Annual Report 2018
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 FY2018

2. Laboratory of Climatology

131) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

3. Laboratory of Environmental Geography

301) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

4. Laboratory of Geographical Information Sciences

361) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

5. Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
2) Overview of Research Activities
3) List of Research Activities in FY201844

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

Professor / D.Sc.

Geomorphology, Quaternary Science, Volcanology

Masaaki SHIRAIAssociate Professor / D.Sc.

Sedimentology, Quaternary Geology, Marine Geology

Daisuke ISHIMURA

Assistant Professor / D.Sc.

Tectonic Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology

Makoto KOBAYASHI

Project Associate Professor / D.Sc.

Volcanology, Volcanic Geology, Quaternary Geology

Masanori MURATA

Project Assistant Professor / D.Sc. (from May, 2018)

Tephrochronology, Volcanic Geology

Kaori AOKI

Project Researcher / D.Sc.

Quaternary, Marine Tephrochronology, Chronology2) Overview of Research Activities
To prospect the futuristic view of environmental changes, our laboratory investigates the history
and process of surface landform/geological development during the Quaternary period. The
followings are some topics of our studies.

1.

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

2.

Study on volcanic products (tephra) and explosive eruption history in and around the JapaneseIslands1

3.

Investigation on production–transport–depositional processes of sedimentary particles

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

Peer-reviewed Articles
Suzuki, T. 2018. Recent progress in tephra studies in Japan and overseas. The Quaternary Research
57: 131-142.
Albert, P., Smith, V., Suzuki, T., Tomlinson, E., Nakagawa, T., McLean, D., Yamada, M., Staff, R.,
Schlolaut, G., Takemura, K., Nagahashi, Y., Kimura, J. and Suigetsu 2006 Project Members 2018.
Constraints on the frequency and dispersal of explosive eruptions at Sambe and Daisen volcanoes(South-West Japan Arc) from the distal Lake Suigetsu record (SG06 core). Earth-Science Reviews
185: 1004-1028. doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.07.003
Ishimura, D., Toda, S., Mukoyama, S., Homma, S., Yamaguchi, K. and Takahashi, T. 2019.
Three-dimensional surface displacement and surface ruptures associated with the 2014 Mw6.2
Nagano earthquake using differential LiDAR. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
109: 780-796. doi.org/10.1785/0120180020.
Miyazaki, M. and Ishimura, D. 2018. Re-examination of the ages of the last interglacial marine
terraces and crustal movements since the last interglacial period along the Northern Sanriku Coast
based on tephrochronology. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 127: 735-757. (in Japanesewith English abstract)Niwa, Y., Toda, S., Ishimura, D., Mori, Y. and Omata, M. 2018. Near-surface geometry and average
vertical deformation rate of the Kamishiro fault in the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line active
fault system, revealed from a borehole survey at Kamishiro, Hakuba village, Nagano prefecture,
Japan. Active Fault Research 49: 1-16. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Goto, H., Kumahara, Y., Ishimura, D., Takahashi, N., Taniguchi,K., Omata,2M., Kohriya, Y., Gomi, M., Asano, K. and Iwata, T. 2018. Paleoseismic trenching across thesurface rupture of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake at Jichu, Mashiki Town, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Active Fault Research 49: 31-39. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Tamura, I., Mizuno, K., Utsunomiya, M., Nakajima, T. and Yamazaki, H. 2019.

Widespread

tephras of the Kazusa Group distributed in the Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Especially, tephrostratigraphy and tephra correlation of the lower part of the Kazusa Group -.
Journal of Geololgical Society of Japan 125: 23-39. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yamada, M., Kawai, T., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki T. 2018. Stratigraphical study on the Middle
Pleistocene pyroclastic flow deposits, northern Tochigi and southern Fukushima Prefectures,Northeast Japan. Journal of Geololgical Society of Japan 124: 837-855. (in Japanese with English
abstract)

Other Articles
Suzuki, T. 2018. Chapter 2: History and future of volcanic disasters in and around the Tokyo
Metropolitan area, Central Japan. In Tokyo as a Global City, International Perspectives inGeography AJG Library 8, eds. Kikuchi, T. and Sugai, T., 19-33. Singapore: Springer.
doi.org/10.1007/078-981-10-7638-1_2
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 1: Introduction of geomorphology and geology around Hamura. In The
Book of materials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 11-29. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 2: Landmarks in and around the Hamura-city. In The Book of materials–Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 33-55. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 4: Terrace cliffs formed by Tama River in the Hamura-city. In The Book ofmaterials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 73-93. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 5: Landscape ca. 2 millions years ago around Hamura estimated frominvestigation of the Kazusa Group. In The Book of materials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city,
95-109. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 6: The unresolved Ome Formation. In The Book of materials –Nature–, inHistory of Hamura-city, 111-128. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M. 2019. Chapter 8: Why the Tamagawa-Josui water supply was installed from the Hamura?
In The Book of materials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 153-161. Tokyo: Hamura City. (inJapanese)3Ishimura, D. 2018. Tectonics around the Ohmi basin and Nobi plain based on recent 105 years crustal
movement. Chikyu monthly/special (Gekkan Chikyu Gogai) 69: 18-24.
Utsugawa, T. 2019. Topographical and Historical Excursion in Québec City, Canada. Regional
Studies 59: 12-18. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2019. Chapter 3: Tama River in and around Hamura City. In The Book of materials–Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 57-72. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2019. Chapter 7: Gravels observed in and around Hamura City. In The Book ofmaterials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 129-151. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)

Books
None

Reports
Utsugawa, T. 2018. A report on the field trip of the 2018 annual meeting of the SedimentologicalSociety of Japan. Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan 77: 45-49. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
Suzuki, T. 2018. Suzuki, T. 2018. “Kazan-zenkei: photos of volcanic landforms and products” by
Shirao, M. and Geshi, N. The Quaternary Research 57: 170-171. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
Suzuki, T. 2018. Reports of INQUA-INTAV, inter-congress conference, Crossing New
Frontiers-Tephra Hunt in Transylvania. QR newsletter 25(5): 14-16. (in Japanese)
Mizuno, K., Suzuki, T., Okada, M., Okumura, K. 2018. Aims of special issue “Stratigraphy andchronological criteria”, The Quaternary Research 57: 129-130. (in Japanese)
Goto, H., Ishimura, D. and Tsutsumi, H. 2018. Description of Active Fault Map in Urban Area,
Gozaisyoyama and Hikonetobu. Geographical Survey Institute, D1-No.870. (in Japanese)
Kaneda, H., Ishimura, D., Kumahara, Y. and Nakata, T. 2018. Active Fault Map, Nogo-Hakusan.
Geographical Survey Institute. (in Japanese)
Kaneda, H., Ishimura, D., Tajikara, M. and Nakata, T. 2018. Active Fault Map, Kanmuriyama.
Geographical Survey Institute. (in Japanese)4

Okada, A., Ishimura, D., Hirouchi, D., Nakata, T. and Nakano, T. 2018. Active Fault Map, Gifu.
Geographical Survey Institute. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Suzuki, T 2018. Volcanoes and eruptions in the Japanese Islands. Open University, Tokyo
Metropolitan University, April, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2018. Activity for volcanic hazard mitigation by the corporation of Tokyo Metropolitan
University

and

Tokyo

Metropolitan

Government.

SymposiumofVolcanic-Hazard,

Volcanological Society of Japan, May, Chiba.
Suzuki, T. 2018. Cause and mechanism of landslide disaster and its measure. Lecture for theMembers of Hachioji City Assembly, July, Hachioji.
Suzuki, T. 2018. Introduction of landforms and Quaternary geology of the Japanese Islands: crustal
movement, volcanism under humid climate. Seminar of Korea Institute of Geoscience andMineral Resources (KIGAM), August, Daejeon, Korea. (invited)
Suzuki, T. 2018. Volcanoes on the Japanese Islands: Knowing and consideration of disasters andcoexistence. Hidaka Lively College, October, Hidaka. (in Japanese).
Suzuki, T. 2018. Consideration of future earthquakes occurring below the Tokyo capital region using
active faults, slope landforms, and underground geology. National Conference for Promoting
Disaster Risk Reduction 2018, October, Koto-ku. (in Japanese).
Suzuki, T. 2018. Formation of Kanto Plain and building of big Edo city. Special talks for the
memory of opening TMU Premium College, November, Hachioji. (in Japanese).
Suzuki, T. 2018. Diversity of volcanoes and tephras in the Japanese Islands. 4th Symposium of
Geopark: diversity of volcanoes and tephras in the Japanese Islands: fundamentals of geopark.
December, Bunkyo-ku. (in Japanese).
Suzuki, T. 2019. Geology of Tama and its relation to volcano. 9th Training Lecture for Leader ofHachioji City Environmental Learning, January, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T. 2019. Study for volcanic hazard mitigation. Forum of volcanic hazards mitigation
measure: preparation of volcanic hazards in Tokyo. February, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., and Chigira, M. 2018. Preparation of geomorphological and geological data forearthquake-induced landslides potential assessment in Japanese Island situated in a humid,
tectonically active volcanic zone. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018:
5

HDS11-03, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T. and Chigira, M. 2019. Slope failures occurred in the Izu-oshima Island and Kanto regionsin geological time: assessment of earthquake-induced landslides. Disaster Prevention ResearchInstitute, Kyoto University Annual Meeting 2018, February, Uji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Fukushima, T., and Taura (Fukushima), I. 2018. Age of an early Pleistocene tephra
detected in the upper part of Sayama Formation, Sayama Hills, Kanto Plain: correlation of
Zoshki tephra with Akatsuka A10 tephra and Byobugaura Ob5.1 tephra. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HQR04-11, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., and Shirai, M. 2018. Landform development of the
alluvial plain along Moto-arakawa River, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 21, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., and Shirai, M. 2019. Risk assessment of lahar in low landof the east part of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 95: 137, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, T., Maruyama, S., Danhara, T., and Hirata, T. 2018. A pair of huge VEI=7 eruptions occurredat ca. 2 Ma in the Sengan geothermal region, Northeast Japan: identification of Sgn-Kd44 andTmg-R4 widespread tephras using LA-ICP-MS and SEM-EDS. Programme and Abstracts theVolcanological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 26, September, Akita. (in Japanese).
Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Aoki, K., Ishimura, D., and Nakayama, D. 2018. Recent
progress and perspective in tephrochronological studies for eruption histories of Quaternary
volcanoes in north Izu Islands, off Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Japan. Crossing New Frontiers
INTAV International Field Conference on Tephrochronology “Tephra Hunt in Transylvania”
Book of Abstracts: 99-100, June, Moieciu de Sus, Romania.
Suzuki, T., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Aoki, K., Ishimura, D., Ito, M., and Nakayama, D. 2018.
Recent progress and perspective in studies for eruption history of Quaternary volcanoes in north
Izu Islands. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: SVC41-49, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Suzuki, T., Maruyama, S., Danhara, T., Hirata, T., Ojima, T., Machida, H., and Arai, F. 2018.
Identification of Lower Pleistocene widespread tephras associated with huge caldera-forming
eruptions in Northeast Japan (Tohoku) using LA–ICP–MS and SEM–EDS analyses. Crossing
New Frontiers INTAV International Field Conference on Tephrochronology “Tephra Hunt in
6

