Abstract
This study firstly analyzes the characteristics of logistics flow network pattern to/from the logistics firms in different prefectures in Tokyo metropolitan area, and the different logistics flow patterns can be observed especially for agricultural and marine products. Secondly, the location choice model for logistics firms considering logistics flow conditions of each firm are developed by multinomial logit model. The estimated model indicates that the logistics flow condition (transport cost condition) has significant impact on the location choice and the explanatory power of the model can be enhanced significantly by considering it. Also, it is found that the impact of the logistics flow condition on the location choice differs depending on whether the goods origins and destinations are fixed or not.
