Annual Report 2009
Geography

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

Contents
1

Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

11) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

2

Laboratory of Climatology

111) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

3

Laboratory of Environmental Geography

231) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

4

Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

291) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

5

Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY200937

1. Laboratory of Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology

1) Staff
Haruo YAMAZAKI

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Seismotectonics

Takehiko SUZUKI

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Volcanology

Masaaki SHIRAIAssociate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology2) Overview of Research Activities
We aim to study the various earth scientific phenomena and processes on the solid earth surface.
Especially, main objective of our research is to prospect the futuristic view of environmental changes
through the understanding the history and process of surface geology/landform development during
the Quaternary period. The followings are some examples of our studies.

1) Plate tectonics: The Quaternary tectonics including the historical process of seismic and volcanic
activity are our special interest along the plate collision zone.
2) Tephra study: Tephra means a generic term on the volcanic ejecta excluding lava-flow and related
explosive deposits. We are trying to identify the source volcano, age of the eruption and the
distribution of widespread tephras that have covered the Japanese Islands through the Pliocene,
Pleistocene and Holocene.
3) Paleo-environment and natural hazards: On the basis of geomorphological and sedimentologicalstudies, paleo-environmental change and natural hazards history are reconstructed.
4) Chronological studies: We are improving chronological efficiency of tephro-stratigraphy,
radio-isotope activity, historical records, and so on through studies on these objectives.
5) Modeling: For understanding correlation between intra-surface processes (volcanism, faultingetc.) and land formation, studies on computer simulation are carried out.

3) List of Research Activities in FY2009
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Peer-reviewed Articles
Ishikawa, S., Suzuki, T., Nakayama, T., and Kashima, K. 2009. Reconstruction of the Holocene
Environments in the Tokyo Lowland, inferred from diatom assemblages. Journal of Geography(Japan) 118: 245-260. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Wakabayashi, T., Uchida, J., and Ogami, T. 2010. Depositional age andtriggering event of turbidites in the western Kumano Trough, central Japan during the last ca.
100 years. Marine Geology 271: 225-235, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.015.
Oishi, M. 2010. An attempt at correlation of tephras using a refractive index of plagioclase
phenocrysts. The Quaternary Research 49: 35-42. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Oishi, M. 2010. Estimation of source craters of Kawakami tephra of Yatsugatake Younger Tephra
Beds, using refractive index of phenocryst crystals. Journal of Geography (Japan) 119: 33-45.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I., and Yamazaki, H. 2010.

Significance of the remarkable unconformity in the

Plio-Pleistocene of the Japanese Islands.

Quarternary International, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.

2010.01.013.
Muragishi, J. 2009. Coseismic and postseismic coastal environment changes caused by the 1703
Genroku Kanto Earthquake in the southern part of Boso Peninsula, central Japan. Historical
Earthquakes 24: 129-143. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2010. 19 Rias coast: Snapshot of the interglacial stage. In Satellite View of the Earth
Topography: Japan and World, ed. T. Kato, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Watanabe, H. Yamazaki, Y.
Shiokawa, and M. Komoda, Tokyo: Asakura-Shoten, 80-83. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2010. Understanding and interpretation of landforms. In Satellite View of the Earth
Topography: Japan and World, ed. T. Kato, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Watanabe, H. Yamazaki, Y.
Shiokawa, and M. Komoda, Tokyo: Asakura-Shoten, 117-135. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Stratigraphy and chronology in Quaternary. In Digital Book: Progress in
Quaternary Research in Japan, ed. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Tokyo: Japan
Association for Quaternary Research. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Tephra and tephrochronolgy. In Digital Book: Progress in Quaternary Research inJapan, ed. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Tokyo: Japan Association for Quaternary2

Research. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M. 2009. Description of characteristics of volcanic products and distribution of tephras from
Azumaya Volcano, central Japan. Journal of Geography (Japan) 118: 1237-1246. (in Japanesewith English abstract)
Ueki, T., Yamaguchi, M., Hongo, M., Naya, T., and Mizuno K. 2009. Paleomagnetic androck-magnetic measurements for the GS-SB-1 core at Shobu Town, central Kanto Plain, Japan.
Journal of the Geological Survey of Japan 60: 199-243. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ueki, T., and Kondo, R. 2009. Magnetostratigraphy of the Upper Miocene Oshidomari Formation in
the Rishiri Island, off north Hokkaido, Japan. Rishiri Studies 28: 1-10. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Kondo, R., and Ueki, T. 2009. Lithofacies of borehole core RO-1 in Numaura Maar, Rishiri Island,
Hokkaido. Rishiri Studies 28: 45-49. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I. 2010. The report of the Science Partnership Project (PlanA- AG093164): History of
global environment learnt from accessible landscape. Tokyo Metropolitan Wakaba Synthesis
High School Research Bulletin in 2009 5: 62-68. (in Japanese)
Kawamura, N., Kodama, H., Takeda, Y., Tamura, I., Naiki, A., Negishi, K., and Hirano, H. 2009.
Interpretation of High School Education Ministry Guidelines, Science, Science and Mathematics.
Chapter 2 Each subject, Paragraph 8 Base of geology, and Paragraph 9 Geology. The Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 95-117. (in Japanese)
Muragishi, J. 2010. The damage, environmental changes and social influences caused by the 1707
Hoei Earthquake in the Atsumi Peninsula, central Japan. Geographical Reports of Tokyo
Metropolitan University 45: 1-10.

Books
Kato, H., Yamaguchi, Y., Watanabe, H., Yamazaki, H., Shiokawa, Y., and Komoda, A. eds. 2010.
Satellite View of the Earth Topography: Japan and World. Tokyo: Asakura-Shoten. (in Japanese)

Reports
Yamazaki, H., Suzuki, T., Tamura, I., and Oishi, M. 2010. Upgrade studies on the analysis of
volcanic materials for the safety of nuclear power facilities. Report of the 2009-2010 Funded
Research of Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES), Tokyo Metropolitan University.
(in Japanese)3Book Reviews
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Book review (Kamata, H. Trigger Points of the Earth Science). The Quaternary
Research 48: 427-428. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2009. Book review (Aoki, M., Mokudai, K., and Sawada, Y. Field Picture Book to
Understand Geographical Features). The Education of Geology 62: 202-203. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Yamazaki, H., and Suzuki, T. 2009. Landscape and environmental change caused by landform
development in Tokyo. Meguro City College “Environmental Change and History”, June,
Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Seismic hazard in Kanagawa Prefecture. Lecture of the Super Science
High-school Project at Seisho High-school, Kanagawa Prefecture, April, Odawara. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Origin of Musashino upland and its tephro-stratigraphy. Lecture of the Science
Partnership Project of the Tokorozawa High-school, May, Tokorozawa. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Prediction of natural hazards using the interpretation of landform development.
Lecture at the Tokyo Disaster Prevention Exhibition, August, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Environmental and human history changes caused by earthquakes. Meguro City
Collage “Environmental Change and History”, October, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Profit and problem on utilization of geological information (bore material) :From user’s viewpoint.

8th Discussion of Geoinformation Consocium Japan, October, Tokyo.

(in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2009. Global environment deduced from the various landscape feature. Lectures of the
Science Partnership Project of the Wakaba Sogo High-school, October and November, Inagi. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Environmental change caused by landform development. Meguro City College“Environmental Change and History”, May, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Tachikawa Fault and Sayama Hills. Asahi Culture Center Tachikawa, May,
Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Developing a Quaternary tephrochronological framework for Kanto in central
Japan: Stratigraphy, chronology and geological structure of Kazusa Group. The 3rd Annual
Meeting of the Kanto Branch, Geological Society of Japan, Geology in the Kanto District:4