Transylvania” Book of Abstracts: 62-63, June, Moieciu de Sus, Romania.
Chigira, M., and Suzuki, T. 2018. Distribution of earthquake-susceptible tephra in Kanto and Tohoku
areas: For the earthquake hazard mapping. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018:
HDS07-04, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Chigira, M., Tajika, J., Ishimaru, S., and Suzuki, T. 2019. The reasons why so many landslides were
induced by the 2018 Eastern Iburi Earthquake: distribution of pyroclastic fall deposits, theirweathering, and slope undercut. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Annual
Meeting 2018, February, Uji. (in Japanese)Endo, K., Ishiwata, S., Hori, S., Uesugi, Y., Suginaka, Y., Sugai, T., Suzuki, T., Nakayama, T., Osato,
S., Noguchi, M., Kondo, R., and Takemura, T. 2018. Tokyo Formation in Tokyo Upland, andrelated topography. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HQR04-12, May, Chiba.
(in Japanese with English abstract)
Endo, K., Chiba, T., Suginaka, Y., Sugai, T., Suzuki, T., Uesugi, Y., Ishiwata, S., Nakayama, T.,
Funatsu, T., Osato, S., Noguchi, M., Sato, A., Kondo, R., and Hori, S. 2018. New divison oflandforms in Musashino Upland, Tokyo. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 48: 3, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Ishihara, T., Suzuki, T., Hongo, M., and Uchida, Y. 2018. Geological stratigraphy of a drilling core
based on analysis of tephras and pollen assemblages in the western part of Aizu Basin, Northeast
Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HQR04-P12, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
McLean, M., Albert, P., Suzuki, T., MacLeod, A., Blockley, S., Nakagawa, T., SG14 Project
Members, and Smith, V., 2018. Constraining the tempo and frequency of eruptions that dispersed
ash over central Honshu (Japan) between 30 and 50 ka. Cities on Volcanoes Conference 10,
September, Napoli, Italy.
Smith, V., McLean, M., Albert, P., Suzuki, T., and Nakagawa, T. 2018. Using distal sedimentaryarchives to obtain better constraints on the timing, magnitude and dispersal of past eruptions inJapan. Cities on Volcanoes Conference 10, September, Napoli, Italy.
Takasugi, N., Saito, T., Makino, K., and Suzuki, T. 2018. Correlation of the Iz-KT tephra and pumice
fall deposits found in Kosha Volcano, Central Japan. Programme and Abstracts theVolcanological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 26, September, Akita. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., and Utsugawa, T. 2018. Forming process of a waterfall accompanying with slope failure7

caused by 18th century earthquake, central Japan. Abstracts of 20th International
Sedimentological Congress: ThFr-4.8-D182-P, August, Quebec, Canada.
Shirai, M., Utsugawa, T. and Kimura, Y. 2018. Relief of riverbed and roundness of cobble: an
example from the middle Sagami River, central Japan. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2018: HGM03-P05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Shirai, M., Akasaka, I., Takaoka, S. Utsugawa, T. and Kato, S. 2018. Publication of “the Book ofmaterials –Nature–” in History of Hamura-city. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 48: 83, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D. 2018. Characteristics of event deposits correlating with AD869 Jogan tsunami event on
the Sanriku Coast. Programme and Abstracts, the Seismological Society of Japan: S16-P01,
October, Fukushima. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D. 2018. Co-seismic vertical offset associated with the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake
sequence and slip rate along the Futagawa fault around Futa, Nishihara Village, Kumamoto
prefecture. Programme and Abstracts, JSAF 2018 Fall Meeting: 40-41, November, Tottori. (inJapanese)
Ishimura, D. and Hiramine, R. 2018. Proximal-distal fall unit correlation of VEI-5 tephra(Towada-Chuseri) from Towada volcano, northeast Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 95: 263, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D. and Yamada, K. 2018. Origin and transport process of tsunami deposits based on theimage analysis of gravel particles. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018:
MIS11-P08, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D. and Yamada, K. 2018. Correlation of sediments between tsunami deposits based ongeochemical characteristics. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and
Abstracts 48: 49, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Ishimura, D., Kumahara, Y., Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Ichihara, T., Takahashi, N., Takada,K. and Kato,
Y. 2018. Paleo-seismological survey on surface rupture with small amount of displacement
associated with the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2018: SSS08-07, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ishimura, D., Kumahara, Y., Tsutsumi, H., Toda, S., Takahashi, N., Ichihara, T., Takada,K. and Kato,
Y. 2018. Paleoseismic records of a surface rupture with a small amount of displacement far frommain rupture zone: Trench survey at Miyaji, Aso City, in the northwestern part of Aso Caldera.
8Programme and Abstracts, the Seismological Society of Japan: S09-P01, October, Fukushima.
(in Japanese)
Fukushima, Y. and Ishimura, D. 2018. InSAR analysis on the surface ruptures in the Aso caldera
activated by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence. 130th Meeting of the Geodetic Society ofJapan, Abstracts: 171-172, October, Kochi. (in Japanese)
Iwasa, Y., Kumahara, Y., Goto, H., Torii, M., Ishimura, D. and Hosoya, T. 2018. Faulting history of
the northeastern part of Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone based on trench survey at Komori, Nishihara
Village, Kumamoto. Programme and Abstracts, JSAF 2018 Fall Meeting: 22-23, November,
Tottori. (in Japanese)
Konno, A., Ono, H., Kasai, H., Ishimura, D., Toda, S., Takahashi, N. and Nishizawa, F. 2018. A
proposal for archiving tectonic landforms and surface ruptures using T-Lidar. 2018 Spring
Meeting of the Tohoku Geographical Association, May, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M. 2018. Volcanic hazards prediction of the eruption of Fuji, Hakone and Izu-Islands
volcanoes, and theirs management, Open University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Volcanoes
in Japan, April, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Mannnen, K., Nagai, M. and Chiba, T. 2018. Interpretation of the crater chains,
stratigraphy and ages of the eruptive deposits around the Kami-yama and Owakudani, Hakone
Volcano. Programme and abstracts the Volcanological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 210,
September, Akita. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kobayashi, M., Mannen, K., Yamaguchi, T. and Nagai, M. 2019, New detection of crater-chainsaround Kamiyama and Owakudani, in Hakone Volcano, and their feature of spatio-temporal
distribution of their formation ages. Workshop on the mechanism and forecasting phreatic
eruptions, January, Odawara. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Murata, N., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Eruptive history after the Miyatsuka-yama
event (ca.10-13ka) in Niijima Volcano, Izu Islands. Programme and abstracts the VolcanologicalSociety of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 109, Akita. (in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Murata, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2018. The Eruption deposits and its ages atthe latest stage (AD838 Tenjo-san eruption etc.) in Kuzushima Volcano. Proceedings of theInternational Meeting on Eruptive History and Informatics: 2018-2, 38-47, December, Jonan-ku.
(in Japanese)
Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2018, Tephrostratigraphy in central and9northern Niijima Volcano, Izu Island: Necessity of reexamination of the eruption history for
mitigation of volcanic hazard. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: SVC40-50,
May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Aoki, K. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Geomorphogical analysis of Niijima
and Kozushima Volcanoes using high-resolution LiDAR DEM. Abstract of Japan Geoscience
Union Meeting 2018: SVC41-P33, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kobayashi, M., Aoki, K., Murata, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Tephrostratigraphy of
Niijima Volcano and its eruptive history during the last 20,000 years, Izu Islands. Japan
Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 22, August, Hachioji. (inJapanese)
Kasama, T. and Kobayashi, M. 2018. A tour of traces of natural disasters in Hakone-North Izu region.
Geoscience education and outreach tour in 2018, Kanto section of the Geological Society ofJapan, August, Hakone and Kannami. (in Japanese)
Murata, M., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Ishimura, D. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Tephrostratigraphy anderuptive history in the northern part of Nachi-san, Kozushima Volcano, Izu Islands. Programme
and abstracts the Volcanological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 209, September, Akita. (inJapanese)
Aoki, K., 2018. The examination for the Middle-late Pleistocene cryptotephrostratigraphy of thesediment core MD01-2421 collected off the Kashima coast, Japan by recycling the residue of thesample for foraminiferal research. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Program and
Abstracts 48: 23, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Establishment of tephra database in
and around the Izu Islands –a case of the Daisan-yama site on Niijima. Abstract of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: SVC41-P32, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, F., Murata, M. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Standard stratigraphy andcharacteristic properties of tephras on the Niijima-island: Preliminary report for the establishmentof tephra database in and around the northern volcanic Izu Islands, Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 44, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Aoki, K., Nagatsuma, Y., Kurihara, K., Sakamoto, T., Iijima, K., and Fukuoka, T., 2018.
Geochemical character of Quaternary tephra beds in sediment cores from IODP site U1344 in thecentral Bering Sea. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HQR04-09, May, Chiba. (in10

Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2018. The geohistory of Tama River at 1.65Ma by strata and fossils. Geo- Walk in Zisei
no Kai, October, Hino. (in Japanese)
Tamura, I. 2018. The geohistry in Todoroki Corge and Musashino Upland. Geo-Walk in Zisei no Kai,
November, Setagaya-ku. (in Japanese).
Tamura, I., Mizuno, K. and Utsunomiya, M. 2018. The Bnd2-O1 tephra : Widly distributed 2.1Ma
tephra including Osumilite -Refinement of its distribution and estimated source volcano-. Japan
Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 19, August, Tokyo. (inJapanese)
Tamura, I., Utsunomiya, M.and Mizuno, K., Nakajima, T. and Yamazaki, H．2018. A widespread
tephra included Osumilite of the Kazusa Group distributed in the Boso Peninsula, Chiba
Prefecture, Japan. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HQR05- P13, May,
Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Nishizawa, F., Kobayashi, M., Murata, M. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Ring-shape edifice (Nachi-san) and
its formation age in central Kozushima Volcano, Izu Islands. Japan Association for Quaternary
Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 67, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Nishizawa, F., Ito, M., Kobayashi, M., Aoki, K., Ishimura, D. and Suzuki, T. 2018, Explosive
eruption history of Kozushima Volcano, the Izu Islands: pyroclastic deposits newly recognized in
the northern part of the island. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: SVC41-51,
May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Ito, M., Nishizawa, F., Ishimura, D., Kobayashi, M. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Eruption history in thesouthern part of Kozushima Volcano, Izu Islands. Abstract of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2018: SVC41-P34, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Yasuda, A., Tajima, Y., Shimano, T., Kaneko, T., Yoshimoto, T., Nishizawa, F. and Fujii, T. 2018. On
construction of a database for identifying tephra layers of the Shin-Fuji volcano. Programme andabstracts the Volcanological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting: 111, September, Akita. (inJapanese)
Kawai, T., Nishizawa, F., Yamada, M. and Suzuki,T. 2018. Recognition of Kakuto Tephra and Sawa
Debris Avalanche Deposit and chronology of Middle Pleistocene in the Yaita Hills and the
Kitsuregawa Hills, northern part of Tochigi Prefecture, Central Japan. Japan Association for
Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 29, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
11

