Annual Report 2014
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 FY2014
2 Laboratory of Climatology

81) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
3 Laboratory of Environmental Geography

171) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
4 Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

201) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
5 Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY201427

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 / D.Sc.
Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology2) Overview of Research Activities
We focus on various earth scientific phenomena and processes on the solid earth surface in order 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 havecovered the Japanese Islands through the Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene.
3. Paleo-environment and natural hazards: On the basis of geomorphological and sedimentological studies, paleoenvironmental 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, faulting etc.) and land
formation, studies on computer simulation are carried out.
3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
Peer-reviewed Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Present state and issue on the active fault evaluation. Bulletin of Japan Association for Earthquake
Engineering 24: 2-7. (in Japanese)
Other Articles
Yamazaki, H. 2014. 1-1-3 Outline of Geology of Hachioji. In History of the Hachioji City New edition, Natural history.
Hachioji City, pp.14-16. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. 2-1-1 Preface. In History of the Hachioji City New edition, Natural history. Hachioji City, pp.34-35.
(in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. 2-1-8 Natural hazard in Hachioji. In History of the Hachioji City New edition, Natural history.
Hachioji City, pp.73-89. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. 4-1-1 Changing Nature of Hachioji. In History of the Hachioji City New edition, Natural history.
Hachioji City, pp.506-515. (in Japanese)1

Suzuki, T. 2015. Hazard maps for volcanoes. In How to utilize the hazard maps for disaster prevention and mitigation,ed. Suzuki, Y., Iwanami Shoten, pp.110-127. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Landslide disaster in the Izu-oshima Island by the typhoon wipha (1326) in 2013: A landslide disasteras a blind spot and the hazard map. In How to utilize the hazard maps for disaster prevention and mitigation, ed.
Suzuki, Y., Iwanami Shoten, pp.127-130. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Tephra at Kami-tsurugaya, Nisato Town (former Nisato Village), Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture.
Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 14: 276. (in Japanese)
Higashino, T., Nakagawa, S., Ogawa, Y. and Tamura, I., 2014. An Examination of Kikai-Akahoya Ash found from drill
cores in the coastal plains of Ishikawa Prefecture and the northern part of Fukui prefecture in central Japan. Japan sea
Research (Kanazawa University) 45: 63-74. (in Japanese)Ueki, T. 2014. The AMS 14C ages of the debris flow deposits in the Nagashima area, central Mie Prefecture, southwest
Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 65: 67-70. (in Japansese with English abstract)
Ueki, T. 2014. Higher terrace deposits along the Katakami River, central Mie Prefecture, southwest Japan. Bulletin of theGeological Survey of Japan 65: 105-111. (in Japansese with English abstract)
Ueki, T. 2015. Broken rounds from the Pli-Pleistocene Mitoyo Group, in western Kagawa Prefecture, southwest Japan,
and their tectonic implicarion. The University Bulletin of Chiba Institute of Science 8: 51-56. (in Japansese withEnglish abstract)
Ueki, T. 2015. A case report of active learning in a major subject of earth science, “Earthquake and hazards”: in-classbook-reading and letter-writing. The University Bulletin of Chiba Institute of Science 8: 145-153. (in Japansese withEnglish abstract)
Ueki, T. and Suzuki, T. 2014. 2-3Geomorphology and geology of hills. In History of the Hachioji City New edition,
Natural history. Hachioji City, pp.39-51. (in Japanese)
Books/ Reports/ Book Reviews
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Why is Mt. Fuji located in there? Text book for NHK radio program “Science and human beings”,
January to March of 2015: 159p. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Evaluation of in-site fault in the nuclear power plant, An example of the Tsuruga nuclear power
plant. The promoting society of the security and use of atomic energy, An earthquake / a tsunami subcommittee report,
124p. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2014. 3.2.2. High-resolution tephrochronological survey for the estimation of mean slip rate and accumulated
displacement of the fault zone. 2013 Report of the integrated research project for the Tachikawa Fault Zone: 75-94.
(in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2014. Book review (Ishibashi, K.: Nankai Trough Earthquake–History, science and society). The Quaternary
Research 53: 235. (in Japanese)Hara, H., Ueki, T. and Tsujino Y. 2014. Geology of the Kitagawa District. Quadrangle Series, 1:50,000. Geological
Survey of Japan, AIST, 72 p and 1 map. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
Takemura T., Ueki, T. and Endo, K. 2014. 3.6 Subsurface geology of Tokyo area. In Subsurface geology of the Kanto
District New edition, The Kanto branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Tokyo, 116-129. (in Japanese)
Miscellaneous Reports
Suzuki, T. 2014. Tephra studies of Prof. Shinji NAGAOKA. Monthly Chikyu 36: 201-204. (in Japanese)
Okuno, M., Suzuki, T, Moriwaki, H. and Suzuki, T. 2014. Introduction to the special issue on “Professor Shinji Nagaoka:
Field works on marine, mountain and volcano”. Monthly Chikyu 36: 190-197. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2014. A report on the field trip of the 2014 annual meeting of the Sedimentological Society of Japan.
Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 73: 73-76. (in Japanese)2