Progress and Problems of Research, June, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Natural history and disaster of Edo and Tokyo. Kogakuin University and Asahi
College, June, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Observation of Kd-38, Byobugaura, Chiba Prefecture. Science Partnership Projectat Mita Senior High School: Quest for Super Volcano, July, Choshi. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Koarai, M., and Nakayama, D. 2009. Construction of tephra database on GIS.
Workshop: Tephra Studies in Japan for Active Tephra 2010 in Kyushu, July, Hachioji. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Fieldwork: Activities of Fuji and Hakone volcanoes and observation of theirproducts. Science Partnership Project at Tokorozawa Senior High School: Activities of Fuji and
Hakone volcanoes and development of Musashino uplands constructed by tephrostratigraphy,
July, Gotenba and Hakone. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., and Obara, M. 2009. Underground tephras and geological structure of Quaternary Kazusa
Group around Machida in Tama Hills, central Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts, 39: 34-35. August, Kusatsu(Shiga). (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Environmental change and history caused by volcanic activity. Meguro City
College “Environmental Change and History”, September, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Nature and history of Kanto Plain. Kogakuin University and Asahi College,
September, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Geological survey by boring core and underground tephras in Tokyo metropolitanarea, central Japan. JST Innovation Bridge, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Research Seeds
Conference 2009, September, Akihabara. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Measurement of refractive index of volcanic glass. Science Partnership Project at
Mita Senior High School: Quest for Super Volcano, September, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Tephras in Kazusa Group, Tama Hills. Tokyo Geotechnical Consultant Association
Seminar, October, Tachikawa, Hachioji and Inagi. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Tama and Musashino: History of Tama by reading maps. Asahi Culture Center
Tachikawa, October, Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. Environmental change and history caused by landform changes. Meguro City
College “Environmental Change and History”, November, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2009. History of palaeoenvironment change by reading landscapes and maps. Kogakuin
University and Asahi College, November, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)5Suzuki, T. 2010. Landforms and history of Tokyo through the reading of topographical map.
Kogakuin University and Asahi College, February, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., and Kondo, R. 2010. Visit to origin of Hakone-TAu-11. Excursion in Oiso Hills of the
Science Partnership Project of Mito First Senior High School: Quest for Underground Geology
around the Mito First Senior High School by Boring, February, Kanagawa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2010. Map reading: How to read topographical map, and fundamental of landform andgeology. Lecture for Green Volunteer Leader by Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, February, Shinjuku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Obara, M., Murata, M., Kawashima, S., and Kawai, M. 2010. Quaternary crustal
movement around the Tama Hills deduced from three boring cores, in Inagi and Machida Cities,
Kanto, Central Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 133, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Ishiyama, T., Sato, H., Imaizumi, T., Suzuki, T., Toda, S. Echigo, T., Koike, T., and Kamataki, T.
2009. High resolution seismic reflection profiling and borehole drillings across the Kakudayama
thrust, central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: J245-P012(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Koarai, M., Suzuki, T., Nakayama, D., Wachi, T., and Fujinawa, A. 2009. Estimation of tephra
hazard using tephra GIS. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: X165-003(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Okumura, K., Sato, T., Kumai, H., Suzuki, T., and Watanabe, M. 2009. New definition and status of
the Quaternary System/Period. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and
Abstracts 39: 56-57, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Toyoda, S., Asagoe, M., Tissoux, H., Falguères, C., and Suzuki, T. 2009. High precision ESR datingof quartz of tephra by regeneration method. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 39: 136-137, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Makino, Y., Ito, T., and Suzuki, T. 2009. Field work: Observation of landform and geology inuplands and along the coast around Mito City. Science Partnership Project of Mito First SeniorHigh School: Quest for Underground Geology around the Mito First Senior High School byBoring, December, Ibaraki. (in Japanese)
Miyajima, S., Yamane, M., Suzuki, M., Suzuki, T., and Ueki, T. 2010. A visit at the wonderfuloutcrop of sedimentary rocks in the Choshi district. Science Partnership Project: Let's Study
Geoscience with the Touching Wonderful Exposure, February, Choshi. (in Japanese)6

Shiai, M. 2009. Sand grain transport from land to deep marine revealed by OSL. Special Symposiumof Turbidite, April, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Ito, T., Nagumo, N., Kawamura, K., Oishi, M., Wakabayashi, T., Niwa, Y.,
and Kameo, K. 2009. Core samples obtained from off the Enshu Coast: Preliminary report of
R/V Tansei-maru KT-08-30 cruise (Part 1). Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009:
G121-P008 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Wakabayashi, T., Omura, A., Nagumo, N., Niwa, Y., and Oishi, M. A seismogenic
turbidite formed by the Ansei-Tokai Earthquake in Edo Era obtained from surface core sample in
the Enshu Trough. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: Q145-009 (CD-ROM),
May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Wakabayashi, T., and Ogami, T. 2009. Relict of modern natural hazards
obtained from forearc basin off the Tonankai district. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 39: 20-21, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2010. Relict of modern natural disasters obtained from 2000m deep sea floor off the Kii
Peninsula. The 138th Meeting of Shonan-Chikyukagaku, January, Sagamihara. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Hayashizaki, R., Liu, H., and Sato, S. 2010. Coastal erosion at the Yonetsu-no-Hamabeach of western Enshu Coast and decrease in bleaching percentage (BLP). Program and
Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan, 2010: 10-11, March,
Mito. (in Japanese)
Izumitani, N., Sagawa, T., Murayama, M., Asahi, H., Kitazato, H., Nakamura, Y., Shirai, M., Ashi, J.,
and Tokuyama, H. 2009. Chronology and sedimentation of hyper salinity lake (Meedee lake) inthe eastern Mediterranean. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: L135-012(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Omura, A., Shirai, M., Ito, T., Wakabayashi, T., Oishi, M., Kawamura, K., Nagumo, N., Niwa, Y.,
and Kameo, K. 2009. Surface sediments of deep-sea basin floor from the Kumano Trough:Preliminary report of R/V Tansei-maru KT-08-30 cruise (Part 2). Abstracts of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2009: G121-P009 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Oishi, M. 2009. Description and correlation of the products from the Azumaya volcano, central
Japan. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Kanto Branch, Geological Society of Japan:
50-53, June, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M., and Geshi, N. 2009. Classification of Shirakawa pyroclastic flow deposit distributed7

around south flank of Haruna volcano, central Japan, based on the characteristics of plagioclase
phenocryst. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 39: 132-133,
August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Oishi, M. 2010. Significance of study about Ohtsukigawa debris avalanche on Yatsugatake volcano
at 9th century. The 138th Meeting of Shonan-Chikyukagaku, January, Sagamihara. (in Japanese)
Oikawa, T., Geshi, N., Hoshizumi, H., Onizawa, S., Oishi, M., Tamura, I., Furukawa, R., Itoh, J.,
Miyagi, I., Ishizuka, Y., and Hayashizaki, R. 2009. Preliminary report on ash-fall during the
February 2, 2009 eruption of Asama Volcano. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2009: V159-P035 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ueki, T., Suzuki, T., Geshi, N., and Aoki, H. 2009. Magnetostratigraphy of the Shirakawa pyroclastic
flow deposits, south Northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009:
Q145-002 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. The age of the lower Kazusa Group by the Pliocene tephra
correlation in the Namihana and Katsuura Formation in the Boso Peninsula. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: Q145-001(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Tamura, I., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. The tephra stratigraphy and correlation of all drilling core fromthe Kawasaki micro-earthquake observation well, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Japan
Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 39: 30-31, August, Kusatsu(Shiga). (in Japanese)
Tamura, I., Okada, M., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. The Plo-pleistocene tephra stratigraphy andcorrelation of the Chikura Group distributed in the Boso area, central Japan. Abstracts ofGeological Society of Japan 2009 Meeting: 72, September, Okayama. (in Japanese)
Shoda, K., Taura, I., Earth Science Club and students taking the earth science in Tokorozawa SeniorHigh School 2009. Topography and geology of the Musashino Plateau and the Sayama Hill
spreading around Tokorozawa Senior High School. Abstracts for 2009 Annual Meeting of the
Association for Geological Collaboration in Japan: 89, August, Shimonita (Gunma). (inJapanese)Ando, K., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. Generation condition and mechanism of faults flexure－Example
of Tachikawa fault － . Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: S147-008(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ando, K., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. Generation condition and mechanism of faults flexure－Using
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numerical simulation－. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts
39: 4-5, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)Ando, K., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. Elucidation for fault flexure and fault parameter by computer
simulation. Abstracts of the Seismological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting: 140, October,
Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Muragishi, J., and Yamazaki, H. 2009. Post earthquake coastal changes in southern part of Boso
Peninsula due to the 1703 Genroku Kanto Earthquake. Japan Association for Quaternary
Research, Programme and Abstracts 39: 94-95, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Muragishi, J. 2009. The social effect of the long-term coastal environment changes after the 1703
Genroku Kanto Earthquake in the southern part of Boso Peninsula. The 26th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Historical Earthquake Studies, September, Otsu. (in Japanese)
Murata, M., and Suzuki, T. 2009. Geological structure of the southeast part of the Musasino uplands
deduced by Miyata Tuff sandwitched in Wadabori Core obtained in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.
Workshop: Tephra Studies in Japan for Active Tephra 2010 in Kyushu, July, Hachioji. (inJapanese)
Murata, M., and Suzuki, T. 2009. Re-examination on correlation of early Pleistocene tephras in the
Obama Formation of Inubo Group at Byobugaura in Choshi area and Shirakawa Pyroclastic
Flow Deposit Group, Northeast Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programmeand Abstracts 39: 130-131, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Kuriyama, Y. 2009. Fluvial terrace and sediment of the Tsugawa basin－Tephra from Numazawa
Volcano and Sunagohara Volcano and their impact－. Workshop: Tephra Studies in Japan for
Active Tephra 2010 in Kyushu, July, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Hayashizaki, R. 2009. The relation between fluvial terrace formation and crustal movement in the
Hamadori Region, Fukushima Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary
Research, Programme and Abstracts 39: 90-91, August, Kusatsu (Shiga). (in Japanese)
Kasahara, A. 2010. Fluvial terraces along the Akiyama and the Sawai Rivers, in the tributaries of theupper Sagami River basin, Central Japan. The Seminar of Researches in Sagamihara City
Museum, March, Sagamihara. (in Japanese)
Nakamura, Y. 2010. Geological survey on gravel sediments in the Kikukawa River of the Oiso Hills.
Colloquium of Cold Region Geomorphology, February, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Hayashi, M. 2010. Influence of volcanic activities over geomorphic development along the Karasu
River, southwest foot of Haruna Volcano, North Kanto, Central Japan. Meeting of Geographical9Graduation Thesis 2010, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)102. Laboratory of Climatology

1) Staff
Jun MATSUMOTO

Professor / D. Sc

Monsoon Climatology

Hideo TAKAHASHI

Professor / D.Sc.