Kawai, T., Yamada, M., Nishizawa, F. and Suzuki,T. 2018. Variation of air-fall tephra and pyroclastic
flow deposits erupted in Middle Pleistocene from the Shiobara Caldera, northern part of Tochigi
Prefecture, Central Japan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and
Abstracts 48: 65, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. 2018. Photographs of the land use associated with coastal dunes in Akita Prefecture,northeastern Japan. The 2018 annual meeting of the Rissho Geographical Association, June,
Kumagaya. (in Japanese)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2018. Characteristics of roundness of cobble–pebble deposited onrefreshed gravel bar affected to typhoon 1721 in Tama River, central Japan. Abstract of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HGM03-P06, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Utsugawa, T. and Shirai, M. 2018. Effects of rock type and grain size on changes in roundness ofgravel and sand grains during fluvial transport process. Abstracts of 20th International
Sedimentological Congress: MoTu-5.4-D236-P, August, Quebec, Canada.
Hiramine, R., Ishimura, D., Aoki, K., Kobayashi, M. and Suzuki, T. 2018. Estimation of source areaof drift pumices collected from current beaches on the basis of glass chemistry. Proceedings ofthe General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 95: 264, March, Kawasaki. (inJapanese)
Matsukaze, J. 2019. Abrasion process of gravel considered from change of beach gravel shape in the
Joetsu region, central Japan. The 67th National Geography Major Graduation Article Conference,
March, Shinjuku-ku. (in Japanese)12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 Modeling

Fumiaki FUJIBE

Project Professor / D.Sc.

Urban Climatology, Environmental Climatology

Jun-Ichi HAMADA

Project Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Tropical Climatology, Meteorilogical Observation

Tomoshige INOUE

Project Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Monsoon Climatology, Climate Change, Global Warming

Masato NODZU

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)

Tropical climatology, Satellite Meteorology

Yoshihito SETO

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Climatology, Local Climatology, Statistical Analysis

Takanori WATANABE

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)(from June, 2018)

Urban climatology, Atmospheric chemistry, Meteorological model

Ko NAKAJIMA

Project Researcher / PhD (D.Sc.)
13(from October, 2018)

Urban Climatology, Local Climatology2) Overview of Research Activities
Our laboratory investigates climate system on the earth in various temporal-spatial scales. In
particular, we focus on climate changes due both to natural and anthropogenic causes, for example,
processes of heat island and heavy rainfall events over and around urban regions, and influences ofland-use changes and deforestation on regional climates. We also investigate diurnal, intra-seasonal,
and inter-annual variabilities and long-term changes of climate, in particular, rainfall activities in the
Asian monsoon region, and influences of global warming on regional climates (future projection).
We apply three major methods, observation (monitoring), data-analysis of various global andregional datasets, and numerical modeling for investigating above-mentioned topics.

1)

Climate changes and climate variability over Japan and around the world

2)

Variability and seasonal changes of regional climate over Asian monsoon region

3)

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

4)

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

5)

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

3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

Peer-reviewed Articles
Fukushima, A., Kanamori, H. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Regionality of long-term trends andinterannual variation of seasonal precipitation over India. Progress in Earth and Planetary
Science 6:20. doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0255-4
Takahashi, H.G., 2018: A systematic tropospheric dry bias in the tropics in CMIP5 models:Relationship between water vapor and rainfall characteristics. Journal of the MeteorologicalSociety of Japan 96: 415-423. doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-046
Takahashi, H.G. and Polcher, J. 2019: Weakening of rainfall intensity on wet soils over the wet Asian
14

monsoon region using a high-resolution regional climate model. Progress in Earth and Planetary
Science 6: 26. doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0272-3
Takahashi, H.G., Watanabe, S. Nakata, M. and Takemura, T. 2018: Response of the atmospherichydrological cycle over the tropical Asian monsoon regions to anthropogenic aerosols and its
seasonality. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 5: 44. doi.org/10.1186/s40645-018 -0197-2
Sugimoto, S., Takahashi, H.G. and Sekiyama, H. 2019: Modification of near-surface temperature
over East Asia associated with local-scale paddy irrigation. Journal of Geophysical Research:
Atmospheres 124. doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029434
Fujibe, F. 2018. Localized strong winds associated with extensive fires in central Tokyo: Cases of
the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923) and an air attack in World War II (1945). Journal of Wind
Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 181: 79-84. doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2018. 08.016
Fujibe, F. 2018. Climatological features of Yunagi (evening calm) in Japan. Proceedings of the 25th
National Symposium on Wind Engineering: 7-12 (in Japanese with English abstract).
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2018. Spatial and temporal features of heat stroke mortality
in Japan and their relation to temperature variations, 1999-2014. Geographical Review of Japan,
Series B 91: 17-27. doi.org/10.4157/geogrevjapanb.91.17
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2018. Regional features of the relationship between daily
heat-stroke mortality and temperature in different climate zones in Japan. SOLA 14: 144-147.
doi.org/10.2151/sola.2018-025
Katsumata, M., Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Hattori, M., Syamsudin, F., and Yamanaka, M. D. 2018.
Diurnal cycle over a coastal area of the maritime continent as derived by special networked
soundings over Jakarta during HARIMAU2010. Progress of Earth Planetary Sciences 5:64.
Mori, S., Hamada J.-I., Hattori, M., Wu, P. -M., Katsumata, M., Endo, N., Ichiyanagi, K.,
Hashiguchi, H., Arbain, A. A., Sulistyowati, R., Lestari, S., Syamsudin, F., Manik, T., andYamanaka, M. D. 2018. Meridional march of diurnal rainfall over Jakarta, Indonesia, observedwith a C-band Doppler radar: An overview of HARIMAU2010 campaign. Progress of Earth
Planetary Sciences 5:47.
Ichino, M., Mikami, T. and Masuda, K. 2018. Fluctuations of global solar radiation in Japan during
the first half of the 19-th century as estimated from historical weather records. Journal of
Geography 127: 543-552. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2018. Projected trends in interannual variation in summer
15

seasonal precipitation and its extremes over the tropical Asian monsoon regions in CMIP5.
Journal of Climate 31: 8421-8439. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0685.1
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Cayanan, E.O., and Hilario, F.D. 2018.
Interdecadal shifts in the winter monsoon rainfall of the Philippines. Atmosphere 9: 464. doi.org/
10.3390/atmos9120464
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Cayanan, E.O., and Hilario, F.D. 2018. Abrupt
climate shift in the mature rainy season of the Philippines in the mid-1990s. Atmosphere 9: 350.
doi.org/10.3390/atmos9090350
Trinh-Tuan, L., Matsumoto, J., Tangang, F.T., Juneng, L., Cruz, F., Narisma, G., Santisirisomboon, J.,
Phan-Van, T., and Gunawan, D., Aldrian, E. and Ngo-Duc, T., 2019. Application of quantile
mapping bias correction for mid-future precipitation projections over Vietnam. SOLA 15: 1-6.
doi.org/10.2151/sola.2019-001

Other Articles
Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. A brief history of meteorological observations in French
Indochina. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 54: 23-32.
Suzuki, H., Nakakita, E. and Takahashi, H. 2018. 2.5 Operation restriction of train that utilizes
radar-observed rainfall. Meteorological Research Note 237: 77-83. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. 2018. Statistical studies on extreme precipitation. Meteorological Research Note 236: 1-8(in Japanese).
Fujibe, F. 2018. Localized strong winds associated with extensive fires in central Tokyo: Cases of
the Great Kanto Earthquake and an air attack in World War II. Tenki 65: 351-358 (in Japanese).
Fujibe, F. 2018. Strong winds and disaster in eastern Japan due to the typhoon on 28 September
1902. Tenki 65: 691-699 (in Japanese).
Fujibe, F. 2019. Below-freezing days under sunny weather in Tokyo. Tenki 66: 77-82 (in Japanese).
Akasaka I. 2019. Climatological characteristics on diurnal cycle of wind at Manila for the late 19th
century. Bulletin of the Institute of Natural Sciences Senshu University 50: 29-36. (in Japanese)
Akasaka I. 2019. Chapter 9: Climate in southwestern Kanto region. In The Book of materials–Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 165-184. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Akasaka, I. 2019. Chapter 10: Climate in Hamura City and its seasonal change. In The Book ofmaterials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 187-227. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
16

Akasaka, I. 2019. Chapter 11: Recent secular variations in climate of Hamura City. In The Book ofmaterials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 241-273. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Akasaka, I. 2019. Chapter 12: Climate in Hamura City for the past 100 years. In The Book ofmaterials –Nature–, in History of Hamura-city, 275-288. Tokyo: Hamura City. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2019. Long-term changes in the relationship between theseasonal precipitation over the Asian summer monsoon region and El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 54: 23-32.
Otsuka, M., Matsumoto, J., and Seko H. 2019. Geostationary satellite data assimilation in mesoscale
forecast systems: A review. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 54: 1-10.
Trinh-Tuan, L., Konduru, R.T., Inoue, T., Ngo-Duc, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Autumn rainfall
increasing trend in South Central Vietnam and its association with changes in Vietnam's East Sea
surface temperature. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 54: 11-22.