Nanri, S. 2014. An impression of Mt. Fuji Excursion hosted by Kanto Branch. The Geological Society of Japan News
17 (11): 49. (in Japanese).
Presentations
Yamazaki, H. 2014. The active fault is misunderstood. Let’s remove a rumor and push forward true disaster prevention.
Lecture of Inagi IC College, May, Inagi. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Let’s study the Tachikawa fault. Lecture for Midori Hou-no-ki school, Midori branch of Koganeishi Community Center, June, Koganei. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Earthquake and hazard prevention. Lecture for students of Iruma-gawa junior high school, June,
Sayama. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Active fault issue on the nuclear energy．Lecture for the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute general
meeting, June, Mita. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Global environment change, energy problem and atomic energy issue to read from the history ofhuman development. Lecture at the Tohoku Energy Conference, July, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Natural environment and hazard for Kanagawa Prefecture – deepen understanding to nature andprepare for a future disaster –. Lecture of the Super Science High School project at Seisho High School, Kanagawa
Prefecture, July, Odawara. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Science and engineering fusion toward the active fault-free society. Study meeting on the active fault
and nontectonic fault at Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University, August, Uji. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Recent study of the physical geography – Human development and energy problem –. A 2014teacher's license update class, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Let’s know and prepare for future activity of the Tachikawa fault. Social Education Hall of Mitaka
city, November, Mitaka. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Learn, watch and walk on the Tachikawa fault. Open-College of the Extension Center of Waseda
University “Musashino Upland and Tamagawa Waterworks”, November, Nakano. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. We need the calm discussion on the nuclear power generation, active faults and HLW disposal.
Lecture for the Tohoku Energy Conference, November, Aomori. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Natural hazards and History – Right measures method for the Tachikawa fault –．Mitaka-shi cultural
assets lecture of 2014, November, Mitaka. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2014. Recent topic on the active fault. Lecture for the 2014 meeting of Hiratsuka disaster prevention group,
December, Hiratsuka. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2015. Nuclear facilities and the active fault issue. Special lecture of the Specialized Investigation
Committee for the nuclear facility and engineering risk assessment, Atomic Engineering Society of Japan, February,
Hongo. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2015. Why is Mt. Fuji located in there? NHK radio program “Science and human beings”, Broadcasted
from the Second NHK Broadcasting Station, January to March, Aoyama. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2015. The Tachikawa fault and its future hazard prevention. Tanashi community center of Nishi-Tokyo
city. March, Tanashi. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2015. The mechanism of the volcanic eruption. Can we know and predict the situation of the volcanic
activity? The 3rd lecture for the local problem of the Akishima-shi communication hall “Protect our life from natural
disaster”, March, Haijima. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, H. 2015. What kind of thing will be caused in our living region by the future huge earthquake? The 4th lecture
for the local problem of the Akishima-shi communication hall “Protect our life from natural disaster”, March, Haijima.
(in Japanese)
Toyokura, I., Aoto, S., Kawada, A., Sudo, H., Fukui, K., Matsuzaki, T., Watanabe, H., Yamazaki, H. and Nakayama, T.
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2014. The distribution of the concealed Quaternary fault found inside of the compound of the University of Tokyo by
Dr. Y. Sakaguchi, JSAF. Abstract O-11, pp.42-43, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. and TMU GROUP FOR, Izu-oshima typhoon wipha (1326) disaster 2014. Preliminary report on thelandslides, Oct. 2013, Izu-Oshima Volcanic island, central Japan: Shallow landslide, landforms. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HDS29-P08, April, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Geological structure interpreted from two boring cores beside the Tachikawa Fault Zone, Tokyo, NE
Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SSS34-P11, April, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Suzuki, T., Kasahara, A., Yagi, H., Imaizumi, T. and Yoshida, A. 2014. Late Quaternary tephras and basin fill sediments
under Ukinuma, Murayama city in the north part of Yamagata basin. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2014: HQR24-02, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Overview of tephrochronological study on Kazusa Group, the standard Quaternary marine sediments,
central Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SGL44-07, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Suzuki, T., Nakajima, E., Kasahara, A., Nishizawa, F., Teraguchi, K. and Aono, M. 2014. Early Pleistocene tephras
detected from two boring cores beside the Tachikawa Fault Zone, Tokyo, NE Japan. Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 44: 6, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2014. Earthquake and geological hazards in the Tama area: recent information on tha Tachikawa Active Fault
and the Grate Earthquake beneath Tokyo metropolitan area. Symposium on disaster prevention and regional
cooperation for museums in Tama area. October, Tachikawa. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Map reading: How to read topographical map, and fundamental of landform and geology. Lecture forGreen Volunteer Leader by Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. January, Shinjuku. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Eruption of Fuji and its related environmental changes. Hachioji Eco Hiroba, January, Hachioji. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Distribution, Thickness, Age and Potential Landslide of So-called Loam (Weathered Tephric Soil
Deposits), Japan. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Annual Meeting 2014, February, 2015,
Uji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Landform change and distribution of volcanic blocks of 2014 Ontake Eruption based on satellite image
and LIDAR. Meeting of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on the 2014 Ontake Eruption, March, Nagoya. (inJapanese)
Suzuki, T. 2015. Volcanoes and earthquakes of the Japanese Islands. Asahi Culture Center Yokohama, March, Yokohama.
(in Japanese)
Ishiyama, T., Hirouchi, D., Sato, H., Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, K., Koriya, Y., Omata, M. and Shibata, T. 2014. Pit
excavation along the Tachikawa fault at Sayama Shrine Site. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014:
SSS34-P10, April, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Murata, M. and Suzuki, T. 2014. Tephrochronological study on the Kazusa Group at the Rinshinomori Park in the
Meguro Ward and the Togoshi in the Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 44: 187, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Chigira, M., Nakano, M., Tsuchiya, T. and Suzuki, T. 2015. Common characteristics of sequence and cone-penetration
profiles in pyroclastic fall deposits that slid during earthquakes. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto
University Annual Meeting 2014, February, Uji. (in Japanese)
Tobita, T., Wang, G., Suzuki, T. and Chigira, M. 2015. Mechanical properties of the Halloysite-rich clay obtained fromcollapsible landslides. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Annual Meeting 2014, February, Uji.
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Shirai, M., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R. and Utsugawa, T. 2014. A possibility of influence of deposition in dam-lake todeep marine environments around the Japanese Islands. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014:
HQR23-P08, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M. and Watanabe, M. 2014. An influence of roadway on occurrence of slope collapse and debris flow of the IzuOshima Typhoon Wipha (1326) disaster. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HSC25-12, May,
Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R. and Utsugawa, T. 2014. Mass accumulation rate of hemipelagic environment
during the 20th century around cental Japan: A possibility of influence of dam reservoir deposition. Abstracts of the
19th International Sedimentological Congress: 627 (T2S3-P19), August, Geneva.
Shirai, M., Omura, A., Hayashizaki, R. and Utsugawa, T. 2014. Change in Mass Accumulation Rate during the latter
20th century off the Niigata, central Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research
44: 168, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Omura, A., Ikehara, K., Katayama, H., Usami, K., Irino, T., Kuwae, M., Shirai, M. and Ashi, J. 2014. Stratigraphic
variations of terrigenous organic carbon ratios in flood and slope failure sediments of marine area, examples from themodern natural disasters of Japan. Abstracts of the 19th International Sedimentological Congress: 534 (T2S3-P14),
August, Geneva.
Tamura, I., Yamazaki, H. and Mizuno, K., 2014. The age of the Inubo Group in the Choshi district, Chiba Prefecture,
Japan, based on the tephra correlation. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HQR24-04. May,
Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I., Mori, Y., Tanaka, S., Usami, T., Tsumura, Y. and Nakagawa, R. 2014. The correlation on Plio-Pleistocene
boundary in the Tokai Group in the Kameyama area, Mie Prefecture. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Associationfor Quaternary Research 44: 7, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2014. The Tanzawa-garnet pumice：widely distribured 2.5Ma tephra in the southern Kanto area, Japan. The
168st Meeting of Shonan Geology. November, Sagamihara. (in Japanese)Ueki, T. 2014. Chronology of the Miyoshi Formation, eastern Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, based on paleomagnetic
polarity. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 44: 34, September, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)Ueki, T. 2015. Fluvial terraces along the upper reach of Miya River, Mie Prefecture, southwest Japan. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Japanese Geographers 87: 132, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M., Nishiki, K., Furukawa, R., Geshi, N., Oikawa, T. and Ishizuka, Y. 2014. Estimation of eruptive mass fromShowa crater, Sakurajima volcano, based on the real-time volcanic ash survey. The meeting of the Rissho
Geographical association 2014, June, Kumagaya. (in Japanese)
Oishi, M. and Geshi, N. 2014. Estimation of significance for the proportion of vesiculated glassy particles in the volcanicash. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 44: 5, September, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)
Oishi, M. and Geshi, N. 2014. Time series of particle compornentry of volcanic ash from recent eruption at Showa crater,
Sakurajima volcano, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, the Volcanological Society of Japan 2014 fall meeting: 102,
November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, K., Matsushima, N., Takakura, S., Yamaya, Y., Arita, S., Nagamachi, S., Oishi, M., Kazahaya, R. and Fujii, I.
2014. Preliminary result of resistivity modeling around Ponmachineshiri crater at Meakandake Volcano, Japan.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SVC55-P02, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Furukawa, R., Yamamoto, T., Ishizuka, Y., Nanayama, F., Geshi, N., Oikawa, T. and Oishi, M. 2014. Characterization ofash fall particle from the vulcanian eruption of Sakurajima volcano. Programme and Abstracts, the VolcanologicalSociety of Japan 2014 fall meeting: 101, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)5Matsushima, N., Takakura, S., Kanda, W., Saito, E. and Oishi, M. 2014. Hydrothermal system at Satsuma-Iwojima
volcano, inferred from thermal and electromagnetic observation. Programme and Abstracts, the VolcanologicalSociety of Japan 2014 fall meeting: 78, November, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)Ando, K. 2014. The reproductive experiments of stratum deformation on the trench for the Kushibiki fault using
numerical experiments. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SSS34-10, April, Yokohama. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Ando, K. 2015. Numerical calculation of development of a surface rupture associated with 1999 ChiChi earthquake in
Taiwan: a case study of a trench log at the Earthquake Museum. Abstracts Hokudan 2015 International Symposiumon Active Faulting: 88, January, Awaji.
Hayashizaki, R. and Shirai, M. 2014. Bleaching of K-feldspar grains contained in the tsunami deposits of the 2011 off
the Pacific coast of Tohoku Tsunami. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: MIS023-P01, May,
Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Hayashizaki, R. and Shirai, M. 2014. Effectiveness of Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating for estimating accurate
depositional age of tsunami deposits. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 44: 74,
September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Hayashizaki, R. and Suzuki, T. 2015. OSL dating of alluvial fan deposits, western Tokyo, Japan. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 86: 276, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Kasahara, A., Suzuki, T., Kitamura, A. and Kato, S. 2014. Late Quaternary tephras and basin fill sediments undernortheast part of Yonezawa basin, Northeast Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HQR2403, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2014. Petrographic and chemical properties of Quaternary pyroclastic flow deposits in the
Futami Basin, West-central Kyushu, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary
Research 44: 3, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2014. Causes of gravel-sand distribution in upstream part of the river revealed from changes
in lithology and form of detritus. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HGM22-O5, May, Yokohama.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2014. Fluvial sand grain producing process revealed from changes in lithology androundness of gravel and sand in the watershed of Watarase River, central Japan. Abstracts of the 19th International
Sedimentological Congress: 705 (S28_P10), August, Geneva.
Utsugawa, Toru, Utsugawa, Takako and Hoshi, Y. 2015. Soil-Geomorphology of Ogasawara Islands, Hahajima Minerals and Animal Opal in pyroclastic material-. Abstracts of the annual meeting of Japanese Pedology Society
2015: 29, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, T. and Shirai, M. 2014. Difference of fluvial terrace sediments between glacial/inter-glacial estimated fromsize and roundness of gravels: a case study on Tama River terraces. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Associationfor Quaternary Research 44: 153, September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Teraguchi, K., Suzuki, T. and Nakayama, T. 2014. Chronology of Kaneko and Tokorozawa fluvial terraces using cryptotephra, Kanto Plain, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 44: 181,
September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Teraguchi, K. and Suzuki, T. 2015. Middle Pleistocene fluvial terrace and reconsideration of the activity of Tachikawa
fault zone, Musashino upland, central Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 126, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, E. and Suzuki, T. Reconstruction of paleogeography of Kanto district about 1.6 Ma based on
tephrostratigraphy. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SGL44-09, May, Yokohama. (in Japanesewith English abstract)6

