Geographical Review of Japan
Online ISSN : 2185-1719
Print ISSN : 0016-7444
ISSN-L : 0016-7444
Volume 28, Issue 4
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  • Toyoji TANAKA
    1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 159-170
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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    The author studied the modernization of fishing industry in the San-in district and the influence of the fishing undertaken by enterprising capitalists on the minor coastal fishing. The results may be summerized as follows:
    1. The medium trawler, the horse-mackerel and mackerel purse seine and the sardine purse seine are to be regarded as the capitalistic in this district.
    2. The trawl fishery was established in both Tajima coast and Iwaini coast about 1930. Trawlers went to fishing towards the southeastern coast of Shikhote-Alin (Brimoskaya). Returning back to this seaside after the war II, they get 30% of the total haul in the district.
    3. The purse seine fishery, originated in Wakasa province, had-remained too oldfahioned to assure a good haul till 1945. But the improvement in fishing methods by being furnished with fish detector, rador and wireless has brought about a rapid increase in the catch amounting to over 50% of the total
    4. As the fishing grounds are lying near to each other and the fisting objects are the same, the coastal fishing has been gradually compelled to suffer from the oppression of the trawl and the seine fishery with greater capital. and superior shill. Hence the decline of the coastal fishing and the disintegration of the economy of the fishing villages.
    5. At the same time, comb-out of the fishing ports has been made. The port lying nearer from the fishing grounds, with better facilities for transpo-rtation and backed up with a bigger market has noly thrived. Now, Sakai and Hamada are the two central ports of the capitalistic fishing and the principal markets of the haul in this district.
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  • Chuhei KAWAMOTO
    1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 170-182
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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    1) The farmers of the rice-producing villages in the Kitakami valley are driven into an unoccupied period in winter due to the long-lasting snowcover which makes land production difficult or impossible to be carried out.
    2) In order to make this non-productive period profitable or to utilize the unoccupied lab corers, the following two ways have been practically adopted: (a) To make efforts in winter cropping by using upland fields and paddy fields, as is carried on in the D and E regions (Fig 2) where the duration of snow-coyer is less than 80 days. (b) To engage in labours other than those for land production in the regions where the snow covers the ground for more than 80 days. 3) In the case of (b) two types are distingished: (b1) In the regions where there is a labour-market, the percentage of emigrants is not high, as in the A rgion (Fig. 2) where labours are needed for charcoal making and mining, and in the D and B regions (Fig. 2) where the provincial cities make labour-markets. (b2) In the regions where there is no labour-market, the percentage of emigrants is high. as in the B and C regions (Fig. 2)
    4) The regional difference in emigrants percentage (Fig. 1) is considered tc be the resultant of these factors above-mentioned.
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  • SOME PROBLEMES ON REGIONAL STRUCTURE
    Tokuji CHIBA
    1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 182-192
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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    1. From the first period of 18th. Century, citizen of Okayama suffered from lack of fuel. This was caused by salt-manufacture which absorbed the fuel from the northern hills where the greater part of of fuels for this fudal teritory was produced. Because at that time the salt-manufacturing developed into a capitalistic industry of comparatively large scale. In spite of the effort of magistrate of Okayama City, fuel could not be supplied to citizen at cheaper price.
    2. In 1.9th. Century, salt manufacture absorbed more and more labour from farming villages and capitalistic salters were in league with the executives of the Okayama Clan to corner in fuel. So the executives could not deal the matter as good as it was hoped by people. In this period, inhabitants of the Setouch Coast and the Okayama Plain bought the fuel secretly cut from the common forests by poor farmers. In old times, there would have been some habits in rural communities of Japan to help the poors by allowing the use of common land or giving something to them. Following these habits the secret hewing made by them also seems to be connived. Thus the hills made up of granitic rocks were increasingly denuded especially in the common forests which were the only source of income for the poors. In addition, these districts have the least precipitation in Japan, which makes the restoration of natural vegetation difficult. Thus some of the denuded hills remain as bare hills in these districts to date. As to fertilizer, these economic and social coditions brought about the same results.
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  • Shiro KANEKO
    1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 192-198
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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    (1) The conspicuous fault topographies, as terminal facets, kernbuts and kerncols, Hara topography were observed on the eastern foots of the Mt. Nan. sho, Azumane and Uwandaira as shown in Fig. 1., 2 and 3.
    (2) The geologic evidences related to these fault were found at the locations 1_??_12 in Fig. 1, 4, 5. The fault planes generally dip to the west. The Mt. Kuromnori fault and Mt. Nansho fault seem to be high angle reverse faults.
    (3) The age of the faulting are classified in two periods: the one may be Post-Shiwa bed (pleistocene), and the other Pre-Shiwa bed. The Mt. Nansho, Mt. Uwandaira and Mt. Kusai faults belong to the former, and Mt. Kuromori fault to the latter.
    In brief, the Morioka fault group played an important role in the formation of the Kitakami basin, and its movement took placed in recent age.
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  • 1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 199-202
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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  • 1955 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 202-207_1
    Published: April 01, 1955
    Released on J-STAGE: December 24, 2008
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