano, Izu Islands. Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 49: 22, August, Choshi. (in Japanese)
Murata, M., Kobayashi, M., Takahashi, T., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy and these
correlation on Ananoyama in Kozushima volcano, Izu Islands. Programme and Abstracts, theVolcanological Society of Japan, 2019 Fall Meeting: 97, September, Kobe. (in Japanese)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy of drilled core C9010E
off the Boso Peninsula: as apreliminary report. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019:
HQR05-05, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Murata, M., Ishimura, D., and Suzuki, T. 2019. Standard
stratigraphy and characteristic properties of late Quaternary tephras on the Niijima-island: Reportof geochemistry and refractive indices of volcanic glass shards, orthopyroxene, hornblende, andcummingtonite. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SVC38-P21, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., and Suzuki, T., 2019. Characters and chronology of tephra bedsin the drilled core C9010E off the Boso Peninsula. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Associationfor Quaternary Research 49: 12, August, Chiba. (in Japaneset)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M, Murata, M., Nishizawa, T., Takahashi, T., and Suzuki, T. 2020. Construction7

of late Quaternary eruption history in and around the Izu Volcanic Islands, off Tokyo. Ocean
Sciences Meeting 2020, February, San Diego, USA.
Takahashi, T. and Sugai, T. 2019. Temporal and spatial changes of sediment supply processes fromtributaries since the last glacial period in the upper valleys of the Tama and Ara rivers, central
Japan. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HGM04-P08, May, Chiba. (in Japanesewith English abstract)
Takahashi, T., Aoki, K., Murata, M. and Suzuki, T. 2019. A review for the reconstruction of theeruptive history of the Izu Islands in consideration of the eustatic sea-level changes and submarine
landforms. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts: 49, 47, August,
Choshi. (in Japanese)
Komatsu, T., Hiura, Y., Takahashi, T., Funatsu, T., Muraki, M., Kimori, T. and Sugai, T. 2019.
Implications of the distribution of marine terraces and submerged terraces in Japanese Island.
Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HGM04-P12, May, Chiba. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Kobayashi, M. 2020. Explosive tephra eruption history in the area from Fuji-Hakone Volcanoes tonorthern part of Izu Islands Volcanoes, Abstracts of Symposium on recent chronology and sourcesof tephras in the Kanto region, Geological Society of Japan (Kanto branches), 1-4, January, Kitaku. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M. 2020. The Growth of Kozushima Volcano, Explosive eruption history over recent tensof thousands of years. Sightseeing town development support advisor dispatch programme(Kozushima Tourism Association NPO), January, Kozushima. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M. 2020. How to understand volcanic hazard maps correctly. Follow-up training
programme for disaster prevention expert in Fujinokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, December, Aoi-ku.
(in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M. 2020. Benefits of volcano created by long-term eruption activity of Kozushima
Volcano. Sightseeing town development support advisor dispatch programme (Kozushima
Tourism Association NPO), March, Kozushima. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., Aoki, K., Ishimura, D. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy at Daisanyama and Jinai-jima, and correlation with eruption deposits from Mamashitaura Volcanoes in
Niijima Volcano, Izu-islands. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SVC38-02, May,
Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2019. Tephrostratigraphy and its eruption
history of the Latest Activity in the Kozushima Volcano, the Izu Islands. Abstract of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SVC38-P22, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kobayashi, M., Mannen, K., Yamaguchi, T. and Nagai, M. 2019. Eruption ages of the latest chains ofcraters on the central-cones of Hakone volcano. Proceedings of the International Meeting on
8Eruptive History and Informatics: 2019-1, 23-28, July, Jonan-ku. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Mannen, K., Yamaguchi, T. and Nagai, M. 2019. Eruption ages of the latest chains ofcraters around Kamiyama and Owakudani, and positioning of 2015 Owakudani event in theeruption history of Hakone volcano. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and
Abstracts: 49, 24, August, Choshi. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Mannen, K., Nagai, M. and Yamaguchi, T. 2019, The fissure vents in Kamiyama andOwakudani areas and their significance for disaster mitigation plans of Hakone Volcano.
Programme and abstracts the Volcanological Society of Japan 2019 Fall Meeting: 110, 88, Nadaku. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2019, The Guide of Excursion in Kozushima
Volcano, Jointly hosted by the Geological Society of Japan (Kanto branches) and Research Center
for Volcanic Hazards and Their Mitigation of Tokyo Metropolitan University, NovemberDecember, Kozushima. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Mannen, K., Yamaguchi, T. and Nagai, M. 2020. Phreatic eruption history at the latest
stage (since ca. 3ka) of Hakone Volcano. Proceedings of the International Workshop on themechanism of Phreatic Eruption: 10-11, January, Odawara.
Tamura, I. 2019. The geohistory of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Geo-Walk in Zisei noKai, October, Kamakura. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2019. Tephrochronological study on paleo-environment in the Tama River Basin, Tokyo.
The Geo Society of Aki River Basin. November, Tokyo.(invited) (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2019. Tephrochronological syudy of the Naarai Formation, Inubo Group in the Choshi
district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The geological education society of Chiba Prefecture. December,
Chiba. (invited) (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2020. The key yephras at P/P boundary in South Kano area. Symposium of GeologicalSociety of Japan, Kanto branch. Summary, 13-16. January, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I., and Mizuno, K. 2019. The histry of volcanic eruption based on tephrochronology at PlioPleostocene in Japan :2 Chronology of pyroclastic flow deposits in southern Kyusyu. Abstracts ofJapan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HQR05- P07, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Tamura, I., Mizuno, K. and. Yamazaki, H. 2019. Tephrochronological syudy of the Naarai Formation,Inubo Group in the Choshi district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary
Research 2018 : Progreme and Abstracts 49: 52, August, Chiba. (in Japanese)Baba, A., Fujii, T., Chiba, T., Yoshimoto, M., Nishizawa, F. and Shibuya, H. 2019. Consideration of
the formation process of Mt.Hoei, Fuji volcano. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2019: SVC35-02, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yamamoto, S., Nishizawa, F., Yoshimoto, M., Miyairi, Y., Yokoyama, Y., Suga, H. and Ohkouchi, N.
9Compound-specific 14C dating of tephra layers in the Lake Kawaguchi sediments. Abstracts ofAnnual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan: 149, September, Bunkyo-ku. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2019. Establishment of a database and a network focusing on sedimentological learningmaterials for science education on elementary and junior high schools. Abstracts for Annual
Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 2019: 15-16, April, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2019. Geographical photographs of the dam management at the Tenryu River and coastal
erosion at Enchu Coast in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. The 2019 annual meeting of the
Rissho Geographical Association: G11, June, Kumagaya. (poster, in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2020. Topography of the western part of the Musashino Upland: the Tama River andfluvial terrace. Open University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Natural Environment of thewestern part of the Musashino Upland, February, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T., Shirai, M., Kato, H. and Kato, S. 2019. Sedimentological characteristics of the Ome
Formation exposed on the western margin of Musasino Upland, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HQR05-09, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yokoyama, T., Hara, M., Utsugawa, T., Ito, T. and Shimazu, H. 2020. Agricultural land use andinundation risk in the river side land of the Natori River, Miyagi Prefecture. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 97: 264, March, Setagaya-ku. (inJapanese)
Kawai, T., Nishizawa, F., Yamada, M. and Suzuki,T. 2019. Reexamination of correlation of Omachi
APm Tephra Group and chronology of the Middle Pleistocene in northern Kanto District andnorthern Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 49: 53, August, Choshi. (in Japanese)
Hiramine, R. 2019.The pyroclastic materials as indicator of paleoenvironment in the northern part of
Shimokita peninsula, Aomori prefecture. Shimokita Geopark Research Meeting, June, Mutsu. (inJapanese)
Hiramine, R. 2020. Estimation of the source areas of drift pumice along the coast of the JapaneseIsland. Joint-Use/Research Annual Report Meeting: 45, February, Nankoku. (in Japanese)
Hiramine, R., Aoki, K., Ishimura, D. and Kobayashi, M. 2019. Discovery and these sources of drift
pumices interbedded in coastal sediments at Sekinehama, in the northern part of Shimokita
peninsula, Aomori prefecture. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HQR05-P04,
May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Hiramine, R., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2020. Distribution and source of drift pumice along the recent
coast of the Japanese islands. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 97: 157, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)Tano, T., Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M., Murata, M. 2019. Characteristic properties of distal and proximal
tephras in the Mikurajima Island, Izu Islands. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019:10

