Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Hokkaido Region

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
The Soils of Japan

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series ((WSBS))

  • 500 Accesses

Abstract

Hokkaido, the northernmost island in Japan, is located on the border between temperate and subarctic zones. Dominant soils distributed in Hokkaido have a wide variety such as Andosols, Fluvic soils, Brown Forest soils, and Peat soils. Paddy, upland, vegetable, dairy farming, and animal husbandry are being practiced on large scales according to the characteristics of soils and weather conditions in each region. The goal of agriculture style in Hokkaido is environmentally friendly agriculture. It can sustainably produce safe, high-quality, and high-yield agricultural products in harmony with the regional and global environments. To promote the environmentally friendly agriculture, soil fertility management techniques based on fertilization standards and soil diagnosis have been developed, with considering nutrient supply derived from applied organic matter. It has been demonstrated that practicing these techniques makes it possible to minimize the environmental impact such as nutrient leaching and greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural lands.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) (2017) Nutrient management guide (RB209) Section2 p. 17. https://ahdb.org.uk/documents/RB209/RB209_Section2_WEB_2017-12-01.pdf (March, 2018)

  • Aguilos M, Takagi K et al (2013) Sustained large stimulation of soil heterotrophic respiration rate and its temperature sensitivity by soil warming in a cool-temperate forested peatland. Tellus B 65:20792. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20792

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Aguilos M, Takagi K et al (2014) Dynamics of ecosystem carbon balance recovering from a clear-cutting in a cool-temperate forest. Agric For Meteorol 197:26–39

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Akashi K, Konno K, Otsuka H (2005) Agronomic characters on green manures in Abashiri district of Hokkaido. Hokunou 72:30–35 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2006) Estimations of emission factors for fertilizer-induced direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Japan: summary of available data. Soil Sci Plant Nutri 52:774–787

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Akiyama H, Yan X, Yagi K (2009) Evaluation of effectiveness of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N2O and NO emissions from agricultural soils: meta-analysis. Glob Change Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02031.x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Arihara J, Karasawa T (2000) Effect of previous crops on arbuscular mycorrhizal formation and growth of succeeding maize. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 46:43–51

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Asami T, Kubota M, Minamizawa K (1988) Natural abundance of cadmium. Antimony, bismuth and some other heavy metals in Japanese soils. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59:197–199 (in Japanese)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Blandon MZD, Satoh F et al (1993) The mineral condition of soils and tree species in serpentine and non-serpentine areas of northern Hokkaido. Res Bulletin Hokkaido Univ Forest 51:1–13

    Google Scholar 

  • Committee on nomenclature of the pyroclastic deposit in Hokkaido (1974) Distribution of the late quaternary pyroclastic deposit in Hokkaido. Miscellaneous publication of the Hokkaido national agricultural experiment station, Japan

    Google Scholar 

  • Fifth Committee for Soil Classification and Nomenclature of Japanese Society of Pedology (2017) Soil classification system of Japan. (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Fueki N, Nakatsu S et al (2002) Cause of disorders in early stage of sugar beet growth cultivated by paper-pot planting and direct sowing in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 73:373–382

    Google Scholar 

  • Fueki N, Sato K, Nakatsu S (2010) Interpretation of soil mineral nitrogen by scoring organic matter and nitrogen management as an ‘N-score’ in the fields of Hokkaido before sugar beet planting. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 56:750–759

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Fujii S, Cornelissen JHC et al. (2018):Tree leaf and root traits mediate soil faunal contribution to litter decomposition across an elevational gradient. Functional Ecology, in press

    Google Scholar 

  • Furudate A, Otobe Y (2009) Application effects of cattle feces/marine waste mixture composts and sludge composts on cadmium contents of timothy (Phleum pretense L.) in Northern Hokkaido, Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:506–510 (in Japanese)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Furudate A, Yamagami M et al (2000) The effect of furrow application of liming materials on the growth of transplanted sugar beets. Hokunou 67:14–19

    Google Scholar 

  • Giesler R, Satoh F et al (2004) Microbialy available phosphorous in boreal forests: effects of aluminium and iron accumulation in the humus layer. Ecosystems 7:208–217