Books
None

Reports
Tsukahara, T., Matsumoto, J. Shiroyama, T. and Nishiwaki, M. (Eds) 2019. Cliamte in Hisory,
History in Climate. Kobe: STS Science. (in Japanese with English Abstract)

Book Reviews
Takahashi, H. 2019. “Weather, earthquake, and railway disaster prevention” by Shimamura, M. Tenki
66: 67-68. (in Japanese)

Miscellaneous Reports
Matsumoto, J. 2018. Climatological challenges of disaster prevension in Southeast Asia. Trends in
The Sciences 23(7): 20-21. (in Japanese)
Kosaka, Y., Matsumoto, J. and Takahashi, H.G. 2019. Diverse atmosphere-ocean coupledphenomena revealed with latest advances in meterology (A report on the Symposium of the 2017
Sprong Assembly of the Meteorological Societuy of Japan). Tenki 66: 17-18. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H. 2018. Urban climate phenomenon of Tokyo observed by using high density
17

meteorological observation network. Heat Island Institute International Annual Issue 13: 7-13. (inJapanese)
Masuda, K. 2019. Which items of climatology and meteorology should we adopt in education ofgeography and earth science? Chiri 64 (3): 20-27. (in Japanese)
Kajikawa, Y., Fujinami, H., Kamizawa, N., Takaya, Y., Kusunoki, S., Yoneyama, K., Kitoh, A., andOse, T. 2018. Report on the Sixth International Workshop on Monsoons. Tenki 65: 321-329. (inJapanese)
Kamae, Y., Tochimoto, E., Nishikawa, H., Uno, F., Yamazaki, A., Kawase, H., Tsujino, S., Kohyama,T., Ohtake, J., Yamashita, Y., Michibata, T., Kawazoe, S., Kamizawa, N., Tsukijihara, T., andKinoshita, T. 2018. Report on the Forth Young Meteorologists' Overnight-sessions Tenki 65:
643-648. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Matsumoto, J. 2018. Climatological challenge of disaster prevension in Southeast Asia. OpenSymposium, Science Council of Japan, April, Minato-ku. (In Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2018. Asian monsoon climatology, The 31st Research Meeting of Meteorological
Instruments, April, Meguro-ku. (In Japanese)
Matsumoto, J. 2018. Environment and culture in Monsoon Asia from the climatologicalperspective.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Fall
Meeting, 94: 33, September,Wakayama.
Matsumoto, J. 2019. Discussant: Meet Meghalaya in 2004. Indo-Japan Joint Workshop:
Socioeconomic/ Hydroclimatological Perspectives of Future Asian Monsoon, February,
Meguro-ku.
Matsumoto, J. and Asada, H. 2018. Extreme rainfall, severe floods and their impact on riceproduction in Bangladesh. Regional Conference of IGU 2018, August, Quebec, Canada.
Matsumoto, J., Fujibe, F. and Takahashi, H. 2018. Urban climate in Tokyo. Regional Conference ofIGU 2018, August, Quebec, Canada.
Matsumoto, J., Terao, T. and Kanae, S. 2018. Post MAHASRI and AMY-II. Ad-hoc Workshop on
Aerosol-Monsoon Interactions: Disentangling the Influences of Dynamics and Physics on
Variability and Change of Precipitation over East Asia, December, Maryland, USA.
Matsumoto, J., Villafuerte II, M.Q. and Kubota, H. 2018. Changes in extreme rainfall in the18

Philippines from the early 20th century. Asian Extremes: Climate, Meteorology and Disaster inHistroy: 23, May, Singapore, Singapore.
Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Murata, F., Tanoue, M., Fukushima, A., Yamane,Y., Terao, T., Hayashi, T., Oki, T. and Kamahori, H. 2018. Recent Japanese data rescue activities inmonsoon Asia. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3,
and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji.
Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H. Inoue, T., Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F., Hayashi, T., Terao, T.,
Murata, F., Fujinami, H., Fukushima, A., Mikami, T. and Zaiki, M. 2018. Asian monsoon
variability over 100 years through long-term data rescue activities in ACRE-Japan. Abstract of theJapan Geosciences Union 2018: ACG37-P03, May, Chiba.
Matsumoto, J., Inoue, T., Fujibe, F., Hamada, J.I., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Murata, F., Kubota, H.,
Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Endo, N., Yamamoto, H., Kobayashi, S. and Muraji, Y. 2018. Recoveryof the Asian monsoon history since the end of the 19th century by the data rescue activities in
ACRE-Japan. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2019 Spring Meeting 95: 138, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Brief history of meteorological observations in French Indochina.
The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data
Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November 15, Hachioji. (poster)Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. A Breif history of meteorological observations in French
Indochina. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019
Spring Meeting 95: 139, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Hattori, M., Yamazaki, T., Ogino, S.-Y., Wu, P.M. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. The impact of theradiosonde observations of cold surge over the Philippine Sea on the analysis of the tropics andthe southern hemisphere. Abstract of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Annual Meeting 15:
AS50-A011, June, Hawaii, USA.
Kiguchi, M., Endo, N. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Activities on rainfall data rescue in Cambodia andLaos. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S
Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)
Kiguchi, M., Hatono, M., Yoshimura, K., Kanae, S., Oki, T., and Matsumoto, J. 2018. A
Development of a gridded precipitation dataset using high dense historical observation data inJapan. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S
19

Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Akasaka, I. Zaiki, M. and Kobayashi, S. 2019. Expansion of Asiansummer monsoon variability studies through the data rescue of rainfall data in the Philippines.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring
Meeting 95: 140, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Mikami, T. and Zaiki, M. 2019. Long-term variability of tropical cyclone
landfall in Japan since 1881. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting, 95: 24, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Zaiki, M., Mikami, T., Hirano, J., Tsukahara, T. and Grossman, M.J.
2018. Overview and recent progress of ACRE-Japan, and data rescue of typhoons and ship logs.
The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data
Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji.
Kubota, H., Matsumoto, J., Zaiki, M., Mikami, T., Tsukahara, T., Kobayashi, S., Yamamoto, H.,
Hirano, J., Inoue, T., Akasaka, I., Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F., Hayashi, T., Terao, T., Murata, F.,
Fujinami, H. and Fukushima, A. 2018. Climate variability in the Asian monsoon region during thepast 200 years through the data rescue activities. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences Union 2018:
ACG37-04, May, Chiba.
Murata, F., Kuriyama, K., Inoue, T., Matsuyama, S., Yamasaki, R., Kamahori, H. and Matsumoto, J.
2018. Rainfall trend over Shikoku Island, Japan using long-term daily precipitation data. Abstractsof the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting 114: 464, November, Sendai. (poster,in Japanese)
Ogino, S.Y., Yamanaka, M.D., Mori, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Tropical coastal dehydrator inglobal atmospheric water circulation: An overview. The 8th GEWEX Open Science
Conference: Extremes and Water on the Edge:A-19, May, Canmore, Canada. (poster)
Ogino, S.Y., Yamanaka, M.D., Mori, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Tropical coastal dehydrator: Roleof coastal precipitation in global water cycle between lane and ocean. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Spring Meeting 113: 172, May, Tsukuba.
Ogino, S.Y., Yamanaka, M.D., Mori, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Tropical coastal dehydrator: A
new view in global atmospheric water circulation. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences Union 2018:
ACG37-06, May, Chiba.
Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Sato, M., Matsumoto, J., Yamashita, K., Yoshida, K., Hamada, J.-I., J.S.,
20

Perez, G.J., and Dalida L.U.Jr. 2018. ULAT: Project for development of extreme weather
monitoring and alert system in the Philippines. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan2018 Autumn Meeting 114: 328, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Towards establishment of the science plan of
Post-MAHASRI RHP. The 8th GEWEX Open Science Conference: Extremes and Wateron The Edge, May, Canmore, Canada.
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Towards the establishment of the post-MAHASRI
science plan. Abstract of the JpGU 2018 Meeting: ACG37-01, May, Chiba.
Terao, T., Kanae, S. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Upcoming Asian monsoon hydroclimatologicalresearch framework under GEWEX, EMS Annual Meeting, September, Budapest, Hungary.
Terao, T., Murata, F., Yamane, Y., Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Tanoue, M., Kamimera, H. Hayashi,
T. and Matsumoto J. 2019. Meteorological data rescue over the northeastern Indian subcontinent
for the analysis of climatic change in rainfall characteristics. Proceedings of the General Meetingof the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 141, March, Kawasaki. (inJapanese)
Takahashi, H. 2019. Two kinds of climatic changes which we are facing: Global warming and urban
heat island. Lecture in the energy conservation month, Nerima Ward regional council on global
warming countermeasures, February, Nerima-ku. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H., Seto, Y., Nakajima, K., Fujitsuka, D., Sugawara, H. and Tsunematsu, N. 2018.
Vertical temperature observation at central Tokyo by utilizing a temperature profiler. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Autumn Meeting 94: 69,
September, Wakayama. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, H.G. 2018. A preliminary study on reproducibility of rainfall characteristics in
CMIP5-GCMs over the tropics. A workshop on tropical meteorology, September, Nagoya. (inJapanese)
Takahashi, H.G. 2018. Long-term trends in snowfall over Japan, The 11th International AtmosphericCirculation Reconstructions over the Earth. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRESE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji.
(poster)
Takahashi, H.G., Watanabe, S., Suzuki, K. and Takemura, T. 2018. An impact of aerosols on thehydrological cyclone of the atmospheric branch -Decomposition based on physical processes.
21

Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting 114: 80, November,
Sendai. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F. 2018. Revisiting typhoon-induced record high winds in Japan around 1900. The 11th
Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue
Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji.
Fujibe, F. 2019. Recent features of extreme weather events in relation to climate change. The 23rd
Earthquake Technology Expo., February, Yokohama. (invited)Fujibe, F. 2019. Strong winds and disaster in Kagoshima due to a typhoon on 15 August 1899.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 95: 144, March,
Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2018. Regional and temporal features of heat-stroke
ambulance transport rates in comparison to mortality rates in Japan. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Spring Meeting 113: 280, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2018. Regional features of the relationship between daily
heat-stroke mortality and temperature in Japan. The 13th National Conference of Heat Island
Institute International: 100-101, August, Sakai. (in Japanese)
Fujibe, F., Matsumoto, J. and Suzuki, H. 2018. Relationship between daily heat-stroke mortality andtemperature in Japan. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting
114: 561, November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Data Rescue for precipitation observation in Tokai
area. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Spring Meeting 113: 160, May,
Tsukuba (in Japanese)
Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Evaluation of extremeness of western Japan floodin July 2018 based on data rescue for rainfall observation over 100 Years. The 11th Annual ACRE
Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS)
Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)Kamahori, H., Fujibe, F. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Data rescue for precipitation observation in Kanto
and Tokai area. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers2019 Spring Meeting 95: 247, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Yamashita, K., and Takahashi, Y. 2018. Monitoring for lightning
activities and thunder cloud developments over the Tokyo metropolitan area based on electrostatic
22

field and electromagnetic measurements. Abstract of the JpGU 2018 Meeting: MIS04-08, May,
Chiba.
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M. D., Haryoko, U., and Syamsudin, F. 2018. Interdecadal
variations of monsoon rainfall in Batavia/Jakarta, Indonesia during the past 150 years. The 11th
Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue
Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster, in Japanese)
Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J., Yamanaka, M.D., Sunaryo Hasan and Fadli Syamsudin 2019.
Long-term variations of monsoon rainfall over Jakarta, Indonesia. Proceedings of the General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 242, March,
Kawasaki. (in Japanesse)
Hamada, J.-I., Mori, S., Katsumata, M., Matsumoto, J., Syamsudin, F., and Yoneyama, K. 2018.
Diurnal and intraseasonal variations of lightning activities over the western Indonesian maritime
continent. - Pre-YMC2015 observational results-. Proceedings of the 12th MU/EAR symposium:
41-43, September, Uji. (in Japanese)
Kubota, H., Takahashi, Y., Sato, M., Yamashita, K. and Hamada, J.-I., 2018. Observation study of
the relationship between lightning activity and tropical cyclone intensity in the Philippine Sea.
Abstract of the JpGU 2018 meeting: MIS04-03, May, Chiba.
Kubota, H., Takahashi, Y., Sato, M., Yamashita, K. and Hamada, J.-I., 2018. Observation study forunderstanding the relationship between lightning activity and tropical cyclone intensity in thePhilippine Sea. Abstract of the AOGS2018 meeting: AS31-D1-AM1-315-004, June, Hawaii, USA.
Mori, S., Wu, P., Shirooka, R., Yokoi, S., Yoneyama, K., Hamada, J.-I., Haryoko, U., Nurhayati, N.,
Sulistyowati, R. and Syamsudin, F. 2018. Observed characteristics of convection activities overthe coastal area of Southwest Sumatra during the Pre-YMC 2015 and YMC-Sumatra 2017
campaign observation. Proceedings of the 12th MU/EAR symposium: 44-46, September, Uji. (inJapanese)Mori, S., Hamada, J.-I., Wu, P., Shirooka, R., Yokoi, S., Yoneyama, K., Haryoko, U., Sulistyowati,R., and Syamsudin, F., 2018. Convective activities over the southwestern coastal land of Sumatra
island, Indonesia, during the Pre-YMC 2015 and YMC-Sumatra 2017 campaigns. Abstract of theAGU 2018 Fall meeting: A43O-3332, December, Washington, D.C. USA.
Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Yamashita, K., Kubota, H., Hamada, J.-I., and Marciano, J., 2018. ULAT
Project: Lightning observations in the Philippines for the intensity prediction of severe weather.
23

Abstract for the EGU General Assembly 2018, 20, EGU2018-16395, April, Vienna, Austria.
Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I., and Marciano, J. J., 2018.
Lighting observations in the Philippines and western Pacific region for the intensity prediction ofsevere weather. Abstract of the JpGU 2018 meeting: MIS04-02, May, Chiba.
Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Y. Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I., and Marciano, J. M., 2018.
ULAT Project: Lightning observations in the Philippines and western Pacific region for theintensity

predictionofsevereweather.