Nanri, S. and Suzuki, T. 2014. Pumice deposits of the pre-Ofunato stage distributed in northwest of the Miyake-jima
volcano, northern Izu-Bonin Arc. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: SVC54-07, May, Yokohama.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Nanri, S. 2014. The importance of field work in geology: geological survey in Miyake-jima, Izu Islands. The 4th Asama
graduate students seminar, May, Komoro. (in Japanese)
Nanri, S. 2014. What is “soil”? Origins of the earth surface understood from the soil science and geology: for “the Projectfor children in summer vacation". Keisen University study session, July, Tama. (in Japanese)
Mukaiyama, C. and Suzuki, T. 2014. Volcanic products of Haruna Volcano and the position of the Tone River during 6th
Century in the Kanto Plain, Japan. Programme and Abstracts, Japan Association for Quaternary Research 44: 184,
September, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)72. Laboratory of Climatology
1) Staff
Jun MATSUMOTO
Professor / D. Sc
Monsoon Climatology, Environmental Climatology
Hideo TAKAHASHI
Professor / D.Sc.
Urban Climatology, Climatic Change, Rainfall Climatology
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Climate System Study, Cloud-Precipitation Climatology, Regional Climate Modeling2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory investigates climate system on the earth in various temporal-spatial scales. In particular, we focus on
climate changes due both to natural and anthropogenic causes, for example, processes of heat island and heavy rainfall
events over and around urban regions, and influences of land-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 and regional datasets, andnumerical 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, andelucidation 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 FY2014
Peer-reviewed Articles
Chen, T. C., Tsay, J. D., Matsumoto, J. and Alpert, J. 2015. Development and formation mechanism of the Southeast
Asian winter heavy rainfall events around the South China Sea. Part I: Formation and propagation of cold surge
vortex. Journal of Climate 28: 1417-1443.
Chen, T. C., Tsay, J. D., and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Development and formation mechanism of the Southeast Asian winterheavy rainfall events around the South China Sea. Part II: Multiple interactions. Journal of Climate 28: 1444-1464.
Takahashi, H., Shimizu, S., Yamato, H., Seto, Y. and Yokoyama, H. 2014. Wintertime nocturnal temperature distribution
based on spatially high density observation data in the Tokyo metropolitan area under clear sky and weak windconditions. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 123: 189-210, doi:10.5026/jgeography.123.189. (in Japanesewith English abstract)
Suzuki, H., Oshima, R, Nakakita, E. and Takahashi, H. 2015. A study on evaluation method for capture performance ofheavy rainfall by rain gauges and reexamination method of charge section of rain gauge. Annual Journal of HydraulicEngineering 59 (CD-ROM). (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takahashi, K. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Influence of urban heat island phenomenon in the central Tokyo on nocturnal
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local wind system in summer (continued study): Relationship between stagnation or passage of local wind front andatmospheric pressure field in surroundings. Tenki 61: 525-540. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Takahashi, H.G., and H. Fujinami, T. Yasunari, J. Matsumoto and S. Baimoung, 2015. Role of tropical cyclones along
the monsoon trough in the 2011 Thai flood and interannual variability. Journal of Climate, 28, 1465-1476.
Fujita, M., Takahashi, H. G., Ishizaki, N. N. and Kimura, F. 2014. Long-term variation of winter precipitation linked tosea-surface heat fluxes around the Japan Sea. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 15: 275-281.
Inatsu, M., Sato, T., Yamada, T., Kuno, R., Sugimoto, S., Farukh, A. M., Pokhrel, N. Y. and Kure S. 2015. Multi-GCM
by Multi-RAM experiments for dynamical downscaling on summertime climate change in Hokkaido. Atmos. Sci.
Let., doi: 10.1002/asl2.557.
Matsumura S., Sugimoto S. and Sato S. 2015. Recent intensification of the western Pacific subtropical high associatedwith East Asian summer monsoon. Journal of Climate., doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00569..
Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., Takata, K. and Takahashi, H.G. 2014. Impact of historical land-use changes on the
Indian summer monsoon onset. International Journal of Climatology doi: 10.1002/joc.4132.
Makita, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Formation process of the climate anomalies over the Caspian Sea in spring. Umi To
Sora 90(2): 11-24. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yoshikado, H., Nakajima, K., Kawamoto, Y. and Ooka, R. 2014. Heat Budget of Sea Breezes Passing through Urbanized
Areas of Tokyo. Tenki 61: 541-548. (in Japanese)
Nguyen-Le, D., Matsumoto J. and Ngo-Duc, T. 2014. Climatological onset date of summer monsoon in Vietnam.
International Journal of Climatology 34: 3237–3250. DOI: 10.1002/joc.3908
Ngo-Duc, T., Kieu, C., Thatcher, M., Nguyen-Le, D. and Phan-Van, T. 2014. Climate projections for Vietnam based onregional climate models. Climate Research 60: 199-213. DOI: 10.3354/cr01234
Villafuerte II, M.Q. and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Significant influences of global mean temperature and ENSO on extreme
rainfall in Southeast Asia. Journal of Climate 28: 1905–1919.
Villafuerte II, M.Q., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2014. Changes in extreme rainfall in the Philippines (1911–2010)
linked to global mean temperature and ENSO. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4105.
Yamaji, M. and Takahashi, H.G. 2014. Asymmetrical interannual variation in aerosol optical depth over the tropics interms of aerosol-cloud interaction. SOLA 10: 185-189.
Other Articles
Takahashi, H. 2014. 2.3. Climate and weather. (excluding section of acid rain) In ”New City-History of Hachiouji: Nature”
646p, Hachiouji City: 108-166, 168-169. (in Japanese)
Books
None
Reports
Takahashi, H. and Suzuki, H. (eds.) 2015. Researches on the spatial representativeness of observed rainfall amount. 2014
Joint Research Report of Tokyo Metropolitan University and Research & Development Center of JR East Group,
48p. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
Matsumoto, J. 2014. Diagnosis and prediction of climate change Commission on Climatology. Chiri 59(9): 70-71.
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Matsumoto, J. 2014. Toward climate prediction by improvement of satellite rainfall observation in Asian monsoon region.
JAXA’s 54: 7.
Takahashi, H. 2014. Short duration torrential rainfall in urban area. Electronics Communications 30: 6-11. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Matsumoto, J. 2014. Seasonal changes of monsoon over the Indochina Peninsular. Takio Murakami Memorial
Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Monsoon, July, Honolulu, USA.
Matsumoto, J. 2014. Climatic data rescue in Asian monsoon region. Mini-workshop on Data Rescue and 100-year
Reanalysis, September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2014. MAHASRI. Meeting of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global
Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Project Hydroclimatology Panel (GHP) , December,
Pasadena, USA.
Matsumoto, J. 2015. Overview of MAHASRI. Asian Monsoon Hydroclimate -Review of MAHASRI and Beyond-,
March, Nagoya.
Matsumoto, J. 2015. Heavy rainfalls during northeast monsoon season in Southeast Asia. The 10th Environment andHuman Activity in South Asia －Natural Disaster and Human Activity in the Northeast Indian Subcontinent andIndochina, March, Nakano.
Matsumoto, J. and Asada, H. 2015. Effect of rainfall and severe floods on rice production in Bangladesh. International
Conference on Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable Livelihood, January, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Matsumoto, J., Chen T.C., Tsay, J.D. and Alpert, J. 2015. Development and formation mechanism of the fall-winter heavy
rainfall events in Central Vietnam. The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on
Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region: 21-24, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Endo, N., Villafuerte II, M.Q., Akasaka, I., Cinco, T.A. and Zaiki, M. 2014. Climatic data
rescue in Southeast Asia. ACRE Southeast Asia Workshop, May, Bangi, Malaysia.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Endo, N., Villafuerte II, M.Q., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, H.G., Akasaka, I., Cinco, T.A. andZaiki, M. 2014. Climatic data rescue in Southeast Asia and Japan. International ASEAN SACA&D Conference andWorkshop 2014 (IASCW-2014), May, Bogor, Indonesia.
Matsumoto, J., Ogino, S.Y., Endo, N., Wu, P.M., Nguyen-Thi, H.A. and Nguyen-Le, D. 2014. ENSO and MJO influenceon heavy rainfalls in Central Vietnam. The 9th International Scientific Symposium, IOC/WESTPAC Programme and
Abstract Book: 89, April, Nha Trang, Vietnam. (Invited)
Matsumoto, J., Ogino, S. Y., Endo, N., Wu, P.M., Villafuerte, M.Q., Chen, T. C. and Tsay, J. D. 2014. ENSO and MJO
influence on heavy rainfalls in Central Vietnam. The 2nd ANCST Workshop on "Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions in
the Indo-Pacific Basin and Their Impact on Asian Climate", November, Bengaluru, India.
Matsumoto, J., Villafuerte, M.Q., Nguyen-Thi H.A. and Endo, N. 2014. Long-term changes of extreme rainfall inSoutheast Asia. The 10th National Met-Hydro Convention of the Philippine Meteorological Society, November,
Quezon City, Philippines.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D., Wu, P.-M., Oki, T., Kanae, S., Asanuma, J.,
Ailikun, B., Yoshimura, K., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H., Kamahori, H., Kamiguchi, K. andWang, D. 2014. MAHASRI and AMY. The 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy
Cycle. July, The Hague, Netherland.
Matsumoto, J., Wang, B., Wu, G.-X., Li, J., Wu, P.-M., Ogino, S. Y., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D., Endo, N., Kubota, H.,
Xu, J., Hattori, M., Inoue, T., Koike, T., Tamagawa, K., Ikoma, E., Kinutani, H., Wang, D., Kamahori, H., Kamiguchi,
K. and Ailikun, B. 2013. MAHASRI, AMY, MAIRS and Future Earth. MAIRS Open Science Conference Abstracts:
26-27, April, Beijing, China.

10Matsumoto, J., Wu, P.-M., Endo, N., Ogino, S. Y., Hattori, M., Mori, S., Yamanaka, M.D. and Syamsudin, F. 2014. Asianmonsoon hydroclimate. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Interannual variation of fall rainfall in Central Vietnam during the 20th century.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 89, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese)Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Histrical data in French Indochina and variations in precipitation characteristics incentral Vietnam during boreal fall over the 20th century ACRE Southeast Asia Workshop, May, Bangi, Malaysia.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Precipitation characteristics in the Mekong River Basin during the twentieth century :Importance of sata rescue. The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture
in Asian Monsoon Region: 25-28, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Data rescue of rainfall data in the Mekong River basin. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Spring Meeting 87:87, March, Setagaya. (in Japanese)
Fukutomi, Y., Wu, P.-M. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Recent changes in heavy precipitation occurrences along the eastern
coast of the Indochina Peninsula. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2014 Meeting: ACG04-P02, April,
Yokohama.
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Synoptic conditions and interannual variability of pre-monsoon precipitation over
Northeast Thailand. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Relationship between interannual rainfall variations in March and April over the
Indochina Peninsula and the atmospheric circulation fields. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014
Autumn Meeting 106: 244, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Interannual and Long-term Variations of Seasonal Rainfall over Indochina Peninsula.
The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region:29-31, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kamimera, H., Matsumoto, J., Yamamoto, M., Ushio, T. and Iwami, Y. 2014. Assessment of GSMaP satellite rainfall
products in several river basins over Asian monsoon region (Second report). GSMaP Meeting, May, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)
Kamimera, H., Nabesaka, S., Syamsudin, F., Ngo-Duc, T., Le-Viet, X., Hernando, H.T., Matsumoto, J., Ushio, T. andIwami, Y. 2014. Assessment of GSMaP satellite rainfall products in Asian monsoon region. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union 2014 Meeting: ACG04-10, April, Yokohama.
Kamimera, H., Nabesaka, S., Syamsudin, F., Ngo-Duc, T., Le-Viet, X., Hernando, H.T., Matsumoto, J., Ushio, T. andIwami, Y. 2014. Assessment of GSMaP satellite rainfall products in Asian monsoon region. 2014 Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Kamimera, H., Ngo-Duc, T., Le-Viet X., Matsumoto, J., Ushio, T. and Iwami, Y. 2014. Assessment of GSMaP satellite
rainfall products in Central Vietnam. Proceedings of 2014 Annual Conference, Japan Society of Hydrology andWater Resources: 100034, September, Miyazaki. (in Japanese)
Kamimera, H., Ngo-Duc, T., Le-Viet X., Matsumoto, J. and Iwami, Y. 2015. Rain-gauge, radar and satellite rainfall
intercomparison in Central Vietnam. The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on
Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region: 43-46, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kim, H.J., Takata, K., Tanaka, K., Yamashima, R., Matsumoto, J., Saito, K., Takemura, T. and Yasunari, T. 2014.
Regional climatic effects according to different estimations of biogenic volatile organic compounds during the Asiansummer monsoon. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Kubota, H., Shirooka, R., Matsumoto, J., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F. 2014. Intensive observation PALAU2013 anddata rescue study for Philippine summer monsoon onset. The 31th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and TropicalMeteorology, April, San Diego, USA
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F. 2014. Was the Typhoon No. 30 in 2013 the strongest typhoonin the observation history?. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 53, October,11

Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., Shirooka, R., Matsumoto, J., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F. 2014. Philippine summer monsoon onset –Intensive observation PALAU2013 and data rescue for 109 years. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2014
Meeting: ACG04-07, April, Yokohama. (Invited)
Kubota, H., Shirooka, R., Matsumoto, J., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F. 2014. Philippine summer monsoon onset Intensive observation PALAU2013 and data rescue for 109 years. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Mori, S., Hamada, J. I., Wu, P.-M, Ichiyanagi, K., Hattori, M., Kamimera, H., Arbain, A., Lestari, S., Sulistyowati, R.,
Syamsudin, F., Hashiguchi, H., Matsumoto, J. and Yamanaka, M. D. 2014. Local circulations and diurnal
convections formed along coastal zones over the Indonesian maritime continent key to understanding the IMC
weather and climate. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Mori, S., Hamada, J. I., Wu, P.-M, Ichiyanagi, K., Hattori, M., Kamimera, H., Arbain, A., Lestari, S., Sulistyowati, R.,
Syamsudin, F., Hashiguchi, H., Matsumoto, J. and Yamanaka, M. D. 2015. Radar observations of coastal heavy
precipitation in Indonesia. Asian Monsoon Hydroclimate -Review of MAHASRI and Beyond-, March, Nagoya.
Ngo-Duc, T., Ngo-Thanh, H., Nguyen-Thanh, H., Vu-Thanh, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. On the revision of some different
rainy season onset criteria for Vietnam. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July,
Sapporo.
Ogino, S. Y., Fujiwara, M., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Lower tropospheric ozone increase in premonsoon season at Hanoi, Vietnam The 8th MU/EAR Symposium, September, Uji. (in Japanese)
Ogino, S. Y., Fujiwara, M., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Hoang, G.H. 2014. Lower-tropospheric ozone
increase over the Indochina Peninsula observed by ozonesonde observations in Hanoi, Vietnam. 2014 Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo. (Invited)
Ogino, S. Y., Wu, P.-M., Hattori, M., Endo, N., Kubota, H., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Cold surge event observedby the research vessele Hakuho-maru over the Pacific in December 2012. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2014
Meeting: ACG04-02, April, Yokohama.
Ogino, S.-Y. , Fujiwara, M., Nodzu, M.I., Shiotani, M., Hasebe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Hoang, G.H. 2015. The lower
tropospheric ozone increase over the Indochina Peninsula revealed by ozonesonde observations at Hanoi, Vietnam.
The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region:
55, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Villafuerte II, M.Q., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2014. Historical rainfall records in the Philippines: What do they tell
us about extremes? The 10th National Hydrological-Meteorological Convention of the Philippine MeteorologicalSociety, November, Quezon City, Philippines.
Villafuerte II, M.Q., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2015. Influence of global warming on extreme rainfall confirmed
using historical rainfall records in the Philippines. Filipino International Researchers, Scholars, and Trainees
Symposium, January, Antipolo City, Philippines.
Wu, P.-M, Fukutomi, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the development andmaintenance of tropical disturbances causing long-lasting heavy rainfall in Central Vietnam. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 331, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2014. Climatic environment formed by urbanization. 2014 Spring Seminar of Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi
Senior High School, May, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2014. Characteristics of short duration torrential rainfall in Tokyo metropolitan area viewed from various
observation data. Science Café “Enerugyittei”, October, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei University. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2014. Characteristics of urban climate viewed from various observation data. Special Lecture of Open
University of Tokyo Metropolitan University, November, Iidabashi Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University. (inJapanese)12

