All four observation sites (Funabashi, Niigata, Fukuoka & Higashi-Osaka) for airborne pollen show some increase in the Cryptomeria japonica (Sugi) pollen count numbers, and the Funabashi site shows a notable increase during the last ten years. In 1995 the Niigata site experienced a sudden peak for the C. japonica pollen count. Following this there has been an upward tendency for slightly larger counts at this site. Generally larger peaks were also observed at the Fukuoka and Higashi-Osaka sites in 1995, although subsequent peaks have been less remarkable. For Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki) pollen counts in Fukuoka exceeded 4,000/cm^2/season in 1995 with further increases in subsequent years, and maximum counts of 5,000/cm^2/season for 2005. This upward tendency of C. obtusa pollen counts is further predicted to continue in Fukuoka. Comparing these data with other sites, there were a few surprisingly high pollen counts for C. obtusa in Niigata. Where, in the 2001, a maximum peak of barely 474/cm^2/season was recorded. In Funabashi, C. obtusa pollen counts varied by about 1,000/cm^2/season until 2004, but subsequently with a highest recorded peak level of 4,000/cm^2/season in 2011. In Higashi-Osaka pollen counts for C. obtusa varied by about 1,000/cm^2/season or less but, in 1995, a sudden peak exceeded 3,000/cm^2/season, showing a notable upward tendency.
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