Abstract

of

the

AOGS

2018

meeting:

AS16-53-D2-AM2-303A-007, June, Hawaii, USA.
Takahashi, Y., Sato, M., Kubota, H., Yamashita, K., Hamada, J.-I., Ishida, T., Kurihara, J.,
Matsumoto, J., Marciano, J., and Peres, G., 2018. Status of ULAT project for development of
extreme weather monitoring and alert system in the Philippines. Abstract of the JpGU 2018
meeting: MIS04-01, May, Chiba.
Yamashita, K., Sato, M., Takahashi, Y., Kubota, H., Momota, E., Hamada, J.-I., Matsumoto, J.,
Kojima, S.Y. and Katahira, Y.I. 2018. Development of lightning observation system for short-term
forecast of extreme weather events in the Philippine under ULAT project. The 34th
International Conference on Lightning Protection, September, Rzezow, Poland.
Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2018. Long-term variations of precipitation in Myanmar(Burma) for recent 125 years (1891-2015). The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRESE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji.
(poster)Inoue, T., Matsumoto, J. and Kubota, H. 2019. Variations of precipitation in Myanmar for the past
125 years by using daily precipitation data since the end of the 19th century. Proceedings of theGeneral Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 244,
March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Murata, F., Tanoue, M., Fukushima, F., Yamane, Y., Terao, T. Hayashi, T.,
Oki, T., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Change of rainfall characteristics in Bangladesh using
126-years record. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE
China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)
Kiguchi, M., Okami, N., Murata, F., Tanoue, M., Fukushima, F., Yamane, Y., Terao, T., Hayashi, T.,
Oki, T., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Change of rainfall characteristics in Bangladesh using
126-years record. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese24Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 246, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Murata, F., Kuriyama, K., Inoue, T., Matsuyama, S., Yamasaki, R., Fujihara, K., Kamahori, H. andMatsumoto, J. 2018. Rainfall trend in 1891–2017 over Shikoku Island, Japan. The 11th Annual
ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service(DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)
Murata, F., Terao, T., Kiguchi, M., Yamane, Y., Fukushima, A., Tanoue, M., Hayashi, T., Inoue, T.
and Matsumoto. J. 2018. Difference in rainfall distribution over Bangladesh between 1891–1946
and 1989–2016. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan, ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3,
and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November, Hachioji. (poster)
Terao, T., Murata, F., Yamane, Y., Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Syiemlieh, H. J., Hayashi, T., Inoue,
T. and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Reconstruction of the hydroclimatological behavior of Asian monsoon
based

on

satellite

rainfallestimation.

Indo-Japan

Joint

Workshop:

Socioeconomic/

Hydroclimatological Perspectives of Future Asian Monsoon, February, Meguro-ku.
Terao, T., Murata, F., Yamane, Y., Kiguchi, M., Fukushima, A., Tanoue, M., Kamimera, H., Hayashi,T., Inoue, T. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Relationship between the western North Pacific monsoon
and the Northeastern Indian subcontinent monsoon in the beginning of the 20th century. Kansai
branch of the Japan Meteorological Society FY2018 1st meeting, December, Kochi. (in Japanese)
Nakajima, K., Takahashi, H. and Tsunematsu, N. 2018. Characteristics of periodic variation of windin Tokyo in clear and weak wind night. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 94: 67, September, Wakayama. (in Japanese)
Tsunematsu, N., Honjo, T., Ichihashi, A., Nakajima, K., Yamagata, Y. and Murakami, D. 2018.
Investigation of summertime thermal environment in downtown Tokyo -Airborne remote sensing,field observations, and numerical simulations-. IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science
Conference, March, Edmonton, Canada. (poster)
Tsunematsu, N., Honjo, T., Ichihashi, A., Nakajima, K., Yamagata, Y. and Murakami, D. 2018.
Observational and numerical study on summertime thermal environment in downtown Tokyo.
10th International Conference on Urban Climate, August, New York, USA. (poster)Nodzu, M. I., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L. and Ngo-Duc, T., 2018. Relationship between two
groups of winds and precipitation over Northern Vietnam in summer. Abstract of the Japan
Geosciences Union 2018: ACG37-08, May, Chiba.
Nodzu, M. I., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L. and Ngo-Duc, T., Duc-Tri, T. 2018. Relationship25

between reproducibility of GSMaP and rain top height in TRMM2A25 over Northern Vietnam.
Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) 2nd domestic science meeting, September, Chuo-ku.
(in Japanese)
Nodzu, M. I., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L. and Ngo-Duc, T. and Duc-Tri, T. 2018. Comparison of
GSMaP performance and distribution of rain top height over Northern Vietnam. Abstracts of the
Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting 114: 450, November, Sendai. (inJapanese)
Nodzu, M. I., Matsumoto, J., Trinh-Tuan, L. and Ngo-Duc, T. and Duc-Tri, T. 2019. Validation of
GSMaP hourly precipitation with surface gauge observation over Northern Vietnam. Joint
Research Meeting on the GPM and Satellite Simulators FY2018, March, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Kanaya, Y., Nodzu, M., Miyazaki, K., Inoue, K., Tanimoto, H. and Kasai, Y., 2018. Effective
utilizaton of satellite-based air pollution data at kilometer-class spatial resolution: integration with
MAX-DOAS observations and chemical transport models. COSPAR 2018 Scientific Assembly
Online Abstracts: A0.4-0006-18, July, Pasadena, USA.
Seto, Y. and Takahashi, H. 2018. Accuracy of the amount of divergence obtained from surface
observations and its relationship with vertical flow. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society ofJapan 2018 Spring Meeting 113: 198, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Seto, Y., Fukushima, A. and Takahashi, H. 2018. Regional distribution of the transition time of local
wind systems in summer in the south Kanto region. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the
Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Autumn Meeting 94: 159, September, Wakayama. (inJapanese)
Seto, Y., Fukushima, A. and Takahashi, H. 2018. Distribution of the transition time for local summer
wind systems in the south Kanto region. Proceedings of the 60th Symposium on Winds: 35-36,
December, Shinagawa-ku. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, S., Watanabe, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2018. Evaluating the accuracy of
scatterometer MetOp-B/ASCAT off the coast of Japan. Abstracts of the 2018 Spring Meeting of
the Meteorological Society of Japan 113: 194, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Matsumura, K,. Ichinose, T., Sugimoto, K., Akiyama, T., Watanabe, T. and Izumi, T. 2018.
Fertilization management system of the future – For environmental preservation of Mongol. The
2018 Annual Meeting of Society of Environmental Science, Japan, September, Kita-ku. (poster, inJapanese)26

Masuda, K. 2018. Which items of climatology and meteorology should we adopt in education ofgeography and earth science? JpGU 2018 O01-06. May, Chiba. (invited, in Japanese)
Akasaka, I., Kubota, H., Zaiki, M. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Rainfall characteristics in thePhilippines for the late 19th－early 20th centuries. The 11th Annual ACRE Meeting, ACRE Japan,
ACRE SE Asia-2, ACRE China-3, and C3S Data Rescue Service (DRS) Workshops, November,
Hachioji. (poster)
Akasaka, I., Zaiki, M. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Diurnal cycle of the wind direction and its
seasonality at Manila for the late 19th century. Abstract of the Japan Geosciences Union 2018:
ACG37-P04, May, Chiba.
Akasaka, I., Zaiki, M. Kubota, H., and Matsumoto, J. 2019. Seasonal changes in wind direction andrainfall at Manila for the late 19th century. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Associationof Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 243, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Takahashi, K., Mikami, T., Takahashi, H., Nagata, R., Yamato, H., Akasaka, I., and Tsunematsu, N.
2018. Changes in meteorological field prior to a short duration intense rainfall observed by using
high density surface observation data: A case study on the intense rainfall event in Setagaya on
24th July 2015. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Spring Meeting 113: 148,
May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2018. Projected future changes in the interannual variation of the
Asian summer monsoon precipitation and its extremes in a large ensemble experiment. A
workshop on tropical meteorology, September, Nagoya. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2018. Long-term changes in the interannual variation and theextremes of the seasonal precipitation of the Asian summer monsoon in the 20th century.
Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting 114: 245, October, Sendai.
(in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2018. Projected future changes in the Asian summer monsoon
precipitation in d4PDF. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting 114:
454, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Kamizawa, N. and Takahashi H.G. 2018. Projected changes in the Asian summer monsoon
precipitation using a large ensemble AGCM experiment. Abstract of American GeophysicalUnion Fall Meeting 2018: A11N-2472, December, Washington D. C., USA.
Konduru, R.T. and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. Realistic simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall in27

convection permitting weather research forecasting model. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2018: ACG37-P02, May, Chiba.
Konduru, R.T. and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. Continental-scale convection permitting simulation of the
Indian summer monsoon: Model simulation dependency on convection or grid resolution. The
2nd GEWEX (Global energy and water exchange) Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling,
Boulder, USA.
Konduru, R.T. and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. Continental-scale simulation of diurnal variations in South
Asian summer monsoon: Insights from the explicit and parameterized convection experiments.
Abstracts of the 5th International Workshop on Non-hydrostatic Models: 70-71, November,
Chiyoda-ku.
Matsuzaki, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. The impact of cold surge for convection of maritime
continent. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: ACG37-09, May, Chiba.
Matsuzaki, Y. and Matsumoto, J. 2018. Wind field variability around the maritime continent inboreal winter. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting 114: 505,
November, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Cayanan, E.O., and Hilario, F.D. 2018. Abrupt climate
shift in the mature rainy season of the Philippines in the mid-1990s. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: A-CG37-P01, May, Chiba.
Olaguera, L.M., Matsumoto, J., Kubota, H., Inoue, T., Cayanan, E.O. and Hilario, F.D. 2018.
Interdecadal shifts in the winter monsoon rainfall of the Philippines. Proceedings of the Philippine
Meteorological Society 2: 14, March, Quezon City, Philippine.
Yamaji, M., Takahashi, H.G., Kubota, T., Oki, R., Hamada, A. and Takayabu, Y.N. 2018. Drop size
distribution observed by dual-frequency precipitation radar onboard global precipitation
measurement core satellite. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018 Fall Meeting
114: 510, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Yamaji, M., Kubota, T., Takahashi, H.G., Hamada, A., Takayabu, Y.N. and Oki, R. 2018. Drop size
distribution observed by dual-frequency precipitation radar onboard global precipitation
measurement core satellite. Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, andInteractions VII. International Society for Optics and Photonics 10782: 107820H. doi.org/
10.1117/12.2324640
Hoshi, R. and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. A long-term change of lag-relationship between the Arctic
28

Oscillation in winter and the succeeding summer climate. Abstracts of the Meteorological Societyof Japan 2018 Autumn Meeting 114: 266, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Matsuura, K and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. Projected change of tropical cyclones including weaktropical disturbance in Northwest Pacific. Abstracts of the Meteorological Society of Japan 2018
Autumn Meeting 114: 457, October, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Yamazaki, T. and Takahashi, H.G. 2018. An oceanic impact of the Kuroshio path on snowfall on the
Kanto region of Japan in the cold season. Abstracts of the 5th International Workshop on
Nonhydrostatic Models: 72, November, Chiyoda-ku.