SVC38-P27, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsukaze, J., Shirai, M. and Utsugawa, T. 2019. Abration process of gravel considered from shapechange of beach gravel in Joetsu region, Niigata Prefecture,central Japan. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: HCG32-P01, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Oda, R., Ishimura, D., Suzuki, T.2019. Distribution, geometry and slip rates of branch faults aroundthe Kita-Izu fault zone. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SSS15-P07, May,
Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Terayama, S., Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M. 2019. Descriptions and age of volcanic products before thecaldera formation in the northern part of Izu-Oshima, off Tokyo, Pacific Ocean. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: SVC38-P19, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Akikusa, K. 2020. The formation process of the characteristic shell condensed area in the Yatsu Tidal
Flat, Tokyo Bay. The 68th National Geography Major Graduation Article Conference, March,
Koganei. (in Japanese)11２ Laboratory of Climatology
1) Staffs
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 Modeling

Fumiaki FUJIBE

Project Professor / D.Sc.
Urban Climatology, Environmental Climatology

Jun-Ichi HAMADA

Project Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Tropical Climatology, Meteorilogical Observation

Tomoshige INOUE

Project Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Monsoon Climatology, Climate Change, Global Warming

Nozomi KAMIZAWA

Project Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Asian monsoon, Climate change, Climate simulation

Masato NODZU

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)
Tropicalclimatology,

Satellite

Meteorology,

MeteorologicalObservation
Yoshihito SETO

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)
Urban Climatology, Local Climatology, Statistical Analysis

Ko NAKAJIMA

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)
Urban Climatology, Local Climatology2) Overview of Research Activitie
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.
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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 ofurban boundary layer, and elucidation of urban effects on short duration intense rainfall

4.

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

5.

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

3) List of Research Activities in FY2019
Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsumoto, J., Olaguera, L.M., Nguyen-Le, D., Kubota, H. and Villafuerte II, M.Q. 2020.
Climatological seasonal changes of wind and rainfall in the Philippines. International Journal of
Climatology. doi:10.1002/joc.6492.
Oka, A., Takahashi, H., Nakajima, K. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Regional characteristics of heavy
summertime rainfall in and around urban Tokyo from the viewpoint of the spatial extent of rainfall
area. E-journal GEO 14: 233-245. doi: 10.4157/ejgeo.14.233 (in Japanese with English abstract)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Spatial and temporal features of cold mortality in Japanand their relation to temperature variations. Tenki 66: 513-527. doi:10.24761/tenki.66.8_513. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Spatial variability of municipality-wise heat and cold
mortality in Japan with respect to temperature and economic states. Geographical Review of Japan,
Series B 92: 52-63.
Du, H., Alexander, L. V., Donat, M. G., Lippmann, T., Srivastava, A., Salinger, J., Kruger, A., Choi,
G., He, H. S., Fujibe, F., Rusticucci, M., Nandintsetseg, B., Manzanas, R., Rehman, S., Abbas, F.,
Zhai, P., Yabi, I., Stambaugh, M. C., Wang, S., Batbold, A. de O., Priscilla T., Adrees, M., Hou, W.,
Zong, S., Santos e Silva, C. M., Lucio, P. S. and Wu, Z. 2019. Precipitation from persistentextremes is increasing in most regions and globally. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 6041-6049.
doi:10.1029/2019GL081898.
Seto, Y., Fukushima, A. and Takahashi, H. 2019. Regional transition time distribution of local summer
wind systems in the southern Kanto region. E-journal GEO 14: 223-232. doi:
10.4157/ejgeo.14.223. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Olaguera, L.M. and Matsumoto, J. 2020. A climatological study of the wet and dry conditions in the
pre-summer monsoon season of the Philippines. International Journal of Climatology.
doi:10.1002/joc.6452.
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Julie Mae B. Dado and Gemma Teresa T. Narisma 2020. Non-tropical
cyclone related winter heavy rainfall events over the Philippines: climatology and mechanisms.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. doi:10.1007/s13143-019-00165-2.
Other Articles
Matsumoto J. and Asada H. 2020. Rainfall, floods, and rice production in the Ganges-BrahmaputraMeghna River Basin. In: Yokoyama S., Matsumoto J., Araki H. (eds) Nature, Culture, and Foodin Monsoon Asia, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 10, 3-14, Singapore:
Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3_1.
Fujibe, F. 2019. Strong winds and disaster in Kagoshima due to a typhoon on 15 August 1899. Tenki
66: 495-499. (in Japanese).
Fujibe, F. Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Features of heat stroke damage in the 2018 summer inTokyo. Tenki 66: 644-650. (in Japanese).
Ueda, H., Kibe, A., Saitoh, M., and Inoue, T., 2019. Tropical-origin remote forcing on wintertime
snowfall variations in Japan. Meteorological Research Note 240: 105-113. (in Japanese).
Books
Yokoyama S., Matsumoto J. and Araki H. (eds) 2020. Nature, Culture, and Food in Monsoon Asia,
International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 10, Singapore: Springer.
Reports
Tsukahara T., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Ota, A. and Matsumoto K. (eds.) 2019. Climate
Reconstruction in Asia, Trans-science between Humanities and Meteorology over Logbook,Monsoon and Typhoon. Kobe: STS Science. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
Takahashi, H. and Suzuki, H. eds. 2020. Researches on the behavior of heavy rainfall systems in urban
area. FY2019 Joint Research Report of Tokyo Metropolitan University and Research &Development Center of JR East Group. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
Matsumoto J. 2019. Report on the 11th Annual ACRE Meeting and other related meetings. Journal of
Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 128: N73. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Matsumoto, J. 2019. Variability of Asain monsoon and rice cultivation ― severe floods promoteagriculture in Bangladesh. Kawasaki Citizen Academy Course, October, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. Olaguera, L.M., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F.D. 2019.
Interdecadal Shifts in the Summer and Winter monsoon of the Philippines. The 27th International
Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly, July, Montreal, Canada.
Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L., Konduru, T.R., Inoue, T., Ngo-Duc T. and Olaguera, L.M. 2019.
Increasing autumn heavy rainfall trend in South Central Vietnam and its relationship with local
14sea surface temperature. Abstract of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2019 Meeting: AS03A016, July, Singapore.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Hayashi, T., Akasaka, I. and Endo, N. 2019.
Data rescue activities in the Asian monsoon region under the ACRE-Japan 2019. ACRE-Asia Joint
Workshop, November, Wuhan, China.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Kiguchi, M., Hayashi, T., Akasaka, I.,
Fujinami, H., Kanamori, H. and Endo, N. 2019. Long-term Asian monsoon changes through thedata rescue activities under the ACRE-Japan. Workshop on Climate in Histry in Asia, September,
Leiden, Netherlands.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H. Inoue, T., Terao, T., Murata, F.,Kiguchi, M., Hayashi, T., Akasaka, I.,
Kamahori, H., Fujinami, H., Kanamori, H. and Endo, N. 2019. Long-term Asian monsoon changes
through the data rescue activities under the ACRE-Japan. AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August,
Sapporo.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H. Inoue, T., Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F., Hayashi, T., Terao, T.,
Murata, F., Fujinami, H., Fukushima, A., Mikami, T. and Zaiki, M. 2019. Recovery of the Asianmonsoon variations since the late 19th century by the data rescue activites. Abstract of the Japan
Geosciences Union 2019: MIS17-05, May, Chiba.
Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Fujibe, F., Hamada, J., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Kubota, H.,
Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Endo, N., Yamamoto, H., Kobayashi, S. and Muraji, Y. 2019. ACRE
− Japan, reconstruction of the long-term Asian monsoon variations through the data rescue
activites. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 45, May,
Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Fujinami, H., Kanamori, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Characteristics of summer time rainfall
variationsand their long-term changes in Bangladesh. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 225, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Fukushima, A., Kanamori, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Regionality of interannual variation of seasonal
precipitation over India. AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Tanoue, M., Hayashi, T., Oki, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Long-term changesof rainfall characteristics in Sri Lanka using 100-years record. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 191, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Tanoue, M., Hayashi, T., Oki, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Change of rainfall
characteristics in Sri Lanka using 100-years record. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Fall Meeting 96: 134-135, September, Niigata. (inJapanese)
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Akasaka, I., Zaiki, M. and Kobayashi, S. 2019. Research on thesummerAsian monsoon variations developed from the precipitation data rescue activities in the
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Philippines. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 48, May,
Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Zaiki, M., Mikami, T., Tsukahara, T., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, H., Hirano,J., Inoue, T., Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Fujinami, H.
and Fukushima, A. 2019. ACRE Japan and Ship logs along Japan. The C3S Data Rescue Capacity
Building Workshop and the 12th ACRE Meeting, April, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Muraji, Y., Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Kubota, H., Yamamoto, H., Kobayashi, S., Akasaka, I. andKamahori, H. 2019. Digitization of paper and image format meteorological data in the early 20th
century. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 43, May,
Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Murata, F., Matsuyama, S., Inoue, T., Yamasaki, R., Kuriyama, K., Kamahori, H. and Matsumoto, J.
2019. Characteristics of precipitation in Shikoku, Japan using long-term daily rainfall data.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 71, May, Shibuya-ku.
(in Japanese)
Murata, F., Terao, T., Fujinami, H., Chakravarty, K., Syiemlieh, H.J., Cajee, L. and Matsumoto, J.
2019. Causes of the wettest place in the southern slope of the Meghalaya Plateau, Northeast India.
AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. New Asian monsoon hydroclimatological project under
the GEWEX framework. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting
115: 337, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2019．Missions and key questions of new Asian monsoon
hydroclimatological project, Post MAHASRI. Abstract of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
Annual Meeting: HS07-A022, August, Singapore.
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Objectives and Overarching Key Questions of AsiaPEX.
AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Takahashi, H., Sugawara, H., Seto, Y., Nakajima, K., It, Y. and Tsunematsu, N. 2020. Preliminary
analysis concerning thermal structures of nocturnal boundary layer from west suburbs to thecentral area of Tokyo. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2020 Spring Meeting 97: 129, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Oka, A., Takahashi, H. and Suzuki, H. 2020. Regional characteristics of diurnal variation in occurrence
frequency of summertime localized heavy rainfall in and around the Tokyo metropolitan area．
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2020 Spring
Meeting 97: 317, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. G., Sugimoto, S. and Fujinami, H. 2019. Role of land-atmospheric interactions in thediurnal variation of precipitation over the Asian monsoon region. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 342, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
16Sugmoto, S. and Takahashi, H. G. 2019. Importance of high resolution experiments over Tibetan and
Himalayan regions. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115:
341, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. 2019. Urban warming in Japan with relation to global climate change. International
Workshop on Urban Climate Projection, October, Tsukuba.
Fujibe, F. 2019. Tornado disaster at the Yodobashi Elementary School in Tokyo on 23 September 1903.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting 116: 108, October,
Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2020. Long-term trends of newspaper coverage on climate change andsummer heat. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers
2020 Spring Meeting 97: 122, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Distribution of heat and cold mortality based onmunicipality-wise data. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting
115: 288, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Regional and temporal variations of heat-stroketransport rates in Japan: Comparison with the features of mortality. The 14th National Conferenceof Heat Island Institute International 76-77, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2019. Relationship between daily ambulance transport rates
due to heat stroke and meteorological elements. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan
2019 Autumn Meeting 116: 163, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Data rescue for precipitation observation in the
Kanto and Tokai Districts. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting
115: 44, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Kamogawa, M., and Takahashi, Y. 2019. Study on lightning activities
over the Tokyo Metropolitan area based on atmospheric electrical field observation. The 13th MU
radar/Equatorial Atmospheric Radar Symposium, September, Uji. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Kamogawa, M., and Takahashi, Y. 2019. Study on thundercloud activities over Tama, Tokyo based on atmospheric electric field observation -Case study forthe hail storm event in May 4, 2019-. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2020 Spring Meeting 97: 318, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M. D., Hasan, S. and Syamsudin, F., 2019: Seasonal rainfall
variations and their long-term variability in Jakarta, Indonesia. Abstract of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2019 Spring meeting 115: 74, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Yamashita, K., H. Kamogawa, and Takahashi, Y. 2019. Monitoring forlightning activities and thunder cloud developments over the Tokyo metropolitan area during the17

