Abstract
Research activities of the author in coastal oceanography are summarized by describing achievements in graduate school, the Hydrographic Department of the Japan Coast Guard, and the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, including their research environments. Oceanographic research and observations in the coastal waters promoted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, for which the author has been acting as one of the vice chairs since 2011, are also described mainly over the last20years, including the concept of Marine Spatial Planning.