Urban Climatology

Hiroshi TAKAHASHI

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Asian Monsoon, Cloud-Precipitation Climatology, Regional Climate Modelling2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory investigates climate system on the earth in various temporal-spatial scales. In
particular, we focus on climate changes due both to natural and anthropogenic causes, for example,
processes of heat island and heavy rainfall events over and around urban regions, and influences ofland-use changes and deforestation on regional climates. We also investigate diurnal, intra-seasonal,
and inter-annual variabilities and long-term changes of climate, in particular, rainfall activities in the
Asian monsoon region, and influences of global warming on regional climates (future projection).
We apply three major methods, observation (monitoring), data-analysis of various global andregional datasets, and numerical modeling for investigating above-mentioned topics.

1) Climate changes and climate variability over Japan and around the world
2) Variability and seasonal changes of regional climate over Asian monsoon region3) Observational study on formation processes of urban heat island, detailed structure of urban
boundary layer, and elucidation of urban effects on short duration intense rainfall
4) Impacts of land-surface conditions and changes on cloud and precipitation activities, in particular,
in the tropics
5) Reconstruction of past climate during the historical period in Japan and in East Asia

3) List of Research Activities in FY200911

Peer-reviewed Articles
Asada, H., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Effects of rainfall variation on rice production in the Ganges –Brahmaputra Basin. Climate Research 38:249-260, doi:10.3354/cr00785.
Endo, N., Matsumoto, J., and Tun Lwin 2009. Trends in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia.
SOLA (Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere) 5:168-171, doi:10.2151/sola.2009‒043.
Kurita, N., Ichiyanagi, K., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M.D., and Ohata, T. 2009. The relationshipbetween the isotopic content of precipitation and the precipitation amount in tropical regions.
Journal of Geochemical Exploration 102:113-122.
Ogino, S. -Y., Nodzu, M.I., Tachibana, Y., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M.D., and Watanabe, A. 2010.
Temperature inversions over the inland Indochina revealed by GAME-T enhanced rawinsonde
observations. SOLA (Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere) 6:5-8, doi:10.2151/
sola.2010-002.
Takahashi, H. G., Fujinami, H., Yasunari, T., and Matsumoto, J. 2010. Diurnal rainfall patternobserved by TRMM-PR around the Indochina Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research 115:
doi:10.1029/2009JD012155.
Takahashi, H. G., Yoshikane, T., Hara, M., Takata, K., and Yasunari, T. 2010. High-resolution
modelling of the potential impact of land-surface conditions on regional climate over Indochina
associated with the diurnal precipitation cycle. International Journal of Climatology,
doi:10.1002/joc.2119.
Takahashi, H. G. 2010. Seasonal changes in diurnal rainfall cycle over and around the Indochina
Peninsula observed by TRMM-PR. Advances in Geosciences 25:23-28.
Oouchi, K., Noda, A. T., Satoh, M., Wang, B., Xie, S.-P., Takahashi, H. G., and Yasunari, T. 2009.
Asian summer monsoon simulated by a global cloud-system-resolving model: Diurnal tointra-seasonal variability. Geophysical Research Letters 36: doi:10.1029/2009GL038271.
Hara, M., Yoshikane, T., Takahashi, H. G., Kimura, F., Noda, A., and Tokioka, T. 2009. Assessmentof the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the maritime continent simulated by 20-km mesh GCM
using TRMM PR data. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan 87A:413-424.
Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2010. Analysis of long-term trend and interannual variation in SPM
concentration in Japan using data from air quality monitoring stations. Journal of Japan Society
for Atmospheric Environment 45: 96-106. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other articles
12Matsumoto, J., Asada, H., and Hayashi, T. 2009. Floods and cyclones in Bangladesh, In Natural
Disasters in the Age of the Global Warming: Six Field Reports from around the World, ed.
Commission on Disaster Responses of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Y. Hirai, and T.
Aoki, Tokyo: Kokon-Shoin, 35-57.
Takahashi, H. 2010. Urban and precipitation. In Why is the Inland City Hot? : Answer from
Kumagaya, the Hottest City in Japan, ed. Y. Fukuoka, and K. Nakagawa, Tokyo: Seizando
Shoten, 75-102. (in Japanese)
Mikami, T., Narita, K., Sugawara, H., Shimizu, S., and Hagiwara, S. 2010. Cool island phenomenain the Institute for Nature Study. Miscellaneous Reports of the National Park for Nature Study
41: 85-94. (in Japanese)
Zaiki, M. 2009. Chapter 9: Reconstruction of earth environment. In Escape from the Economy, ed T.
Oda, and J. Fukada, Yokohama: Shumpusha Publishing, 215-234. (in Japanese)
Zaiki, M., Oguchi, T., Koike, S., Yamauchi, M., Kagawa, Y., and Esaki, Y. 2009. Time series
analysis of relationship between population and topography in Japan based on municipal datasets.
In Sinfonica Library “Population, Residence and Nature –GIS analysis–”, ed. T. Oguchi,
Tokyo: Statistical Information Institute for Consulting Analysis, 17-27. (in Japanese)
Oguchi, T., Ito, F., Aoki, T., Esaki, Y., Hori, K., Zaiki, M., and Kagawa, Y. 2009. Relationshipbetween population and topography in Japan based on prefectural datasets. In Sinfonica Library“Population, Residence and Nature –GIS analysis–”, ed. T. Oguchi, Tokyo: Statistical
Information Institute for Consulting Analysis, 1-16. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, H. 2010. High-altitude thermal belt observed at Mt. Yatsugatake. Agricultural Meteorology
in Tohoku 54: 15-17. (in Japanese)
Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Long-term and seasonal trends in SPM concentration and its
spatial distribution in the Kanto region, Japan. Quarterly Newsletter of the International
Association for Urban Climate 33: 26-29.
Okubo, S. 2010. Preliminary study of long-term changes in the occurrence frequency of diurnal
maximum SPM concentrations in Japan. Geographical reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University
45: 21-30.

Reports
Zaiki, M. 2010. Climate reconstruction of East and Southeast Asia. Seikei University Center for
Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS) Newsletter 105: 7. (in Japanese)13

Oguchi, T., and Zaiki, M. 2009. “Willy willy” is not tropical cyclone. Chiri 54(9): 102-110. (inJapanese)Book Reviews
Matsumoto, J. 2009. Book review (Nakamura, K. 2007. Environmental Field Science from
Fundamentals to Paper Writing based on Deep Impression and Investigation in the Fields, Tokyo,
Seizan-Sha). Journal of Geography (Japan), 118: 1008-1009. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
Takahashi, H. 2010. Climate and natural environment of Kanto plain: Where is a better place fordwelling? Chiruchin-bito (Separate volume) 30: 68-75. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Matsumoto, J., Kanamori, H., Yokoi, S., and Masuda, K. 2009. Rainfall in central Vietnam. GPM
Asia Workshop on Precipitation Data Application Technique, May, Tokyo.
Matsumoto, J. 2009. MAHASRI and other international research projects related with Asianmonsoon．Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: L217-001 (CD-ROM), May,
Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsumoto, J., Wu, P.M., Kamimera, H., Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M. D., Sakurai, N.,
Syamsudin, F., Sulistyowati, R., Arbain, A. A., and Djajadihardja, Y. S. 2009. Torrential rains inIndonesian capital city Jakarta. The Seventh International Conference on Urban Climate,June-July, Yokohama.
Matsumoto, J., Satoh, S., Kubota, T., Kuraji, K., Takahashi, G. H., Kanamori, H., and Kamimera, H.
2009. Rainfall maps in Southeast Asia based on satellite and ground observations. Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society 6th Annual Meeting: AS17-A014 (CD-ROM), August, Singapore.
Matsumoto, J., Wu, P., Mori, S., Ogino, S. -Y., Hamada, J. -I., Sakurai, N., Endo, N., Yamanaka, M.
D., Syamsudin, F., Sulistyowati, R., and Djajadihardja, Y. S. 2009. Monsoon and local
circulation over the maritime continent. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 6th Annual Meeting:AS08-A007 (CD-ROM), August, Singapore.
Matsumoto, J., Yamashima, R., and Takata, K. 2009. Impacts of historical land use changes between
1700 and 1850 on water cycle over Eurasia. 6th International Scientific Conference on the
Global Energy and Water Cycle and 2nd Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes
14Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, Volume I: 261-262, August, Melbourne, Australia.
Matsumoto, J., Koike, T., Oki, T., Satomura, T., Ishikawa, H., Hayashi, T., Yamanaka, M. D., Wu, P.,
Mori, S., Higuchi, A., Kanae, S., and Kanamori, H. 2009. MAHASRI. 6th International
Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle and 2nd Integrated Land
Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, Volume II: 508-509,
August, Melbourne, Australia.
Matsumoto, J., Yamashima, R., and Takata, K. 2009. Impacts of land use changes between 1700 and1850 on monsoon seasonal changes. Fourth Japan-China-Korea Joint Conference on
Meteorology, November, Tsukuba.
Matsumoto, J., and Hirano, J. 2009. Long-term changes of winter season in Japan. Abstracts of the
4th China-Japan-Korea Joint Conference on Geography: 47-48, December, Guangzhou, China.
Matsumoto, J., Morita, J., Hoque R., and Asada, H. 2010. Rainfall, flood and rice cultivation in
Bangladesh. International Workshop on Relationship between Weather Environment and Human
Activity in South Asia, January, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Watanabe, J., and Takahashi, H.G. 2010．Seasonal changes of heavy rainfall in central
Vietnam. MAHASRI/HyARC National Science Meeting, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J., Uchiyama, S., Takahashi, H.G., Takahashi, H., Yamane, Y., and Kanamori, H.

