Abstract
Prior to the completion of the survey of soil types of arable land, managed by Section of Soils and Fertilizers, Nat. Inst. Agr. Scis., General Map of Soil Types in Japan is here compiled by author as a reconnaissance work. The map is originally of a scale of 1 : 800000,and shows the distribution of soil types, including soil associations, 15 in total. (see Table 1) Morphological characters of these soil types are referred to Table 2,on the Table some types not mapped are also tabulated.