29

3. Laboratory of Environmental Geography
1) Staff
Makiko WATANABE

Professor / PhD

Soil Geography, Environmental Dynamic Analysis, Geoarcheology

Masayuki KAWAHIGASHI

Associate Professor / D. Agr.

Soil Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Material Dynamics in Ecosystems

Kimihiro KIDA

Project Researcher / PhD. (D.Sc.) (until October, 2018)

Urban Soil study, Soil Classification

2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit focuses on the relations between human and natural environment. For
understanding processes enacted upon environment in local and regional scales, we try to integrate
subdivisions of both physical and human geography together with interdisciplinary aspects ofenvironmental sciences, such as botanical science, forest ecology, zoology, soil science, landscapedesign, political ecology, folklore, anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary basedon fieldworks, including weather observation, land survey, soil and vegetation surveys, andinterview survey and in participative on laboratory analyses on soil-water analyses andinterpretations of aerial photo and satellite imagery as well.

1. Development of survey methods for evaluation of soils in urban area
2. Characterization of sclerotium grains and their function in forest soil ecosystem
3. Geoarcheological study of ancient water environment in Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt
4. Environmental risk evaluation of the soils surrounding the mining area in Erdenet, Mongolia
5. Environmental dynamics study of watershed area of Small Water Impounding Project dam incentral Luzon, Philippines
6. Influence of anthropic pressure in a river basin on downstream water environment
7. Evaluation of forest fire impact on soil, vegetation and landform in terrestrial ecosystems
8. Study for elemental dynamics in urban ecosystems
30

9. Soil carbon sequestration from the point of view of soil parent materials3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

Peer-reviewed Articles
Bolormaa, O., Jajinjav, Y., Ochirkhuyag, B., Lunchakorn, P., Watanabe, M. and Kim, K. W. 2019.
Geochemical source and dispersion of copper, arsenic, lead, and zinc in the topsoil from thevicinity of Erdenet mining area, Mongolia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis.
doi.org/10.1144/geochem2018-025
Sakagami, N., Guo, Y. and Watanabe, M. 2018. Physicochemical characteristics of Cenococcum
sclerotia formed in different types of forest soil. Soil Microorganisms 72: 50-55.
Sakagami, N., Shiotsu, F., Asagi, N., Komatsuzaki, M., Nitta, Y. and Suprapta, D.N. 2019. Carbon
degradation of paddy soil under organic and conventional farming in Bali, Indonesia as measured
by sequential loss on ignition. Tropical Agriculture and Development 63: 30-33.
Asagi, N., Kubota, T., Sakagami, N., Okada, T., Hasegawa, M., Isono, T., Nitta, Y. 2018. Effect ofsweet sorghum cultivation and residual application method on yield and curcumin content inturmeric rhizomes. Japanese Journal of Farm Work Research 53: 149–157. (in Japanese withEnglish abstract)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Controlling factors for the distribution of sapric peat soils
extracted by GIS analysis. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 65: 65-72. doi.org/
10.1080/00380768.2018.1544833
Batdulam, B., Bolormaa, O. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Distribution and composition of plastic
debris along the river shore in the Selenga River Basin in Mongolia. Environmental Science and
Pollution Research, 26: 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04632-1

Other Articles
Akasaka, I., Endo, T., Watanabe, M. and Yano, M. 2018. Rainfall characteristics and their changes in
the Institute for Nature Study since 1990. Miscellaneous Reports of the National Park for Nature
Study 49:41-48. (in Japanese)
Murata, T., Kawai, N., Uoi, N. and Watanabe, M. 2018. Soils in historical urban parks. In
Anthropogenic Soils in Japan, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, eds.
31

Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M., 39-57. Singapore: Springer.
Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Soils on ski slopes. In Anthropogenic Soils in Japan, International
Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, eds. Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M., 25-31.
Singapore: Springer.
Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Soils affected by conversion of abandoned paddy fields to alternate uses. In
Anthropogenic Soils in Japan, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, eds.
Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M., 177-186. Singapore: Springer.
Kawahigashi, M., Shinagawa S. and Ishii K. 2018. Soils in reclaimed land after drainage in Isahaya
Bay. In Anthropogenic Soils in Japan, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9,
eds. Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M., 135-145. Singapore: Springer.
Kida, K. 2018. Soils sealed by technic hard materials in urban and traffic areas. In Anthropogenic
Soils in Japan, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, eds. Watanabe, M. and
Kawahigashi, M., 1-23. Singapore: Springer.
Morishita, M. and Yamada, K. 2018. Soils on river embankments. In Anthropogenic Soils in Japan,
International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, eds. Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi,M., 33-38. Singapore: Springer.

Books
Watanabe, M. and Kawahigashi, M. (eds.) 2018. Anthropogenic Soils in Japan, International
Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 9, Singapore: Springer.

Reports
None

Book Reviews
None

Miscellaneous Reports
Tanino, K. 2019. A scientific view of Legends: Why is the sand of Onizuka in Kashima andTakamahara red? Chiri 64(1):58-64. (in Japanese)32

Presentations
Watanabe, M. 2018. Environmental studies in soil. Perspectives of bridging chemistry and biology
and geosciences in multi-scales. Abstract of the 6th International Conference on Chemistry andChemical Engineering Research and Development in Chemistry: 6, June, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
(Plenary Lecture)
Watanabe, M., Kelly, C.L. and Hardenbicker, U.M. 2018. Interpretation of Beaver Index as a wet-dry
proxy during the Holocene applied for the alluvial fan deposits in the Qu’Appelle Valley,
Saskatchewan. Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 50,
August, Hachioji.
Khulan, N., Watanabe, M. and Bolormaa, O. 2018. Microelement compounds of sclerotium andforest soils samples. Abstract of the 6th International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Research and Development in Chemistry: 48, June, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Yondonjamta, J., Bolormaa, O., Ochirukhuyag, B., Watanabe, M., Prathumratana, L. and Kim, K.W.
2018. Geochemical source and dispersion of heavy metals and arsenic in the topsoil from thevicinity of Erdenet mining area, Mongolia. Abstract of the 6th International Conference on
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research and Development in Chemistry: 34, June,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Murata, T., Watanabe, M., Tanaka, H., Kawai, N. and Yano, M. 2018. Long term soil temperatureexperiment in green spaces of Tokyo Metropolis. Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Societyof Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 64:144, August, Fujisawa. (in Japanese)
Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Introduction of Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU). Aktru Summer
School, July, Tomsk, Russia. (invited)
Kawahigashi M. 2018. Functions of dissolved organic matter in boreal forest ecosystems. Aktru
Summer School, July, Altay-Aktru, Russia. (invited)
Kawahigashi M. 2018. Soils beneath gray and green infrastructure in Japan. Regional meeting ofPolish Soil Science Society, April, Torun, Poland. (invited)
Kida, K. 2018. Anthropogenic soils in the soil classification system. Symposium of “The border
between soils influenced by human impacts”, Abstract of Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 64: 176, August, Fujisawa. (in Japanese)33

Sakagami, N., Guo, Y., Takashima, Y., Nishizawa, T., Narisawa, K. and Watanabe, M. 2018. Soilenvironmental condition and vegetation recovery of the abandoned cropland aroundKomado-Shitsugen moor, Fukushima Prefecture. Abstracts of 17th World Lake Conference: 154,
October, Kasumigaura.
Ebihara, A., Hirano, A., Sakagami, N., Nishizawa, T. and Ohta, H. 2018. Formation of soil layers
after the eruption in 2000, Miyake-jima island -changes in soil chemical properties. Abstract ofAnnual Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 64: 3, September,Fujisawa. (in Japanese)
Saito, A., Sakagami, N., Narisawa, K., Itoh, T. and Nishizawa, T. 2018. Elemental composition andmicrobial community structure analysis of surface soils affected by the Kanto-Tohoku Heavy
Rainfall Disaster in September 2015. Abstracts of 17th World Lake Conference: 228, October,
Kasumigaura. (in Japanese)
Guo, Y., Sakagami, N., Takashima, Y., Nishizawa, T., Narisawa, K. and Watanabe, M. 2018.
Correlations between vegetation and soil microbiome across a vegetation gradient on the
deforested land adjacent to the Komado-Shitsugen moor in Japan. 17th International Symposiumon Microbial Ecology, August, Leipzig, Germany.
Noguchi, M., Takada, K., Sakagami, N., Guo, Y., Nishizawa, T., Ohta, H. and Narisawa, K. 2018.
Effect of microbial inoculant with Veronaeopsis simplex Y34 on microbial communities ofTomato root under hothouse cultivation. Japanese Society of Soil Microorganisms 2018, June,
Hiroshima. (poster, in Japanese)
Inose, Y., Takashima, Y., Guo, Y., Sakagami, N., Nishizawa, T., Watanabe, M. and Narisawa, K. 2018.
Screening of symbiotic fungi associated with beech and application for trial planting of beech
seedlings in the abandoned cropland around Komado-Shitsugen moor. Abstracts of 17th World
Lake Conference: 228, October, Kasumigaura. (in Japanese)
Sakoda, M., Mizusawa, M., Shiotsu, F., Guo, Y., Sakagami, N., Takimoto, T., Masutomi, Y., Fujiwara,
T., Senoo, K. and Nishizawa, T. 2018. Effect of denitrifying bacteria on rice plant
growth-promotion under low-nitrogen input condition: Investigation of rice plant growth andmolecular analysis of root-associated soil bacterial community. Abstracts of 17th World Lake
Conference: 226, October, Kasumigaura. (in Japanese)34