Takahashi, H. 2015. Learn and know the localized torrential rainfall in Tokyo. Citizens' course of Kunitachi city, January,
Kunitachi. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H., Saito, Y., Seto, Y. and Yokoyama, H. 2014. Predictability of short duration torrential rainfall in the Tokyo
wards area based on dense surface wind observation network. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014
Spring Meeting 105: 136, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, H., Oshima, R, Nakakita, E. and Takahashi, H. 2015. A study on evaluation method for capture performance ofheavy rainfall by rain gauges and reexamination method of charge section of rain gauge. 59th Annual Meeting of
Hydraulic Engineering #218 (CD-ROM), March, Shinjuku. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, H., Takahashi, H. and Nakakita, E. 2014. Spatial scale of heavy rainfall in Kanto plain: Analysis by using multiple
observation networks. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 281, October,
Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., J. Matsumoto, S. Mori, P. Wu, M. Hattori, and M. D. Yamanaka, 2014. Effects of Asian Monsoon oninteranual rainfall variations over the maritime continent. Abstract of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014
Spring meeting 105: 91, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., M. Hattori, P.-M. Wu, S. Mori, J. Matsumoto, M. D. Yamanaka, U. Haryoko, S. Lestari, and F. Syamsudin,
2014. Effects of the Asian winter monsoon on the interannual rainfall variability over the Indonesian maritime
continent. Abstract of the AOGS 11th Annual Meeting, AS38-P016, July, Sapporo.
Hamada, J.-I., S. Lestari, F. Syamsudin, Sunarno, J. Matsumoto, and M. D. Yamanaka, 2014. Interanual variations ofheavy rainfall over the eastern maritime continent and their link to ENSO. Abstract of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2014 Fall meeting 106: 376, October, Fukuoka.
Wu, P.-M., J. –I. Hamada, S. Mori, F. Syamsudin, and M. D. Yamanaka, 2014. Nighttime increase in upper troposphericwater vapor observed over Sipora Island of the western coast of Sumatra Island. Abstract of the AOGS 11th Annual
Meeting, AS38-P012, July, Sapporo.
Wu, P., S. Mori, J.-I. Hamada, M. Hattori, and M. D. Yamanaka, 2014. Rainfall observation in the mountainous regionof West Java during February 2010. Abstract of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Fall meeting 106: A103,
October, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takahashi, H.G. 2014. Trend and variability in column-integrated water vapor and water vapor recycling. The 7thInternational Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle, July, Hague, Netherland.
Takahashi, H.G. 2015. Role of Tropical Cyclones along the Monsoon Trough in the 2011 Thai Flood and Interannual
Variability. Asian Monsoon Hydroclimate -Review of MAHASRI and Beyond-, March, Nagoya.
Takahashi, H.G. and H. Fujinami 2014. Role of tropical cyclone activity in interannual variation of the summer
precipitation over the Southeast Asian monsoon region. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring
Meeting 105: 90, May, Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Long-term variability and year-to-year variability in heavy snowfall over Japan
in winter. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2013 Autumn Meeting
86: 159, September, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G., M. Fujita, M. Hara, and K. Masuda 2014. Interannual variability in precipitable water and water vapor
recycling in the observation, reanalyses, and CMIP5 models. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014
Autumn Meeting 106:487, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G., S. Watanabe, K. Takata, 2014. An estimation of direct and indirect effect of aerosols using MIROCESM: Difference between the tropics and mid-latitudes. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014
Autumn Meeting 106:260, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Sugimoto S. and Takahashi G. H. 2014. Impact of soil moisture on precipitation over Bangladesh and its surrounding
areas. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 370, October, Fukuoka.
Sugimoto S., Sato T. and Sasaki T. 2014. Temperature change caused by urbanization in Hokkaido. Abstracts of the13Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 423, May, Yokohama.
Sugimoto S., Sato T. and Sasaki T. 2014. An impact of historical land-cover conversion on regional climate change
during winter in Hokkaido Island, Japan. The 3rd Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling Workshop, June, Lund,
Sweden.
Sugimoto S., Sato T. and Sasaki T. 2014. An impact of historical land-cover conversion on regional climate change
during winter in Hokkaido Island, Japan. The 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy
Cycle, July, Hague, Netherland.
Sugimoto S., Sato T. and Sasaki T. 2014. Regional climate change caused by land-use modification for agriculture in
Hokkaido, Japan. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 409, October,
Fukuoka.
Inatsu M., Sato T., Yamada T., Kuno R., Sugimoto S., M.A. Farukh, Y. N. Pokhrel and Kure S. 2014. Multi-GCM by
Multi-RAM experiments for dynamical downscaling on summertime climate change in Hokkaido. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 125, October, Fukuoka.
Matsumura S., Sugimoto S. and Sato T. 2014. Recent Intensification of the Western Pacific Subtropical High
Accompanied with the Baiu-rainband Activity. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting
105: A157, May, Yokohama.
Matsumura, S., Sugimoto S. and Sato T. 2014. Recent Intensification of the Western Pacific Subtropical High
Accompanied with the Baiu-rainband Activity. AOGS 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Matsumura S., Sugimoto S. and Sato T. 2014. Recent intensification of the western Pacific subtropical high associatedwith East Asian summer monsoon, AGU Fall Meeting, December, San Francisco.
Sato T., Inatsu M., Yamada T., Kuno R., Sugimoto S., M. A. Farukh, Y. N. Pokhrel, Kure S. 2014. Multi-GCM by MultiRAM experiments for dynamical downscaling on winter climate change in Hokkaido. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 356, October, Fukuoka.
Sato T., Sugimoto S. and Sasaki T. 2014. Seasonally and diurnally different response of surface air temperature tohistorical urbanization in Sapporo, North Japan, AGU Fall Meeting, December, San Francisco.
Yamada, T. J., Inatsu M., Sato T., Nakamura K., Sugimoto S., Farukh M., Komatsu A. and Matsuoka N. 2014.
Development and Application of Comprehensive Downscaling Methods for Hokkaido Region, Japan. AOGS 11th
Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Dado, J.M., Cruz, F.A., Cheng-Chua, K., Gozo, E., Narisma, G.T. 2015. Determining climate change impacts hotspots
in Southeast Asia: Extremes Analysis. The Fourth International Workshop on Climatic Changes and Evaluation of
their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon Region, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Narisma, G.T., Cruz, F.A., Dingkuhn, M., Cheng-Chua, K., Kumar, U., Dado, J.M., Gozo, C. 2015. Downscaled global
climate model data for crop model applications on two rice growing regions in the Philippines. The FourthInternational Workshop on Climatic Changes and Evaluation of their Effects on Agriculture in Asian Monsoon
Region, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Makita, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Use of MTSAT brightness temperature difference data to analyze a cloud system
including yellow sand. Annual Meeting Lecture Manuscript Collection of Kansai Branch of Meteorological Societyof Japan: 1-4, June, Osaka. (in Japanese)
Matsuzaki Y. and Matsumoto J. 2015. The Impact of Cold Surge on Tropical Convection in Southeast Asia. Abstracts of
the GRENE-ei CAAM International Workshop: 66-69, March, Hanoi.
Nakajima, K. and Takahashi, H. 2014. The influence of sea breezes in southern Kanto Plain on the concentration of air
pollutant. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 393, May, Yokohama. (inJapanese)
Nakajima, K. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Temporal change of concentration of air pollutant in sea breeze days. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 123, September,
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Toyama. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, K. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Change of the concentration of air pollutant in continuous sea breeze days.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 427, September, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Nguyen-Le, D. and Matsumoto, J. 2015. Decadal change in the withdrawal of the autumn rainy season over Central
Vietnam. The Fourth International Workshop of Climatic Changes and Their Effects on Agriculture in Asian
Monsoon Region: 32-35, March, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen-Le, D., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo-Duc T. 2014. Interannual variability of rainy seasons onset over the eastern
Indochina Peninsula. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2014 Meeting: ACG04-04, April, Yokohama.
Nguyen-Le, D., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo-Duc, T. 2014. Interannual variability of rainy season onset over eastern
Indochina Peninsula. 2014 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, July, Sapporo.
Nguyen-Le, D., Matsumoto, J. and Ngo-Duc, T. 2014. Interannual variability of rainy season onset over eastern
Indochina Peninsula, International Geographical Union Regional Conference, August, Krakow, Poland.
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Relationship between local wind patterns and temperature distribution during daytime
in summer over the Kanto Plain. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 162, September, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Characteristics of local wind systems in recent years based on divergence field during
daytime in summer over the Kanto Plain. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting
106: 428, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y., Yokoyama, H., Ando, H., Tsunematsu, N., Nakatani, T., Shoji, Y., Kusunoki, K., Nakayama, M. and Takahashi,
H. 2014. Relationship between rainfall distribution, surface wind and precipitable water vapor during heavy rainfall
occurred in central Tokyo. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 134, May,
Yokohama. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y., Yokoyama, H., Ando, H., Tsunematsu, N., Nakatani, T., Shoji, Y., Kusunoki, K., Nakayama, M. and Takahashi,
H. 2014. Relationship between rainfall distribution, surface wind and precipitable water vapor during heavy rainfall
occurred in central Tokyo in summer. Abstracts of Second International Workshop on Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Convection Study for Extreme Weather Resilient Cities: 16, November, Tokyo.
Tsunematsu, N., Yokoyama, H., Honjo, T., Ichihashi, A., Ando, H., Matsumoto, F. and Seto, Y. 2014. Helicopter-borne
thermocamera measurements of surface temperatures in downtown Tokyo –Comparison of 2013 with 2007–.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union 2014 Meeting: AAS23-07, April, Yokohama. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Tsunematsu, N., Yokoyama, H., Honjo, T., Ichihashi, A., Ando, H., Matsumoto, F. and Seto, Y. 2014. Investigative study
on impacts of urban heat island mitigation strategies in downtown Tokyo using thermal infrared remote sensing.
Abstracts of the Ninth National Conference of Heat Island Institute International: 110-111, July, Saga. (in Japanesewith English abstract)
Villafuerte II, M.Q. and Matsumoto, J. 2014. Significant influences of global mean temperature and ENSO on extreme
rainfall over Southeast Asia. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, April, Vienna, Austria.
Fujima, Y., Yamato, H. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Impact of local wind system on spatio-temporal variability oftemperaturewithin urban canopy layer in Tokyo. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn
Meeting 106: 425, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi, H.G. 2014. The future changes of the precipitation of the Asian summer monsoon
precipitation projected by the CMIP5 models. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn
Meeting 106: 243, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Kimura, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2014. Nighttime steep temperature gradient zone between the central Tokyo and western
suburb, and its relationship with wind patterns in winter. Research Group Meeting for Urban Climatic Environment
at Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting, September, Toyama. (in15

Japanese)
Kimura, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2014. The relationships between temperature distribution and wind pattern on winternights in west part of Tokyo. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 259,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Ninomiya, D. and Takahashi, H.G. 2014. Long-term change of the seasonal variability of the winter Asia monsoon.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 482, October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Yamaji. M. and Takahashi, H.G. 2014. Asymmetrical interannual variation in aerosol optical depth over the tropics interms of aerosol-cloud interaction. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 240,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Yokoyama, T., Takahashi, H.G. and Sugimoto, S. 2014. Statistical study of convective activity occurred and moved
eastward over the Tibetan Plateau. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Autumn Meeting 106: 242,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Miyaji, Y. 2015. The mechanism of winter SST variability over the East China Sea. The 63rd Meeting of Graduation
Thesis of Geography 2014, March, Koganei. (in Japanese)163. Laboratory of Environmental Geography
Makiko WATANABE
Professor / PhD
Soil Geography, Environmental Dynamic Analysis, Geoarcheology
Masayuki KAWAHIGASHI
Associate Professor / Dc. Agr.
Soil Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Material Dynamics in Ecosystems
Overview of Research Activities
This research unit studies processes enacted upon human and natural environment in local and regional scales, withinterdisciplinary fields comprised of physical geography, environmental chemistry, forest ecology, soil science,
anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary based on fieldworks associated with laboratory analyses ofsoil, water, plant and other environmental samples collected, interview survey, aerial photo and satellite imagery
interpretation as well. Evaluation of urban soils as environmental resources is one of our major research subject together
with overseas field studies. Recent research subjects are as follows;
1. Development of survey methods for evaluation of soils in urban area
2. Characterization of sclerotium grains and their function in forest soil ecosystem
3. Geoarcheological study on ancient water environment of Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt
4. Environmental dynamics study of watershed area of SWIP dam in central Luzon, Philippines
5. Influence of anthropic pressure in a river basin on downstream water environment
6. Evaluation of forest fire impact on soil, vegetation and landform in terrestrial ecosystems
7. Study for carbon and nitrogen dynamics in urban ecosystems
8. Soil carbon sequestration from the point of view of soil parent materials3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
Peer-reviewed Articles
Watanabe, M., Sugimura T., Kamei H. 2014. Interpretation of characteristics of the land use change based on
chronological satellite imageries of Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of Japan Remote Sensing Society
34: 356-366. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Alidoust, D., Kawahigashi, M., Yoshizawa, S., Sumida, H., Watanabe, M. 2015. Mechanism of cadmium biosorption
from aqueous solutions using calcined oyster shells. Journal of Environmental Management 150: 103-110.
Amasya, A. F., Narisawa, K., Watanabe, M. 2015. Analysis of sclerotia-associated fungal communities in cool-temperate
forest soils of north Japan. Microbes and Environments 30: http://dx.doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME14135
Diene, O., Sakagami, N., Narisawa, K. 2014. The role of dark septate endophytic fungal isolates in the accumulation ofCesium by Chinese cabbage and tomato plants under contaminated environments. PLoS ONE 9: e109233.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109233
Other Articles
Inubushi, K., Nagano, H., Kawashigashi, M., Prikhodko, V. E. 2014. Forms of the carbon and nitrogen and greenhousegases emission of the soils In Arkaim: the Bronze Age fortified settlement of the steppe Trans-Ural pp196-207, soilarchaeological research the Academic Council of IPBPSS RAS, Moscow. (in Russian with English abstract)17