2018 summer. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences Union Meeting 2019: MIS05-P04, May, Chiba.
Estrebillo, L., Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I. and Marciano, J. 2019.
Estimation of lightning location using V-POTEKA lightning observation network. Abstract of theJapan Geosciences Union Meeting 2019: MIS05-07, May, Chiba.
Katsumata, M., Mori, S., Hamada, J-I., Hattori, M., Syamsudin, F. and Yamanaka, M.D. 2019. Diurnal
cycle over a coastal area of the maritime continent as derived by special networked soundings overJakarta during HARIMAU2010. Abstract of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2019 Meeting:AS28-D3-PM1-P-154, July, Singapore.
Kubota, H., Takahashi, Y., Sato, M., Yamashita, K. and Hamada, J.-I. 2019: ULAT SATREPS –Observation study for the lightning activity and tropical cyclone intensity relationship in thePhilippine Sea. AsiaPEX Kick Off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Mori, S., Katsumata, M., Hamada, J.-I., Sulistyowati, R., Lestari, S. and Syamsudin, F. 2019. Jakarta
Heavy precipitation Experiment (JaHE), a new field study on the IMC coastal hydrological cycle
climatology. Abstract of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS)
National Radar Workshop, November, Clayton, Australia.
Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Souma, K., Kanamori, H. and Syamsudin, F. 2019. JAkarta Heavy
Precipitation Experiment (JAHE), a new Kakenhi based field study on the MC coastal hydrologicalcycle climatology. AsiaPEX Kick Off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Wu, P., Shirooka, R., Yokoi, S., Yoneyama, K., Haryoko, U., Nurahyati, N.,
Sulistyowati, R. and Syamsudin, F. 2019. Convections and lightning activities over thesouthwestern coastal area of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, observed during the Pre-YMC 2015 andYMC-Sumatra 2017 campaigns. Abstract of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly
2019: EGU2019-3856/AS1.38, April, Vienna, Austria.
Mori, S., Hamada, J-I., Wu, P., Shirooka, R., Yokoi, S., Yoneyama, K., Haryoko, U., Nurhayati, N.,
Sulistyowati, R. and Syamsudin, F. 2019. Convections and lightning activities over thesouthwestern coastal land of Sumatra island, Indonesia, observed during the Pre-YMC 2015 andYMC-Sumatra 2017 campaigns. Abstract of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic
Society Annual Meeting and the International Conference on Tropical Meteorology andOceanography (AMOS-ICTMO) 2019: #61/31, June, Darwin, Australia.
Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Wu, P.-M., Shirooka, R., Yokoi, S., Yoneyama, K., Haryoko, U., Sulistyowati,
R. and Syamsudin, F. 2019. Diurnal variations of convection and lightning activity over thesouthwest coastal area of Sumatra. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn
Meeting 116: 137, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I. and Marciano, J. 2019. Relation
between lighting and typhoon activities (Typhoon LAN) in the western Pacific region. Abstract of
the Japan Geosciences Union Meeting 2019: MIS05-04, May, Chiba.
18Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I., and Marciano, J., 2019. Predictionof the typhoon intensity development by monitoring lightning activity. Abstract of the Asia
Oceania Geosciences Society 2019 Meeting: AS47-D4-PM2-302-003, August, Singapore.
Takahashi, Y., Sato, M., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I., Castro, E., Ishida, T., Estrebillo, L,
Pulutan, D. and Purwadi. 2019. Monitoring of typhoon and thunderstormds using micro-satellites
and ground-based lightning networks. Abstract of the European Geosciences Union General
Assembly 2019, EGU2019-12625/AS1.38, April, Vienna, Austria.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2019. Data rescue activities of daily rainfall before the early
20th century and rainfall variations for the past 125 years (1891-2015) in Myanmar (Burma). Kickoff Workshop: Rain, Water, and Rice in Modern Burma, November, Bunkyo-ku.
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Murata, F., Tanoue, M., Fukushima, A., Yamane, Y., Terao, T., Hayashi, T.,
Oki, T., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Long-term changes of rainfall characteristics in
Bangladesh using 126-years daily precipitation records. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 73, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Murata, F., Tanoue, M., Fukushima, A., Yamane, Y., Terao, T., Hayashi, T.,
Oki, T., Inoue, T., and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Change of rainfall characteristics in Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka using more than 100-years record. Abstract of the American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting 2019: A23H-3016, December, San Francisco, USA.
Murata, F., Terao, T., Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Tanoue, M., Hayashi, T., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto,J. 2019. Inter-annual variation of daily rainfall in Bangladesh during 1891-2016. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 189, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Murata, F., Terao, T., Yamane, Y, Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Tanoue, M., Hayashi, T., Inoue, T.,
Matsumoto, J. 2019. Synoptic condition during pre-monsoon precipitations in Bangladesh.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting, 116: 195. October,
Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H. G.. 2019. Roles of the Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern on the2018 heatwave in Japan and its association with the dramatic seasonal march of the Asian summer
monsoon. A workshop on tropical meteorology, December, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H. G.. 2020. Effect of the Pacific–Japan teleconnection on the 2018
heatwave in Japan and its relationship with the seasonal march of the Asian summer monsoon.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Autumn
Meeting 97: 132, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, K., Tsunematsu, N. and Takahashi, H. 2019. Inter annual variation of nocturnal verticalpotential temperature profile during clear and weak wind winter nights over the urban area ofTokyo. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers Autumn
Meeting 96: 30, September, Niigata. (in Japanese)
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Nakajima, K., Takahashi, H., Sugawara, H. and Tsunematsu, N. 2019. Characteristic features of urban
boundary layer on fine winter days observed by temperature profiler at the central Tokyo. ResearchGroup Meeting for Urban Climatic Environment at Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2019 Autumn Meeting, September, Niigata. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, K., Tsunematsu, N., Yokoyama, H., Shusse, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2019.