Tanino, K., Hosono, M. and Watanabe, M. 2018. Developing process of wind erosion landforms inhumid temperate climate ―The case in Ibaraki Pacific Coast Japan. Association for Quaternary
Research, Programme and Abstracts 48: 43, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Shirai, M., Akasaka, I., Takaoka, S. Utsugawa, T. and Kato, S. 2018. Publication of “the Book ofmaterials –Nature–” in History of Hamura-city. Japan Association for Quaternary Research,
Programme and Abstracts 48: 83, August, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Orgilbold, M., Bolormaa, O., Khakhinov, V., Fujitake, N., Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Suspended solids
as carriers of pollutants in the Selenga River system, the Lake Baikal watershed. The 6thInternational Conference on Chemistry and Ehemical Engineering, Research and Development
in Chemistry: 10-11, June, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2018. Distribution of sapric peat soils in Japanese agricultural
fields: the spatial analysis using geographic information system (GIS). Abstracts of JapaneseSociety of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 64: 79, August, Fujisawa. (in Japanese)
Morishita, M. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Controlling factors for the distribution of sapric peat soils
in Japanese agricultural fields. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association ofJapanese Geographers 2019 Spring meeting 95: 258, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Batdulum, B., Kawahigashi, M., Oyuntsetseg, B. 2018. Fate of plastic debris in river environment of
Selenga river system and characterization of aged microplastics. The 6th International
Conference on Chemistry and Ehemical Engineering, Research and Development in Chemistry:
32-33 June, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Ibori, Y. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Influences of agricultural land uses on distribution of Andosols.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring
meeting 95: 257, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Nishikura S. and Kawahigashi, M. 2019. Vegetation succession and pedogenesis in Isahaya polder.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring
meeting 95: 290, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)35

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

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Hydrometeorology, Geographical Information Sciences

Takeki IZUMIAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Eng.)

Urban Climatology, Geographical Information Sciences, Numerical Meteorological Modelling

Daichi NAKAYAMA

Assistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

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

1.

Energy and water cycle in the atmosphere and hydrosphere2.

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

3.

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

4.

Water environment around Mt. Aso and Tokyo metropolis

5.

Numerical simulation of urban climate and local wind

6.

Capturing surface conditions of cities using GIS
36

7.

Monitoring and modeling natural environment and natural hazards

8.

Quantitative evaluation of geographical phenomena in Tokyo in the modern era

3) List of Research Activities in FY2018

Peer-reviewed Articles
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Review and prospect on the field of hydrology and water resources
contributed by geographers in recent 30 years. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water
Resources 31: 467-486. (invited, in Japanese with English abstract)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Severe drought after an absence of 37 years illustrated by photographs andfigures: Comparison of less precipitation at Chichi-jima and Haha-jima in the Ogasawara (Bonin)
Islands from 2016 to 2017 and normal precipitation in 2018. Journal of Geography (Chigaku
Zasshi) 127: 823-833. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Saito, H., Iijima, Y., Basharin, N.I., Fedorov, A.N. and Kunitsky, V.V. 2018. Thermokarst
development detected from high-definition topographic data in central Yakutia. Remote Sensing
10: 1579. doi.org/10.3390/rs10101579
Kuo, H.L., Lin, G.W., Chen, C.W., Saito, H., Lin, C.W., Chen, H. and Chao, W.A. 2018. Evaluating
critical rainfall conditions for large-scale landslides by detecting event times from seismic records.
NaturalHazards

and

Earth

SystemSciences18:2877–2891.

doi.org/10.5194/

nhess-18-2877-2018
Ozturk, U., Marwan, N., Korup, O., Saito, H., Agarwal, A., Grossman, M.J., Zaiki, M. and Kurths, J.
2018. Complex networks for tracking extreme rainfall during typhoons. Chaos 28: 075301.
doi.org/10.1063/1.5004480
Ishizaki, H. and Matsuyama, H. 2018. Distribution of the annual precipitation ratio of
Radar/Raingauge-Analyzed Precipitation to AMeDAS across Japan. SOLA 14: 192-196.
doi.org/10.2151/sola.2018-034

Other Articles
Aoyama, M. 2019. Relationship between liquefied sites and artificial landform changes in the Kinu
and Kokai river basin, caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Annual
Reports of the Faculty of Education, Gunma University, Cultural Science Series 68: 69-78. (in37

Japanese)
Maehara, S. 2018. Interannual variation of the area of the Zostera marina field at Matsukawaura,
Fukushima prefecture as revealed by high resolution images of UAV and aerial photographs.
Geographical Report of Kokushikan University 26: 57-90. (in Japanese)

Books
None

Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Creation of 3D model of forests using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).
Annual Report 2017 of Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University 23: 51. (inJapanese)
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2018. P.19. A study on occupation distribution in Tokyo in 1926 byusing classified telephone directory. Theory and Applications of GIS 26: 134. (in Japanese)Book Reviews
Matsuyama, H. 2018. “Geographical Interpretation of Landscape Photographs, The GeographicalSociety Tokyo Gakugei University Series II Vol. 3” eds. Kagami, M. and Arai, M., Geographical
Review of Japan 91: 328-329. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. ”Integrated Physical Geography” by Iwata, S. Chiri 63(11): 118. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. “Memory and Succession of Immigrants' America: Immigration Museums
Narrating America as the Museum of the World” ed. Yagasaki, N. Geographical Review of Japan
91: 506-507. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. “GIS for Hazard and Environment” ed. Yamagishi, H. Theory andApplications of GIS 26: 135-136. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. “Instructional Designs and Practical Models for Teaching Geography in JuniorHigh School” ed. Yoshimizu, H. Geographical Review of Japan 92: 26-27. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. “Earth History and Palaeogeography” by Torsvik, T.H. and Cocks, L.R.M.
Chiri 64(3): 121. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. “The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and The Regional Industries” eds. Ito, T.
and Kashima, H. Geographical Review of Japan 92: 88-89. (in Japanese)38

Miscellaneous Reports
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Estimation of snow water equivalent based on snow survey and remotesensing. Kagaku 88: 452-454. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Congratulation, Mr. Shimizu! Science Mentor News, the Japan Science Society
4: 37. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Congratulation, Mr. Suzuki! Science Mentor News, the Japan Science Society
4: 44. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. 24 hour’s travel by airplane and ship. Annual Report of Old Boys/Girls ofWandervogel Club in Tokyo University in 2019: 55-56. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Report of Tomsk, Russia in 2018. Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology andWater Resources 32: 103-108. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2018. Introduction of field study in Hakone Geopark－Cross-curriculum learning
between geology and geography－. Education of Earth Science 71: 23-24. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2018. Proposal to learn geography in high school－Education of relationship between
resources and industry－. Chiri 64(2): 116-121. (in Japanese)
Hisatomi, Y. 2018. Practical report of physics－How to use the graphs in teaching kinematics－. The
Journal of Science Education 61(767): 25-30. (in Japanese)
Ishikawa, K. 2018. Mapping of address data of modern era in old Tokyo city. GIS NEXT 63: 62. (inJapanese)
Saito, Y., Sakai, K., Hasegawa, K., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2018. Generation of DSMs offorest crown using stereo pair images taken by small-sized UAV. Proceedings of 20th CEReS
Symposium on Environmental Remote Sensing: 8. (in Japanese)
Tachiki, S., Yamamoto, R. and Izumi, T. 2018. Comparison of land surface classification between
pixel-based and object-based methods by using Landsat 7 satellite image－A case study of
Aso-Kumamoto district－. Proceedings of 20th CEReS Symposium on Environmental Remote
Sensing: 10. (in Japanese)

Presentations
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Severe drought after an absence of 37 years－Less precipitation at Chichi-jimain the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands from 2016 to 2017. Exhibition of Gallery at Tokyo Metropolitan
39Government, May, Shinjuku-ku. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Interannual variability of rainfall in Ogasawara－Comparison between
Chichi-jima and Haha-jima－. Lecture at Ogasawara Environmental Planning Institute, August,Haha-jima. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. The application of Soil Water Index to landslide prediction－Toward its usage
to snowmelt-driven landslides－. TSU-TMU Joint Symposium 2018 “The Natural and Artificial
Environments. The Cultural Trends”, September, Tomsk, Russia.
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Characteristics of springwaters at Kurokawa Seiryu Kouen－Comparison
between other springs at Hino city and those at Tokyo Metropolis－. September, Hino. (inJapanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Figure of the Earth as seen from the hydrological cycle. Yume-Nabi Live,
October, Fukuoka. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Hydroclimatology at Ogasawara－Comparison between Chichi-jima andHaha-jima－. Lecture at Open University “Study for 50 years by Tokyo Metropolitan University
on World Natural Heritage Ogasawara”, October, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2018. Considering the balance of earth system: Global warming and abnormal
weather. Lecture at Meguro City College “Environmental History of Human Beings”, November,
Meguro-ku. (in Japanese)
Matsuyama, H. 2019. Hydroclimatological study of Ogasawara and its feedback to the community.
Ogasawara Mini-Symposium, Japan Society of Island Studies/Ogasawara Research Committee,
Tokyo Metropolitan University, March, Chichi-jima. (in Japanese)
Yamanaka, T., Sayama, T., Amita, K., Ishida, S., Katsuyama, M., Tanakamaru, H., Hayashi, T.,
Maeda, M., Matsuyama, H. and Yokoo, Y. 2018. Hydrological Research Letters: Current status
and ways forward. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: U05-P03, May, Chiba. (inJapanese with English abstract)
Nakayama, D. 2018. Feasibility study of landslide and flood prediction using GIS and machinelearning. TSU-TMU Joint Symposium 2018 “The Natural and Artificial Environments. The
Cultural Trends”, September, Tomsk, Russia.
Nakayama, D. 2019. Estimation of landslides at Izu Oshima island using decision tree. Proceedingsof the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 261,
March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)40

