Contents
Part I Introduction
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Ryusuke Hatano, Hitoshi Shinjo, and Yusuke Takata
Part II General Features
2 Soil-Forming Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Kenji Tamura, Hideki Miura, Shinji Kaneko, Tetsuya Sano, and Hideo Kubotera
3 Soil Classification and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Hitoshi Shinjo and Yusuke Takata
4 Major Soil Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Yusuke Takata, Masayuki Kawahigashi, Kimihiro Kida, Masayuki Tani,
Rintaro Kinoshita, Toyoaki Ito, Makoto Shibata, Tadashi Takahashi,
Kazumichi Fujii, Akihiro Imaya, Hiroshi Obara, Yuji Maejima,
Kazunori Kohyama, and Taku Kato
Part III Regional Features
5 Hokkaido Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Toshiro Nakatsuji, Hiroyuki Shiga, Harunobu Takeuchi, Yasutaka Tsukamoto,
Eiji Gotou, Yuji Watanabe, Michihiko Sakurai, Nobuhiko Fueki, Yuji Hikasa,
Tetsuo Hayashi, Masami Sakaguchi, Toshiya Saigusa, Tetsuo Yagi,
Osamu Sakai, Fuyuki Satoh, Hideaki Shibata, Kentaro Takagi,
Makoto Kobayashi, Ryusuke Hatano, Takuji Sawamoto, Kanta Kuramochi,
Yukio Hosobuchi, Osamu Nagata, Takehiko Matsumoto, Daiji Asaka,
Hiroshi Nakamoto, Masayuki Onodera, Katsuhisa Niwa, Mariko Shimizu,
Tomoyoshi Hirota, Ryo Ohtomo, Norikuni Oka, Rintaro Kinoshita,
Jiwan Palta, and Masayuki Tani
6 Tohoku Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hiroshi Fujii, Shizuka Mori, Yumi Matsumoto, Yuka Sasaki, Chiharu Ito,
Shinpei Nakagawa, Tadashi Takahashi, Nobuhiko Matsuyama,
Mizuhiko Nishida, Yoshihiro Kaneta, Haruki Fujisawa, Norimasa Tanikawa,
Tadashi Ando, Hiroyuki Shiono, Teruo Shima, Masakazu Aoyama,
Mikio Morioka, Takayuki Ando, Keitaro Tawaraya, Takumi Sato,
Fumiaki Takakai, Takashi Sato, Tomoki Takahashi, Masashi Ito,
Weiguo Cheng, Miyuki Nakajima, Toyoaki Ito, Hisashi Nasukawa, Toru Uno,
Ryousuke Tajima, Tomonori Abe, Takuro Shinano, Takashi Saito,
Shokichi Wakabayashi, Shigeto Fujimura, Hisaya Matsunami,
Takashi Hirayama, Katashi Kubo, Takeshi Ota, Masanori Saito,
Tetsuya Katagiri, and Kazuto Ando
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Part I Introduction
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Ryusuke Hatano, Hitoshi Shinjo, and Yusuke Takata
Part II General Features
2 Soil-Forming Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Kenji Tamura, Hideki Miura, Shinji Kaneko, Tetsuya Sano, and Hideo Kubotera
3 Soil Classification and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Hitoshi Shinjo and Yusuke Takata
4 Major Soil Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Yusuke Takata, Masayuki Kawahigashi, Kimihiro Kida, Masayuki Tani,
Rintaro Kinoshita, Toyoaki Ito, Makoto Shibata, Tadashi Takahashi,
Kazumichi Fujii, Akihiro Imaya, Hiroshi Obara, Yuji Maejima,
Kazunori Kohyama, and Taku Kato
Part III Regional Features
5 Hokkaido Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Toshiro Nakatsuji, Hiroyuki Shiga, Harunobu Takeuchi, Yasutaka Tsukamoto,
Eiji Gotou, Yuji Watanabe, Michihiko Sakurai, Nobuhiko Fueki, Yuji Hikasa,
Tetsuo Hayashi, Masami Sakaguchi, Toshiya Saigusa, Tetsuo Yagi,
Osamu Sakai, Fuyuki Satoh, Hideaki Shibata, Kentaro Takagi,
Makoto Kobayashi, Ryusuke Hatano, Takuji Sawamoto, Kanta Kuramochi,
Yukio Hosobuchi, Osamu Nagata, Takehiko Matsumoto, Daiji Asaka,
Hiroshi Nakamoto, Masayuki Onodera, Katsuhisa Niwa, Mariko Shimizu,
Tomoyoshi Hirota, Ryo Ohtomo, Norikuni Oka, Rintaro Kinoshita,
Jiwan Palta, and Masayuki Tani
6 Tohoku Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hiroshi Fujii, Shizuka Mori, Yumi Matsumoto, Yuka Sasaki, Chiharu Ito,
Shinpei Nakagawa, Tadashi Takahashi, Nobuhiko Matsuyama,
Mizuhiko Nishida, Yoshihiro Kaneta, Haruki Fujisawa, Norimasa Tanikawa,
Tadashi Ando, Hiroyuki Shiono, Teruo Shima, Masakazu Aoyama,
Mikio Morioka, Takayuki Ando, Keitaro Tawaraya, Takumi Sato,
Fumiaki Takakai, Takashi Sato, Tomoki Takahashi, Masashi Ito,
Weiguo Cheng, Miyuki Nakajima, Toyoaki Ito, Hisashi Nasukawa, Toru Uno,
Ryousuke Tajima, Tomonori Abe, Takuro Shinano, Takashi Saito,
Shokichi Wakabayashi, Shigeto Fujimura, Hisaya Matsunami,
Takashi Hirayama, Katashi Kubo, Takeshi Ota, Masanori Saito,
Tetsuya Katagiri, and Kazuto Ando
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