BooksNone
Reports
Sato, T., Sakagami, N. 2014. Case report of field work program in Indonesia (FY2011). Journal of International
Cooperation for Agricultural Development 13, 81–84. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
Morishita, M. 2015. A report on the workshop of geomorphology and Quaternary geology for pedologists. Pedologist,
58: 120-121. (in Japanese)
Presentations
Watanabe, M., Miyajima, S., Osato, Y. 2014. Characteristics of heat and water transfer in man-made soils in urban area.
In Technogenic soils developed on settlements, soil formation, properties and utilization. Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition 60: September, Tokyo.
Watanabe, M., Miyajima, S., Osato, Y. 2014. Characteristics of heat and water transfer in man-made soils in urban area.
Kenkyukan, Tokyo Metropolitan University. September, Hachioji, Tokyo.
Watanabe, M., Koizumi, N., Kato, S., Kikuchi, R., Kamei, H. 2014. Characterization of magnetic spherical fractions insand deposits for interpretation of environmental change around the El- Zayyan temple, Kharga Oasis,Western Desert,
Egypt. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, May, Vienna, Austria.
Amasya, A., Narisawa, K., Watanabe, M. 2014. Fungal community in sclerotia of Japanese beech forest soils in northern
Japan. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, May, Vienna, Austria.
Hardenbicker, U., Watanabe, M. Kotowitch, R. 2014. Product Index as an indicator of weathering within an alluvial fan
profile. The 38th annual conference of the Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG),
September, Manitoba, Canada.
Kawahigashi, M. Prokushkin, A., Sumida H. 2014. Heating effects on biodegradation of organic horizons under larch
forest in the Siberian taiga forest. World Congress of Soil Science, June, Jeju, Korea.
Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Dynamics of organic matter in soil. In Past and future for research on natural organic matter inenvironment. Japanese Humic Substances Society: 15-16, Nobember, Kanagawa. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M., Kida, K. 2014. Elemental dynamics in subsurface soils beneath road construction covered with asphalt
pavement, special remarks on carbon dynamics. Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 60: 215,
September, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Kida, K. Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Influence of asphalt pavement on major element forms in subgrade soils. 20th World
Congress of Soil Science, June, Jeju, Korea.
Kida, K., Kawahigashi, M. 2015. Characterization of soils beneath pavements increase in urbanization. Proceedings ofthe General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 144, March, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Morishita, M., Kawahigashi, M. 2014. Degradation processes of buried peat distributing the Sagamino Plain with special
attention on chemical structural analysis. Japanese Society of Quaternary Research: 67, September, Chiba. (inJapanese)
Watanabe, M., Mario, C., Morishima, W., Watanabe, M. 2015. Relations of the mango tree growth and soil properties in
the hilly area in Central-Luzon, The Philippines. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese18Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 75, March, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Matsudaira, H., Morishita, M., Miyajima, S., Kida, K., Osato, Y., Watanabe, M., Kawahigashi, M. 2015. Pedogenesis on
soils beneath tree plantation in the urban greenery area “Umi-no-mori”. Japanese Society of Pedology: 13, March,
Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Watanabe, M., Tokyo Metropolitan University, Disaster Survey Group for the Izu-Oshima Typhoon Wipha(1326) 2014. An influence of roadway on occurrence of slope failure and debris flow of the Izu-Oshima Typhoon
Wipha (1326) disaster. Japan Planetary Geoscience Union 2014 Assembly May, Makuhari. (in Japanese)
Shiotsu, F. Sakagami, N., Nurwulan, A., Asagi, N., Dewa, N.S., Komatsuzaki, M., Nitta, Y. 2014. Rice preference inIndonesia -From the view point of rice quality and palatability. 6th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Rice Quality
and Palatability, November, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Myoga, S. 2014. Research on loss of land function of Watarase riverbed. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 169, October, Tokyo. (in Japanese).

194. Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences
1) Staff
Hiroshi MATSUYAMA
Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences
Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Eng.)
Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Numerical Meteorological Modelling
Daichi NAKAYAMA
Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Geographical Information Sciences, Remote Sensing, Computational Geomorphology2) Overview of Research Activities
This laboratory is going to study the natural environment as a whole which is composed of geomorphology, climate,hydrology, vegetation, and so on. Concretely, deductive approach and inductive approach are combined for conducting
studies. The former approach is going to explain results from causes by physical lows such as mass balance, energybalance, equation of motion, and so on. The latter approach is going to explain facts demonstratively based on fieldsurveys and in situ observations. Therefore, collection of quantitative data, digital mapping, statistical analyses, numericalmodeling, and GIS (Geographical Information Systems) are main methods used in this laboratory.
The main study themes in this laboratory are listed as follows.
1. Energy and water cycle in the atmosphere and hydrosphere
2. Capturing snow distribution and snow water resources, along with snowmelt-runoff based on remote sensing
techniques and field surveys
3. Quantitative evaluation of spectral reflectance characteristics of coniferous forests and their leaf area indices4. 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
3) List of Research Activities in FY2014
Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2014. How do local residents perceive strong local wind "Matsubori-kaze"?－(2) Analysis of written
descriptions of students’ impressions at Ozu-Higashi Elementary School－. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
123: 378-387 (in Japanese with English abstract).
Sakamoto, M., Inamura, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. An observational study on the blowing extent andmechanism of "Matsubori-kaze" based on in situ observations and meso-scale meteorological model. Tenki 61: 977996 (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Korup, O., Uchida, T., Hayashi, S. and Oguchi, T. 2014. Rainfall conditions, typhoon frequency, andcontemporary landslide erosion in Japan. Geology 42: 999-1002.
Korup, O., Hayakawa, Y. S., Codilean, A., Matsushi, Y., Saito, H., Oguchi, T. and Matsuzaki, H. 2014. Japan's sediment
flux to the Pacific Ocean revisited. Earth-Science Reviews 135: 1-16.
Obanawa, H., Hayakawa, Y. S., Saito, H. and Gomez, C. 2014. Comparison of DSMs derived from UAV-SfM method
20and terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of the Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 53: 67-74 (inJapanese with English abstract).
Yamanaka, M., Bottrell, S.H., Wu, J., Kumagai, Y., Mori, K. and Satake, H. 2014. Chlorine stable isotope evidence forsalinization processes of confined groundwater in southwestern Nobi Plain aquifer system, central Japan. Journal of
Hydrology 519A: 295-306.
Other Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2014. 2.1.6 Groundwater and soil in Hachioji, 2.1.7. Rivers in Hachioji, 2.3.6 On the acid rain. In New
History of Hachioji City, Version of Natural Environment, ed. Editorial Board of History of Hachioji City, Tokyo:
Hachioji city, 59-73, 166-168 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. 1. Mutually-linked natural environment in Southeast Asia and Oceania. In Southeast Asia andOceania, ed. T. Kikuchi and H. Oda, Tokyo: Asakura-shoten, 1-16 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Column 9. The effect of global warming in Tuvalu. In Southeast Asia and Oceania, ed. T. Kikuchi
and H. Oda, Tokyo: Asakura-shoten, 149 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2015. 12. Natural tourism and disasters－Some hints on the risk management of natural disasters－. In
Natural Tourism, ed. T. Kikuchi and T. Arima, Tokyo: Asakura-shoten, 123-133 (in Japanese).
Matsushi, Y., Saito, H. and Doshida, S. 2014. Topographic analysis of mass movements based on GIS. In Measure
Technology of Landslides―Mechanism, Sensing, Monitoring System and New Construction Method － , ed.
Shinnihon Printing Inc., Tokyo: NTS, 96-105 (in Japanese).
Mita, A., Oyagi, H. and Mori, K. 2015. Temporal changes in chemical characteristics of rain water attendant upon the
duration of rainfall – A case study in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area –. Proceedings of the Institute of Natural
Sciences, Nihon University 50: 115-123 (in Japanese).
Books
Matsuyama, H., Kawase, K., Tsujimura, M., Takaoka, S. and Miura, H. 2014. Physical Geography. Kyoto: Minervashobou, 308p (in Japanese).
Mori, K. and Sato, Y. 2015. Lakes in Japan: An Illustrated Interpretation. Tokyo: Asakura-shoten, 164p (in Japanese).
Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Relationship between surface geometric structure of vegetation and bi-directional reflectance
distribution function. Annual Report 2013 of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University 19: 53-55(in Japanese and English).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. A diagnostic study on the interannual variations of spring waters, ground waters, and land use inTokyo along with their future projections. Reports of Grant-Supported Research Fundings, The Asahi GlassFoundation (2014): 50-51 and CD-ROM (in Japanese with English abstract).
Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Operation and application of monitoring system of heavy rainfall and landslide
hazards for disaster prevention information based on long-term data analysis. Report of Grant-Supported ResearchFund, Japan Geographic Data Center: 22p (in Japanese).
Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Book Review (Oki, T.: Professor of the University of Tokyo). Chiri 59(9): 95 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2015. Book Review (Shiino, W. and Shiraishi, S. (ed.): Entering the Field. Million Fieldworkers' Series
Vol.1). Chiri 60(3): 114 (in Japanese).
Mori, K. 2014. Book Review (The Tokai Branch, the Japanese Society of Limnology (ed.): Environmental Science on
Inland Water Familiar to our Vicinity [Volume on Practical Training and Investigation] –To Examine the Structure of21