Yuasa, R., Nakayama, D., Matsuyama, H. and Ichiko, T. 2018. Tsunami evacuation simulation for
Matsushima in Miyagi prefecture. Institute of Social Safety Science, May, Okushiritou. (inJapanese)
Saito H., Uchiyama, S., Hayakawa, Y.S. and Obanawa, H. 2018. Characteristics of coseismic andrainfall-induced landslides at Aso Volcano, Japan, differentiated by UAS and SfM-MVS
photogrammetry. Abstracts on the 15th Annual Meeting of AOGS: IG09-A011, June, Honolulu,
U.S.A.
Saito, H., Uchida, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2018. Relationship between landslide occurrences andreturn periods of heavy rainfall in the Japanese archipelago. Research Abstracts on Spatial
Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2018: 15, November, Kashiwa. (in Japanese)
Haneda, Y., Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, Y. S., Saito, H. and Uchiyama, S. 2018. Spatial distribution oflandslides in Sensuikyo area in the Aso region induced by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake.
Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: MTT35-P01, May, Chiba.
Haneda, Y., Oguchi, T., Hayakawa, Y. S., Saito, H. and Uchiyama, S. 2018. Characteristics of spatial
distribution of landslides at Aso region triggered by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Research
Abstracts on Spatial Information Science, CSIS DAYS 2018: 16, November, Kashiwa. (inJapanese)
Ozturk, U., Korup, O., Marwan, N., Saito, H. and Kurths, J. 2018. Learning more to predictlandslides in different scales (Regional to local). Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
2018: HDS07-15, May, Chiba.
Uchiyama, S, and Saito, H. 2018. A case study of multi-band GNSS (a preliminary report). Research
Abstracts on the 6th High-Definition Topography Symposium: HDTS-8, March, Sapporo (inJapanese).
Aoyama, M. 2018. Land history of the liquefied zone caused by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
reconstructed from the historical records and old maps. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2018: HDS12-04, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoyama, M. 2018. Increased vulnerability of the flood risk caused by the artificial landform changeof the river bank dune in the Wakamiyado, Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Abstracts of Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: HDS12-P05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Aoyama, M. 2018. Land condition of the liquefied area in the Nakagawa and Kujigawa basin causedby the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. Proceedings of the General Meeting of41

the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Fall Meeting 94: 165, September, Wakayama. (inJapanese)
Aoyama, M. 2019. Land condition of the filled-valley residential area in the Kiyota-ku, Sapporo City
caused by the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake. Proceedings of the General Meeting of
the Association of Japanese Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 233, March, Kawasaki. (inJapanese)
Hasegawa, K. 2018. Reports of active learning in Geoparks and areas familiar to students－Two
presentations from an introduction to physical geography－. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union
Meeting 2018: G05-P05, May, Chiba. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Hasegawa, K. 2019. Development of field study in Hakone Geopark using three-dimensional model
created by 3D printer－Cross-curriculum learning between geology and geography－.

Japan

Private Schools’ Education Research Institute Research Report Meeting 2019, March, Chiyoda-ku.
(in Japanese)
Nanri, S. and Hasegawa, K. 2018. A practice report of experiment on “isostasy” in earth scienceclass at high school. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018: G05-P07, May, Chiba.
(poster, in Japanese with English abstract)
Nemoto, Y. 2018. Interpret local lore based on natural science: Significance of interpreting
Shingen-Tsutsumi and Artificial Flooding Tactics at Bicchutakamatsu Castle by Hideyoshi. 3rd
Meeting for the Study of Historical Big Dat, August, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, Y. 2018. Review of conditions for GIS education development of map puzzle system.
Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Fall
Meeting 94: 141, September, Wakayama. (in Japanese)
Nemoto, Y. 2018. Development of map puzzle system using WebGIS. Proceedings of the 27th
Conference of GIS Association of Japan (CD-ROM): P50, October, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Fujiyoshi, M., Hatakeyama, H. and Nemoto, Y. 2019. First support for a life work project in asecondary education school. 2018 Coordination Unit for Secondary/Higher Education OpenSymposium at Tokyo Metropolitan University, March, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Ishikawa, K. 2018. Traffic census in Tokyo in the modern era and estimation of people flow. 3rd
Meeting for the Study of Historical Big Data, August, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
Ishikawa, K. 2018. Address as historical geographic information and its problem. 1st Historical Big
Data Workshop, October, Chiyoda-ku. (in Japanese)
42Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2018. Estimation and visualization of Origin-Destination flow in old
Tokyo city, Japan, 1925. 17th International Conference of Historical Geographers, July, Warsaw,
Poland.
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2018. A study on occupation distribution in Tokyo in 1926 by usingclassified telephone directory. 27th Conference of GIS Association of Japan, October, Hachioji.
(poster, in Japanese)
Ishikawa, K. and Nakayama, D. 2019. Accuracy evaluation of classified telephone directory
published in modern era. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese
Geographers 2019 Spring Meeting 95: 299, March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Hasegawa, S., Watanabe, T., Izumi, T. and Matsuyama, H. 2018. Evaluating the accuracy of
scatterometer MetOp-B/ASCAT off the coast of Japan. Abstracts of the 2018 Spring Meeting of
the Meteorological Society of Japan 113: 194, May, Tsukuba. (in Japanese)435. Laboratory of Urban and Human Geography
1) Staff
Yoshiki WAKABAYASHI

Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Behavioral Geography, Geographical Information Sciences

Akihiro TAKINAMI

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Lit.)

Regional Studies, Representation Studies

Naoto YABE

Associate Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Quantitative Geography, Urban Geography

Hiroyuki TSUBOMOTOAssistant Professor / PhD (D.Sc.)

Urban Geography, Office Study

Yoshio SUGIURA

Senior Leading Professor / PhD (D. Sc.)

Human Geography2) Overview of Research Activities
This research unit specializes in human geography, with special emphasis on the city and its
environs. Our research interests center on the structural explanation of the relationship between
human activities and geographic environment by employing approaches of social sciences andhumanities. Methodologically, the emphasis lies largely on positivistic (viz., quantitative or
mathematical); fieldwork is also encouraged. The research interests cover quantitative,
socioeconomic, urban and behavioral geography. The main themes of our current research are as
follows:

1. Mathematical modeling of human geographic phenomena
2. Regional analysis of human geographic phenomena
1) Relationship between human activities and geographic environment2) Land use change in the city and its suburbs
443) 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 FY2018

Peer-reviewed Articles
Sugiura, Y. 2018. The central place study of Edgar Kant and its significance in the history ofcontemporary geography. Urban Geography of Japan 13: 1-36. (in Japanese with English
abstract)
Aramata, M., Oshiro, N., Yamaguchi, S., Koizumi, R. and Sugiyama, K. 2018. Thinking about the2020 Tokyo olympic games: globalization, urban and regional development, and security.
E-journal GEO 13(1): 273-295. (in Japanese with English abstract)
Susaki, S. 2019. Image of Shinjuku Ni-chome as a Gay neighborhood and its evolution.
Geographical Review of Japan Series A 92: 72-87. (in Japanese with English abstract)

Other Articles
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Regional trend of the problem of vacant houses in Japan according to official
statistics. Tokei 72(2): 2-8.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. The state of maps in the modern world. Chizu 63(12): 10-17．
Wakabayashi, Y. and Koizumi, R. 2018. Chapter 9: Spatial patterns of population change in central
Tokyo since the period of the Bubble Economy. In Tokyo as a Global City, International
Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 8, eds. Kikuchi, T. and Sugai., T., 155-176. Singapore:
Springer.
Takinami, A. 2019. Local specialty foods and drinks made with branded rice from the Koriyama
region in Fukushima prefecture. Notes on Theoretical Geography 21: 1-22. (in Japanese)45

Takinami, A. 2019. Systematic and comparative discourse analysis concerning “Free speech of…
young people of suburbs” published in France. Notes on Theoretical Geography 21: 55-80. (inJapanese)
Yabe, N. 2018. Chapter 10: Central Tokyo as a place for raising children while working. In Tokyo asa Global City, International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library 8, eds. Kikuchi, T. andSugai., T., 155-176. Singapore: Springer.
Yabe, N. 2018. Column finance: real estate securitization and real estate developments in Tokyo. In
Keywords in Economic Geography, ed. The Japan Association of Economic Geographers.,
417-420. Tokyo: Hara Shobo. (in Japanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2019. Regional differences in office restructuring in a hierarchical corporate
organization. Notes on Theoretical Geography 21: 81–90. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2018. Urban, secondary and tertiary industry. Annals of the Association of Economic
Geographers 64 extra issue: 161-164. (in Japanese)
Arahori, T. 2019. Utilization of geospatial information for infectious disease prevention: the case of
influenza local surveillance in Japan. Geographical Reports of Tokyo Metropolitan University 54:
43-52.

Books
None

Reports
Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Urban policy and gentrification in Tokyo. Report of the International Forumof Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management,“Gentrification in metropolitan region”, 39-49.
Yabe, N. 2019. Time budgets of gentrifiers in central Tokyo. Report of the International Forum of
Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management, “Gentrification
in metropolitan region”, 32-38.

Book Reviews
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. “Never Lost Again” by Kilday, B. (translated by Okuma, N.) Chugoku
Shimbun, 23th December, 2018.
46

Miscellaneous Reports
Fujitsuka, Y., Kikuchi, T., Tatemi, J. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2019. Abstract of the symposium on thefrontiers of gentrification at the Academic Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers,
Autumn 2018. E-journal GEO 14(2): 88-92．

Presentations
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Variation in the use of geospatial information on the web:mainly focusedon the current conditions and intergenerational differences of map use. Regional Conference ofIGU 2018, August, Quebec, Canada.
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Inter-generational comparison of contemporary map use based on an online
survey. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan Cartographers Association,
4-5, August, Toyama. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Evolution of maps: future of geospatial information and human beings.
Forum of geospatial information in Hiroshima, September, Hiroshima. (in Japanese).
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Urban policy and gentrification in Tokyo. The International Forum of
Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management, “Gentrification
in metropolitan region”, September, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Commentary at the symposium on the frontiers of gentrification. The General
Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 2018 Autumn Meeting, September,
Wakayama. (in Japanese)
Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. Special session on the contribution and prospects of Japan to the International
Cartographic Conference in Tokyo 2019, October, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2018. Time budgets of gentrifiers in central Tokyo. Research Center for Co-creating
System of Regional Planning and Management International Forum “Gentrification in
Metropolitan area”, September, Hachioji. (in Japanese)
Yabe, N. 2018. An analysis of travel patterns of inbound tourists. Forum of Research Center for
San-En-Nanshin Regional Collaboration, Aichi University, December, Toyohashi. (in Japanese)
Tsubomoto, H. 2019. Significance of the workplace that measures the five senses from the viewpointof the workplace model "SOF"．Proceedings of 17th meeting of AIJ Facility Management
Symposium: 92-100, March, Minato-ku. (in Japanese)47

Saito, A., Tsubomoto, H., Sugano, F., Ishizaki, M., and Higa, F. 2018. Trial of questionnaire forworkers of the workplace model "SOF" supporting intellectual productivity．Proceedings of 19th
meeting of Japan Society of office studies: 25-29, September, Kanazawa．(in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2018. Spatial patterns of occupational structure and their changes in Tokyo
Metropolitan Area after the bubble economy. Annals of the Association of Economic Geographers64(4): 86-88. May, Sendai. (in Japanese)
Koizumi, R. 2018. The relation between the bidding plan and urban planning for Tokyo 2020.
Regional Conference of IGU 2018, August, Quebec, Canada.
Bettaieb, B. and Wakabayashi, Y. 2018. The role of geospatial information of public signs innavigating foreign tourists to central Tokyo. Abstracts of Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015,
May, Chiba.
Susaki, S. 2019. Comparison of gay districts between Shinjuku 2-chome and English speaking
countries. Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers 95: 80,
March, Kawasaki. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, Y. 2019. An analysis of factors on voting results of voting areas in local election: as acase of the Tokyo Governor's Election executed in July 2016. The 67th Meeting of Graduation
Thesis of Geography 2019, March, Shinjuku-ku. (in Japanese)48