Relationshipbetween surface wind systems and precipitation distribution during a short time intense rainfall on
4 May, 2019 in Tokyo metropolitan area. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019
Autumn Meeting 113: 148, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I.. 2019. Reviewing Asian Monsoon Years (AMY): Sec. 3.5.1 description -as an example
for coordinated obs. & modeling initiatives-. AsiaPEX International SSG Workshop, September,
Nagoya.
Nodzu, M. I.. 2020. River basin scale validation of the GSMaP rainfall estimation over Vietnam. The
International Workshop on Asian Monsoon Climate, January, Hachioji.
Nodzu, M. I.., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L., Ngo-Duc, T. and Duc-Tri, T. 2019. Validation of GSMaP
sub-daily-scale precipitation over northern Vietnam. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2019 Spring Meeting 115: 339, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I.., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L., Ngo-Duc, T. and Duc-Tri, T. 2019. Toward improvementin estimate of precipitation in higher resolution with surface gauge, radar and satellite observations
in Vietnam. AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August, Sapporo.
Nodzu, M. I.., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L., Ngo-Duc, T. and Truong-Duc, T. 2019. Performance of
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) estimate over northern Vietnam. The 39th
International Conference on Radar Meteorology, September, Nara. (Poster)Nodzu, M. I.., Matsumoto, J., Watanabe, T., Seto, Y., Nakajima, K.and Matsuzaki, Y. 2019. A
promising new observation in the AsiaPEX – an unmanned aerial vehicle observation of evolution
in the lower boundary layer in the morning. AsiaPEX Kick-off Conference, August, Sapporo.
(poster)
Nodzu, M. I.., Matsumoto, J., Seto, Y., Watanabe, T., Nakajima, K., Matsuzaki, Y., Olaguera, L.M. andSaito Y. 2019. UAV observation of evolution in lower planetary boundary layer in clear and calmwind morning in winter. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting
116: 399, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I.., Shigeta, Y., Tada, Y., Otani, K., Makizono, Y., Yoshida, A., Matsumoto, J., Olaguera,
L.M., Watanabe, T., Seto, Y., Nakajima, K., Inoue, T., Hamada, J-.I., Matsuzaki, Y., Saito Y. 2020.
UAV Observation of temperature and humidity in lower planetary boundary layer at Shionomisaki
Wind Effect Laboratory. Workshop toward integrative research of observational data in, over andaround the ocean, February, Kushimoto. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I.., Shigeta, Y., Yoshida, A., Tada, Y., Otani, K., Makizono, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2019.
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Comparing vertical-profile observations of temperature, relative humidity and wind by UAV
observation with those by tethered and pilot balloons. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2019 Autumn Meeting, 116: 151, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I.., Watanabe, T., Seto, Y., Matsumoto, J., Olaguera, L.M., Nakajima, K., Inoue, T., Hamada,J-.I., Matsuzaki, Y., Saito Y., Shigeta, Y., Tada, Y., Otani, K., Makizono, Y. and Yoshida, A. 2020.
Observation of lower planetary boundary layer with an industrial drone. Workshop of
meteorological measurement instruments association, February, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S.-Y., Miyazaki, K., Fujiwara, M., Nodzu, M. I.., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J.,
Witte, J., Thompson, A., Nguyen, H.A, and Nguyen V.T. 2019. Lower-tropospheric high-ozone
layer over eastern edge of Indochina Peninsula revealed by ozonesondes in Hanoi, Vietnam. The
4th Atmospheric Composition and Asian Monsoon (ACAM) 2019 Workshop, June, Bangi,
Malaysia.
Ogino, S.-Y., Miyazaki, K., Fujiwara, M., Nodzu, M. I.., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J.,
Witte, J., Thompson, A., Nguyen, H.A. and Nguyen V.T. 2019. Pre-monsoon ozone enhancementin the lower troposphere over the southeast Asia: Generation mechanism and three-dimensional
structure. The 13th MU radar/Equatorial Atmospheric Radar Symposium, September, Uji. (inJapanese)
Ogino, S-.Y., Miyazaki, K., Fujiwara, M., Nodzu, M. I., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J., Witte,J., Thompson, A., Nguyen-Hoang, A. and Nguyen-Vinh, T. 2019. Ozon increase phenomenon inlower troposphere in spring over Southeast Asia: Generation mechanisms and three-dimension
structure. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting 116: 483,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Shigeta, Y., Yoshida, A., Nodzu, M. I., Tada, Y., Otani, K., Makizono, Y. 2019. Observation oftemperature and relative humidity with tethered balloons and GPS radiosondes: Quality control ofmeasurements in lower atmosphere. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019
Autumn Meeting 116: 150, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Watanabe, T., Nodzu, M. I., Seto, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Structure of troposphere over Kanto
Plain during a föhn phenomenon in heat-wave events in July, 2018. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting 116: 222, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Yoshida, S., Nishimura, T., Ariyoshi, K., Iinuma, T., Nishida, S., Machida, Y., Miyazawa, Y., Miyama,
T., Uchida, H., Wakita, M., Fujita, M., Kuwatani, T., Fujiwara, S., Kimoto, K., Nakano, Y., Kawai,Y., Watanabe, S., Ichikawa, K., Hasegawa, T., Fuji, A., Komatsu, Y., Tachibana, Y., Watarai, Y.,
Nakamura, Y., Hirata, H., Shigeta, Y., Nodzu, M. I.., Minowa, M., Takashima, Y., Inoue, S.,
Iwahori, T. and Intensive Observational Campaign Team of Shinseimaru, Seisuimaru and Cape
Shionomisaki 2019. Penetrative-coincident observation of atmosphere, ocean and seabed off andover Kii Peninsula. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting 116:
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403, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2020. Adjustment technique of observed wind by roughness parameter for
analysis of recent changes in local wind systems over the Kanto Plain. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2020 Spring Meeting 97: 316, March,
Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y., Shoji, Y., Tsunematsu, N. and Takahashi, H. 2019. Relationships between water vapor
concentration index derived from GNSS and surface wind convergence during localized heavy
rainfall in Tokyo in summer. Abstracts of JpGU Meeting 2019: MTT46-P06, May, Chiba.
Fujiwara, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Long-term changes of summer time precipitation characteristics
in Korea. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019 Autumn Meeting, 116: 372,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Konduru, R. T., and Takahashi, H. G. 2020. Seasonal differences in the land-atmosphere coupling overSouth Asia simulated using a regional climate model. Geographical reports, 55: 23-34.
Matsuzaki, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2019 Categorize of wind field and its interannual variability over the
Maritime Continent during boreal winter. Abstracts of the Japan Meteorological Society 2019 Fall
Meeting 116: 424, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F.D. 2019.
Interdecadal shifts in the winter monsoon rainfall of the Philippines. Abstract of the Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society 2019 Meeting: AS03-A001, July, Singapore.
Yamaji, M. and Matsumoto, J. 2020. Overview of the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation(GSMaP) and its application in Geographical Education. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2020 Spring Meeting 97: 38, March, Setagaya-ku. (inJapanese).
Yamaji, M., Takahashi, H. G., Kubota, T., Oki, R., Hamada, A., and Takayabu. Y. N. 2019: Gloal Drop
Size Distribution observed by GPM/DPR. Poster1-01, 39th International Conference on Radar
Meteorology, September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Yamaji, M., Takahashi, H. G., Kubota, T., Oki, R., Hamada, A. and Takayabu, Y. N. 2019: Gloal Drop
Size Distribution observed by GPM/DPR. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019
Fall Meeting 116: 447, October 2019, Fukuoka. (in Japanese).
Kitabayashi, S. and Takahashi, H. G. 2019. Dependence of variability of surface air temperature byvolcanic eruptions on the phase of ENSO. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019
Spring Meeting 115: 252, May, Shibuya-ku. (in Japanese)
Kitabayashi, S. and Takahashi, H. G. 2019. Surface air temperature response to large volcanic
eruptions: Difference in the phase of ENSO. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2019
Autumn Meeting 116: 363, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kitabayashi, S. and Takahashi, H. G. 2020. Surface air temperature response to large-scale volcanic22

eruptions and its relationship with ENSO. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Associationof Japanese Geographers 97: 239, March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Nobuhiro, K. 2020. Relationship between snowfall on the Kanto region and the south-coast cyclone
track, focusing on the Kuroshio path. The 68th Meeting of Graduation Thesis of Geography, March,
Koganei.

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３ Laboratory of Environmental Geography
1) Staffs
Makiko WATANABE

Professor/ Ph.D
Soil Geography, Environmental Dynamic Analysis, Geoarcheology

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

Development of survey methods for evaluation of soils in urban area

２

Characterization of sclerotium grains and their function in forest soil ecosystem

３

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

４

Environmental risk evaluation of the soils surrounding the mining area in Erdenet, Mongolia

５

Environmental dynamics study of watershed area of Small Water Impounding Project dam incentral Luzon, Philippines

６

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

７

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

８

Study for elemental dynamics in urban ecosystems

3) List of Research Activities in FY2019
Peer-reviewed Articles
Lathifah, A.N., Guo, Y., Sakagami, N., Suda, W., Higuchi, M., Nishizawa, T., Prijambada, I.D. andOhta, H. 2019. Comparative characterization of bacterial communities in moss-covered andunvegetated volcanic deposits of Mount Merapi, Indonesia. Microbe and Environment 34: 268277.
Sakoda, M., Mizusawa, M., Shiotsu, F., Sakagami, N., Guo, Y., Masutomi, Y., Fujii, D., Isobe, K.,24

Fujiwara, T., Senoo, K. and Nishizawa, T. 2019. Azoarcus sp. strain KH32C affects rice plant
growth and the root-associated soil bacterial community in low nitrogen input paddy fields. Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition 65: 451-459.
Battulga, B., Kawahigashi, M., Oyuntsetseg, B. 2020. Behavior and distribution of polystyrene foams
on the shore of Tuul River in Mongolia. Environmental Pollution. 260: 113979.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113979.
Other Articles
Kawahigashi M. 2020. Monitoring and assessment of soils．In Soils in the environment, Asakurashoten, pp175-190. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi M. 2020. Improvement and management of soils based on environmental planning. In
Soils in the environment, Asakura-shoten, pp191-206. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M., Murata, T., Kida, K., Inui, T., Nagaishi, N., Morisada, K. and Yoshinaga, A. 2019.
Borders between soils affected by anthropogenic pressures. Japanese Journal of Soil Science andPlant Nutrition. 90: 217-222. (in Japanese)
Sumida, H., Inoue, Y., Kawahigashi, M., Kobayashi, T., Machida, H., Miura H., Takesako, H., Amano,
K. and Kita, K. 2019. What did eruption of Mt. Fuji influence on soil and agriculture in Southernpart of Kanto region?: From an interdisciplinary point of view. Japanese Journal of Soil Scienceand Plant Nutrition. 90: 223-229. (in Japanese)
Sakagami N, Liyantono, Chen B, Kato T, Ramri N (2020) Collaborative education toward regionalsustainability in association with Bogor Agricultural University - International summer course
program on agriculture and ecosystem resilience to environmental disaster in Java, Indonesia.
International Workshop on Natural Resources and Risk Management in the Context of Climate
Change, Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, 369–375.
Myoga, S. 2020. Transition and potential of the land function of the “Tokushachi”(Bare lands) in the
Seto District, Aichi, Japan. Geographical Report of Tokyo Metropolitan University 55: 49-59.
Tashiro T, Watanabe M, Akasaka I, Sakagami N, Murata T(2019) Soil properties of the Hyotan-pond
catchment area in the Institute for Nature Study. Miscellaneous Reports of the Institute Nature
Study 50: 21-28.
Battulga, B., Kawahigashi, M., Oyuntsetseg, B. 2020. Abundance of microplastics in sediments fromthe urban river in Mongolia. Geographical reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 55: 35-48.
Books
None
Reports
Nishikura, S. 2019. A report on the 28th Pedologist Training Course. Pedologist 63: 102-104. (inJapanese)25Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
None
Presentations
Kawahigashi, M. and Orgilbold, M. 2019. Role of suspended solids (SS) on elemental dynamics in
the Selenga River system. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences Union 2019: AHW22-17, May,
Chiba. (invited)
Kawahigashi, M., Kida, K. and Ibori, Y. 2019. How do we recognize soils in reclaimed areas? Abstractof the Soils of Urban Industry Traffic Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA10): A-074, June, Seoul,
Korea.
Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Various roles of urban soils along with urbanization. Open Symposium,
Science Council of Japan, April, Minato-ku. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M., Kida, K. and Ibori, Y. 2019. Relationship between planting year and soil properties
in reclaimed greenery areas. Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science andPlant Nutrition 65: 74, September, Shizuoka. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Study on the greenery area along the Tokyo Bay area. The 60th anniversary
memorial symposium of Tohoku Research Center of Forestry and Forest Products ResearchInstitute, November, Morioka. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. and Kida, K. 2019. Specific features in soil processes of the reclaimed soils in Japan.
14th East and South East Asia Federation of Soil Science: 168, November, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ono, K., Noguchi, H., Imaya, A., Ugawa, Y., Komoriya, A., Tachibana, R., Kida, K. and Kawahigashi
M. 2019. Banking and reclaimed soils constructed for restoring the coastal forests as their growing
bases in Japan: morphology and physical properties. Abstract of the Soils of Urban Industry Traffic
Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA10): A-044, June, Seoul, Korea.
Hori, S., Asagi, N., Sakagami, N., Mochizuki, Y., Kobayashi, H. and Miyamoto, T. 2020. Application
effects of high purity magnesium fertilizer on growth and yield of paddy rice. The 249th Meetingof the Crop Science Society of Japan, March, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Fukushima, K., Yoshimura, K., Katata, G., Sakagami, N., Enomoto, T., Takase, Y. and Oikawa, S.
2020. Effect of herbicide application on nitrogen cycling and loss in the Kudzu dominated soil on
the slope of a highway road. Abstracts of 67th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan,
March, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Takase, Y., Katata, G., Oikawa, S., Enomoto, T. and Sakagami, N. 2019. Landscape evaluation on the
Kudzu vegetation view from the roadside of a highway by local residents. Abstracts of Annual
meeting of Kanto Branch of Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture 37: 95-96, November,
Chiba. (in Japanese)26

Katata, G., Watanabe, M., Takahashi, A., Fukushima, K., Kubota, T., Oikawa, S., Takase, Y., Enomoto,T. and Sakagami, N. 2019. Trial observation of local effect of vegetation of the slope of a highway
road on atmospheric condition. The 60th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric
Environment, September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Noguchi, M., Takada, K., Hashimoto, M., Matsushita, S., Sakagami, N., Guo, Y., Nishizawa, T., Ohta,
H. and Narisawa, K. 2019. Spatial and temporal effect of Veronaeopsis simplex Y34 inoculation
on microbial communities of Tomato root. Abstracts of 2019 JSME annual meeting, 118,
September, Yamanashi. (in Japanese)
Guo, Y., Takashima, Y., Sakagami, N., Narisawa, K. and Nishizawa, T. 2019. Comparative
metagenomic insights into functional diversification of soil microbiome across a vegetation
gradient on the deforested land around Komado wetland. Abstracts of annual meeting of JapaneseSociety of Soil Microorganisms, 32, June, Sapporo.
Lathifah, A.N., Guo, Y., Sakagami, N., Suda, W., Higuchi, M., Nishizawa, T., Prijambada, I.D. andOhta H. 2019. Succession of Betaproteobacteria in the 2010 volcanic deposits of Mt. Merapi,
Indonesia. Abstracts of annual meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Microorganisms, 37, June,
Sapporo.
Arsyadi, A., Ebihara, A., Guo, Y., Sakagami, N. Ohta, H., and Nishizawa, T. 2019. Integrative analysis
of denitrifier community harbored in miscanthus rhizosphere, a pioneer grass on Miyake-jima
volcanic deposits, Japan. Abstracts of annual meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Microorganisms,
38, June, Sapporo.
Noguchi, M., Takada, K., Hashimoto, M., Matsushita, S., Sakagami, N., Guo, Y., Nishizawa, T., Ohta,
H. and Narisawa, K. 2019. Chronological monitoring of microbial communities of Tomato root
effected by microbial inoculant with Veronaeopsis simplex Y34. Abstracts of annual meeting ofJapanese Society of Soil Microorganisms, 14, June, Sapporo. (in Japanese)
Kida, K., and Kawahigashi M. 2019. Differences in classification concepts for human modified soils:
Comparison among World Reference Base for Soil Resources, Soil Taxonomy, and Japanese soil
classification system. Abstract of the Soils of Urban Industry Traffic Mining and Military Areas(SUITMA10): A-066, June, Seoul, Korea
Kida, K. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Identification of land-fill materials focusing on existence formof sulfur. Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 65:
77, September, Shizuoka. (in Japanese)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. A proposal for classification of Japanese peat and muckfrom the view of topographical factor. Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition 65:75, September, Shizuoka. (in Japanese)
Morishita, M. and Sprague, D. 2019. Can Artificial intelligence(AI) understand soil formation? : A
GIS analysis. Proceedings of Japanese Society of Pedology on 2019: 37, November, Yamaguchi.
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(in Japanese)
Batdulum, B., Kawahigashi, M. and Bolormaa, O. 2019. Behavior of plastic debris in Mongolian river
system and characterization for aged microplastics. European Geoscience Union General
Assembly 2019: EGU2019-6485, April, Vienna, Austria.
Batdulum, B., Kawahigashi, M. and Bolormaa O. 2019. Characterization, distribution and degradationof environmental plastics in inland river system of Mongolia. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences
Union 2019: AHW22-12, May, Chiba.
Srisomkiew, S., Kawahigashi, M. and Limthong, P. 2019. Digital soil mapping of soil fertility for Thai
Jasmine rice using remote sensing and terrain parameters employing machine learning in Thung
Kula Rong-Hai region, Thailand. Abstract of the 14th International Conference of the East andSoutheast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies (ESAFS): 64, November, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nishikura, S. and Kawahigashi M. 2019. Difference of Vegetation and Soil Properties in Isahaya
Polder. Abstract of the Soils of Urban Industry Traffic Mining and Military Areas (SUITMA10):
A-101, June, Seoul, Korea.
Nishikura, S. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019．Soils on the polder develop various types of soil structure.
Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 65:76,
September, Shizuoka. (in Japanese)
Nishikura, S. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. The relationship between development of soil structure andtime after the reclamation of a polder. Proceedings of Japanese Society of Pedology on 2019: 40,
November, Yamaguchi. (in Japanese)
Nishikura, S. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Development of soil structure and land uses on the polder.
Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Kanto Regional Meeting:16, November, Nagano. (in Japanese)
Tamura, G., Nyamsanjaa, K., Watanabe, M. and Oyuntsetseg, B. 2020. Vegetation of forest-steppe
ecotones in Baluun Salaa,northern Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring meeting 97: 302, March, Tokyo. (inJapanese)28

４ Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences
1) Staffs
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA

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 mainly 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

8.

Quantitative evaluation of geographical phenomena in Tokyo in the modern era

293) List of Research Activities in FY2019
Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H., Sakawa, Y., Tsuchihashi, K. and Ogura, N. 2019. Why has the electrical conductivity
in spring waters around Akiru plateau decreased? Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water
Resources 32: 231-244. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H., Flores, J., Oikawa, K. and Miyaoka, K. 2020. Comparison of precipitable water via
JRA-55 and GPS in Japan considering different elevations. Hydrological Research Letters 14: 916.
Marc, O., Gosset, M., Saito, H., Uchida, T. and Malet J.-P. 2019. Spatial patterns of storm-induced
landslides and their relation to rainfall anomaly maps. Geophysical Research Letters 46: 1116711177.
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2019. Estimation of origin-destination flows of passenger cars in 1925
in

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Geo-Information

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DOI:10.3390/ijgi8110472.
Other Articles
Nemoto, Y. 2019. Study on the disaster recognition of students when go to the Shinjuku Campus ofMejiro University. Memoirs of Mejiro University College 55: 71-83. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, Y. 2020. Development of the map for disaster prevention around the Shinjuku Campus ofMejiro University using WebGIS. Memoirs of Mejiro University College 56: 71-84. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2019. Development of field study in Hakone Geopark using three-dimensional model
created by 3D printer−cross-curriculum learning between geology and geography−.

The

Bulletin of the Education Institute for Private Schools in Japan 55: 33-36. (in Japanese)
Books
None
Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2020. Report of Gorno-Altaisk, Russia in 2019. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology
and Water Resources 33: 11-16. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H., Sakawa, Y. and Nagai, S. 2020. Change of water quality between 1990s and 2010s at
springwaters in Akiruno-city, Tokyo Metropolis. Report of the Research Project on the Kazusa
Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River: 184-190. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H., Iwasa, R. and Nagai, S. 2020. Difference of water quality between eastern and westernparts of Akishima-city, Tokyo Metropolis−Comparison of shallow and deep ground waters.
Report of the Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of the TamaRiver: 191-195. (in Japanese)
Hisatomi, Y. 2020. Study on rainfall response of shallow groundwater flow in Ome city. Report of the
Research Project on the Kazusa Group in the Middle to Upper Reaches of the Tama River: 19630

200. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Book review (Nagayama, Y. and Yoshida, A. eds.: Siberia in Asia: indigenous
people of Siberia, Russia). Geographical Review of Japan 92: 194-195. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Book review (Martin F. Price: Moutains (Translated by Watanabe, T. and Ueno,K.)). Geographical Review of Japan 92: 247-248. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Book review (Pyak, A. I. et al. Endemic plants of the Altai mountain country).
Chiri 64(8): 120. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Book review (Shimazu, H., Ito, T. and Department of Geography, Rissho
University eds. Geographical excursion in foreign countries). Geographical Review of Japan 92:
314-315. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Book review (Yamazaki, H. Why Mt. Fuji is located there?−History ofJapanese islands as revealed by geomorphology). Geographical Review of Japan 92: 405-406. (inJapanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2020. Book review (Kakazu, H. Nissology). Geographical Review of Japan 93: 4041. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2020. Book review (Nakazawa, T. Frontier of typhoon prediction). Geographical
Review of Japan 93: 109-110. (in Japanese)
Miscellaneous Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Self-study of Russian every day in the age of 50’s. Annual Report of Old
Boys/Girls of Wandervogel Club in the University of Tokyo 11: 73. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Discussion with Mr. Hiroshi MATSUYAMA. Annual Report of Old Boys/Girlsof Wandervogel Club in the University of Tokyo 11: 74. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, Y. and Natsume, M. 2019. Development of a system for creating WebGIS using Leaflet.
Theory and Applications of GIS 27: 154. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Review and prospect of strong local wind Matsubori-kaze blowing in thewestern foot of Mt. Aso. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019: MIS20-17, May,
Chiba. (invited, in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. The application of Soil Water Index to landslide prediction in snowy regions−
Sensitivity analysis in Japan and preliminary results at Tomsk, Russia−. Life and Earth Sciences
and Sustainable Global and Regional Development (AKTRU2019) International Symposium,
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Diego, USA. (poster)
Nakayama, D. Khromykh, V., Khromykh, O. and Matsuyama, H. 2019. Flood evacuation simulation31

in Tomsk City, Russia. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
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Khromykh, V. and Khromykh, O. 2019. The system for flood monitoring on the Ob River (within the
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Watanabe, T. 2019. Validation of tropospheric ozone in the fifth generation ECMWF atmosphericreanalysis, ERA5. Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric
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Watanabe, T., Nodzu, M. I., Seto. Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Atmospheric structures in the Kanto
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Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan 116: 222, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I., Matsumoto, J., Seto, Y., Watanabe, T., Nakajima, K., Matsuzaki, Y., Olagueral, Y. M.
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Haneda, Y., Oguchi, T., Iizuka, K., Saito, H., Hayakawa, Y.S., and Uchiyama, S. 2019. Comparative
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５ Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staffs
Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information
Sciences

