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Chubu Region (Hokuriku/Tokai)
Naoto Ogawa, Susumu Asakawa, Jun Murase, Akira Watanabe,
Hirotatsu Murano, Hidetaka Sasaki, Kouichi Hosokawa,
Masashi Saitou, Minako Kanda, Fumio Uno, Jun Koike,
Hitoshi Watanabe, Masahiro Kasuya, Yuhei Hirono, and Masayuki Hara
Abstract
This chapter presents characteristics of soils of the Chubu
region, which encompasses between the Sea of Japan and
the Pacific Ocean in the middle of Honshu. In the region,
there is Mt. Fuji, the active volcano and the highest
mountain in Japan. Not only that, the geology of the
region is diverse. The region has several mountain ranges,
diverse climates and vegetation. So, you can see a lot of
different type of soils in the region. In this chapter, we
will first give an overview of the soil formation factors
and the existing soils in the region. The chapter then
describes the agriculture and forestry for the three distinct
regions of the Chubu region. The northern part of the
Chubu region, called Hokuriku, centers on paddy
production on wet and clayey soil by virtue of
snow-meltwater and summer high temperature. For the
central part of the Chubu region consisting of highland,
the sustainable soil management for forestry is described.
As for the southern part of the Chubu region, Tokai,
characteristics of agriculture for cultivation of vegetables
and tea on mainly Red-Yellow soil under mild climate are
described, including efforts toward effective use of
fertilizers.
Keywords
Paddy field Á Pelleting of livestock manure Á Red-Yellow
soil Á Restoration of cadmium-contaminated soil Á
Sustainable soil management Á Tea Á Winter flooding of
paddy fields Á Vegetable
N. Ogawa (&)
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka
University, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
e-mail: ogawa.naoto@shizuoka.ac.jp
S. Asakawa Á J. Murase Á A. Watanabe
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University,
Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
H. Murano
Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya City, Aichi
Prefecture, Japan
H. Sasaki
Fukui Public Works Office, Fukui Prefectural Government, Fukui
City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
K. Hosokawa
Regional Agriculture Division, Fukui Prefectural Government,
Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
M. Saitou
Fukui Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukui Prefectural
Government, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
M. Kanda
Reinan Regional Bureau, Fukui Prefectural Government, Fukui
City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
F. Uno
Ishikawa Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, Ishikawa
Prefectural Government, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture,
Japan
J. Koike
Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research
Center, Toyama Prefectural Government, Toyama City, Toyama
Prefecture, Japan
H. Watanabe
Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Forests, Gifu Prefectural
Government, Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
M. Kasuya
Aichi Agricultural Research Center, Aichi Prefectural
Government, Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Y. Hirono
Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Sciences, NARO, Shimada City,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
M. Hara
Mie Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute, Mie Prefectural
Government, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5_8
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Chubu Region (Hokuriku/Tokai)
Naoto Ogawa, Susumu Asakawa, Jun Murase, Akira Watanabe,
Hirotatsu Murano, Hidetaka Sasaki, Kouichi Hosokawa,
Masashi Saitou, Minako Kanda, Fumio Uno, Jun Koike,
Hitoshi Watanabe, Masahiro Kasuya, Yuhei Hirono, and Masayuki Hara
Abstract
This chapter presents characteristics of soils of the Chubu
region, which encompasses between the Sea of Japan and
the Pacific Ocean in the middle of Honshu. In the region,
there is Mt. Fuji, the active volcano and the highest
mountain in Japan. Not only that, the geology of the
region is diverse. The region has several mountain ranges,
diverse climates and vegetation. So, you can see a lot of
different type of soils in the region. In this chapter, we
will first give an overview of the soil formation factors
and the existing soils in the region. The chapter then
describes the agriculture and forestry for the three distinct
regions of the Chubu region. The northern part of the
Chubu region, called Hokuriku, centers on paddy
production on wet and clayey soil by virtue of
snow-meltwater and summer high temperature. For the
central part of the Chubu region consisting of highland,
the sustainable soil management for forestry is described.
As for the southern part of the Chubu region, Tokai,
characteristics of agriculture for cultivation of vegetables
and tea on mainly Red-Yellow soil under mild climate are
described, including efforts toward effective use of
fertilizers.
Keywords
Paddy field Á Pelleting of livestock manure Á Red-Yellow
soil Á Restoration of cadmium-contaminated soil Á
Sustainable soil management Á Tea Á Winter flooding of
paddy fields Á Vegetable
N. Ogawa (&)
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka
University, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
e-mail: ogawa.naoto@shizuoka.ac.jp
S. Asakawa Á J. Murase Á A. Watanabe
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University,
Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
H. Murano
Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya City, Aichi
Prefecture, Japan
H. Sasaki
Fukui Public Works Office, Fukui Prefectural Government, Fukui
City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
K. Hosokawa
Regional Agriculture Division, Fukui Prefectural Government,
Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
M. Saitou
Fukui Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukui Prefectural
Government, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
M. Kanda
Reinan Regional Bureau, Fukui Prefectural Government, Fukui
City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
F. Uno
Ishikawa Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, Ishikawa
Prefectural Government, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture,
Japan
J. Koike
Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research
Center, Toyama Prefectural Government, Toyama City, Toyama
Prefecture, Japan
H. Watanabe
Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Forests, Gifu Prefectural
Government, Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
M. Kasuya
Aichi Agricultural Research Center, Aichi Prefectural
Government, Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Y. Hirono
Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Sciences, NARO, Shimada City,
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
M. Hara
Mie Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute, Mie Prefectural
Government, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
R. Hatano et al. (eds.), The Soils of Japan, World Soils Book Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5_8
273