Physical Realm–). Journal of Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences 44: 225-226 (in Japanese).
Nemoto, Y. 2014. Book review (Takeuchi, M.: Tokyo no History Walk and Enjoy Color Version Map). Chizu Joho 34(3):22 (in Japanese).
Miscellaneous Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2014. A visit to villages located in the natural levee formed by Iwaki River, Aomori prefecture. Chiri
Geppo No.538: 0-3 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. (Comment) 2014. Landslides in Hiroshima－Warning as pointed out in 15 years ago－. Asahi Shimbun
Weekly AERA 27(37): 67 (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. and Izumi, T. 2014. Field work in physical geography－(7) Another episodes on ”Fortunate coincidence
and good intuition”. Chiri 59(5): 74-79 (in Japanese).
Nakaegawa, T., Ishida, S., Kazama, S., Tachikawa, Y., Tanakamaru, H., Nakayama, K., Matsuyama, H., Murakami, S.,
Yamanaka, T., Yokoo, Y. and Lu, M. 2014. Current status of Hydrological Research Letters as of 2014. Journal ofJapan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 27: 320-324 (in Japanese).
Izumi, T. 2014. Session E-7: Data production (2). GISA News Letter No.92: 12-13 (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. 2014. Creation of inventories concerning liquefaction damage in inland area caused by the 2011 off the
Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 123: N134 (in Japanese).
Nemoto, Y. 2014. The artificial flooding tactics at Bichutakamatsu castle by Hideyoshi as revealed by flood-inundation
simulations. GIS NEXT No. 47: 82 (in Japanese).
Nemoto, Y. 2014. What we have learned and acquired at Tokyo Metropolitan University are directly usable after
graduation. University Guide of Tokyo Metropolitan University 2015: 37 (in Japanese).
Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Configuration of BRDF observation system using newlydeveloped unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Proceedings of the 16th CEReS Symposium on Remote Sensing forEnvironment: 5-9 (in Japanese).
(c.f.) Sakamoto, M. 2014. Observational study on the situation and mechanisum of "Matsubori-kaze", based on fieldsurvey and meso-scale meteorological model. The New Geography (The Shin-Chiri) 62(2): 69 (in Japanese).
Presentations
Matsuyama, H. 2014. A diagnostic study on the interannual variations of spring waters, ground waters, and land use inTokyo along with their future projections. Proceedings of the 2014 Seminar on Grant-Supported Research Fundings,
The Asahi Glass Foundation: 164-165, July, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. A diagnostic study on the interannual variations of spring waters, ground waters, and land use inTokyo along with their future projections. Program of Annual Meeting of Society of Environmental Science, Japan,
2014: 168-169, September, Tsukuba (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Where does water in Tokyo come from?－Tamagawa Josui and surface water in the Tone river
systems－. Open University of Tokyo Metropolitan University “Water in Tokyo－Present, past, and future－”.
November, Iidabashi (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Where does water in Tokyo come from?－Long-term variation of spring water temperatures invalley head type and cliff line type－. Open University of Tokyo Metropolitan University “Water in Tokyo－Present,
past, and future－”. December, Iidabashi (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. Why characteristics of spring water temperatures are different in Hino city?－An analysis focusing
on water temperature and water quality－ Open University of Tokyo Metropolitan University “Water in Tokyo－
Present, past, and future－”. December, Iidabashi (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2014. How does the groundwater in Tokyo change in future?－Future projection based on the
groundwater simulation－. Open University of Tokyo Metropolitan University “Water in Tokyo－Present, past, and22

future－”. December, Iidabashi (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2015. Cubic Earth－If the earth was cubic－. Open Lecture at Ashikaga Super Science Highschool,
January, Ashikaga (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H. 2015. Professional job talk. Roka Junior High School, Setagaya ward, March, Setagaya (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H., Tanaka, D. and Saito, H. 2014. Evaluation of the occurrence of landslides based on 50-year's probability
values of Soil Water Index and hourly precipitation. Proceedings of 2014 Annual Conference, Japan Society ofHydrology and Water Resources:136-137, September, Miyazaki (in Japanese).
Matsuyama, H., Sakai, K., Yamamoto, R., Hasegawa, K. and Izumi, T. 2015. An observational study of BRDF at forests
using small-sized UAV in relation to the seasonal variation of their phenology. 17th CEReS Symposium on
Environmental Remote Sensing, February, Chiba (in Japanese).
Nagoshi, T., Mori, A., Kimura, R., Matsuda, Y., Matsuyama, H., Sakai, S., Takahashi, M., Fujita, M. and Torigoe, H.
2014. On practical use as teaching materials of the "Cubic Earth－If the earth was cubic"－Lesson practice throughthe visiting lecture to elementary and junior high schools－. Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Earth Science
Education, August, Ebetsu (in Japanese).
Izumi, T. 2015. Activities report of “Tokyo Metropolitan University Disaster Investigation & Assistance Special Teamby Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”－Future prospects and the forefront of unmanned helicopter operations in disasterareas. The 6th GIS Landslide Workshop: P-5, January, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Izumi, T. and Yamamoto, R. 2014. A study on archives of the revival process from the Great East Japan Earthquake
disaster using unmanned aerial vehicle and mobile mapping system－A case study in Iwanuma city, Miyagi
prefecture－. Proceedings of International Symposium on GIS by GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): A-2-1,
November, Kasugai.
Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Osawa, S. 2015. A study on the coastal forest condition using high-resolution images taken
by a large UAV and small UAVs imagery archives of the reconstruction process from the Great East Japan Earthquake－A case study in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Pref.－. Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Resilience: No.32. January, Tokyo.
Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Osawa, S. 2014. Investigation of the coastal forest condition with high-resolution images
taken by UAV. 23rd Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): B-1-5, November, Kasugai (in Japanese).
Izumi, T., Sakai, K., Yamamoto, R., Izumi, Y., Urita, S., Kasama, T. and Masuda, M. 2014. A study on utilizing smallsized unmanned aerial vehicle during the occurrence of disasters－A case study of the slope failures at Asaminamiku, Hiroshima city－. Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2014: 15, November, Kashiwa(in Japanese).
Izumi, Y., Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2015. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophoto and DSM using small
UAVs－A case study in a disaster area by debris flows in Nagiso Town, Nagano Pref.－. Tokyo Conference on
International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience: No.28. January, Tokyo.
Yamato, H., Usami, M. and Izumi, T. 2015. A investigation report of the tornado disaster at Houjyo, Tukuba, Ibaragi Prif.
by latest small UAVs. Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience: No.24.
January, Tokyo.
Omi, H., Sakai, K., Yamamoto, R., Hasagawa, H. and Izumi, T. 2015. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophotoand DSM using small UAVs－A case study in southern base of the Mt. Yatsugatake in 2014－. Tokyo Conference on
International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience: No.25. January, Tokyo.
Mito, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Relationship between the location of wind farm and amount of power
generation as revealed by observed data at 6 power plants situated at coasts, hills, and mountains in Japan. Abstractsof the Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 397, May, Yokohama (in Japanese).
Osawa, S., Nanami, E., Izumi, T. and Ishikawa, M. 2014. A study on distinguishing tree types using high-resolution
images of the coastal forest at the southern part of Sendai plain, damaged by Great East Japan Earthquake disaster.
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General Meeting of the Association of Rural Planning 2014 Spring Meeting, April, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Shimojo, M., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Diagnostic study on heavy snowfall event in the southern Kanto districton 14th January 2013 by focusing on the distribution of accumulated snow. Abstracts of the Meteorological Societyof Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 369, May, Yokohama (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M. 2014. Liquefaction occurrence ratio and geomorphic conditions in the inland area caused by the Great East
Japan Earthquake. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014: HSC25-P06, April, Yokohama (in Japanesewith English abstract).
Aoyama, M. and Koyama, T. 2015. Correlation between liquefaction areas in Kamisu and Kashima cities caused by the2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and the time-series changes of distribution of gravel pits. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 138, March, Setagaya(in Japanese).
Aoyama, M., Kobori, N. and Kawano, K. 2014. Identify the building demolished area in Kamaishi and Handa Cities
using U.S.military aerial photographs. Proceedings of the 2014 Annual General Meeting of Japan Cartographers
Association: 46-47, August, Sendai (in Japanese).
Saito, H. 2015. Application of geographic information system (GIS) for regional analysis of landslides. Proceedings ofthe General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 25, March, Setagaya (inJapanese).
Saito, H., Murakami, W. and Daimaru, H. 2014. Recurrence intervals and rainfall intensity-duration thresholds forextensive shallow landslide occurrence in granitic mountains of Japan. EGU General Assembly 2014: EGU20144753, April, Vienna, Austria.
Saito, H., Korup, O., Uchida, T., Hayashi, S. and Oguchi, T. 2014. Rainfall conditions, typhoon frequency, andcontemporary landslide erosion in Japan. Abstracts of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual
Meeting: SE05-A005, July, Sapporo.
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H. and Oguchi, T. 2014. Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds and recurrence
intervals for shallow landslide occurrences in Mt. Ichifusa and the Abukuma Mountains. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Fall Meeting 86: 167, September, Toyama (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Hayakawa, Y., Obanawa, H., Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Analysis oflandslide occurrences and topographic changes around Mt. Aso using high definition data. Research Abstracts on
Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2014: 13, November, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H., and Oguchi, T. 2014. Relationship between the occurrence of shallow landslides
on granite mountains and the recurrence intervals of heavy rainfall－A case study at Mt. Ichifusa and the Abukuma
Mountains－. Utilization Forests under Climate Change: T-05, November, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Murakami, W., Daimaru, H. and Oguchi, T. 2015. Rainfall intensity-duration thresholds and recurrence
intervals for landslide occurrences in granitic mountains, Japan. Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster
Risk Reduction and Resilience: No.06, January, Tokyo.
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H., Hayakawa, Y., Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Matsuyama, H. 2015. Acquisition
and Application of low altitude aerial photographs for topographic analysis of shallow landslides around Mt. Aso.
The 6th GIS Landslide Workshop: M-5, January, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Obanawa, H., Uchiyama, S., Hayakawa, Y., Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Matsuyama, H. 2015. Analysis oflandslide occurrences and topographic changes using UAVs and SfM-MVS. 17th CEReS Symposium on
Environmental Remote Sensing, February, Chiba (in Japanese).
Saito, H., Uchiyama, S., Obanawa, H., Hayakawa, Y., Izumi, T., Yamamoto, R. and Matsuyama, H. 2015. Applicationof high definition data for topographic analysis using UAVs and SfM photogrametry－A case study of shallow
landslides around Mt. Aso－. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015
Spring Meeting 87: 274, March, Setagaya (in Japanese).
24Gomez, C., Obanawa, H., Kato, A., Hayakawa, Y. and Saito, H. 2014. Structure from motion for pointclouds creationfrom historical imagery and UAV: Monitoring floodplain vegetation evolution in 3D. 5th Digital Earth Summit 2014,
November, Nagoya.
Hayakawa, Y. S., Obanawa, H., Wassmer, P., Oguchi, T. and Saito, H. 2014. Morphological analysis of an uplifted coastal
terrace using high definition topographic data: Possible erosion by high waves of tsunamis. 2014 GSA Annual
Meeting: 34-8, October, Vancouver, Canada.
Iijima, Y., Saito, H. and Fedorov, A. N. 2015. Statistical characteristics on distribution of thermokarst lakes in the central
Lena River basin, eastern Siberia. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2015 Spring Meeting 87: 289, March, Setagaya (in Japanese).
Kariya, Y., Matsushi, Y., Takaoka, S., Nishii, R., Saito, H., Sato, G. and Harayama, S. 2015. Recent advances ingeological and geomorphological studies on large-scale landslides in the Japanese Alps. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting 87: 282, March, Setagaya (in Japanese).
Murakami, W., Saito, H. and Daimaru, H. 2014. Relationship between landslide occurrences and clear-cuttings around
Mt. Ichifusa, Kyushu. Utilization Forests under Climate Change: T-04, November, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Tanaka, D., Saito, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Analysis of heavy rainfall events such as heavy rainfall of northern partof Kyushu in 2012 with the use of the snake line－Application of probability values of 50 years－. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2014 Spring Meeting 105: 374, May, Yokohama (in Japanese).
Mori, K. 2014. Impacts of recent changes in hydrometeorological component on water sustainability: A case of
mesoscale watershed under the humid temperate climate (Keynote Lecture). International Scientific Conference on“Water Sustainability: New Challenges and Solutions”, Commission for Water Sustainability, International
Geographical Union: 30, August, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Mori, K. 2014. Water and our life – Reconsidering water resources and hydrological environment in solitary islands –.
Ogasawara Visitor Center, September, Ogasawara (in Japanese).
Mori, K. 2014. Secular changes in hydrometeorological factors taking notice of river water quality under the unusual
weather. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Fall Meeting 86:
154, September, Toyama (in Japanese).
Mita, A., Oyagi, H. and Mori, K. 2014. Temporal changes in chemical characteristics of rain water attendant upon the
duration of rainfall – A case study in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area –. International Scientific Conference on“Water Sustainability: New Challenges and Solutions”, Commission for Water Sustainability, International
Geographical Union: 29, August, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Yamanaka, M., Bottrell, S.H., Wu, J., Kumagai, Y., Mori, K. and Satake, H. 2014. An elucidation of the salinization
process of confined groundwater by means of chlorine and sulfur isotope ratios as an indicator. Proceedings of 2014
Fall Meeting of the Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology: 198, November, Kumamoto (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2014. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophoto and DSM using a small UAV－
A case study at landslides caused by the heavy rainfall in northern Kyushu in July 2012－. 23rd Conference of GIS
Association of Japan (CD-ROM): E-6-3, November, Kasugai (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2014. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophoto and DSM using a small UAV－
A case study at landslides in Nagiso town, Nagano prefecture－. Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science,
CSIS DAYS 2014: 17, November, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophoto and DSM usinga small UAV－A case study at landslides caused by the heavy rainfall in northern Kyushu in July 2012－. General
Meeting of the Japanese Geomorphological Union 2014 Fall Meeting, October, Nara (in Japanese).
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Land cover classification of urban area using object-based image
analysis－A case study of Setagaya ward, Tokyo－. Proceedings of International Symposium on GIS by GIS
Association of Japan (CD-ROM): A-4-4, November, Kasugai.
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Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2015. A study on creating ultra high resolution orthophoto and DSM using small UAVs－
A case study at landslides caused by the Heavy Rainfall in Northern Kyushu in July 2012－. Tokyo Conference on
International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience: No.27, January, Tokyo.
Yamamoto, R., Izumi, Y. and Izumi, T. 2015. An investigation report of landslides at Nagiso town, Nagano prefectureusing a small UAV. The 6th GIS Landslide Workshop: P-6, January, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Hisatomi, Y., Nakayama, D. and Matsuyama, H. 2014. Diagnostic study on shallow groundwater flow in Musashino
Terrace as simulated by MODFLOW using outputs of 4 GCMs. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan
2014 Spring Meeting 105: 358, May, Yokohama (in Japanese).
Sakai, K, Yamamoto, R., Izumi, Y. and Izumi, T. 2015. An investigation report of landslides at Hiroshima city using asmall UAV. The 6th GIS Landslide Workshop: P-7, January, Kashiwa (in Japanese).
Sakai, K. and Izumi, T. 2015. A study of practical use of small UAVs in a disaster targeting the landslides disaster in
Hiroshima-city in August 2014. Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction andResilience: No.26. January, Tokyo.
Shimizu, T. 2015. Analysis of present and future situations of Food Desert using GIS－A case study of Toyama city－.
Downtown Study Meeting by Students, February, Toyama (in Japanese).
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2015. A study of placename similarity and temporal variation using DP matchingalgorithm (Second report). Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015
Spring Meeting 87: 321, March, Setagaya (in Japanese).