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goto E, Miura S et al. (2003) The present condition of chemical properties of paddy soils in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 74:475–483

    Google Scholar 

  • Hara K, Suda T, Watanobe K (2015) Evaluation of sensor-based variable rate nitrogen fertilization for winter wheat production. JSAM 77(6):485–493 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Hasegawa S, Tabuchi T (1995) Well facilitated paddy fields in Japan. In: Tabuchi T, Hasegawa S (eds) Paddy fields in the World. Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering, Tokyo, pp 103–124

    Google Scholar 

  • Hayashi T, Hikasa Y (2017) Fertile effects of cattle manures to tomato cultivations in greenhouse fields in cold regions. Hokunou 84:252–260 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Hayashi T, Nagao A (2010) A diagnostic method for measuring nitrogen in the subsoil to decrease the nitrate accumulation in Spinach. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 81:263–266 (in Japanese)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hayashi T, Hikasa Y, Nakazumi H (2004) Improved nitrogen application method based on the subsoil test under greenhouse conditions. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:617–621 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Hirata R, Miyata A et al (2013) Carbon dioxide exchange at four intensively managed grassland sites across different climate zones of Japan and the influence of manure application on ecosystem carbon and greenhouse gas budgets. Agric For Meteorol 177:57–68

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hirota T, Yazaki T et al. (2013) Soil frost control: its application to volunteer potato management in a cold region. In Imai R, Yoshida M, Matsumoto N (eds) Plant and microbe adaptations to cold in a changing world. Springer, New York, pp 51–61

    Google Scholar 

  • Hirota T, Iwata Y et al (2006) Decreasing soil-frost depth and its relation to climate change in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Jpn J Meteorol Soc Jpn 84:821–833

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hirota T, Usuki K et al (2011) Soil frost control: agricultural adaptation to climate variability in a cold region of Japan. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 16:791–802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-011-9296-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hishi T, Urakawa R et al (2014) Seasonality of factors controlling N mineralization rates among slope positions and aspects in cool-temperate deciduous natural forests and larch plantations. Biol Fertil Soils 50:243–356

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hojito M (1994) Studies on grassland acidification caused by fertilizer application and its effects on grass growth. Rep Hokkaido Prefectural Exp Stations 83:1–106 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hokkaido (2013) Contamination of groundwater with nitrate and nitrite nitrogen. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ks/jss/khz/mizukankyo/syou.htm

  • Hokkaido Clean Agriculture Promotion Committee (2017) Guidelines for the certification mark system for Northern clean agricultural products. Forms and formats. http://www.yesclean.jp/crop/d00.html

  • Hokkaido Government Agricultural Department (2015) Hokkaido fertilizer recommendations 2015. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ns/shs/clean/sehiguide2015.htm

  • Hokkaido Research Organization (2012) Analytical method for soil and crop nutrition diagnosis 2012. https://www.hro.or.jp/list/agricultural/center/bunseki2012/index.html

  • Hosobuchi Y, Hayashi T, Nakazumi H (2011) Estimation of cadmium balance in soils: load applied in fertilizer and compost and removal in edible and uneaten parts of vegetables. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 82:207–213 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Imura K (1987) Development of agriculture in Hokkaido and problems of soil and plant nutrition. In: Soil science and plant nutrition in Hokkaido agriculture, 1987, Hokunoukai, Sapporo, pp 1–8 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2016) Soil map of Hokkaido developed with the comprehensive soil classification system of Japan, first approximation: change of andosols distribution area in forest. JSSPN 87:184–192 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kanda T, Takata Y et al (2017) Development of the 1:50,000 digital soil map of cultivated soil in Japan according to the comprehensive soil classification system of Japan—first approximation. JSSPN 88:29–34 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Katayanagi N, Sawamoto T et al (2008) Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide fluxes from cornfield, grassland, pasture and forest in a watershed in Southern Hokkaido. Jpn Soil Sci Plant Nutri 54:662–680

