THE TOHOKU GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION
The Tohoku Geographical Association is an academic society for promoting geographical study and education,
established in 1947 at Sendai, the center of Tohoku that means Northeast Japan. Rooted locally in Tohoku, it has grown to not
only a nationwide but also a semi-global association consisting of more
than 700 members including scores of colleagues outside Japan. Many papers
covering all the area of geography are read in regular conferences held
in spring and autumn, and are published in a bulletin, Quarterly Journal of Geography. The papers, written mostly in Japanese with English abstract, provide attractive
and basic information of active and leading geographical researches in
Tohoku, Japan and the World. Major themes of symposia and some current
titles in the Journal are listed below. Any information on the association
more in detail is obtainable from the secretariat.
Symposia and Special Meetings
5th Japan-Korea-China Joint Conference on Geography, Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan November 07-10, 2010
Shonai Coastal Dune(Oct. 8, 2005)
Sustainable Use of Grassland in terms of Environmental Geography(Feb. 11,
2006)
GAIHOZU Maps; Maintenance and Exploitation of the List which a University
Possesses(Feb. 17, 2007)
Connection with Geographical Study over the Disaster Prevention and the
Education of Geography(Mar. 24, 2007)
Symbiosis with the Landslide(Jun. 3, 2007)
Current titles in QUARTERLY JOURNAL of GEOGRAPHY(Kikan Chirigaku)
Vol.63, 2011
Original Article
NAKAMURA, T.: Pharmaceutical Distribution Systems in Isolated Islands and
the Role of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers: A Case Study of Goto Islands, Nagasaki
Prefecture, pp. 1-16.
Research Note
ENDO, M. and ZHAN, Z.: A Cross Cultural Study on the Degree of Fluid Residential
Groupings of Settlement Dwellers among Hunter Gatherers with Special Reference
to the Ainu and Orochon, pp. 17-27.
Forum
YAMAMOTO, K.: A Report from the 5th Japan Korea China Joint Conference
on Geography, pp. 28-31.
Vol.62, 2010
Original Article
Tin Moe Lwin : Social Characteristics and Migration Patterns of Households
Residing in the New Extension Townships of Mandalay City, Myanmar, after
the Economic Liberalization of 1988, pp. 109-126.
Morita, Y., Kamiya, C., Sasaki, T., Miyagi, T., Sugai, T., Yanagida, M.,
Furusawa, A. and Fujiwara, O. : Fluctuations of Fossil Pollen Asseemblages
from the Okute Basin, Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture,Central Japan: Vegetation
and Climate Records Since Marine Isotope Stage 9, pp. 195-210.
Research Note
Okumoto, Y. : Deciding Elementary School District Boundaries Using GIS
Applications and Publicly Available Data: Case Study of Chita Peninsula,
pp. 1-11.
Oda, T. : Governance of Preserving and Rebuilding an Ethnic Neighborhood
in San Francisco: A Focus on the Institutions and Actors, pp. 12-27.
Koizumi, R. : Spatial Patterns of Occupational Structure and Their Changes
in Tokyo Metropolitan Area, pp. 61-70.
Kuroki, T., Kawada, Y., Iso, N. and Kuroda, K. : Analyses of the Recent
Landform Changes Estimated from the Laser Data Obtained at Two Different
Times in Uminonakamichi, pp. 71-82.
Niwa, T. : Changing Spatial Patterns of Internal Migrations in Thailand
: Using NESDB Data, pp. 83-92.
Kushima, M. : Practices and Concept of Aizu-gaku : Focused on its Agents,
pp. 127-138.
Yamaguchi, Y., Esaki, Y. and Mats uyama, K. : Return Migration of New University
Graduates and their Job Seeking Processes : A Case Study of Shonai Region,
Yamagata Prefecture, pp. 211-221.
Forum
Kikuchi, R. and Suzuki, T. : An Index on the Scale of Heat-island at the
Hamlets and Towns, pp. 93-96.
Sudesiqin : A New Approach to Dairy Production in a Pastoral Region of
Inner Mongolia, pp. 139-142.
Ito, A. : Debris Hazards Caused by Heavy Rainfall around Pyroclastic Flow
Plateau in Kagoshima, Japan : A Study of Countermeasures, pp. 143-145.
Akojima, I. : Cultivated Field and Water in the Pampa of Nasca and its
environsCPeru, pp. 223-228.
Watanabe, Y. : Psychological Space on the Pampa of Nasca, pp. 229-233.
Honda, K. : A network between the Line Centers in the Pampa of Nasca, pp.
234-238.
Sakai, M. and Olano, J. : Construction Period of the Nasca Lines in the
Pampa of Nasca, pp. 239-242.
Akojima, I. : Nasca Lines did not Indicate the Underground Fault Line,
pp. 243-244.
Vol.61, 2009
Original Article
SASAKI, T. : Reorganization of Diversified Farming and Agricultural Characteristics in Watari Town,Miyagi Prefecture, pp. 1-18.
MATSUO, T. : The Corporative Entry of the shiitake Cultivation into Hokkaido
Prefecture and the Transformation of the Production Structure,pp. 89-108.
KANEKO, J. and NOJIRI, W. : Spatial Patterns of Pickup and Delivery Services
by Motorcycles in the Tokyo and Osaka Metropolitan Areas, pp. 137-156.
SUGIURA, T.and ODA, T. : The Struggle over Place in an Ethnic Urban Space:An
Example from San Franciscofs Japantown,pp. 157-177.
Research Note
ENDO, M. : Residential Stability Time and Fluid Residential Groupings of
the Ainu Hunter Gatherers in the Mitsuisi District of Hokkaido,Japan in
Mid-Nineteenth Century, pp. 19-37.
MIYAMOTO, M. : Rock Weathering at a Snowpatch Site in the Daisetsu Mountains,Japan:Measurements of Weight-loss in Tuff Blocks by Field Experiments, pp. 38-48.
MISHIMA, Y. ,HIGAKI, D. and MAKITA, H. : Relationship between Microtopography and Plants in a Small Landslide Area in the Shirakami Mountains, pp. 109-118.
NOMURA, Y. and YOSHIDA, K. : Components of Image and its Factors in Tokyo
Disney Land, pp. 225-233.
Short Report
YOSHIKI, T. and TOYOSHIMA, M. :Ages of Debris Flow Deposits of the Omisakasawa Alluvial Fan at the Foot of Iwate Volcano,Northeastern Japan, pp. 119-123.
YAMAGUCHI, Y. : Press Reports on MunicipalitiesfPopulation Projection of
Tohoku Region, pp. 234-238.
Forum
YONECHI, F. : On the Chinese and Japanese Translation of PlacenamegPacific
Oceanh, pp. 239-244.
Before Vol.60, 2008
Secretariat of the TOHOKU GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION
E-mail tgajim@gmai.com
Web-site http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/tga/index-e.html
Post c/o
Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University,
980-8578 Sendai, Japan
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