Akihiro TAKINAMI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)
Regional Studies, Representation Studies

Naoto YABE

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

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

Yoshio SUGIURA

Senior Leading Professor / PhD (D. Sc.)
Human Geography2) 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 humanactivities and geographic environment by employing approaches of social sciences and humanities.
Methodologically, the emphasis lies largely on positivistic (viz., quantitative or mathematical);fieldwork is also encouraged. The research interests cover quantitative, socioeconomic, urban andbehavioral geography. The main themes of our current research are as follows:
1. Mathematical modeling of human geographic phenomena
2. Regional analysis of human geographic phenomena
1) Relationship between human activities and geographic environment2) Land use change in the city and its suburbs3) Spatial organization of the society4) Transformation of human activities brought about by environmental change
3. Geographical studies of urban systems
1) Spatial structures of intra-urban system
2) System of cities
4. Geographical thought
1) History of modern geography2) Bibliometric research of geographical studies

353) List of Research Activities in FY2019
Peer-reviewed Articles
Yui, Y., Miyazawa, H., and Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. The regeneration of housing estates by thecommunity-based integrated care system. Annals of Japan Society for Urbanology 52: 65-71．
(in Japanese)
Miyazawa, H. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Supply-Demand Balance and Policy Issues of Childcare
Services: GIS-based Geo-Visualization Approach. The Japanese Journal of Labor Studies 61(6):35-46．(in Japanese)
Susaki, S. 2019. Spatial characteristics and existence conditions of the gay district in Shinjuku 2chome, Tokyo. Urban Geography of Japan 14: 16-27. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Residential preference for the cities and regions in modern Japan. In Succession
and development of urban geography in Japan. eds. Abe, K. and Sugiura, Y., 43-51．Nagoya:Arumu. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Population Dynamics and the Environment. In Human Geoscience. ed.
Himiyama, Y., Satake, K. and Oki, T., 249-260. Singapore: Springer.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2020. Mapping the problems of housing vacancies in Japan. In The Rise in VacantHousing in Post-growth Japan: housing market, urban policy and revitalizing aging cities. ed.
Kubo., T. and Yui,Y. 23-32. Singapore: Springer.
Takinami, A. 2020. Marketing strategies and promotion for branded rice “Asakamai” by Japan
Agricultural Cooperative in Koriyama region. Notes on Theoretical Geograghy 22: 19-40. (inJapanese)
Takinami, A. 2020. The characteristics of the regions where refugees have left and returned after the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident : A study of the reconstruction of schools andresidences in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture. Notes on Theoretical Geograghy 22: 104-124.
(in Japanese)
Yabe, N. London. Urban Geography of Japan 14: 154-161. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N., Kagomiya, N., Tanaka, T. and Watanabe, M. 2019. Changes and its cause of tourists flow
patterns of inbound tourists to Japanese countryside. ESRI Research Note 47: 1-17. (in Japanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2020. Office locations in Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 district since 2000. Notes on
Theoretical Geograghy 22: 159-168. (in Japanese)
Akutagawa, H. 2020. The purpose of establishing a new station in Koriyama, its utilization and impact
to the surrounding areas. Notes on Theoretical Geograghy 22: 59-78. (in Japanese)
Kono, R. 2020. Current status and prospects of inbound tourism in Koriyama : From the survey
conducted in several tourist places and organizations. Notes on Theoretical Geograghy 22: 41-58.
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Namiki, Y. 2020. The characteristics of the regions where refugees have left and returned after the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident : A study of the reconstruction of schools andresidences in Tomioka town, Fukushima prefecture. Notes on Theoretical Geograghy 22: 79-103.
(in Japanese)Books
Abe, K. and Sugiura, Y. (eds.) 2019. Succession and development of urban geography in Japan．
Nagoya: Arumu. (in Japanese)
Reports
None
Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
Morita, T. et al. 2019. Final report of the 29th International Cartographic Conference and 18th General
Assembly of International Cartographic Association. Map: Journal of the Japan Cartographers
Association 57（4）: 13-55. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2019. 2018 annual review – economic geography. Japanese Journal of Human Geography
71: 257-261. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Thang, L.L., Yui, Y., Wakabayashi, Y. and Miyazawa, J. 2019. Re-creating 'Shutter-Down: Shop
Spaces for Community Support and Care: Case Study of an Aging Neighborhood in Japan’s
Depopulated New Town. ICAS 11, July, Leiden (Netherland).
Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Intergenerational differences in the use of maps: results from an online survey.
ICC2019, July, Tokyo.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Visualization of two aspects of residential preference and its change in Japan.
EUROGEO2019 Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Wakabayashi, Y. and Bettaieb, B. 2019. Current conditions and issues of public signs for foreign
visitors to central Tokyo. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Japan Society for Urbanology
66: 84-85. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2020. Waldo Tobler’s Legacy in cartography and geographic information science andits inheritance. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers
97: 225. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2019. Geographically weighted bidimensional regression on the 17th-century map of a castle
town in Japan. Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association 1: 412, July, Minato-ku.
Yabe, N. and Okano, Y. 2019. Changes and its cause of inbound tourists’ flow patterns to Japanesecountryside. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 96:37162, September, Niigata. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. and Okano, Y. 2019. Longitudinal Data Analysis of Inbound Tourists Visiting Japan'sCountryside. 2019 Annual Meeting of The Human Geographical Society of Japan, November,
Osaka. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2019. Background of inbound tourists’ flow for Japanese countryside. The 58th ESRI
Economic Policy Forum, November, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Saito, A., Tsubomoto, H., Sugano, F., Ishizaki, M. and Higa, F. 2019. The trial survey for workers of
the “SOF workplace model” part-2. Journal of 20th JOS National Convention: 29-32, September,
Shinjuku-ku. (in Japanese with English summary)
Tsubomoto, H. and Sugano, F. 2020. Survey Report of “SOF workplace model”. Facility Management
Forum 2020, February, Edogawa-ku. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2019. The formation of community support center of the integrated care system in
Yokohama. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 95:
58, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2019. The residential area structure and its changes of the Tokyo metropolitan area andKawasaki city. Senshu University Institute of Social Science "Study on current situation andproblem of industry, labor and the life in Kawasaki" project workshop, November, Kawasaki. (inJapanese)
Arahori, T. 2019. The role of disease maps in influenza epidemiological surveillance in Japan. 17th
International Medical Geography Symposium, July, Tokyo.
Arahori, T. 2019. Regional differences in the use of maps for the prevention and control of infectious
diseases. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 97: 279,
March, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese)
Susaki, S. 2019. Space/place and the viewpoint of sexual minorities. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 96: 21, September, Niigata. (in Japanese)
Susaki, S. 2019. Problems of coexistence of lesbians with gay men in Shinjuku 2-chome. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 96: 83, September, Niigata.
(in Japanese)
Bettaieb, B. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Spatial analysis of tourist spots in central Tokyo using online
geotagged photographs from Flickr. ICC2019, July, Tokyo.
Bettaieb, B. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Role of maps and public street signs in wayfinding behavior
by foreign visitors. 16th ICGS, September, Zagreb (Croatia)．

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