2010．

Seasonal changes of lightning observed by TRMM/LIS sensor. MAHASRI/HyARC National
Science Meeting, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Yamanaka, M.D., Hashiguchi, H., Mori, S., Sakurai, N., Wu P.M., Hamada, J. -I., Saiga, T.,Tabata, Y.,
Kawashima, M., Fujiyoshi, Y., Ooi, M., Shirooka, R., Katsumata, M., Ichiyanagi, K., TachibanaY., Ogino, S. -Y., Shibagaki, Y., Shimomai, T., Yamamoto, M., Kamimera, H., Masuda, K.,
Hattori, M., Endo, N., Matsumoto, J., Syamsudin, F., Arbain, A., Sulistyowati, R., Manik, T.,
Erlansyah, Setiawan, W., Tejasukmana, B., Djajadihardja, Y.S., and Anggadiredja, J.T. 2009.
Completion of HARIMAU radar-profiler network. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2009 Spring Meeting 95:44, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., and Takata, K. 2009. Impacts of land use changes during 1700-1850
on the onset and end of Asian summer monsoon. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2009 Spring Meeting 95:189, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)Endo, N., Wu, P.M., Yamanaka, M.D., Matsumoto, J., and Syamsudin, F. 2009. Intercomparisons ofprecipitable water observation between AIRS and GPS over the maritime continent. Abstracts of
the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95:326, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)15

Ohtsuka, M., Matsumoto, J., Fujibe, F., and Kobayashi, K. 2009. Analysis of long-term precipitation
variations in central Japan by utilizing old climatological station data. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95:383, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S. -Y., Fujiwara, M., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, H., Matsumoto, J., Hoang Thuy Ha, and Nguyen
Thi Tan Thanh 2009. Seasonal variation of ozone over the northern subtropical region revealedby ozonesonde observations in Hanoi．Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009:
F207-001 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari.
Yamanaka, M. D., Mori, S., Hamada, J. -I., Ogino, S. -Y., Matsumoto, J., and Hashiguchi, H. 2009.
Semiannual oscillations of rainfall, botanical activity and carbon dioxide in the equatorial region．
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: L217-011 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., and Takata, K. 2009. Impacts of land use changes during 1700-1850
on seasonal changes of land condition and water cycle over the East Asia. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: L217-014 (CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Ichiyanagi, K., Yoshimura, K., Matsumoto, J., and Yamanaka, M. D. 2009. Stable isotopes inprecipitation comparing between eastern and western sides of Indochina observed in 2006. Asia
Oceania Geosciences Society 6th Annual Meeting: AS08-A001 (CD-ROM), August, Singapore.
Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Wu, P., Yamanaka, M. D., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Interannual rainfall
variations over the western maritime continent and their link to ENSO. Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society 6th Annual Meeting: AS08-A011 (CD-ROM), August, Singapore.
Yamanaka, M. D., Syamsudin, F., Hashiguchi, H., Mori, S., Wu, P. -M., Hamada, J. -I., Sakurai, N.,
Hattori, M., Endo, N., Tachibana, Y., Ogino, S. -Y., Ichiyanagi, K., Kamimera, H., Masuda, K.,
Matsumoto, J., Shirooka, R., Katsumata, M., Ando, K., Mizuno, K., Shimomai, T., Shibagaki, Y.,
Yamamoto, M. K., Kawashima, M., Fujiyoshi, Y., Ohi, M., Manik, T., Erlansyah, Setiawan, W.,
Tejasukmana, B., Sulistyowati, R., Albain, A. A., Djajadihardja, Y. S., and Anggadiredja, J. T.
2009. Completion and future of HARIMAU radar-profiler network over Indonesian maritime
continent. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 6th Annual Meeting: AS08-A012 (CD-ROM),
August, Singapore.
Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., and Takata, K. 2009. Impacts of historical land use changes on theseasonal march of the Asian summer monsoon. 6th International Scientific Conference on the
Global Energy and Water Cycle and 2nd Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes
16Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference, Volume I: P166-167, August, Melbourne, Australia.
Endo, N., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Long-term trends in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia
from the late 20th century. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 52, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)Wu, P.M., Fukutomi, Y., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. The Roles of Tropical Synoptic-scale Disturbancesand Asian Winter Monsoon in the Widespread Heavy Rainfall over Hainan Island during 11 to 14
October 2008. Fourth Japan-China-Korea Joint Conference on Meteorology, November,
Tsukuba.
Hamada, J. -I., Mori, S., Wu, P.M., Yamanaka, M.D., Matsumoto, J., Haryoko, U., and Syamsudin, F.
2009. Interannual variations of rainfall in rainy season in and around Jakartha, Indonesia.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 132, November,
Fukuoka. (in Japanese)Mori, S., Hamada, J. -I, Sakurai, N., Kawashima, M., Hashiguchi, H., Syamsudin, F., Matsumoto, J.
and Yamanaka, M.D. 2009. Diurnal migration and re-development of convective systems in the
coastal region of Sumatera Island. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall
Meeting 96: 239, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)Wu, P.M., Fukutomi, Y., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Development of tropical synoptic-scaledisturbance that caused prolonged torrential rainfall in Hainan Island, China. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 243, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Reconstruction of typhoon tracks in the early 20th century over
the western North Pacific. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting
96: 399, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kamimera, H., Masuda, K., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Development of radar-rain gauge integration
technology applicable in broad Southeast Asian region. Abstracts of the Meteorological Societyof Japan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 408, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)Endo, N., and Matsumoto J. 2009. Long-term trends in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 494, November,
Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Ichiyanagi, K., Yoshimura, K., Matsumoto, J., and Yamanaka, M.D. 2009. Definition of summer
monsoon over the Indochina Peninsula by the water vapor origin analysis. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 505, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H., Uchiyama, S., Yamato, H., Okubo, S., Takahashi, K., and Suzuki, H. 2009. Temporal
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variation in surface wind divergence associated with a short duration intense rainfall on August 5,
2008. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 93, May,
Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H., Nakamura, Y., and Suzuki, H. 2009. Distribution of summertime intense rainfall
frequency and the surface roughness in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The Seventh International
Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC-7): 374708-2-090513182327-002.pdf (CD-ROM), July,
Yokohama.
Takahashi, H., and Nakamura, Y. 2009. Spatial structure of sky view factor calculated by using
digital surface model in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The Seventh International Conference on
Urban Climate (ICUC-7): 374708-1-090513175245-002.pdf (CD-ROM), July, Yokohama.
Takahashi, H., Yamato, H., Shimizu, S., Okubo, S., Uchiyama, S., Takahashi, K., and Suzuki, H.
2009. Temperature distribution and surface wind system associated with a short duration intense
rainfall on August 5, 2008. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Fall Meeting
96: 148, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2010. Intense rainfall in urban area and heat island. Lecture Meeting at the Chubu
Branch of the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan, "Climate
and Living: To Think about Unusual Weather", February, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G. 2010．Potential impact of deforestation on the regional climate over the Indochina
Peninsula (Numerical experiment). MAHASRI/HyARC National Science Meeting, March,
Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Hirano, J., and Mikami, T. 2009. Long-term variations of winter temperatures since the 1830s
estimated from weather documents in old diaries. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 53, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Hirano, J., and Matsumoto, J. 2009. Long-term variations of the length of the winter monsoon
season since the early 20th century in Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 188, October, Okinawa. (inJapanese)
Hirano, J., and Mikami, T. 2009. Reconstruction of winter climate conditions in the late 19th century
based on historical weather documents. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009
Fall Meeting 96: 208, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Zaiki, M. 2009. Global warming course “Earth’s homeostasis”. Kita-ku Environment College, July,
Tokyo．(in Japanese)18

Zaiki, M. 2009. Indonesian meteorological data digitization project led by Japanese researchers.
KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) Special Seminar, August, De Bilt,
Netherlands.
Zaiki, M. 2009. Review of SE/E Asian Archive data rescue. ACRE Data and Visualization Meeting,
September, Exeter, UK.
Zaiki, M. 2009. The 19th century meteorological observation in Japan. Salon of Geography No.96,
December, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Grossman, M., and Zaiki, M. 2009. Typhoons affecting Japan from 1860 to 1879. The Association ofAmerican Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting Abstracts: 259, April, Las Vegas, USA.
Grossman, M., Zaiki, M., and Mikami, T. 2009. Reconstructing typhoons in Japan in the 19th
century from documentary records. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 139, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, H. 2009. High-altitude thermal belt observed at Mt. Yatsugatake. 2009 Annual Meeting of
the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan Tohoku Branch, November, Akita. (inJapanese)
Tanaka, H. 2009. An approximation process of forest floor snow depth using interval camera. 2009
Annual Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan Tohoku Branch, December, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Tanaka, H. 2009. High-altitude thermal belt observed at southern area of Mt. Yatsugatake. 2009
Annual Meeting of the Meteorological Society of Japan Tohoku Branch, December, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Tanaka, H., and Kanno, H. 2010. Development of snow depth measuring camera system that can beused as a field monitoring camera. Abstracts of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan
2010 Annual Meeting: 27, March, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, H., Inoue, K., Adachi, S. -A., Sasaki, K., Kanno, H., Ohara, G., Nakazono K., Yoshikawa,M., and Goto, N. 2010. Numerical experiments for climate-moderating function of climatechange scenario by the global warming. Abstracts of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology ofJapan 2010 Annual Meeting: 131, March, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Tanaka, H., Kobayashi, H., and Hasegawa, N. 2010. Climatic factors of the difference of air
temperature between the inside and the outside of shrine's forest (No.2). Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 87,
March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
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Tanaka, H., Inoue, K., Adachi, S. -A., Sasaki, K., Kanno, H., Ohara, G., Nakazono K., Yoshikawa,M., and Goto, N. 2010. Numerical experiments for climate-moderating function of climatechange scenario by the global warming. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Associationof Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 238, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Nakano, T., and Shinoda, M. 2009. Modeling temporal and spatial variation in CO2 budget in
Mongolian semiarid grasslands. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring
Meeting 95: 208, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Nakano, T., and Shinoda, M. 2009. Estimation and validation of CO2 budget in a semiarid grassland.
Abstracts of the Joint Conference on Environmental Engineering in Agriculture 2009: A65(CD-ROM), September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Nakano, T., and Shinoda, M. 2010. Dependence of ecosystem respiration on soil moisture and plantbiomass. Abstracts of the Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan 2010 Annual Meeting:
B109 (CD-ROM), March, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Fukushima, A., Matsumoto, J., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Secular and regional variability of seasonal
precipitation in India. Abstracts of Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 349,
May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Long-term trend of SPM concentration in Japan using data fromair quality monitoring stations. Abstracts of Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring
Meeting 95: 265, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Long-term and seasonal trends in SPM concentration and its
spatial distribution in the Kanto region, Japan. The 7th International Conference on Urban
Climatology (ICUC-7), July, Yokohama.
Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Long-term and interannual variation in SPM concentration in
Japan by using data of air quality monitoring stations. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 64, October, Okinawa. (inJapanese)Okubo, S., and Takahashi, H. 2010. Preliminary study of long-term variations in the occurrence
frequency of daily maximum SPM concentrations in Japan. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 233, March, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Yamato, H., Mikami, T., and Takahashi, H. 2009. The interaction between sea breezes and amount of
temperature change in southern Kanto in summer. Abstracts of Meteorological Society of Japan
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2009 Spring Meeting 95: 304, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Yamato, H., Mikami, T., and Takahashi, H. 2009. New urban heat island monitoring system in Tokyo
metropolis．T he 7th International Conference on Urban Climatology (ICUC-7), July, Yokohama.
Takahashi, K., Takahashi, H., and Mikami, T. 2009. Relationship between wind system and urban
heat island phenomenon in Tokyo ward area in summer (Part 3) －Nocturnal air pressure
distribution corrected by assuming hydrostatic equilibrium－. Abstracts of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 176, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, K., Mikami, T., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Influence of the urban heat island phenomenonin Tokyo on land and sea breezes. The 7th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC-7),
June, Yokohama.
Hoque, R., and Matsumoto, J. 2010. Climatological pentad mean annual cycle of monsoon rainfall
over Bangladesh. 5th International Workshop “Environment and Human Activities on Climate
Workshop in South Asia”, January, Kyoto.
Seto, Y., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Analysis of local wind systems in summer over the Kanto plain
considered from the divergence field. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2009
Spring Meeting 95: 259, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Adjustment technique of observed wind by roughness parameterand logarithmic law: divergence field over the Kanto plain. Abstract collection of the 4thJapan-China-Korea Joint Conference on Meteorology: 269, November, Tsukuba.
Seto, Y., and Takahashi, H. 2009. Analysis of divergence field in summer over the Kanto plain byusing the observed wind adjusted by logarithmic law. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2009 Fall Meeting 96: 485, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Uchiyama, S., Takahashi, H., and Kanamori, H. 2009. Seasonal change of lightning activity overAfrica based on TRMM observations. Equatorial Atmosphere Radar Symposium, September,
Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Uchiyama, S., Takahashi, H., and Kanamori, H. 2009. Seasonal change of lightning activity overAfrica based on TRMM observations. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 182, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Morita, J., Matsumoto, J., and Takahashi, H. G. 2009. Characteristics of rainfall over Bangladesh
during monsoon withdrawal. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 186, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Watanabe, J., Matsumoto, J., and Takahashi, H. G. 2009. Seasonal march of rainfall during winter21

monsoon season over Indochina. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 184, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Ootsuka, Y. 2010. Regional characteristics of heavy rainfall in South Kanto and around the region insummer. General Meeting for Graduation Theses of Geography, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)223. Laboratory of Environmental Geography

1) Staff
Makiko WATANABE

Professor/ PhD

Soil Science

Shuichi OYAMA

Associate Professor / PhD (D. Human and Environment)

Regional Studies (Africa, South America), Biogeography, Ecological Anthropology2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory focuses on the relations between human and natural environment. For
understanding processes enacted upon environment in local and regional scales, we try to integrate
subdivisions of both physical and human geography together with interdisciplinary aspects ofenvironmental sciences, such as botanical science, forest ecology, zoology, soil science, landscapedesign, political ecology, folklore, anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary basedon fieldworks, including weather observation, land survey, soil and vegetation surveys, andinterview survey and in participative on laboratory analyses on soil-water analyses andinterpretations of aerial photo and satellite imagery as well. Overseas field studies are carried out in
Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. We are engaged in long-term fieldwork on (1)environmental changes and human responses in Africa, (2) cultural ecology of slash-and-burncultivators in Africa, (3) domestication process of livestock and crops, and (4) vegetation andclimatic landscape in North and South America and Siberia.
Recent research subjects are as follows;

1) Characterization of sclerotium grains as soil organic component in subalpine forests in Japan andCentral Europe
2) Dynamics of water environment surrounding ancient temples in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert,Egypt3) Land recovery scenario in the upper Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines
4) Evaluation of urban soils on basis of soil genesis
5) Geoecological research on landscape, vegetation and soil
6) Interrelation between environmental change and human response in savanna area of Africa
237) Cultural geography of slash-and-burn cultivators and development of cultivation system inmiombo woodland zone of Africa
8) Applied ecological study to combat desertification in Sahel zone, Africa.
9) Domestication of Camelidae animals and Solanum crops in Andes, South America

3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

Peer-reviewed Articles
Watanabe, M., Kogawa, K., Sugimura, T., Nakano, T., Tsukamoto, T., and Kamei, H. 2010.
Interpretation of water environment around El-Zayyan Temple in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert,
Egypt from a tentative environmental map based on ALOS pan-sharpened imagery. Journal of
the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 30: 11-18. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yoshida, S., Morishima, W., Watanabe, M., and Palijon, A. M. 2009. Morphological characteristics
of silica body derived from grasses in a hilly area in central Luzon, Philippines. Japanese
Journal of Historical Botany 17: 33-36. (in Japanese)
Inoue, Y., Baasansuren, J., Watanabe, M., Kamei, H., and Lowe, D. J. 2009. Interpretation of pre-AD
472 Roman soils from physicochemical and mineralogical properties of buried tephric paleosols
at Somma Vesuviana ruin, southwest Italy. Geoderma 152: 243-251.
Takeda, M., Morishima, W., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Experimantal study on influence of artificial
soil pedon on characteristics of heat and water transfer in urban park. Eco-Engineering 21:
113-117. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2009. Public sphere of the customary land management in agricultural villages andmarket-based land reform of Zambia. In Rural Societies and Public Sphere in Africa, ed. Y.
Kodama, Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, 147-183. (in Japanese)
Shikata, K. 2010. Friendly relationship between banana and cocoa: Contemporary change of shifting
cultivation system in tropical rainforest of southeastern Cameroon. In People, Nature andHistory of African Tropical Forest 1: From Ecological Perspectives, ed. D. Kimura, and K.
Kitanishi, Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 195-220. (in Japanese).
Nonoyama, Y., Ohta, H., Narisawa, K., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Evaluation of efficiency as
microbial cell carrier of Fungal Sclerotia found in forest soil. Journal of the Society for
Biotechnology, Japan 87: 518-522. (in Japanese)24

Other Articles
Oyama, S., and Mammam, I. 2010. Ecological knowledge of Hausa cultivators and in situ
experiment of the land rehabilitation in Sahel, West Africa. Geographical Reports of Tokyo
Metropolitan University 45: 31-44.
Yoshino, R. 2010. Souvenir gifts of Kumano-Kodo (Pilgrimage road) of the UNESCO world
heritage: The representation of the regional character. Ökumene Research 1: 21-29. (in Japanese)

Reports
Oyama, S. 2009. New land law regulation and social confusion of the shifting cultivators in Republicof Zambia. In Reports for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S): Integrated Research on
African Way of Rural Development Based on Area Studies, ed. M. Kakeya, 339-359. (inJapanese)
Oyama, S. 2010. Soil nutrients and Nitrogen absorption of plants in Andean Mountains: Relatingwith domestication of wild potato species. In RIHN (Research Institute for Humanity andNature) Interim Report of Full Research Human Life, Aging, and Disease in High-Altitude
Environments: Physio-Medical, Ecological and Cultural Adaption in “Highland Civilization”,
ed. K. Okumiya, 86-102. (in Japanese)
Sakagami, N., and Watanabe, M. 2010. Some explanations for genesis of thin-interlaminatedsediment under dwelling site in Shikiryou Ruin. In Report of Excavation at Shikiryou Ruin,
Ibusuki, Kagoshima, the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, ed. M. Takano, 20-24. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous reports
Oyama, S. 2009. Interview: The origin of potato (Solanum spp.) in Andean Mountains. Potato
Culture 55: 3. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2010. The tackle to the land degradation and trial of land rehabilitation. Seiko（Osaka
Salesian High School）59: 7-15. (in Japanese)
Shikata, K. 2010. Love fortune of the forest. In People, Nature and History of African Tropical
Forests 1: From Ecological Perspectives, ed. D. Kimura, and K. Kitanishi, Kyoto: Kyoto
University Press, 191-192. (in Japanese).
Myoga, S. 2010. Tracing the history of destroyed village I: HAMAGUCHI Goryou and Hiro-muraembankment －Recovery from tsunami damage in Hirogawa Cho, Wakayama Prefecture. Chiri25