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kawakami T, Makoto K (2017) Does an earthworm species acclimatize and/or adapt to soil calcium conditions? The consequence of soil nitrogen mineralization in forest soil. Ecol Res 32:603–610

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kayama M, Choi DS et al (2006) Comparison of growth characteristics and tolerance to serpentine soil of three ectomycorrhizal spruce seedlings in northern Japan. Trees Struct Funct 20:430–440

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kiso S, Kikuchi K (1988) Optimizing the application rates of nitrogen fertilizer on the basis of legume ratio in timothy (Phleum pratense L.) dominant meadows. Jpn J Grassl Sci 34:169–177 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kitagawa I, Tsukamoto Y (2014) Evaluation of technologies for sequestering carbon in agricultural land by using organic filter underdrains. Paddy Water Environ 12(Supp. 2):287–294

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kitagawa I, Takeuchi H et al (2008) The new drainage technology “Cutting Drain” of digging type mole drain. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 79:313–316 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kusa K, Sawamoto T, Hatano R (2002) Nitrous oxide emissions for 6 years from a gray lowland soil cultivated with onions in Hokkaido. Jpn Nutr Cycl Agroecosys 63:239–247

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Land bureau, National land agency (1975–1979) Land classification map 01 (Hokkaido I ~ VIII) (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Lee M-S, Mo WH, Koizumi H (2006) Soil respiration of forest ecosystems in Japan and global implications. Ecol Res 21:828–839

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto T (2008) Studies on the fertility management of timothy sward based on use of dairy cattle manures evaluated as available nutrients. Report of Hokkaido Pref. Agric Exp Stn 121:1–61 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto T, Tou S (2006) Risk assessment of nitrate pollution in groundwater based on the environmental nitrogen-assimilation capacity of agricultural lands in Hokkaido. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 77:17–24 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto T, Tamura T et al (2002) Simple estimation method for nutrients content in dairy cattle manure. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 73:169–173 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Matsunaka T, Saigusa T et al (2009) Decision support system for application of manure and fertilizer to grassland and forage corn field based on nutrient recycling. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:177–182 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Matsushita K, Igarashi Y, Ueda Y (1985) Genesis and transfiguration of the Ishikari peat-land in Hokkaido. Rep Geol Surv Hokkaido 57:71–88

    Google Scholar 

  • Miki N (1993) Study on the effective application of nitrogen fertilizer to cutting sward based on evaluation of soil nitrogen release in Tenpoku district. Rep Hokkaido Prefectural Exp Stations 79:1–98 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Miki N, Higashida S et al (1987) Potassium application to orchardgrass sward corresponding with soil potassium fertility in heavy clay soil of tenpoku district. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 58:758–761 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2017) Ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, water quality hydrology database. http://www1.river.go.jp

  • Mizuno N (2001) Studies on soil characterization of conductive soil and suppressing method for potato common scab. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 72:327–330 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Mori A, Hojito M (2012) Effect of combined application of manure and fertilizer on N2O fluxes from a grassland soil in Nasu. Jpn Agric Ecosyst Environ 160:40–50

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morisada K, Ono K, Kanomata H (2004) Organic carbon stock in forest soils in Japan. Geoderma 119:21–32

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nakamoto H (2007) Assessment for risk of groundwater contamination caused by nitrate and reduction measures for reduction on onion fields etc. Agric Hortic 82:482–488 (in Japanese)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nakamura Y, Fujikawa T et al (1970) Distribution and dynamics of some forest soil animals in Hokkaido. J Jap For Soc 52:80–88 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Nakatsu S, Tamura H (2008) Effects of thirty years continuous application of organic materials (bark manure and crop residues) on total carbon, total nitrogen and physical characteristics of upland field soil in light colored andosol in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 79:139–145 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nakatsu S, Higashida S, Sawazaki A (2004) Easy estimation method for plow pan and effect of improved pan breaking. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:265–268

    Google Scholar 

  • Naser HM, Nagata O et al (2007) Methane emissions from five paddy fields with different amounts of rice straw application in central Hokkaido. Jpn Soil Sci Plant Nutr 53:95–101

