Domestic Travel
Visiting Akanehama Seaside Park and Beach in Tokyo Bay in April 2023
A tour of Akanehama Seaside Park was held on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Under the spring weather, the tour was conducted as an activity of the Habitat Creation Project Team (PT) under the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo-Bay Restoration under the guidance of the Narashino Marine Conservation Organization. In the morning, Dr. Sasaki participated in a meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the New Narashino Community Center in Narashino City, where he introduced the project "Improvement of Sediment Quality of Spawning Ground for Marbled flounder," a policy proposal of the PT. This project is not well known locally, even though it has been implemented in the sea area before Akanehama. Dr. […]
Field survey of sediment, benthic organisms, and spawning site of Marbled flounder off Akanehama, Tokyo Bay, in December 2022
On December 27, 2022, in collaboration with the Habitat Creation Project Team under the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo-Bay Restoration and the Chiba Prefectural Fisheries Research Center, we conducted a survey of spawning grounds for marbled flounder, including bottom sediment and benthic habitats, off Akanehama in northern Tokyo Bay. This survey was conducted based on a policy proposal from the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo-Bay Restoration to the Tokyo Bay Regeneration Promotion Council (WEB of Ministry of Land, Infrastracture, Transport and Tourism followed by an implemented project WEB of Kanto Regional Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and WEB of the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo-Bay Restoration). […]
Prof Changsheng CHEN's seminar at Osaka University in October 2022
On October 27th, 2022, Project Professor Changsheng CHEN (Montgomery Charter Chair Professor at Massachusetts University) gave a seminar at Osaka University. We would like to thank Professor Masayasu IRIE and everyone else involved for their support. Seminar After the seminar, we visited Dotonbori, Osaka, followed by a social gathering.
Lab's trip to Lake Kawaguchi in October 2022
We went on a laboratory trip for the first time in several years from October 21st to 22nd, 2022. It was at Lake Kawaguchi. Professor Chen and his wife also participated. We stayed at a business hotel where everyone could stay in a private room as a measure against the COVID-19. We went from Akihabara to Kawaguchiko Station by highway bus and then moved by rental cars. Lunch barbecue at Kawaguchiko Craft Park. Group photo with Mt. Fuji in the background Room at Noborizaka Hotel Fugaku Wind Cave Asagiri Plateau Asagiri Food Park Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station Mt. Fuji 5th Station View of Lake Yamanaka from Mt. Fuji 5th […]
Field survey in the Fukido River mangrove on Ishigaki Island in the summer of 2022
We conducted a one-month field survey in the Fukido River mangrove forest in Ishigaki Island again in the summer of 2022; Nakamura (D2) and Phyo (M2) were major contributors. We again received supports from the Port and Airport Research Institute, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and Osaka Metropolitan University. This summer, we mainly investigated the process of inorganic carbon export from mangrove soils and the carbon cycle between mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs. We express our gratitude to the members of Fukui Prefectural University for their assistance in collecting and analyzing groundwater samples. We will continue our research to understand the whole picture of blue carbon in mangroves in […]
2019.8.26-27 Field visit in Ishigaki Island
A field visit in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was performed from August 26 to 27 organized by a committee on coral reef restoration by Fisheries Agency. We visited Research Center for Subtropical Fisheries, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research and Education Agency.
Field survey on spawning ground of marbled flounder in off-Akanehama, Tokyo Bay
The project team for creation of habitat under the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo Bay Restoration performed a field survey on spawning ground for marbled flounder collaborating with Chiba Prefectural Fishery Research Center in off-Akanehama of Tokyo Bay on December 25, 2018. The project team proposed a project for creation of spawning ground of marbled flounder and this survey is based on this project.
Tokyo Bay Festa 2018
On October 20th and 21st, Tokyo Bay Festa is being held in Yokohama. Our project team for creation of habitat under the Public-Private Cooperation Forum for Tokyo-Bay Restoration exhibit shellfishes in Tokyo Bay, quiz on Tokyo Bay, and panels showing the PT activities.