55(1): 64-71. (in Japanese)
Myoga, S. 2010. Tracing the history of destroyed village II: A village revived with seaweed －Todo-Hokke-Mura recovered from fire disaster (currently Shin-Esan Cho in Hakodate City,
Hokkaido Prefecture). Chiri 55(2): 110-117. (in Japanese)
Myoga, S. 2010. Tracing the history of destroyed village III: Tenacity of inhabitants of Aogashimaisland －Recovery from catastrophic damage by volcanic disaster. Chiri 55(3): 74-83. (inJapanese)

Presentations
Watanabe, M., Kogawa, K., Sugimura, T., and Kamei, H. 2009. Ancient temple and water
environment map around Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt based on ALOS pan-sharpened
imagery. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: X228-P006 (CD-ROM), May,
Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Watanabe, M., Kogawa, K., Sugimura, T., and Kamei, H. 2009. Water environment around El
Zayyan Temple in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt– An attempt to provide environmental
map based on ALOS pan-sharpened imagery. Proceedings of the 46th Spring Conference of theRemote Sensing Society of Japan: 219, May, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Kamei, H., Watanabe, M., Ako, Y., and Kogawa, K. 2010. A village in Heian period revealed byunderground survey－Shikiryou Ruin, Ibusuki, Kagoshima. Proceedings of the International
Symposium on “The Reconstruction of Natural and the Cultural Environment in the Volcanic
Eruption Affliction Place － Somma Vesuviana, Pinatubo, and Asama － Interdisciplinary
Strategical Research 2009”: 16, February, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Sugiura, Y., Watanabe, M., Sakagami, N., Nonoyama, Y., and Murayama, S. 2009. A comparative
study of composition of neutral saccharides between sclerotia and soil. Proceedings of 89th
Annual Meeting of Chubu Branch of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition: 23-24,
Nov., Shizuoka. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2009. Mysterious animals of South America: Science of Alpaca (Lama pacos).
Entertainment Science Program of Nippon Television Network Corporation, May, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Oyama, S. 2009. Urban environment and urban culture. Anthropology for Environmental Issues (The
School of Graduate Studies: Chair Professor M. Uchibori). The Open University of Japan, Guest
Lecturer, Video Recording in June, Makuhari. (in Japanese)26

Oyama, S. 2009. Reconsidering domestication of potato (Solanum spp) related with Camelidae
domestication. 56th Meeting of Society of Ethnobiology “Academic Territories ofEthnobiology” , July, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Oyama, S. 2009. Is Africa really poor?: Moral economy and market economy in Africa. Lecture for
1st Open Campus 2009 Tokyo Metropolitan University, July, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Kosaki, T., Takahashi, M., Ikazaki, K., Oyama, S., and Shinjo, H. 2009. The possibility of ecotourism for education on soil, environment and science (2): The project for the desertification in
Sahel of West Africa. Annual Meeting for Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition,
September, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Sakagami, N., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Implications of sclerotia of Cenococcum species as a soilorganic component. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts
2009: A1148, June, Davos.
Shikata, K. 2010. Integration of cocoa growing and banana-based shifting cultivation in tropicalrainforest of southeastern Cameroon. International Symposium Persisting Cultures andContemporary Problems among the Congo Basin Forest People, March, Kyoto.
Myoga, S. 2009. Consideration about the recovery process of land function around Rokurigahara,
the foot of Mt. Asama (II). Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 66, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Nonoyama, Y., Narisawa, K., Ohta, H., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Bacterial community in sclerotia of
Cenococcum species and soil in sub-alpine forest, central Japan. Geophysical Research Abstracts,
Vol. 11, EGU General Assembly 2009, April, Vienna.
Takishima, K., Oyama, S., and Oka, S. 2009. Formation process of Salix reinii colony and tree limit
dynamics on the northwestern slope of the Mt. Fuji, Japan. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 181, October, Okinawa. (inJapanese)Takishima, K. 2010.

Formation process of Salix reinii colony and tree limit dynamics on thenorthwestern slope of the Mt. Fuji, Japan. The 30th Seminar of Master’s Thesis Related toJapanese Society of Ecology in Kanto Region. February, Hachioji. (in Japanese)Uoi, N., Murata, T., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Recognition of urban soils based on soil hardness
profile and chemical properties. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 73, October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)27

Kurosawa, Y., Sakagami, N., and Watanabe, M. 2009. Characteristics of composition of metalelements in Sakura petals growing in urban environment. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meetingof the Japanese Society of SAKURA: 8, December, Tokyo. (in Japanese)28

4. Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

1) Staff
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences

Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Eng.)

Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Computational Meteorological Model

Daichi NAKAYAMA

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

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

1)

Energy and water cycle in the atmosphere and hydrosphere2)

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

3)

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

4)

Water environment around Mt. Aso and Tokyo metropolis

5)

Numerical simulation of urban climate

6)

Capturing surface conditions of cities using GIS

7)

Monitoring and modeling natural environment and natural hazards
293) List of Research Activities in FY2009

Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H., and Izumi, T. 2009. Snowmelt-runoff analysis by using SRM (Snowmelt Runoff
Model) －Case study of the upper reach of Uono river basin, Niigata prefecture－. Journal ofJapan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 22: 409-418. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Matsuyama, H., and Kezer, K. 2009. Long-term variation of precipitation around Lake Balkhash inCentral Asia from the end of the 19th century. SOLA (Scientific Online Letters on the
Atmosphere) 5: 73-76, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-019.
Hasegawa, K., Matsuyama, H., Tsuzuki, H., and Sweda, T. 2010. Improving the estimation of leaf
area index by using remotely sensed vegetation index with BRDF signatures. Remote Sensing ofEnvironment 114: 514-519, doi:10.1016/j.rse. 2009.10.005.
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Comparison of landslide susceptibility based ona decision tree model and actual landslide occurrence: The Akaishi Mountains, Japan.
Geomorphology 109: 108-121, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph. 2009.02.026.
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Relationship between the initiation of a shallow
landslide and rainfall intensity－duration threshold in Japan. Geomorphology 118: 167-175,
doi:10.1016/ j.geomorph. 2009.12.016.
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Two types of rainfall conditions associated withshallow landslide initiation in Japan as revealed by Normalized Soil Water Index. SOLA
(Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere) 6: 57-60, doi:10.2151/sola.2010-015.
Inamura, T., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Effects of large cities on wind systems over Kanto
plain when heavy rainfall occurred in Tokyo. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineering A 65:
915-931. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Narumiya, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Estimation of groundwater circulation
based on hydrochemical techniques along with the change of springwater and environment －A
case study of Hino city, Tokyo metropolis－. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water
Resources 22: 223-234. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Sakamoto, K., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. New topographic correction method ofsatellite image in the season of low solar elevation. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of30

Japan 29: 471-484. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Hiruma, Y., Saito, H., Nakayama, D., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Quantitative study on thefactors determining the distribution of Abies mariesii using a statistical decision-tree model.
Theory and Applications of GIS 17: 155-165. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2010. 5. Amazon River. In Satellite View of the Earth Topography: Japan and World,
ed. T. Kato, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Watanabe, H. Yamazaki, Y. Shiokawa, and M. Komoda, Tokyo:
Asakura-Shoten, 20-23. (in Japanese)
Kuroda, S., Komatsu, T., Teuchi, K., Komori, J., Nuimura, T., Kanie, M., Terada, K., Ishii, M., andIwata, S. 2009. The species of a buried tree from the Iwatake stage deposits and its 14C age from
the Matsukawa-Kitawatairi River at the foot of Mt. Shirouma-dake, Nagano prefecture, central
Japan. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 45: 11-19.
Hasegawa, K. 2010. The biology in the cinema －Cytology and genetics－. Bulletin of Komazawa
University Senior High School 26: 35-44. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Relationship between the initiation of shallow
landslide and the characteristics of rainfall event based on the rainfall intensity－duration.
Proceedings of Conference of GIS Association of Japan 18: 57-60. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Inamura, T., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Effects of large cities on wind systems over the
Kanto plain when heavy rainfall occurred in Tokyo. Proceedings of the 7th International
Conference on Urban Climate, Yokohama, June-July, 2009: P3-42 (CD-ROM).

Books
The Editorial Committee of Bibliography Catalog of Geography, the Human Geographical Societyof Japan (including H. Matsuyama) 2009. Bibliography Catalog of Geography Vol. 12. Tokyo:
Kokon-Shoin. (in Japanese)

Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2010. Multi-angular optical remote sensing for assessing leaf area index. Annual
Report 2008, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University 14: 53-54. (inJapanese)31Matsuyama, H., Izumi, T., and Hasegawa, K. 2009. Estimation of spatial distribution of leaf areaindex at Larix leptolepis forest based on the bidirectional reflectance distribution function.
Annual Report of the Sumitomo Foundation in 2008: 45. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2010. Estimation of groundwater circulation based on springwater temperature andconcentration of silica along with the change of springwater and its surroundings －A case studyof Hino city, Tokyo metropolis－. In Academic Research by Professionals Report on the Resultsof the Supported Researches, ed. Tokyu Foundation for Better Environment 38(280): 1-16. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H. 2010. Estimation of groundwater circulation based on springwater temperature andconcentration of silica along with the change of springwater and its surroundings －A case studyof Hino city, Tokyo metropolis－. In Academic Research by Professionals Report on the Resultsof the Supported Researches〈summary〉, ed.

Tokyu Foundation for Better Environment 38: 14.

Izumi, T. 2009. Take off ! “Kankyo-Sanshiro” －Looking back to the past 15 years and looking
ahead to the future! The Memorial Issue of the 15th Anniversary of Kankyo-Sanshiro: 8-11. (inJapanese)
Izumi, T. 2010. 2-2 Redevelopment for Asagaya Jyutaku, 3-1 Validity of the relaxed neighborhood
planning, 3-2 Challenges of neighborhood planning by citizens. In SUR (Sustainable Urban
Regeneration) Special Issue 02, ed. M. Ishikawa, H. Jinnai, T. Izumi, and M. Matsumoto, Center
for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, the University of Tokyo, 19-25, 30-35. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Relationship between the bidirectionalreflectance distribution function in Larix leptolepis and its phenology at Yatsugatake.
Proceedings of the 11th CEReS Symposium on Environmental Remote Sensing: 18-20. (inJapanese)Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2009. Book review (Nature in Arid Region, Kokon-Shoin), Tenki 56: 591-592. (inJapanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2010. Book review (The Editorial Committee of Forest Hydrology: Forest
Hydrology －Exploring the Fate of Water in Forest Ecosystems－). Chiri 55(1): 120. (inJapanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
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Matsuyama, H. 2009. Sacred places of cartography (supplementary version 2). Map Journal 161:
24-26. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2009. Sacred places of cartography (revenge version). Map Journal 162: 16-18. (inJapanese)
Saito, H. 2009. Report of “Study meeting on natural environments and human lives in mountanious
region”. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society 46(1): 67-69. (in Japanese)
Saito, H. 2009. Report of “Summer school 2009 in Niigata prefecture”. Journal of the Japan
Landslide Society 46(4): 70. (in Japanese)
Saito, H. 2010. Where do shallow landslides occur? GIS NEXT 30: 76. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Matsuyama, H., and Izumi, T. 2009. Snowmelt-runoff analysis by using SRM (Snowmelt Runoff
Model) －Case study of the upper reach of Uono river basin, Niigata prefecture－. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 82,
October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H., and Kezer, K. 2009. Long-term variation of precipitation around Lake Balkhash inCentral Asia from the end of 19th century. Study Meeting of Ili Project, April, Kyoto. (inJapanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2009. How to be a researcher －A case of my own experience－. Lecture of Career
Design, Career Support Center of Kyoto University, May, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2009. Rise and fall around Aral Sea in Central Asia along with its climate change.
Meguro City College “Environmental Change and History”, July, Meguro. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2009. GIS Day in Tokyo 2005－2009: History of collaboration among industry,
academic, and public society for five years. Industry, Academic, and Public Collaboration
Seminar, July, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2010. How do global warming and urbanization affect springs in Tokyo?

IYPE

Science Bar, March, Akihabara. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H., and Miyano, H. 2010. Diagnostic study of a warming mechanism of spring watertemperature based on field observations and numerical simulation － Case study of
Masugata-no-ike, Tokyo, Japan－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 103, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Izumi, T., Saito, H., Nakayama, Y., Nakamura, K., Fukumoto, R., Sasaki, T., Yokomizo, M., Katagiri,
33

Y., and Ishikawa, M. 2010. Development and application study of new assistant tools for urban
planning based on FOSS4G －For the effective collaboration between landscape designers andarchitects－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2010 Spring Meeting 77: 197, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Nakayama, D., Sakamoto, K., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. New topographic correction method ofsatellite image in the season of low solar elevation. 7th International Conference on
Geomorphology, July, Melbourne, Australia.
Koarai, M., Suzuki, T., Nakayama, D., Wachi, T., and Fujinawa, A. 2009. Estimation of tephra
hazard using tephra GIS. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2009: X165-003(CD-ROM), May, Makuhari. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T., Koarai, M., and Nakayama, D. 2009. Construction of tephra database on GIS.
Workshop: Tephra Studies in Japan for Active Tephra 2010 in Kyushu, July, Hachioji. (inJapanese)
Aoyama, M. 2010. Ground surface temperature regimes on and around blocky landforms in Mt.
Shirouma and the upper Kurobe river drainage basin, northern Japanese Alps. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 256,
March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K., Omi, H., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Retrieving a parameter of forest
structure based on the analysis of satellite image with high spatial resolution －Toward theestimation of spatial distribution of leaf area index－. The 12th CEReS Symposium on
Environmental Remote Sensing, February, Chiba. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Urita, S., Inamura, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Heavy rainfall in the end of August 2008
evaluated by Soil Water Index －A case study of Hachioji city－. Abstracts of MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 92, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Mountain slope partition focusing on a hierarchyof slope unit using digital elevation models. Conference Abstracts of the “7th International
Conference on Geomorphology” (CD-ROM): 451, July, Melbourne, Australia.
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Comparison of landslide susceptibility based ona decision-tree model and actual landslide occurrence: A case of the Akaishi Mountains, Japan.
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Landslide Society: 69-70, August, Niigata.
(in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Relationship between the initiation of a shallow
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landslide and the characteristics of rainfall event based on the rainfall intensity－duration in
Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Japanese Geomorphological Union 2009 Fall
Meeting (Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union 31: 62), October, Kyoto. (inJapanese)
Saito, H. 2009. Utilization of FOSS4G for making hazard map: Raster data analysis using Quantum
GIS. 18th Conference of GIS Association of Japan, October, Niigata. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Relationship between the initiation of shallow
landslide and the characteristics of rainfall event based on the rainfall intensity－duration. 18th
Conference of GIS Association of Japan: 3A-5, October, Niigata. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. A preliminary study on the relationship between
initiation of shallow landslides and rainfall intensity－durations in Japan. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 79, October,
Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Quantitative analysis of the characteristics of arainfall condition associated with shallow landslides relationship between the initiation ofshallow landslides and rainfall intensity using Soil Water Index. Research Abstracts on Spatial
Information Science CSIS Days 2009: 7, November, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Geographical information study on therelationship between rainfall intensity and duration associated with shallow landslides in Japan.
Proceedings of “Asia-Pacific Symposium on New Technologies for Prediction and Mitigation of
Sediment Disasters”, JSECE Publication 55: 78-79, November, Tokyo.
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Relationship between the shallow landslide
initiation and rainfalls characterized by short-duration－high-intensity (SH), and long-duration－
low-intensity types. The 1st GIS Landslide Workshop, February, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Two rainfall types for shallow landslide
initiation in Japan as revealed by Soil Water Index. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 121, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Teshirogi, K., and Saito, H. 2009. Seasonal variation in the day-trip herding of goats and its factor insemi-arid Namibia: Analysis by the long-term herding data of GPS collars. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 173,
October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Teshirogi, K., and Saito, H. 2010. Relationship between the seasonal variation in the day-trip herding35

of goats and vegetation in semi-arid Namibia. 57th Annual Meeting of Ecological Society ofJapan: P1-296, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Inamura, T., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Effects of large cities on wind systems over the
Kanto plain when heavy rainfall occurred in Tokyo. 7th International Conference on Urban
Climate, July, Yokohama.
Nakayama, Y. 2010. Relationship between potential eelgrass distribution and the fresh water
environment in the shallow region of inner Tokyo Bay. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 200, March, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Urita, S., Saito, H., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Diagnostic study on the spatial
distribution of potential landslide disaster occurrence as revealed by Soil Water Index. The 1st
GIS Landslide Workshop, February, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, Y., Nakayama, D., and Matsuyama, H. 2010. Re-evaluation of the flood control system of
Shingen-tsutsumi based on an inundation flow simulation. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 199, March, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Watanabe, T., Inamura, T., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Numerical simulation how"Matsubori-kaze" is affected by flow directions around Mt. Aso. Abstracts of MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 251, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Fukuhara, Y., Inamura, T., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Cool island effect of large green
spaces in Tokyo metropolis as revealed by Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS).
Abstracts of Meteorological Society of Japan 2009 Spring Meeting 95: 264, May, Tsukuba. (inJapanese)
Hiruma, Y., Saito, H., Nakayama, D., Izumi, T., and Matsuyama, H. 2009. Quantitative study on thefactors determining the distribution of Abies mariesii using a statistical decision-tree model －Toward the detection of snow-covered area with higher accuracy by remote sensing technique－.
Proceedings of 2009 Annual Conference, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources:
82-83, August, Kanazawa. (in Japanese)36

5 Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography

1) Staff
Yoshio SUGIURA

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Human Geography

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information Sciences

Akihiro TAKINAMI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

Cultural Geography, Tourism Study

Yuko TAKEDA

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

GIS, Urban Geography

Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTOAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Office Study

Michiko HARAYAMA

Assistant Professor

Bibliometrics(Concurrent staff)
Toshio KIKUCHI

Professor / D.Sc.

Agricultural and Rural Geography, Regional Geography of Oceania, Nature Based Tourism2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit specializes in human geography, with special emphasis on the city and its
environs. Our research interests center on the structural explanation of the relationship between
human activities and geographic environment by employing approaches of social sciences andhumanities. Methodologically, the emphasis lies largely on positivistic (viz., quantitative or
mathematical); fieldwork is also encouraged. The research interests cover quantitative,37

socioeconomic, urban and behavioral geography. The main themes of our current research are as
follows:

1. Mathematical modeling of human geographic phenomena
2. Regional analysis of human geographic phenomena
1) Relationship between human activities and geographic environment2) Land use change in the city and its suburbs3) Spatial organization of the society4) Transformation of human activities brought about by environmental change
3. Geographical studies of urban systems
1) Spatial structures of intra-urban system
2) System of cities
4. Geographical thought
1) History of modern geography2) Bibliometric research of geographical studies

3) List of Research Activities in FY2009

Peer-reviewed Articles
Wakabayashi, Y.

2009. Progress in perceptual-behavioral geography in Japan: Retrospect andprospect. Japanese Journal of Human Geography 61: 266-281. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Wakabayashi, Y., and Nishimura, Y. 2010. Notes on the issues of “GIS and society”: Critical GIS asan alternative geographic information science. Geographical Review of Japan 83: 60-79. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Kikuchi, T., and Arima, T. 2010. Regional characteristics of conservations and tourism on
environmental resources in Australian national parks. The International Journal of Tourism
Science 3: 41-55. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N., Arima, T., Okamura, Y., and Kadono, T. 2010. An agenda on tourist activity survey using
GPS and investigation of analysis methods. The International Journal of Tourism Science
3:17-30. (in Japanese)
Liang, H. S. 2010. Hohhot: From a traditional Mongolian city to a multi-ethnic city. Urban
38

Geography of Japan 5: 80-86. (in Japanese)

Other articles
OECD ed., translated into Japanese by H. Kamiya, K. Kuwazuka, Y. Koshikura, Y. Yui, T. Nakazawa,Y. Takeda, M. Kukimoto, and Y. Wakabayashi 2010. OECD Regions at a Glance 2009. Tokyo:
Akashi-Shoten. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2009. Tourist experience narrated by ordinary tourists in travel magazines. In Spaces
for Tourism, ed. K. Kanda, Kyoto: Nakanishiya, 145-153. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2010. Aulnay-sous-bois and football: A territory of Paris suburb. Notes in Theoretical
Geography 17:1-20. (in Japanese).
Tsubomoto, H. 2010．Office location in Tokyo metropolitan area．In Metrolpolitan Areas (Renewal
Version), ed. K. Tomita, and T. Fujii, Tokyo: Kokon-Shoin, 36-37. (in Japanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2010．Tokyo and South Kanto. In Results and Problems of Economic Geography VII,ed. Japan Association of Economic Geographers, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Hyoronsha, 238-245. (inJapanese)
Yabe, N., Arima, T., Okamura, Y., and Kadono, T. 2009. An analysis of the pedestrian GPS tracking
data at the Ueno Zoo. Proceedings of JITR Annual Conference 24: 229-232. (in Japanese)
Arima, T. 2009. The process of generating tourism resource with rural gentrification: A case study of“Meruhen architectures” in Oyabe, Toyama. Proceedings of JITR Annual Conference 24:
161-164. (in Japanese)
Arima, T. 2009. The spatio-temporal analysis of space uses in Ueno Zoological Garden and Tama
Zoological Park. Proceedings of Conference of GIS Association of Japan 18: 9-14. (in Japanese)
Arima, T. 2010. Definitions and research perspectives of "Ecotourism". In Global Tourism, ed., M.
Asamizu, and F. R. Schumann, Tokyo: Kumpul, 61-77.
Arima, T. 2010. Development process of urban tourist area: A case study of Odaiba in Tokyo.
Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 45: 45-56.
Koizumi, R. 2010. Spatial patterns of young unmarried people living with their parents in Tokyo
metropolitan area. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 45: 57-66.
Hanzawa, S., Sugiura, Y., and Harayama, M. 2010. Development of blueberry picking gardens as a
tourist farm in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. The International Journal of Tourism Science 3:155-168.
(in Japanese)39Book reviews
Arima, T. 2009. Book review (Watanabe, T. ed. National Park & Protected Area Management SeriesVol. 1: Mountain Trails: Conservation and Management). Geographical Review of Japan 82B:
42-43.

Miscellaneous reports
Wakabayashi, Y. 2010. Representation and usage of maps in the web sites on the Internet. GIS NEXT
30: 92-93. (in Japanese)
Takinami, A. 2010. Les Halles and Forte dei Marmi: Counterpoint between travel and story. Mahora
62:16-17. (in Japanese)

Presetations
Wakabayashi, Y. 2009. Recent trend and regional differences of nursery service provision in Japan
from the viewpoint of lowering fertility rate. ICAS6, August, Daejeon, Korea.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2009. Present condition and problems of cartography/GIS education in Tokyo
Metropolitan University. Annual Conference of the Japan Cartographers Association, August,Tokyo.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2009. Representation of geospatial information and human spatial cognition．
Symposium on the Spatial Information Science and Urban Analysis for the Future, September,Tokyo．
Wakabayashi, Y., Nagami, Y., and Itoh, S. 2009. The use of geospatial information and spatial
cognition of taxi drivers in Tokyo. 18th Annual Conference of GIS Association of Japan,
October, Niigata.
Kukimoto, M., Wakabayashi, Y., and Yui, Y. 2010. Provision system of child-care services in
Okinawa Prefecture: The case of Naha City. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 273, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Takeda, Y. 2009. Visualization of Gender: Regional difference of Japanese women's lifestyle fromcensus statistics. ESRI User Conference, July, San Diego, USA.
Takeda, Y. 2010. Development of an automatic social atlas mapping system using census databasewith ArcObjects. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 262. March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)40

Saito, A., and Tsubomoto, H. 2010. Workplace and productivity. JFMA Forum, February, Tokyo．
Kikuchi, T., and Arima, T. 2010. Conservation and wise use of natural resources: A case study fromthe world heritage site, Fraser Island. Front Lined Researches of Ecotourism and Ogasawara
Island’s Plants, March, Ogasawara. (in Japanese)
Kikuchi, T., Okamura, Y., Yoshida, I., Yabe, N., and Arima, T. 2010. Thinking the essence for town
planning with regional resources: Walk, look and listen in Kagurazaka and around moats of Edo
castle. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010
Spring Meeting 77: 286-287, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N., Arima, T., Okamura, Y., and Kadono, T. 2009. An analysis of the pedestrian GPS tracking
data at the Ueno Zoo. Japan Institute of Tourism Research Annual Conference: 58, November,
Niiza. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N., Arima, T., Okamura, Y., and Kadono, T. 2010．The seasonal changes of visitors moving
pattern．Tama Zoological Park Breeding Meeting，March，Hino. (in Japanese)
Liang, H. S. 2010. Analysis of factors affecting land use change in Chinese Inner Mongolia using
geographically weighted regression. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 172, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese).
Arima, T. 2009. The spatio-temporal analysis of space uses in Ueno Zoological Garden and Tama
Zoological Park．The 18th Annual Conference of GIS Association of Japan: 1A-3，October，Niigata. (in Japanese)
Arima, T. 2009. Possibility of ecotourism: Types of tourism on Fraser Island, Australia. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76: 144,
October, Okinawa. (in Japanese)
Arima, T. 2009. The process of generating tourism resource with rural gentrification: A case study of“Meruhen architectures” in Oyabe, Toyama. Japan Institute of Tourism Research Annual
Conference: 41, November, Niiza (in Japanese).
Arima, T. 2009. The alternative approach and its availability for GPS investigation on tourists using
spaces. Abstracts for the 4th China-Japan-Korea Joint Conference on Geography: 12, December,
Guangzhou, China.
Arima, T., Noda, E., Iki, M., Eranga, H. R., Shirayanagi, K., Naito, S., Yamasuge, K., Nakamura, R.,
and Numata, S. 2010．Where did the wild boar on TMU campus come from?: Situations of wildboars in Tama area, Tokyo. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan: P1-283，
March，Tokyo. (in Japanese)
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Koizumi, R. 2009. The spatial patterns and its changes in Tokyo metropolitan area from 1995 to2005 by mesh statistics. The General Meeting of the Tohoku Geographical Assosiation 2009
Spring Meeting, May, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2009. Changing socio-economic structure since the 1990s and its effect on the work andlife of young people in Tokyo metropolitan area. ICAS 6 , August, Daejeon, Korea．
Koizumi, R. 2009. The spatial patterns of social class and its changes in Tokyo metropolitan area.
The General Meeting of the Human Geographical Society of Japan 2009 Meeting: 90-91,
November, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R., Nishiyama, H., Kubo, T., and Kawaguchi, T. 2010. Characteristics of condominium
residents in Tokyo Bay area, A case survey in Toyosu, Tokyo. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2010 Spring Meeting 77: 161, March,
Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Wada. E. 2009. Place image formation from landscape point of view and the visitor images: A caseof the area around Shibuya station, Tokyo. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2009 Fall Meeting 76:124, October, Okinawa. (inJapanese)42