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nishimune A, Sekiya S (1999) Hokkaido agriculture in the expansion phase. In: Soil science and plant nutrition in Hokkaido agriculture, 1999. Hokunoukai, Sapporo. (in Japanese). pp 1–5

    Google Scholar 

  • Niwa K, Yokobori J et al (2016) The monitoring of soil information within an agricultural field using low altitude remote sensing. Water Land Environ Eng 84:749–752 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ogawa A, Shibata H et al (2006) Relationship of topography to surface water chemistry with particular focus on nitrogen and organic carbon solutes within a forested watershed in Hokkaido. Jpn Hydrol Process 20:251–265

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ohmura K, Kiso S, Sekijyo T (1985) Influences of manuring management on changes in productivity and nutritional environment of volcanic ashy grassland. Bulletin Hokkaido Prefectural Agric Exp Stations 52:65–76 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohtomo R, Sakai O et al (2015) Reduced phosphate fertilization to soybean cultivation in Hokkaido considering crop rotation sequence. Jap J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 86:549–552

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Oka N, Karasawa T, Okazaki K, Takebe M (2010) Maintenance of soybean yield with reduced phosphorus application by previous cropping with mycorrhizal plants. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 56:824–830

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Okumura M, Yamagami M, Higashida S (1997) Rotation term and sequence in upland crops for effective soil management. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 68:331–335 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Onodera M, Nakamoto H, Okumura M (2004) Soil management based on microbial activity (α-glucosidase activity) in clay soil of vegetable field. New research results Hokkaido. (in Japanese). pp 113–119

    Google Scholar 

  • Park JH, Duan L et al (2010) Potential effects of climate change and variability on watershed biogeochemical processes and water quality in Northeast Asia. Environ Int 36:212–225

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Saigusa T, Noshiro M (1990) K and P application on grassland corresponding to the properties of andosols popular in eastern Hokkaido, Transactions of the 14th international congress of soil science, vol IV, pp 714–715

    Google Scholar 

  • Saigusa T, Hojito M, Noshiro M (1997) Effects of Zinc and Cupper application on timothy grasslands on andosols in Konsen district. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 68:453–457 (in Japanese)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Saigusa T, Hojito M, Noshiro M (1999) Effects of Zinc application on timothy (Phleum pratense L.) grasslands in Konsen district. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 70:10–18

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sakuma T (1987) Agricultural zone and land use. In: Soil science and plant nutrition in Hokkaido agriculture, 1987. Hokunoukai, Sapporo. (in Japanese). pp 1–8

    Google Scholar 

  • Satoh F, Imai H, Okajima H (1982) Ionic composition of soil solutions separated from forest soils and the stability of clay minerals in terms of chemical equilibrium. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 53:219–226 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Satoh F, Sakuma T, Okajima H (1990) A toposequence of fine textured soils in the hilly area of the northernmost part of Hokkaido, I. Morphological Phys-Chem Prop Soil Sci Plant Nutr 36:9–21

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shibata H (2016) Impact of winter climate change on nitrogen biogeochemistry in forest ecosystems: a synthesis from Japanese case studies. Ecol Indic 65:4–9

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shibata H, Sugawara O et al (2004) Nitrogen dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a forested stream during a small storm, Hokkaido. Jpn Biogeochem 69:83–104

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shimizu M, Hatano R et al. (2014) Chapter 33—Mitigation effect of farmyard manure application on greenhouse gas emissions from managed grasslands in Japan. In Hartemink AE, McSweeney K (eds) Soil carbon. Springer. pp 313–325

    Google Scholar 

  • Shimizu M, Hatano R et al (2013) The effect of fertilizer and manure application on CH4 and N2O emissions from managed grasslands in Japan. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59:69–86

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sugikawa Y, Goto E, Asaka D (2009) Application standard of lime-treated sewage sludge compost for paddy rice in Hokkaido. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:530–533 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki K, Shiga H (2004) The maximum permissible amount of nitrogen input into an andisol upland field in Abashiri area assessed by percolate nitrate concentration. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:45–52 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • The Hokkaido Research Organization, Agricultural Research Department, Central Agricultural Experiment Station, etc. (2014) Status and changes of the properties and the storage amount of carbon of cultivated soil in Hokkaido (1959 ~ 2011). (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Uchida T, Kaneko N et al (2004) Analysis of the feeding ecology of earthworms (Megascolecidae) in Japanese forests using gut content fractionation and δ15 N and δ13C stable isotope natural abundances. Appl Soil Ecol 27:153–163