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5. Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
Yoshio SUGIURA
Human Geography

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI
Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)
Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information Sciences
Akihiro TAKINAMI
Geopoetics, Francophone Studies

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTO
Urban Geography, Office Study

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Michiko HARAYAMA
Bibliometrics

Assistant Professor2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit specializes in human geography, with special emphasis on the city and its environs. Our researchinterests center on the structural explanation of the relationship between human activities 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 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 FY2014
Peer-reviewed Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2015. Central place theory and Nazi German planning for reorganizing the central settlement system inincorporated Eastern territories. Urban Geography of Japan 10: 1-33. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Wakabayashi, Y. and Koizumi, R. 2014. Spatial patterns of population change in the 23 special wards of Tokyo after the27period of the bubble economy. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi): 123: 249-268. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Tsubomoto, H. 2014. Office location as workspace for white-collar worker in Tokyo central area. Geographical Sciences(Chiri Kagaku) 69(3): 152-163. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tsubomoto, H. 2015. The transformation of the central business district of Hiroshima city after the bubble economy.
Urban Geography of Japan 10: 89-102. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Other Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2014. History of geography and methodology. Jimbun Chiri: Japanese Journal of Human Geography 66(3):252-255.
Koizumi, R. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Changes in the Spatial Patterns of Occupational Structure in the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area after the Bubble Economy. Singh, R.B. ed.: Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resiliencein Asian Mega Cities. Tokyo: Springer 251-366.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2015. Spatial cognition and GIS. Asami, T., Yano, K., Sadahiro, Y. and Yuda, M. eds. Geographic
Information Science: GIS standards. Tokyo: Kokon Shoin: 16-21. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2015. Measurement of geospatial thinking abilities and the factors affecting them. Geographical
Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 50: 127-136.
Abe, C. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2015. Changes in childcare services accompanying municipal mergers: a case study of
Kahoku City in Ishikawa Prefecture. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 50: 89-96.
Books
OECD ed., translated into Japanese by Nakazawa, T., Kamiya, H., Kubo, T., Kuwatsuka, K., Yui, Y., Kukimoto, M. andWakabayashi, Y. 2014. OECD regions at a glance 2013. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. (in Japanese)
Reports
None
Book Reviews
None
Miscellaneous Reports
None
Presentations
Sugiura, Y. 2015. On the work of Dr. Hiroshi Morikawa. Commemorative meeting of Hiroshi Morikawa’s 80th birthday.
March, Tokyo.
Wakabayashi, Y., Koizumi, R., Kukimoto, M. and Yui, Y. 2014. Mapping the supply-demand gap in childcare services
with GIS: A case study in Tokyo. Abstracts Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012 (CD-ROM), April, Yokohama.
(in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y., Koizumi, R., Kukimoto, M. and Yui, Y. 2014. Mapping the supply-demand gap in childcare services
with GIS: A case study in Koto Ward, Tokyo. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan
Cartographers Association, 28-29, August, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y., Kukimoto, M. and Yui, Y. 2014. Visualization of the supply–demand gap in childcare services with
GIS: The case of Naha City, Japan. IGU 2014 Krakaw Regional Conference, Krakaw, August 2014.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Components and determinants of spatial thinking abilities. Proceedings of the General Meeting28

of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 145, September, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Abe, C. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. The changes in childcare services due to the municipal merger: a case study of
Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 97, September, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Abe, C. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. The changes in childcare service due to the municipal merger: A case study ofmunicipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture. 61th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Urbanology, October, Kyoto. (inJapanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2014. Patterns and determinants of the variation in web map use. Papers and Proceedings of theGeographic Information Systems Association 23 (CD-ROM), November, Kasugai (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. and Koizumi, R. 2014. Detection and mapping of hot/cold spots of urban spatial change in Tokyo
Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Human Geographical Society of Japan,
November, Higashihiroshima (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2015. Variation in the use of maps on the web: An empirical analysis of web survey data. The
International Symposium on Cartography in Internet and Ubiquitous Environments 2015, March, The University ofTokyo.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2015. Reconsideration of mental maps: cities and regions in contemporary Japan from a view point ofresidential preference. Commemorative meeting of Hiroshi Morikawa’s 80th birthday. March, Tokyo.
Tsubomoto, H. 2014. A study of spatial transformation of Tokyo CBD after the middle of the 1990s. 61th Annual
Conference of Japan Society for Urbanology, October, Kyoto. (in Japanese)
Saito, A., Okada, D. and Tsubomoto, H. 2015. An interim report of case inspections of office and workplace SOF model.
JFMA Forum 2015, February, Tokyo.
Koizumi, R. 2014. Changing the socio-spatial patterns of the Tokyo metropolitan area after 1990s. Symposium on the
Spring Meeting of the Association of Kokushikan Geographers 2014, June, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. and Kawaguchi, T. 2014. The spatial patterns of condominium supplies in central Tokyo in 2000s.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 80,
September, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Arahori, T. 2014. Local spread of epidemic disease of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm 2009. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 84:90, September, Toyama. (inJapanese)
Arahori,T. 2015. Infectious disease prevention, health risk management and geography. The General Meeting of thehealth geography group of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2015 Spring Meeting, March, Setagaya. (inJapanese)
Tanaka, M. 2014. Creation of "enabling space" using volunteered geographic information. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2014 Autumn Meeting 86: 711, September, Toyama. (inJapanese)29