importance of inventory construction for urban green areas. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 61:55–69
Kawamuro K, Torii A (1986) Difference in past vegetation between
black soils and brown forest soils derived from volcanic ash at Mt.
Kurohime, Nagano Pref., Japan. Quat Res 25:81–98 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Kida K, Kawahigashi M (2015) Influence of asphalt pavement
construction processes on urban soil formation in Tokyo. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 61:135–146
Kida K, Kawahigashi M (2017) The soil classification concept for soils
influenced by artefacts; comparison between soil classification
systems of Japan, Soil Taxonomy, and world reference base for soil
resources. Pedologist 61:82–92 (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kidachi and Ohmasa (1963) Geological and mineralogical studies about
pedogenesis of red soils in Japan (studies of red soils in Japan). Forest
Soils Jap Rep 14:1–126 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kinjo K, Arasaki M, Asato M, Tokashiki Y (2014) Chemical and
mineralogical properties of red-yellow soils in Shimajiri mudstone
zone. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 85:315–321 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Kitagawa Y (2005) Characteristics of clay minerals in podzols and
podzolic soils. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 51: 151–158
Kondo R (1997) Peat. In: Iwata S et al (eds) Environment area of soils.
Fuji Technosystem, Tokyo, pp 234–246. (in Japanese)
Kondo R, Endo K (1993) Various indices for determining the degree of
decomposition and some physico-chemical properties of peat soils.
Pedologist 37:41–56 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kumada K (1987) Chemistry of soil organic matter, 1st edn. Jap Sci
Soc Press, Elsevier, pp 17–56
Kurotori T, Ohmasa M (1963) Red soils and their accompanying black
soils in Kyushu (studies of red soils in Japan). For Soils Jpn 13:1–
88 (in Japanese with English summary)
Lundström US (1993) The role of organic acids in the soil solution
chemistry of podzolized soil. J Soil Sci 48:115–120
Lundström US, van Breemen N, Bain D (2000) The podzolization
process. A re-view. Geoderma 94:91–107
Machida H (2002) Volcanoes and tephras in the Japan area. Glob
Environ Res 6(2):19–28
Maejima Y, Nagatsuka S, Higashi T (2000) Mineralogical compositions of iron oxides in Red- and Yellow-colored soils from southern
Japan and Yunnan, China. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 46(3):571–580
Maejima Y, Nakaie K, Nagatuka S (2007) Genesis and classification of
red soils derived from Marl in Miyako Island, Ryukyus. Pedologist
51–1:14–23. (in Japanese with English summary)
Maejima Y, Ohkura T, Kusumoto Y, Takata Y (2014) Genesis and
classification of soils derived from serpentine and basalt on Mt.
Mineoka, south Boso peninsula. Pedologist 58:2–16 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1957) Moisture condition (pF) of forest soil. For Soils Jpn
8:43–66 (in Japanese with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1960) Studies on the physical properties of forest soil and
their relation to the growth of Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and
Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa). Forest Soils Jap Rep 11:1–185 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1977) On the 1975 system of forest soil classification.
Jpn J For Environ 19:6–10 (in Japanese)
Matsui T (1977) On the revised classification system of forest soils
(1975). Pedologist 21:139–146 (in Japanese)
Matsui T, Kato Y (1962) Notes on paleopedology of red soils in Japan.
Quat Res (Daiyonki-kenkyu) 2:161–179. (in Japanese with English
summary)
Matsui T, Kato Y, Kurobe T, Hamada R, Iwasa Y (1961) A tentative
scheme of classification for paddy soils on the alluvial plain, with
special reference to the soil survey around Shizuoka City, Pacific
coast of central Japan. Pedologist 5:80–91 (in Japanese and English
summary)
MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of
Japan) (2014) White paper on land 2014. MLIT Tokyo. (in
Japanese)
Ministry of the Environment (2017) https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/
nps/park/about/index.html
Mitsuchi M (1974) Pedogenic characteristics of paddy soils and their
significane in soil classification. Bull Nat Inst Agric Sci B-25:29–
115. (in Japanese and English summary)
Mizota C, Endo H, Um KT, Kusakabe M, Noto M, Matsuhisa Y (1991)
The eolian origin of silty mantle in sedentary soils from Korea and
Japan. Geoderma 49:153–164
Mokma DL, Buurman P (1982) Podzols and podzolization in temperate
regions. International Soil Museum, No 1, p 131
Nagatsuka S (1973) On the features of free iron oxides in brown forest,
yellow-brown forest and red soils of Japan. Pedologist 17:70–83 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Nagatsuka S (1975) Genesis and classification of Yellow-Brown forest
soils and Red soils in Southwest Japan. Bull Natl Inst Agric Sci
Ser B. 26:133–257 (in Japanese with English summary)
Nagatsuka S (1993) Form of iron analysis. In: Japan Association for
Quaternary Research (ed) A handbook of quaternary research, vol 2.
University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp 22–32
Nagatsuka S (1997) Ecological atlas of soils in Japan. Fuji
Techno-System, Tokyo, p 218. (in Japanese)
Nagatsuka S, Maejima Y (2001) Dating of soils on the raised coral reef
terraces of Kikai Island in the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan: with
special reference to the age of Red-Yellow soils. Quat Res
(Daiyonki-kenkyu) 40:137–147
Nagatsuka S, Kaneko S, Ishihara A (1983) Soil genesis on the raised
coral reef terraces of Ishigaki- and Okinawa-Islands in the Ryukyu
Islands, Japan. 1. Relations among soils and geomorphic plains and
chronosequential changes of soil chemical properties, Soil Sci Plant
Nutr 29(3):343–354
Nakao A, Watanabe T, Honda T, Hseu ZY, Funakawa S (2011) The
calcium-magnesium ratio of serpentinitic soils in various topographic locations in Sekinomiya, Japan; a potential criterion for the
classification of the Dark-red Magnesian soils. Pedologist 55:30–42
Nielsen KE, Ladekarl UL, Nornberg P (1999) Dynamic soil processes
on heathland due to changes in vegetation to oak and Sitka spruce.
For Ecol Manage 114:107–116
Obara H, Ohkura T, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Maejima Y, Hamazaki T
(2011) Comprehensive soil classification of Japan—first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 29:1–73 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Obara H, Maejima Y, Kohyama K, Ohkura T, Leon I, Ikeba M (2014)
Characteristics and classification of paddy soils on the alluvial plain
of KOKAI river in Ibaraki prefecture. Pedologist 58(1):17–29 (in
Japanese and English summary)
Obara H, Kohyama K, Takata Y, Ohkura T, Maejima Y (2015)
Photographs of soil. In: Natural Resources Inventory Center (ed),
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba. (in
Japanese)
Obara H, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Ohkura T, Maejima Y,
Watabayashi S, Kanda T (2016) A new soil map of Japan based
on comprehensive soil classification system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 37:133–148 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Ohmasa M (1951) Studies on beech forest soils. For Soils Jpn 1:1–243
(in Japanese with English summary)
Ohmasa M et al (1955) Studies of red soils of Japan I, Red soils of
Niigata Prefecture. J Jpn Forest Soc 37:140–142 (in Japanese with
English summary)
130
Y. Takata et al.
Plant Nutr 61:55–69
Kawamuro K, Torii A (1986) Difference in past vegetation between
black soils and brown forest soils derived from volcanic ash at Mt.
Kurohime, Nagano Pref., Japan. Quat Res 25:81–98 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Kida K, Kawahigashi M (2015) Influence of asphalt pavement
construction processes on urban soil formation in Tokyo. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 61:135–146
Kida K, Kawahigashi M (2017) The soil classification concept for soils
influenced by artefacts; comparison between soil classification
systems of Japan, Soil Taxonomy, and world reference base for soil
resources. Pedologist 61:82–92 (in Japanese with English abstract)
Kidachi and Ohmasa (1963) Geological and mineralogical studies about
pedogenesis of red soils in Japan (studies of red soils in Japan). Forest
Soils Jap Rep 14:1–126 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kinjo K, Arasaki M, Asato M, Tokashiki Y (2014) Chemical and
mineralogical properties of red-yellow soils in Shimajiri mudstone
zone. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 85:315–321 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Kitagawa Y (2005) Characteristics of clay minerals in podzols and
podzolic soils. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 51: 151–158
Kondo R (1997) Peat. In: Iwata S et al (eds) Environment area of soils.
Fuji Technosystem, Tokyo, pp 234–246. (in Japanese)
Kondo R, Endo K (1993) Various indices for determining the degree of
decomposition and some physico-chemical properties of peat soils.
Pedologist 37:41–56 (in Japanese with English summary)
Kumada K (1987) Chemistry of soil organic matter, 1st edn. Jap Sci
Soc Press, Elsevier, pp 17–56
Kurotori T, Ohmasa M (1963) Red soils and their accompanying black
soils in Kyushu (studies of red soils in Japan). For Soils Jpn 13:1–
88 (in Japanese with English summary)
Lundström US (1993) The role of organic acids in the soil solution
chemistry of podzolized soil. J Soil Sci 48:115–120
Lundström US, van Breemen N, Bain D (2000) The podzolization
process. A re-view. Geoderma 94:91–107
Machida H (2002) Volcanoes and tephras in the Japan area. Glob
Environ Res 6(2):19–28
Maejima Y, Nagatsuka S, Higashi T (2000) Mineralogical compositions of iron oxides in Red- and Yellow-colored soils from southern
Japan and Yunnan, China. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 46(3):571–580
Maejima Y, Nakaie K, Nagatuka S (2007) Genesis and classification of
red soils derived from Marl in Miyako Island, Ryukyus. Pedologist
51–1:14–23. (in Japanese with English summary)
Maejima Y, Ohkura T, Kusumoto Y, Takata Y (2014) Genesis and
classification of soils derived from serpentine and basalt on Mt.
Mineoka, south Boso peninsula. Pedologist 58:2–16 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1957) Moisture condition (pF) of forest soil. For Soils Jpn
8:43–66 (in Japanese with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1960) Studies on the physical properties of forest soil and
their relation to the growth of Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and
Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa). Forest Soils Jap Rep 11:1–185 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Mashimo Y (1977) On the 1975 system of forest soil classification.
Jpn J For Environ 19:6–10 (in Japanese)
Matsui T (1977) On the revised classification system of forest soils
(1975). Pedologist 21:139–146 (in Japanese)
Matsui T, Kato Y (1962) Notes on paleopedology of red soils in Japan.
Quat Res (Daiyonki-kenkyu) 2:161–179. (in Japanese with English
summary)
Matsui T, Kato Y, Kurobe T, Hamada R, Iwasa Y (1961) A tentative
scheme of classification for paddy soils on the alluvial plain, with
special reference to the soil survey around Shizuoka City, Pacific
coast of central Japan. Pedologist 5:80–91 (in Japanese and English
summary)
MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of
Japan) (2014) White paper on land 2014. MLIT Tokyo. (in
Japanese)
Ministry of the Environment (2017) https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/
nps/park/about/index.html
Mitsuchi M (1974) Pedogenic characteristics of paddy soils and their
significane in soil classification. Bull Nat Inst Agric Sci B-25:29–
115. (in Japanese and English summary)
Mizota C, Endo H, Um KT, Kusakabe M, Noto M, Matsuhisa Y (1991)
The eolian origin of silty mantle in sedentary soils from Korea and
Japan. Geoderma 49:153–164
Mokma DL, Buurman P (1982) Podzols and podzolization in temperate
regions. International Soil Museum, No 1, p 131
Nagatsuka S (1973) On the features of free iron oxides in brown forest,
yellow-brown forest and red soils of Japan. Pedologist 17:70–83 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Nagatsuka S (1975) Genesis and classification of Yellow-Brown forest
soils and Red soils in Southwest Japan. Bull Natl Inst Agric Sci
Ser B. 26:133–257 (in Japanese with English summary)
Nagatsuka S (1993) Form of iron analysis. In: Japan Association for
Quaternary Research (ed) A handbook of quaternary research, vol 2.
University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp 22–32
Nagatsuka S (1997) Ecological atlas of soils in Japan. Fuji
Techno-System, Tokyo, p 218. (in Japanese)
Nagatsuka S, Maejima Y (2001) Dating of soils on the raised coral reef
terraces of Kikai Island in the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan: with
special reference to the age of Red-Yellow soils. Quat Res
(Daiyonki-kenkyu) 40:137–147
Nagatsuka S, Kaneko S, Ishihara A (1983) Soil genesis on the raised
coral reef terraces of Ishigaki- and Okinawa-Islands in the Ryukyu
Islands, Japan. 1. Relations among soils and geomorphic plains and
chronosequential changes of soil chemical properties, Soil Sci Plant
Nutr 29(3):343–354
Nakao A, Watanabe T, Honda T, Hseu ZY, Funakawa S (2011) The
calcium-magnesium ratio of serpentinitic soils in various topographic locations in Sekinomiya, Japan; a potential criterion for the
classification of the Dark-red Magnesian soils. Pedologist 55:30–42
Nielsen KE, Ladekarl UL, Nornberg P (1999) Dynamic soil processes
on heathland due to changes in vegetation to oak and Sitka spruce.
For Ecol Manage 114:107–116
Obara H, Ohkura T, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Maejima Y, Hamazaki T
(2011) Comprehensive soil classification of Japan—first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 29:1–73 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Obara H, Maejima Y, Kohyama K, Ohkura T, Leon I, Ikeba M (2014)
Characteristics and classification of paddy soils on the alluvial plain
of KOKAI river in Ibaraki prefecture. Pedologist 58(1):17–29 (in
Japanese and English summary)
Obara H, Kohyama K, Takata Y, Ohkura T, Maejima Y (2015)
Photographs of soil. In: Natural Resources Inventory Center (ed),
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba. (in
Japanese)
Obara H, Takata Y, Kohyama K, Ohkura T, Maejima Y,
Watabayashi S, Kanda T (2016) A new soil map of Japan based
on comprehensive soil classification system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 37:133–148 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Ohmasa M (1951) Studies on beech forest soils. For Soils Jpn 1:1–243
(in Japanese with English summary)
Ohmasa M et al (1955) Studies of red soils of Japan I, Red soils of
Niigata Prefecture. J Jpn Forest Soc 37:140–142 (in Japanese with
English summary)
130
Y. Takata et al.