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wakasugi K, Fujimori S (2006) Developed of efficient construction of sloped farm field. Tech Rep Natl Inst Rural Eng Jpn 204:195–202 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Watanabe T, Fukuzawa K, Shibata H (2013) Temporal changes in litterfall, litter decomposition and their chemical composition in Sasa dwarf bamboo in a natural forest ecosystem of northern Japan. J For Res 18:129–138

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Woli KP, Nagumo T, Hatano R (2002) Evaluating impact of land use and N budgets on stream water quality in Hokkaido, Japan. Nutr Cycl Agro Ecosyst 63:175–184

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yamasaki S, Kimura K et al (2009) Cadmium concentrations in soils of Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 80:30–36 (in Japanese with English summary)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yazaki T, Hirota T et al (2013) Effective killing of volunteer potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers by soil frost control using agrometeorological information—An adaptive countermeasure to climate change in a cold region. Agric For Meteorol 182–183:91–100

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Tomoyoshi Hirota

    Present address: Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Agricultural Research Department, Hokkaido Research Organization, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Toshiro Nakatsuji, Harunobu Takeuchi, Yasutaka Tsukamoto, Eiji Gotou, Yuji Watanabe, Michihiko Sakurai, Nobuhiko Fueki, Tetsuo Hayashi, Masami Sakaguchi, Tetsuo Yagi, Osamu Sakai, Yukio Hosobuchi, Takehiko Matsumoto, Daiji Asaka, Hiroshi Nakamoto & Masayuki Onodera

  2. HOKUREN Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hiroyuki Shiga & Yuji Hikasa

  3. College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Toshiya Saigusa & Takuji Sawamoto

  4. Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Fuyuki Satoh, Hideaki Shibata, Kentaro Takagi & Makoto Kobayashi

  5. Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Ryusuke Hatano & Kanta Kuramochi

  6. Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Osamu Nagata, Tomoyoshi Hirota, Ryo Ohtomo & Norikuni Oka

  7. Zukosha Co., Ltd, Obihiro City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Katsuhisa Niwa

  8. Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Public Works Research Institute, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Mariko Shimizu

  9. Research Center for Global Agromedicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro City, Hokkaido, Japan

    Rintaro Kinoshita & Masayuki Tani

  10. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

    Jiwan Palta

Authors
  1. Toshiro Nakatsuji
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hiroyuki Shiga
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Harunobu Takeuchi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yasutaka Tsukamoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Eiji Gotou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Yuji Watanabe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Michihiko Sakurai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Nobuhiko Fueki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Yuji Hikasa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Tetsuo Hayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Masami Sakaguchi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Toshiya Saigusa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. Tetsuo Yagi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. Osamu Sakai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  15. Fuyuki Satoh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  16. Hideaki Shibata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  17. Kentaro Takagi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  18. Makoto Kobayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  19. Ryusuke Hatano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  20. Takuji Sawamoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  21. Kanta Kuramochi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  22. Yukio Hosobuchi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  23. Osamu Nagata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  24. Takehiko Matsumoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  25. Daiji Asaka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  26. Hiroshi Nakamoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  27. Masayuki Onodera
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  28. Katsuhisa Niwa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  29. Mariko Shimizu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  30. Tomoyoshi Hirota
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  31. Ryo Ohtomo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  32. Norikuni Oka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  33. Rintaro Kinoshita
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  34. Jiwan Palta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  35. Masayuki Tani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Toshiro Nakatsuji .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Ryusuke Hatano

  2. Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Hitoshi Shinjo

  3. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Yusuke Takata

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Nakatsuji, T. et al. (2021). Hokkaido Region. In: Hatano, R., Shinjo, H., Takata, Y. (eds) The Soils of Japan. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5_5

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation