研究者基本情報

氏名

• 氏名

  Norimasa TAKAYAMA

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所属・職名

• Department of Tourism and Community Development, Professor

学位

• 31 Mar. 2011, 博士（心身健康科学）, 人間総合科学大学, 農学関係・医学関係, 甲第6号, 森林浴の心理的効果と利用者の個人特性との関連の解明に関する研究 : 健常者の神経症傾向に配慮した効果の高い森林浴プログラムおよび森林環境の提案
• 13 May 2007, 博士（農学）, 東京大学, 農学関係, 乙第16764号, 生活域の自然環境が身近な森林に対する評価と行動に与える影響に関する研究
• 29 Mar. 2000, 修士（農学）, 東京大学, 農学関係, 修農第4279号, 自然眺望景観における評価構造の地域差に関する考察
• Mar. 2025, 学士（心身健康科学）, 人間総合科学大学
• Mar. 1998, 学士（農学）, 宇都宮大学

職歴

• Apr. 2026, 9999, Kokugakuin University, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development Department of Tourism and Community Development, Professor
• Apr. 2025, 9999
• Apr. 2013, 9999, Cabinet Office
• Nov. 2025, Mar. 2026
• Apr. 2022, Mar. 2026, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Management Research Department, Team Leader (Forest Space Utilization Promotion)
• Feb. 2018, Mar. 2026
• May 2016, Mar. 2026, University of Tsukuba, School of Science and Engineering, College of Policy and Planning Sciences
• Apr. 2014, Mar. 2026, The University of Tokyo
• Apr. 2020, Mar. 2022
• Apr. 2015, Mar. 2022, Taisho University
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020
• Apr. 2017, Mar. 2018, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Department of Forest management, Senior Researcher
• Apr. 2013, Mar. 2018, Joshibi University of Art and Design, College of Art and Design
• Apr. 2012, Mar. 2018
• Apr. 2015, Mar. 2017, 国立研究開発法人森林総合研究所
• Apr. 2008, Mar. 2015, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Apr. 2002, Mar. 2008, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

本学就任年月日

• 01 Apr. 2026

研究分野

• Health sciences of Mind and Body
• of a Forest Environmental Psychology
• Health and Rest Function
• Healing Effect
• Bathing in Forest Atmosphere

研究活動

論文

• “Feelings toward Nature” Among Users of Forest Rental Business:, Keita Otsuka; Naomi Shimpo; Yuki Sakamoto; Yusuke Mizuuchi; Kimisato Oda; Norimasa Takayama; Asako Miyamoto; Shoma Jingu; Kazushige Yamaki, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 108, 2, 52, 60, 20 Feb. 2026, The Japanese Forest Society

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• Relationships Between Spatial Metrics and Forest Landscape Beauty Across Viewing Distance Zones: Implications for Forest Management in Ino Town, Japan, Xinrui Zheng; Norimasa Takayama, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 15 (2026), 2, 64, 02 Feb. 2026

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• Development of Evaluation and Prediction Methods for Forest Scenery Using Forest Resource Information:, Norimasa Takayama; Xinrui Zheng; Yusuke Yamada; Yuichi Yamaura, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 108, 1, 8, 19, 20 Jan. 2026, The Japanese Forest Society, Previous evaluation studies of forest landscapes have generally been conducted by directing evaluators to specific viewpoints, either in a laboratory using photographs or outdoors using real landscapes as stimuli. However, a limitation of these methods is that while they capture evaluative data for specific scenes, collecting information across a broad area remains difficult. By leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-source forest resource data provided by local governments, it is possible to develop methods that predict evaluators' perceptions of the surrounding forest landscape (the visual environment within a defined spatial area) on a regional scale. Such an approach would address existing methodological challenges and contribute significantly to regional landscape management, aesthetic forestry, and local silvicultural planning. In this study, an improved model was developed based on existing evaluation models. By refining these models using forest resource data from private forests, this research enables a more accurate and broad-scale prediction and visualization of the evaluation potential for coniferous plantations and broad-leaved secondary forests from any given viewpoint. Furthermore, the accuracy of the improved model was verified through a comparative analysis with previous models and the results of newly conducted psychological surveys.

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• Determinants of Manual Compliance Behavior Among Forestry Workers: Effects of Personality Traits, Demographic Attributes and Experiences., Norimasa TAKAYAMA; Wataru TANAKA; Xinrui ZHENG; Keitaro SASADA; Nobuyuki TSUZUKI, Papers on Environmental Information Science, 39, 2025, 115, 120, Dec. 2025
• Effects of forest animal sounds on physiological and subjective responses in young women, Shiori Akaogi; Takayuki Sako; Norimasa Takayama; Ryohei Satoh; Aiko Watanabe; Hiroko Eda-Fujiwara, Acoustical Science and Technology, e25.54, Sep. 2025, Acoustical Society of Japan

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• Forest bathing improves inflammatory markers, SpO2 and subjective symptoms related to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in male subjects at risk of developing COPD., Qing Li; Norimasa Takayama; Yukako Kimura; Hiroshi Takayama; Shigeyoshi Kumeda; Takashi Miura; Tsunemi Kitagawa; Yoichiro Aoyagi; Michiko Imai, Journal of occupational health, 17 Jul. 2025, BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.5 million deaths in 2021. Effective preventive measures are needed. Forest bathing has been reported to have positive effects on the immune system. In addition, the clean air, mild climate, phytoncides, high oxygen concentration, and other elements of forests are expected to have benefits on respiratory diseases such as COPD. Based on the above background, this study used a randomized crossover design to examine the improving effects of forest bathing on inflammatory markers and subjective symptoms related to COPD. METHODS: Thirty male subjects aged 63.1 ± 7.5 years were recruited after obtaining informed consent. These subjects participated in day trips to a Japanese cypress forest park and to a city area of Nagano Prefecture as a control in June 2024. Blood samples were taken in the afternoon of each day before and after the walks. Concentrations of α1-antitrypsin (α1-AT), C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in blood were measured. Percutaneous oxygen saturation (SpO2), the profile of mood states (POMS), and questionnaires for subjective fatigue and respiratory symptoms and sleep quality were carried out before and after each trip. RESULTS: Forest bathing significantly decreased the concentrations of blood CRP, α1-AT, IL-6 and fibrinogen, significantly increased SpO2 and reduced subjective fatigue and respiratory symptoms, improved sleep and the scores of positive feelings and reduced the scores for negative emotions in POMS. CONCLUSIONS: Forest bathing may improve inflammatory markers, SpO2 and subjective symptoms related to COPD.

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• Unveiling Key Factors Shaping Forest Interest and Visits: Toward Effective Strategies for Sustainable Forest Use, Kimisato Oda; Kazushige Yamaki; Asako Miyamoto; Keita Otsuka; Shoma Jingu; Yuichiro Hirano; Mariko Inoue; Toshiya Matsuura; Kazuhiko Saito; Norimasa Takayama, Forests, 16, 5, 714, Apr. 2025

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• Forestry workers’ awareness of safe behavior and technical acquisition, TANAKA Wataru; SASADA Keitaro; INOMATA Yuta; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; ONDA Nariaki; KATADA Haruna; YAMAGUCHI Hiroko; TSUZUKI Nobuyuki, Kanto Journal of Forest Research, 76, 1, 5, 8, 31 Mar. 2025
• Impacts of Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) in Female Participants with Depression/Depressive Tendencies, Qing Li; Norimasa Takayama; Masao Katsumata; Hiroshi Takayama; Yukako Kimura; Shigeyoshi Kumeda; Takashi Miura; Tetsuya Ichimiya; Ruei Tan; Haruka Shimomura; Amane Tateno; Tsunemi Kitagawa; Yoichiro Aoyagi; Michiko Imai, Diseases, 13, 4, 100, Mar. 2025

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• The image of ‘forest’ use based on social media data : a comparison with ‘park’, Kazuko KOGA; Norimasa TAKAYAMA, 24, 1, 1, 13, Mar. 2025

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• Social Media as a Lens for Citizen Science: Investigating Visitor Contributions in a Forest Recreational Area, Shoma Jingu; Yui Ogawa; Kazushige Yamaki; Asako Miyamoto; Norimasa Takayama, Sustainability, 16, 13, 5804, 5804, 08 Jul. 2024, MDPI AG, The primary challenge in collecting biodiversity information using citizen science is to encourage a diverse range of people to participate. This is crucial in fostering a Nature Positive society. Social media approaches have the potential to engage not only nature lovers but also a wider range of citizens, including those indifferent to nature. However, current understanding of the traits of individuals who contribute to widely prevalent social media platforms is limited and insufficient. This study focuses on individuals who contribute to a forest recreational area and the photos they share on a popular social media platform; it sheds light on the untapped potential of social media as a source of citizen science data and contributor sources. We developed a taxonomy of 22 classifications for 1066 photographs that illustrate human–ecosystem interactions and identified the relationship between these subjects and the history of social media activities of the 136 photo contributors. Our findings indicate that different behavioral styles exist among different types of visitors regarding their posting behavior and associated forest recreation types. This can encourage future contributions to the recruitment of citizen scientists and the collection of biodiversity information at small spatial scales.

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• Effects and Its Sustainability of Health Tour Utilizing Local Forest Spaces on Physical, Mental Health and Well-being: Results from a Survey Conducted in FY2021 in the Inokashira District of Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka, Japan, a Model Region for Forest-related Service Industries, 高山範理; 木俣知大; 落合博子; 木村理砂; 酒井健一; 天野亮, 日本森林学会誌, 106, 2, 2024
• Conflicts among ecosystem services may depend on environmental awareness: a multi-municipality analysis, Yusuke Yamada; Yuichi Yamaura; Katsuto Shimizu; Wataru Murakami; Kazuki Nanko; Norimasa Takayama, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 14 Sep. 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP), Abstract Timber and non-timber ecosystem services (ESs) of forests can have trade-offs. These trade-offs are often influenced by local characteristics, and a higher awareness of local ESs among the location population could support forest management to supply ESs sustainably. This study examines trade-offs among timber and non-timber ESs in three adjacent municipalities in Japan where social contexts differ and discusses them in relation to the environmental awareness of each community. First, we explored the local awareness of the population of ESs in interviews. Then we produced maps of landslide prevention, sediment retention, and forest recreation ESs in plantations at 30-m resolution and classified forests according to evaluations of each ES. We overlaid the ES maps with a map of logging locations from the previous 5 years to calculate the logged ratio for each ES class. In a region with a long history of forestry, where awareness of ESs seems to be high, forests providing a wider range of ESs had a lower logged ratio than forests with lower ESs. In contrast, in a region in which contracted foresters from outside of that region were coordinating logging activities, even forests providing numerous ES had a high logged ratio. Thus, increasing awareness of ESs amongst the local population may lead to a more balanced use of ESs. Our results indicate that local governments would be best placed to raise awareness by educating forest enterprises or providing science-based information on ESs to foresters. We conclude that analyses of local ES trade-offs under consideration of the social context as presented here, is the first step towards developing and maintaining sustainable forest management principles.

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• Report on the 133nd Annual JFS Meeting Workshop “Gather! Forest of Conference”, Takada Noriyo; Iwanaga Seiji; Kimura Megumi; Yamagawa Hiromi; Nanko Kazuki; Takeuchi Hiroe; Takayama Norimasa, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 105, 5, 187, 190, 01 May 2023, The Japanese Forest Society

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• 17, 1, 14, 28, 2023
• Alleviating Surgeons' Stress through Listening to Natural Sounds in a Half-Encapsulated Rest Space after an Operation: A Pilot, Longitudinal Field Study., Yasushi Suko; Tomoharu Shindo; Kaoru Saito; Norimasa Takayama; Shin'ichi Warisawa; Tetsuya Sakuma; Masaaki Ito; Pasi Kytölä; Tapio Nummi; Kalevi Korpela, International journal of environmental research and public health, 19, 19, 05 Oct. 2022, BACKGROUND: Natural sounds are reportedly restorative, but most research has used one-off experiments conducted in artificial conditions. Research based on field experiments is still in its infancy. This study aimed to generate hypotheses on the restorative effects of listening to natural sounds on surgeons, representing professionals working in stressful conditions. METHODS: Each of four surgeons (two experts and two residents) participated six times in an experiment where they took a 10-min break listening to natural sounds (four times) or without natural sounds (twice) after a surgical operation. We measured their skin conductance level, an indicator of sympathetic arousal, continuously during the break (measurement occasions N = 2520) and assessed their mood using two questionnaires before and after the break (N = 69 and N = 42). We also interviewed them after the break. RESULTS: Based on statistical Linear Mixed-Effects modeling, we developed two hypotheses for further, more detailed studies: (H1) Listening to natural sounds after an operation improves surgeons' mood. (H2) Inexperienced surgeons' tension persists so long that the effect of natural sounds on their sympathetic arousal is negligible. CONCLUSIONS: This risk-free, easy-to-use means of stress alleviation through natural sounds could benefit highly-stressed people working indoors.

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• Exploring the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Digital Shinrin-Yoku and Its Characteristics as a Restorative Environment., Norimasa Takayama; Takeshi Morikawa; Kazuko Koga; Yoichi Miyazaki; Kenichi Harada; Keiko Fukumoto; Yuji Tsujiki, International journal of environmental research and public health, 19, 3, 21 Jan. 2022, This study investigated the physiological and psychological therapeutic effects of a digital Shinrin-yoku environment constructed indoors in an urban facility as well as the characteristics of the environment that contribute to restorativeness (restorative traits). We measured the fluctuations in the physical and mental states of 25 subjects by obtaining both before-after measurements and continuous measurements while exposed to a digital Shinrin-yoku environment that reproduced visual, auditory, and olfactory elements. The results demonstrated that the parasympathetic nerve activity was significantly increased and that the heart rate was significantly decreased during the exposure compared with that during the resting state. As for mood, five of the six Profile of Mood States (POMS) scales ("Tension-Anxiety," "Depression," "Anger-Hostility," "Fatigue," and "Confusion") were significantly decreased after the experience. In addition, psychological restorative effects were also confirmed, with a significant decrease in "negative affect" (measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)) and a significant increase in the sense of restorativeness (Restorative Outcome Scale (ROS)) after the experience. In contrast, comparing the digital Shinrin-yoku environment with the actual forest environment and the urban environment using POMS, PANAS, ROS, and Perceived Restorativeness Scale (PRS), the psychological effects and environmental traits of the digital Shinrin-yoku were found to be considerably similar to those of the actual forest environment.

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• Effects of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) on serotonin in serum, depressive symptoms and subjective sleep quality in middle-aged males., Qing Li; Hiroko Ochiai; Toshiya Ochiai; Norimasa Takayama; Shigeyoshi Kumeda; Takashi Miura; Yoichiro Aoyagi; Michiko Imai, Environmental health and preventive medicine, 27, 44, 44, 2022, BACKGROUND: We previously found that a forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) program significantly reduced the scores for depression, anxiety, anger, fatigue, and confusion and increased the score for vigor in the profile of mood states (POMS) test and showed a potential preventive effect on the depressive status in both males and females. In the present study, we investigated the effects of a forest bathing program on the level of serotonin in serum, depressive symptoms and subjective sleep quality in middle-aged males. METHODS: Twenty healthy male subjects aged 57.3 ± 8.4 years were selected after obtaining informed consent. These subjects took day trips to a forest park, the birthplace of forest bathing in Japan named Akasawa Shizen Kyuyourin, Agematsu, Nagano Prefecture (situated in central Japan), and to an urban area of Nagano Prefecture as a control in June 2019. On both trips, they walked 2.5 km for 2 hours each in the morning and afternoon on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Blood was sampled in the afternoon before and after each trip. Concentrations of serotonin and lactic acid in serum were measured. The POMS test and a questionnaire for subjective sleep quality were conducted before and after the trips. Ambient temperature and humidity were monitoring during the trips. The Ethics Committees of the Nippon Medical School and Nagano Prefectural Kiso Hospital approved this study. RESULTS: The forest bathing program significantly increased level of serotonin in serum, and significantly increased the score for vigor and decreased the score for fatigue in the POMS test. The forest bathing program also improved the sleepiness on rising and feeling refreshed (recovery from fatigue) in the Oguri-Shirakawa-Azumi sleep inventory MA version (OSA-MA). CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, the present study suggests that forest bathing may have potential preventive effects on depression (depressive status).

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• Modeling impacts of broad-scale plantation forestry on ecosystem services in the past 60 years and for the future, Yuichi Yamaura; Yusuke Yamada; Toshiya Matsuura; Koji Tamai; Hisatomo Taki; Tamotsu Sato; Shoji Hashimoto; Wataru Murakami; Kenichiro Toda; Hitoshi Saito; Kazuki Nanko; Eriko Ito; Norimasa Takayama; Nobuyuki Tsuzuki; Masayoshi Takahashi; Kazushige Yamaki; Makoto Sano, Ecosystem Services, 49, Jun. 2021

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• The effects of viewing a winter forest landscape with the ground and trees covered in snow on the psychological relaxation of young Finnish adults: A pilot study, Ernest Bielinis; Emilia Janeczko; Norimasa Takayama; Anna Zawadzka; Alicja Słupska; Sławomir Piętka; Maija Lipponen; Lidia Bielinis, PLoS ONE, 16, 1 January, e0244799, Jan. 2021

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• Cognition and evaluation of the public regarding final cutting methods, Norimasa Takayama; Sato Sanai; Yuichi Yamaura, Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, 102, 3, 180, 190, 01 Jun. 2020, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

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• Differences in mind and body restorativeness and job satisfaction with the Komore-bi irradiation system during the rest time for the nursing home stafff, 高山範理; 森川岳; 山内健太郎; 伊藤俊一郎, ランドスケープ研究(オンライン論文集)(Web), 13, 2020
• The effects of a forest therapy programme on mental hospital patients with affective and psychotic disorders, Ernest Bielinis; Aneta Jaroszewska; Adrian Łukowski; Norimasa Takayama, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 1, Jan. 2020

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• Effect of faint road traffic noise mixed in birdsong on the perceived restorativeness and listeners’ physiological response: An exploratory study, Yasushi Suko; Kaoru Saito; Norimasa Takayama; Tetsuya Sakuma; Shin’Ichi Warisawa, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 24, 02 Dec. 2019

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• The effect of recreation in a snow-covered forest environment on the psychological wellbeing of young adults: Randomized controlled study, Ernest Bielinis; Adrian Lukowski; Aneta Omelan; Sergii Boiko; Norimasa Takayama; Donald L. Grebner, Forests, 10, 10, 01 Oct. 2019

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• Relation between psychological restorativeness and lifestyle, quality of life, resilience, and stress-coping in forest settings, Norimasa Takayama; Takeshi Morikawa; Ernest Bielinis, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 8, Apr. 2019

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• Effects of managed forest versus unmanaged forest on physiological restoration from a stress stimulus, and the relationship with individual traits, Haruo Saito; Masahiro Horiuchi; Norimasa Takayama; Akio Fujiwara, Journal of Forest Research, 24, 2, 77, 85, 04 Mar. 2019

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• The effects of a short forest recreation program on physiological and psychological relaxation in young Polish adults, Ernest Bielinis; Lidia Bielinis; Sylwia Krupińska-Szeluga; Adrian Łukowski; Norimasa Takayama, Forests, 10, 1, 07 Jan. 2019

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• Influence of Five-day Suburban Forest Stay on Stress Coping, Resilience, and Mood States, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; SAITO Kaoru; FUJIWARA Akio; TSUTSUI Sueharu, Journal of Environmental Information Science, 2, 49, 57, Mar. 2018

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• The effect of winter forest bathing on psychological relaxation of young Polish adults, Ernest Bielinis; Norimasa Takayama; Sergii Boiko; Aneta Omelan; Lidia Bielinis, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 29, 276, 283, Jan. 2018, Elsevier GmbH

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• Continuing changes in QOL and mood states staying in a university forest area for five days and four nights, Norimasa Takayama; Kaoru Saito; Akio Fujiwara, Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society, 100, 3, 71, 76, 2018, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

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• Management effectiveness of a secondary coniferous forest for landscape appreciation and psychological restoration, Norimasa Takayama; Akio Fujiwara; Haruo Saito; Masahiro Horiuchi, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 7, 18 Jul. 2017

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• Restorative effect of movie of sunshine filtering through foliage in hospital’s waiting room, 高山範理; 高山範理, 関東森林研究, 68, 1, 2017
• The effect of slight thinning of managed coniferous forest on landscape appreciation and psychological restoration, Norimasa Takayama; Haruo Saito; Akio Fujiwara; Masahiro Horiuchi, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 4, 1, 2017

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• Influence of Long-time Forest Therapy in for the Restorativeness of Mind and Body including a Camping Experience, 高山範理; 斎藤馨; 藤原章雄, 環境情報科学, 30, 55, 60, Dec. 2016, Center for Environmental Information Science,

  We focused on how influence to occur in the user's mind and body by the forest stay of three days and two nights including camping experiences. The investigation was conducted for the seven respondents in Chichibu Forest (University of Tokyo) for three days in late October 2014. Respondents were checked their physical and mental state by using physiological indices (blood pressure, pulse, saliva amylase) and psychological indices (POMS, PANAS, ROS, SD) at the gathering time of the forest in each day morning. As a result, blood pressure and saliva amylase were statistically reduced day by day. Some index of POMS showed the significant or marginally significant difference and reduced these score day by day in each. ROS score rose day by day (Marginally significant). From above results, mental and physical restorativeness could be seen in the long-time forest staying like the camping use.

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• 67, 1, 171, 172, Mar. 2016
• Comparing the visual perception and aesthetic evaluation of natural landscapes in Russia and Japan: cultural and environmental factors, Elena G. Petrova; Yury V. Mironov; Yoji Aoki; Hajime Matsushima; Satoshi Ebine; Katsunori Furuya; Anastasia Petrova; Norimasa Takayama; Hirofumi Ueda, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2, 1, 01 Dec. 2015

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• Development and Verification on Subjective Vitality Scale of the Japanese Edition (SVS-J), 高山範理, 環境情報科学, 29, 33, 36, Nov. 2015, Center for Environmental Information Science, In this study, we developed the subjective vitality scale, Japanese version (SVS-J) to investigate the improvement effect exerted by environment on psychological vitality. First, we translated the original SVS questionnaire into Japanese. Second, to develop the SVS-J, we conducted two experiments (exp. 1 and exp. 2) involving 168 participants. In exp. 1, 123 participants were exposed to a video of a forest environment for approximately 15 minutes in a room (off-site). Participants completed the SVS-J pre- and post-exposure. Then, we examined the reliability and construct validity of the data. Subsequently, in exp. 2, 45 participants were exposed for approximately 30 minutes to an on-site forest environment; they completed the SVS-J and other questionnaires pre- and post-exposure. Finally, we examined the criterion-related validity of the data by evaluating the correlation between the SVS-J and other questionnaires. Results verified that the SVS-J is valid and reliable scale and is therefore suitable for practical use.

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• Values, Concerns, and Attitudes Towards the Environment in Japan and Russia: Examination of the Differences and Causes, Norimasa Takayama; Elena Petrova; Hajime Matsuhima; Katsunori Furuya; Hirofumi Ueda; Yury Mironov; Anastasia Petorova; Yoji Aoki, Urban and Rural Planning Review, 2, 2015, 43, 67, Jul. 2015
• Impact of viewing vs. Not viewing a real forest on physiological and psychological responses in the same setting, Masahiro Horiuchi; Junko Endo; Norimasa Takayama; Kazutaka Murase; Norio Nishiyama; Haruo Saito; Akio Fujiwara, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, 10, 10883, 10901, 20 Oct. 2014

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• Emotional, restorative and vitalizing effects of forest and urban environments at four sites in Japan, Norimasa Takayama; Kalevi Korpela; Juyoung Lee; Takeshi Morikawa; Yuko Tsunetsugu; Bum Jin Park; Qing Li; Liisa Tyrväinen; Yoshifumi Miyazaki; Takahide Kagawa, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, 7, 7207, 7230, 15 Jul. 2014

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• 78, 2, 139, 142, May 2014
• 65, 1, 157, 158, Mar. 2014
• Influence of a Scenery Existence On-site Forest Environment Giving to Subjective Restorativeness, Affect and Attention Restoration, 高山範理; 藤原章雄; 齋藤暖生; 堀内雅弘, ランドスケープ研究, 77, 5, 497, 500, Mar. 2014, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In the on-site forest environment (the mixed forest of a Larch, Giant dogwood and Veitch fir), we set out our research purpose, which clarified the psychological healing effect of forest scenery as visual stimuli on respondents. With 15 male and female adult respondents respectively, we conducted a viewing experiment to investigate the affect, subjective restorative quality and degree of attention restoration using three types of research questionnaires. Consequently, in terms of affect, even though neither positive nor negative affect could be confirmed from statistical interaction when comparing opening and closing sessions (providing visual stimulus and covering respectively), there was a statistical decline (reduction) in the 'before' (pre-viewing experiment) compared to 'after' (post-viewing experiment). As for subjective restorative quality, interaction between opening-closing and 'before'-'after' sessions was confirmed as well as individual statistical differences comparing 'before' and 'after' in the opening session and opening and closing sessions in 'after' session sequentially. Regarding the degree of attention restoration, subsequent results of opening-closing comparison clarified that the criteria of run away, fascination, scope and compatibility were statistically higher in the opening rather than closing session, and preferences showed a statistically higher score in the opening rather than closing session.

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• Influence of forest therapy on cardiovascular relaxation in young adults, Juyoung Lee; Yuko Tsunetsugu; Norimasa Takayama; Bum Jin Park; Qing Li; Chorong Song; Misako Komatsu; Harumi Ikei; Liisa Tyrväinen; Takahide Kagawa; Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2014, 2014, Article ID 834360, 2014

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• Verification of Restorative Effect in Off-site Forest Bathing by ROS Japanese Edition, 藤澤翠; 高山範理, 環境情報科学, 28, 361, 366, Nov. 2014, Center for Environmental Information Science, The purposes of this study were to develop a ROS (Restorative Outcome Scale) Japanese edition (ROS-J), in order to investigate the psychological restorative effect (PRE) by the natural environment and to verify its validity and reliability, and to investigate the PRE of forest bathing in both secondary circumstance and short time for developing an easier stress reduction on our daily life. For the development of ROS-J, the two experiments (exp.1 and exp.2) were conducted by using total 357 (the number of valid response; 330) subjects. Also for verification of the PRE in off-site forest bathing, by using the ROS-J, further analysis was carried out by using the exp.1's data consisted of total 312 (the number of valid response; 285) subjects. As a result, the both validity and reliability of ROS-J were confirmed. On the other hand, even though virtual forest environment in off-site reproduced by video and sound easily, it was clarified that the PRE could be expected to a considerable extent by the ROS-J.

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• 64, 1, 105, 106, Mar. 2013
• Physical factors in the forest environment, Takahide Kagawa; Norimasa Takayama, Forest Medicine, 13, 25, 2013, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• 68, Supplement, 2013
• Study on a Function of the Forest Environment as the Restorative Environment Using the Attention Restoration Theory, 高山範理; 香川隆英, ランドスケープ研究, 76, 5, 539, 542, Mar. 2013

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• 15, 2, 8, 12, Dec. 2012
• Scientific effect of the forest bathing on the basis of a mind and body correlation, Shinshinkenkoukagaku, 8, 2, 78, 83, Sep. 2012, The Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body

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• Landscape image sketches of forests in Japan and Russia, Hirofumi Ueda; Toshihiro Nakajima; Norimasa Takayama; Elena Petrova; Hajime Matsushima; Katsunori Furuya; Yoji Aoki, Forest Policy and Economics, 19, 20, 30, Jun. 2012

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• 63, 1, 1, 5, Mar. 2012
• Study on Physiological Response and Subjective Appraisal Brought visually by a LightEnvironment of a Forest, FUJISAWA Midori; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; MORIKAWA Takeshi; KAGAWA Takahide, Papers on Environmental Information Science, 26, 103, 106, Nov. 2012, Center for Environmental Information Science, We showed 2 images such as photos with sunshine filtering through the foliage (SFTF) and control in the forest as a simulation for 17 subjects, and examined the change in the physiology index (pulse, blood pressure, brain blood stream) during the experiment, as well as subjective evaluations for each stimulation after the experiment. Consequently, between SFTF and control, a significant difference was confirmed in some of a subjective evaluation and physiological index. In addition, quantity of brain blood flow on right prefrontal cortex significantly decreased by SFTF in comparison with the baseline. As a result of the multiple regression analysis, it were suggested that a higher appraisal of cheerfulness for SFTF may bring a decreasing of a diastolic pressure and a higher appraisal of nature quality for it may do a decreasing of whole amount of hemoglobin.

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• Influence of Subjective Appraisal and Personality and Other Traits to Psychological Stress Reduction Effect Caused by “Sunshine Filtering Through Foliage” in the Forest Picture, 高山範理; 藤澤翠; 荒牧まりさ; 森川岳, ランドスケープ研究, 75, 5, 565, 570, Mar. 2012, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The purpose of this study was to clarify; 1) the psychological stress reduction effect (PSRE) that "sunshine filtering through foliage (SFTF)" brings visually, 2) the relation between the effect and the subjective appraisal (SA) of the forest environment otherwise the personality and other traits (PAOT), 3) the system of PAOT- SA- PSRE based on Lazarus's acting stress model. We showed 2 images such as photos with and without SFTF in the forest as a simulation for 17 subjects, and examined the change in the psychological feelings (POMS; 3-times) by some indexes (PSRE and SA (SD Method; twice)) for each stimulation before and after the experiment in an artificial weather room. As a result, in comparison the presence of SFTF stimulation with the control, it was clarified that "Tension-Anxiety" and "Fatigue" significantly decreased with the control. In comparison the presence of SFTF stimulation with the other, "Vigor" was significantly higher than that of the absence of SFTF otherwise "Tension-Anxiety" was significantly lower. Furthermore, some evaluation indexes of the SA related to PARE received from the both of SFTF, and those evaluation indexes were affected by the respondents' PAOT such as "Extraversion" and so on.

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• 14, 1, 42, Aug. 2011
• Relationship between psychological responses and physical environments in forest settings, Bum Jin Park; Katsunori Furuya; Tamami Kasetani; Norimasa Takayama; Takahide Kagawa; Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Landscape and Urban Planning, 102, 1, 24, 32, 30 Jul. 2011

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• 62, 62, 45, 48, Mar. 2011
• A Study on the Spatial Conditions Constituting the Image of Bathing in a Forest Atmosphere, 上田裕文; 高山範理, ランドスケープ研究(オンライン論文集)(Web), 4, 1, 6, 2011, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The ideal spatial conditions for bathing in a forest atmosphere were investigated through Landscape Image Sketching Technique (LIST). 33 landscape image sketches by students were analyzed in terms of 1) variety of landscape elements, 2) their visual appearance and 3) the position of the viewpoint. Then, the results were organized by the composition types of the landscape image sketches and interpreted through principal ingredient analysis. As a result, each composition type of landscape image sketches was characterized with its spatial conditions. The research findings suggested a need of the forest management depending on visitors' interests as well as public relations to promote the bathing in a forest atmosphere.

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• Creating an environmental image for the maintenance of comfortable “forest bathing” applied by a Grounded Theory Approach, 高山範理; 高山範理; 藤澤翠; 荒牧まりさ; 多田裕樹, ランドスケープ研究, 74, 5, 613, 618, Mar. 2011, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, We examined the creation of a comfortable forest environment according to user requests by Grounded Theory Approach (GTA). The respondents, who were 33 male students in their early 20s, were requested to walk on three different featured forest therapy roads, to watch a forest environment for 15 min., and to answer the questionnaires as feedback. The items on the questionnaires were: (1) What were the good or bad aspects and/or causes of interest during "forest bathing"? (multiple choice and open-ended questions); (2) Respondents' impressions of the therapy road and points on which it could be improved (open-ended questions). We then sorted the data in five steps: (1) Text extraction, (2) Conceptualization, (3) Sub-categorization, (4) Categorization and (5) Creation of a theoretical model. The results were organized into three levels: the environmental physical factors, the five senses, the taking healing effect. The three levels were then divided into positive, negative and neutral responses. We suggest that the management and design of a comfortable forest environment according to user requests can be accomplished by reducing negative factors and increasing positive factors at each level.

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• Characteristics and Roles of Quantitative Information for Nature Conservation Policy on Local Basic Environment Plans, 荒牧まりさ; 高山範理; 高山範理; 下村彰男, ランドスケープ研究, 74, 5, 603, 608, 2011, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The transitions of biodiversity policies in national environmental policies and/or of the influence of national trends on local plans have been clarified by the other previous researches gradually. However, recently many local governments have been discussing local biodiversity strategies based on Japan's Basic Law on Diversity. In order to consider effectual quantitative information for biological diversity policy at the local government level, this study focused on extracting quantitative information used in basic environmental initiatives by local governments including all of cities designated by government ordinance, which could indicate the natural environment, and examining its characteristics and roles. As a result, it was clarified that many local governments set numerical targets for a large number of policies, and indicated concrete administrative action for the future. On the other hand, the information on the state of the environment for policy evaluation was limited, and the policies had not reached a stage where evaluation was possible on how they contributed to maintaining the environment. Also, it was suggested that the effectual quantitative information could be different by the space scale of each plan for nature conservation.

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• Study on the differences between Russia and Japan on degrees of interest and sense of values to environment., 高山範理; 高山範理; PETROVA Elena; 松島肇, 関東森林研究, 61, 61 (Web), 63, 64, Mar. 2010
• A Study on Trends at the National Level and Features at the Prefectural Level for Biodiversity Policies Based on Basic Environment Plans, 荒牧まりさ; 高山範理; 高山範理; 下村彰男, ランドスケープ研究, 73, 5, 547, 552, Mar. 2010, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The transition of biodiversity policies in national environmental policies and of the influence of national trends on prefectural plans have not been clarified to date. We examined the basic environment plans drawn up by the nation and each prefectural government. First, we studied the transition of policies for biodiversity at the national level, and then analyzed which policies for conserving biodiversity were valued at the prefectural government level compared with the national trend. As a result, we showed that the concept and policies of biodiversity were broad at the national level, and that many prefectures thought of biodiversity conservation within a limited scope related to wildlife conservation, and that it had not been treated as an important issue in their own region. By classifying environment plans and strategies for conserving biodiversity in each prefecture into several types, we also clarified, that local conditions and needs affect the priorities and policies for biodiversity conservation.

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• The Influence of User’s Personality to Evaluate the Images of On-site Forest Environment, 高山範理; 高山範理; 筒井末春; PARK Bum-Jin; 綛谷珠美; 綛谷珠美; 荒牧まりさ; 香川隆英, ランドスケープ研究, 73, 5, 531, 536, Mar. 2010, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The purpose of this research was to clarify how an individual personality will be reflected in the appraisal for on-site forest environment. We looked into individual personality for the each respondent with using some questionnaire such as the profile questionnaire, Neo-FFI, GSES, TBS-test that were executed before the forest bathing experiment. Then to examine the appraisal in the on-site forest environment, we tried to survey the impressive appraisal experiment for each respondent by the semantic differential method in each on-site forest environment after the forest bathing experiment, and to do the correlative analysis and the contrastive analysis. As a result of Neo-FFI, Neuroticism and Extroversion were significantly related to the evaluation of vigor for on-site forest environment. As to GSES, the higher group on Social position of their own abilities evaluated more natural than the lower relatively on the contrary to Uneasiness to failure. Form TBS-test, it was clarified that the relations between individual personality and the appraisal of on-site forest environment, such as the higher group on Anthropocentrism evaluated more crowded and densely than the lower significantly. Finally, the personality-based-designs and programs for on-site forest environment were suggested to be healed more.

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• An appraisal of the influence and healing effect of a forest environment on neuroticism, Papers on environmental information science, 24, 357, 362, Nov. 2010, 環境情報科学センター
• The influence of user's personality to the therapeutic effects of on-site forest environment, Journal of health sciences of mind and body, 6, 2, 100, 109, Sep. 2010, 日本心身健康科学会

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• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES IN SALIVARY CORTISOL AND THE SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSION OF SHINRIN-YOKU (TAKING IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE FOREST, OR FOREST BATHING), KOYAMA Yasuhiro; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; PARK Bum-Jin; KAGAWA Takahide; MIYAZAKI Yoshifumi, Japanese journal of physiological anthropology, 14, 1, 21, 24, 25 Feb. 2009, Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology, The purpose of this research is to elucidate the relationship between changes in salivary cortisol and the subjective impression of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest, or forest bathing). An experiment was conducted in which 13 subjects walked around Togakushi Kagami Pond, Nagano Prefecture, for 60min in the afternoon, to examine the physiological and subjective effects of Shinrin-yoku in humans. For comparison, a control experiment was performed around the center of Nagano City. At both sites, salivary cortisol was measured and a questionnaire survey was conducted. No significant differences were found in cortisol concentration between the subjects who walked in the forest and the control. However, according to the questionnaire, a significant decrease in cortisol concentration was found in the forest walking subjects who were "relaxed," as compared with those who were "excited." In conclusion, when compared with the control, the cortisol concentration did not change in subjects who walked in the forest; however, a significant decrease was found in "relaxed" subjects compared with "excited" subjects.

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• A Study on the Role and Transition of Quantitative Information Used for Preservation Planning of the Biodiversity at National Level, 荒牧まりさ; 高山範理; 下村彰男, ランドスケープ研究, 72, 5, 679, 682, Mar. 2009, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, Recently, the approach of the quantitative grasp and evaluation for a biodiversity has been advanced on the international and the national level. Then, in order to contribute to the effective discussion using the quantitative information for the biodiversity conservation policy, we extracted quantitative information had used for The National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan and The Basic Environment Plan. In addition, we tried to arrange the role and the transition of them. As a result, we clarified that in the politics of the national level, the quantitative information for "Situation grasp" and "Situation evaluation" on biodiversity conservation were getting stock, however the quantitative grasp of "Forecast in the future" had not been achieved enough and the information for understanding and evaluating the environment state had not been reflected on the target and the policy evaluation yet. In addition, we suggested the possibilities that plans were given priority in either "Policy assessment" or "Goal settings" by the property difference of them.

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• The Relation between the Measured Environmental Factors and the Evaluation Factors Extracted from On-site Forest Environment, 高山範理; 高山範理; 川口哲也; 綛谷珠美; PARK Bum-Jin; 香川隆英, ランドスケープ研究, 72, 5, 669, 672, Mar. 2009, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In this research, we tried to clarify the relations between the measured environmental factors and the evaluation factors extracted from On-site Forest Environment. we chose the 31-forest environment where have variety aspects in each had kept in good condition for the forest strolling as grounds for the investigation. In those, the impression evaluation experiments in the on-site were conducted by assuming the college and the postgraduate students, who were the first half in one's twenties, to be a respondent for the investigation, and by using the semantic differential method (abbreviated as SDM; 21-adjective pairs and 7-standards). As a result of the factor analysis, five evaluation factors were extracted such as [preference] as the integrated evaluation, [solemnity], [visibility], [liveliness], and [serenity]. In general, it was difficult that the result of obtaining by the SDM applies to the space design. However, due to the visibility seemed to have high possibility for it, we analyzed the relation between the forest structure and the result of SDM, especially for coniferous forests. In finally, though it seemed that a visibility was related to a preference for the forest environment surely, it was not easy to operate the visibility by only increasing and decreasing the environmental factors.

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• Features of the Evaluation Structure for the Forest On-site Environment., 川口徹也; 高山範理; 高山範理; 綛谷珠美; 岩崎寛; 香川隆英, 関東森林研究, 60, 60 (Web), 183, 186, 2009
• Research on the Influence of Taking in a Forest Atmosphere to the Self-Efficacy of Subjects., 高山範理; 高山範理; 香川隆英; PARK Bum-Jin, 関東森林研究, 60, 60 (Web), 85, 86, 2009
• Relation between Annual Change of Thermal Environment and Comfortable Activity in Japanese Red Pine Forest, 高山範理; 小山泰弘; 大平辰朗; 松井直之; 香川隆英; 不破正仁, 関東森林研究, 59 (Web), 77, 80, Mar. 2008
• A forest bathing trip increases human natural killer activity and expression of anti-cancer proteins in female subjects, Qing Li; K. Morimoto; M. Kobayashi; H. Inagaki; M. Katsumata; Y. Hirata; K. Hirata; T. Shimizu; Y. J. Li; Y. Wakayama; T. Kawada; T. Ohira; N. Takayama; T. Kagawa; Y. Miyazaki, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, 22, 1, 45, 55, Jan. 2008
• Relation between Light/Thermal Environment in the Forest Walking Road and Subjective Estimations for Taking in the Atmosphere of the Forest, 綛谷珠美; 高山範理; PARK Bum-Jin; 古谷勝則; 香川隆英; 宮崎良文, ランドスケープ研究, 71, 5, 713, 716, 2008, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In order to design comfortable spaces forShinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest), it is important to psychological effects and forest environment of walking and sitting in various forests of 10areas. In this study we examined and analyzed impressions of forests, psychological effects, using the Semantic Differential Method and Profile of Mood States, and light/thermal environment effects. As a result, there is a psychological effect of being released from stress by the walking and sitting in the forest, and this effects is considered to have a correlation with impression of forests and light / thermal environment effects. We found that users became tense and fatigued taking in the atmosphere of high humidity, and users became more active in bright. It was thought that a psychological effect of the forests was combined with various physical environmental factors.

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• The influence of natural environment in area of daily life to attitude and behavior, Papers on environmental information science, 22, 393, 398, 2008
• The Relations between Light Intensity-Fluctuation of Various Forest and Psychological Appraisal of Subjects in Several Man-Made Coniferous Forests, 藤澤翠; 高山範理; 小山泰弘; 加藤正人, ランドスケープ研究, 71, 5, 709, 712, 2008

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• 2008
• A Comparison of Landscape Appreciation between Switzerland and Japan Described up to 1900, AOKI Yoji; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; FURUYA Katsunori, Environmental information science, 36, 2, 51, 60, 11 Jun. 2007
• Research on Distribution Principle of 5 7 9 stone-Rockwork in Rock garden in Dry Landscape Garden, 宮江介; 高山範理, ランドスケープ研究, 70, 5, 491, 496, 30 Mar. 2007, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, The beauty of rockworks in Japanese rock gardens is believed to be attributable to asymmetry. Rockworks have developed over thousands of years as a uniquely Japanese art and are highly evaluated throughout the world. In most rock gardens, an odd number of stones of either 5, 7, or 9 is used (n number of stones), but the reasons for using an odd number and the principles of stone arrangement are not described in classic texts or study reports, and are not fully understood. In this study, the authors investigated the principles of stone arrangement of widely used 5-, 7-, and 9-stone rockworks (rockworks consisting of a moderate number of stones) by analyzing the rules of stone arrangement in terms of the two rules for arranging two and three rocks, which are the basic units for arranging an odd number of stones, and studying classic texts for creating rock gardens and other available references. The investigation showed that all rockworks consisting of a moderate number of stones are formed as combinations of 2- and 3-rock arrangements, which jointly form a consistent rockwork.

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• Differences in the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Walking in Various Satoyama Landscapes(PAPERS OF THE 25th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING), KASETANI Tamami; OKUMURA Ken; YOSHIDA Syouko; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; KAGAWA Takahide, Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 70, 5, 569, 574, 30 Mar. 2007, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In order to design comfortable spaces for "Shinrin-yoku" (taking in the atmosphere of the forest), it is important to investigate the physiological and psychological effects of walking in various landscapes. In this study we examined and analyzed physiological and psychological effects and user impressions of landscapes using Profile of Mood States, salivary amylase activity, and the Semantic Differential Method. The study areas were broad-leaved forests, coniferous forests, rice fields, seashores, urban parks and urban areas. As a result, we found that users became more active in bright and open spaces and relaxed in sacred and natural spaces. Although differences were not significant, salivary amylase activity in the present study decreased in the bright forests, rice fields and seashores, but increased in the dark forests, suggesting that dark forests induced stress.

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• The Influence of Natural Environment in Area of Daily Life to Recreational and Management activity on Familiar Forest(PAPERS OF THE 25th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING), TAKAYAMA Norimasa; KITA Akira; KAGAWA Takahide, Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 70, 5, 585, 590, 30 Mar. 2007, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In the present research, the authors attempted to use Structural Equation Modeling to analyze the causal relation among 1: 'evaluation' and 'activity (recreational and management activity)' vis-a-vis familiar forests, 2: mental "attitude" toward the natural environment, and 3: the natural environment in the area of daily life (abbreviated as NEAD) of test subjects. As a result, potential variables such as 'evaluation' were set and named between "attitude" and 'activity'. Then, the causal relations among them were arranged in a path chart to provide a visual image. We found that NEAD did not directly affect 'evaluation' and 'activity', but it could ultimately affect them indirectly through causal relations with other factors. The NEAD of "pre-formation" had strong causal relations with various variables such as the NEAD of "after-formation" and the chance of interacting with nature of "pre- and after-formation". Many previous studies had indicated that the information on "after-formation" was more influential. However, the results of the present research suggest that information on "pre-formation" may have a greater effect than it on 'evaluation' and 'activity' vis-a-vis familiar forests.

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• Research on the Effect which a Guide Brings about in a Forest Walk(PAPERS OF THE 25th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING), IGAWAHARA Koichi; KAGAWA Takahide; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; PARK Bum-jin, Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 70, 5, 597, 600, 30 Mar. 2007, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, There have been several studies on the therapeutic effects of "bathing" in a forest atmosphere by strolling, and many effects have been scientifically verified. There are generally two types of cases of strolling in a forest. One is to do it alone and the other is to be accompanied by a guide. However, few studies have examined the differences between these two types. Therefore, we investigated users' physiological and psychological reactions by having test subjects stroll in a forest under various conditions. In addition, we considered the influence of a guide in enhancing the sense of relaxation while strolling. As a result, after subjects had strolled with a guide through the forest, the density of their stress hormones was lower than before the stroll. However, when subjects strolled alone, their stress hormones increased during the first time, but showed no change after the second time. As a result of considering both physiological and psychological reactions together, we concluded that strolling with a guide was more therapeutic and relaxing for the user than strolling alone.

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• Research on Change on Day of Physical Indexes in Forest Environment, 高山範理; 大平辰朗; 松井直之; 香川隆英; 小山泰弘; 喜多明; 藤澤翠; 政木志帆, 関東森林研究, 58 (Web), 69, 72, Mar. 2007
• Forest bathing enhances human natural killer activity and expression of anti-cancer proteins., Q. Li; K. Morimoto; A. Nakadai; H. Inagaki; M. Katsumata; T. Shimizu; Y. Hirata; K. Hirata; H. Suzuki; Y. Miyazaki; T. Kagawa; Y. Koyama; T. Ohira; N. Takayama; A. M. Krensky; T. Kawada, International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology, 20, 2 Suppl 2, 3, 8, 2007, 2 Suppl 2

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• 55, 55, 179, 182, 2007
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• The comfortableness of the ion environment for bathig in the forest atmosphere, 57, 29, 32, Mar. 2006
• Genealogy and Features of Research on the Relation between “Background” and “Environmental Orientation” in Western-Language References, 高山範理; 田中伸彦; 辻華欧利; 青木陽二, ランドスケープ研究, 69, 5, 741, 746, 2006, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, It is indispensable to know about the relation between the 'background' of an individual or a specific group and evaluation, when we manage various kinds of plans corresponding to the needs to diversify appropriately. This paper attempts to identify differences between policies and practices arising from 'environment planning' in Japan today. The 'research genealogy' was arranged and used to investigate the characters and tendencies of the earlier 'Western-language' references in this field, focusing on the 'background' of the subject and its 'environmental orientation'. As a result, it was found that this kind of research began in the 1960s, and the themes treated as 'stimuli' became more varied and the number of themes on 'background' and 'environmental orientation' increased over the years. Since the 1970s, there has been particular debate on similarities and differences in 'environmental orientation'.

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• The Present State and Problems of Forest Multi-functionality in Japan Based on a Review of Past Researches-With a focus on the functions for preserving the global environment and for cultivating water resources-, 津脇晋嗣; 高山範理, 森林総合研究所研究報告, 5, 1, 1, 20, 2006
• 57, 2006
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• The Comfortableness of the Light / Thermal Environment for Bathing in the Forest Atmosphere(PAPERS OF THE 23th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING), TAKAYAMA Norimasa; KAGAWA Takahide; KASETANI Tamami; PARK Bum-jin; TSUNETSUGU Yuko; OISHI Yasuhiko; HIRANO Hideki; MIYAZAKI Yoshifumi, Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 68, 5, 819, 824, 31 Mar. 2005, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In order to make the space design of a comfortable bathing in the forest atmosphere (BIFA), it is important to investigate the effect to a human body first and then the characters of many physical factors constituting the forest space. In this paper we research and analyze physical factors constituting the elements of BIFA, especially light intensity and thermal effect. To make clear the effect of BIFA, this experiment was done in the forest [Seiwa Residents' Woodland] and the city [Chiba City] respectively at the same time. The subjects of this experiment are twelve, and the results were recorded by rating to some evaluation scales, and data are compared from the viewpoint of comfortableness. From this result, we can clearly notice psychological and physiological effects at the case of forest. In the mountainside of a village in summer under the fine sky, the values of the light intensity were subjectively seemed to be the same as in the city though the real intensity was 1/22 of the city. Moreover, at the case of thermal effect, we surely understand that it is cooler and more comfortable in the forest than in the city from the resulting data through the whole day.

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• Relationship between mental evaluation and physical factor of forest bathing at health resort in late autumn., 井川原弘一; 高山範理; 香川隆英; PARK Bum-jin, 環境情報科学, 19, 229, 234, 2005

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• The Basic Unit of Arranged Rockwork and the Feature of KEISEKI in KARESANSUI-style Garden, 宮江介; 高山範理; 下村彰男, ランドスケープ研究, 67, 5, 415, 418, 31 Mar. 2004, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, When we read the SAKUTEIKI, we can guess there are tow techniques of the rockwork of the KARESANSUI-style rock garden. One is the technique of having thought relative relationship among these KEISEKIes, the other is the technique of employing the feature of a KEISEKI. In this study, the purpose of the research is to clarity and to arrange about the relation of the features which a KEISEKI has, and the tendency of the stone arrangement from a quantitative viewpoint. Our procedures are there; The field survey was performed on the nine KARESANSUI-style rock gardens which were existing as a investigation ground. Then we elected the 37 sets of rockwork made of 2 or 3 stones rockwork. Furthermore, the photographs of each rock garden were taken from the set-up viewpoint, and the classification experiment which noted three points, form, color pattern, and unevenness, as a feature of a KEISEKI, was conducted with using those photographs. Lastly, we considered the result by comparing the result of a classification experiment with the result of previous researches. Consequently, it became clear that there were much tendencies of the stone arrangement by the combination of the same form and color pattern on the 2 and 3 stones-rockwork.

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• Physiological effects of bathing in the forest atmosphere (Ⅰ)：-using salivary cortisol and cerebral activity (TRS) as an indicator-(森林浴における生理的効果（Ⅰ）-唾液中コルチゾールと脳活動を指標として-）, 朴範鎭; 恒次祐子; 綛谷珠美; 葉県森研セ; 高山範理; 大平辰朗; 松井直之; 村田秀夫(ソニーPC; 山口昌樹; 安河内朗; 平野秀樹; 香川隆英; 宮崎良文, Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science, 24, 2, 印刷中, 2004
• The Effectiveness of the Texture of the Tree Crown as the Axes of Analysis/Arrangement for Classifying a Forest Scene, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; TSUJI Kaori; SHIMOMURA Akio, 環境情報科学, 17, 101, 106, 17 Nov. 2003

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• A Study on the Trend of the Research Which Paid Its Attention to the Background of the Evaluation Subject Relevant to the Investigation Research of Environment and So on, 高山範理; 田中伸彦; 辻華欧利, ランドスケープ研究, 66, 5, 683, 686, 2003, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, It is indispensable to know about the relation between the background of an individual / a specific group and evaluation, when we manage various kinds of plans corresponding to the needs to diversify appropriately. In this study, first we collected the research papers which paid their attention to the difference between the backgrounds of the subject and the difference of the evaluation or recognition to the environment and so on. Then, we investigated the present tendency and trend about it. Collection of references was aimed at the treatise carried by five a society magazine and the collections of papers. As a result, we clarified below outcomes.1) It came to pay its attention to such study from the planned side after the middle stage of the 70s. 2) It was after the second half of the 80s that this kind of argument was becoming active. 3) Along with progress of research, the focus of research had newly spread. 4) So the comparison factor for evaluation, the investigation methods were diversified. 5) It was guessed that the number of papers would continue to increase and the diversification tendency of the focus(and so on) of research would continue also.

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• A study on the layered structure of the physical characteristic in connection with discernment of a forest scene., TSUJI Kaori; TAKAYAMA Norimasa, JOURNAL OF RURAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION, 21, 151, 156, 2002, THE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL PLANNING, In this research, we investigated to clarify the layered structure of based on what physical characteristic people are discriminating the difference in a forest scene. First, the physical characteristic item and the subdivision item were extracted from a subjects words, and importance between items was examined. Then, it investigated about the relation of experience and knowledge of an evaluator, and the characteristic that each item has. Consequently, the items used as an index were extracted, and it turns out that "the form of a tree crown" is the most important factor on the occasion of discernment, and there is a possibility that the importance between items changes with experience etc.

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• A study of the Relationship Between the Natural Environment Around a Region and the Cognition Evaluation of the Structure of Its View., 高山範理, ランドスケープ研究, 65, 5, 627, 632, 2002

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• A Study on the Relationship between Evaluation of Natural View Landscape and Image of Greenery Amount(PAPERS OF THE 19th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING), TAKAYAMA Norimasa; ONO Ryohei; SHIMOMURA Akio; KUMAGAI Yoichi, Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 64, 5, 747, 750, 30 Mar. 2001, The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, In landscape evaluation, the structure of the evaluation is influenced by differences of environments surrounding the subject. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the image that the subject has in mind and the amount of daily visual contact with greenery. First we investigated the image of the amount of greenery that the subject has in mind in the present and past living environment. Then we conducted the evaluation experiment by semantic differential method on natural view landscape and analyzed it with factor analysis. As a result, it was clarified that the image of the amount of greenery that the subject has in mind on his living environment, is connected with order and degree of contribution of factors, and reaction of a part of adjective pair also.

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• 136回, 未定, Mar. 2026
• 第136回, 未定, Mar. 2026
• 第73回, 未定, Mar. 2026
• 92, 1, 未定, Mar. 2026
• 2025年度, 11, 11, Dec. 2025
• 1003, 2, 6, Nov. 2025
• Polar Environments and the Global Environment : Perspectives from the Poles, Environmental information science, 54, 3, 53, 57, Oct. 2025
• Landscape planning : present and future, Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, 89, 2, 138, 139, Oct. 2025
• The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/ shinrin-yoku) on the human mental health, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, International Seminar and Workshop(2025), 5, 未定, Sep. 2025
• 28, 1, Sep. 2025
• 1001, 30, 33, Sep. 2025
• 6, 20, 20, Jun. 2025
• 令和7年度版, 22, 23, Jun. 2025
• 77, 1, 9, Jun. 2025
• 54, 1, 72, 77, Apr. 2025

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• 54, 1, 101, 101, Apr. 2025

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• 990, 24, 27, Oct. 2024
• 2024, 2024
• Forest-related service industry: Past initiatives and future developments, 高山範理; 木俣知大, JATAFFジャーナル, 12, 7, 2024
• 135th, 2024
• 88, 2, 2024
• 135th, 2024
• 12, 1, 2024
• 79, Supplement, 2024
• A Device to Improve and Maintain Well-being in Daily Life: Recommendations for the Use of Forest Space, 高山範理, 環境情報科学, 53, 3, 2024
• 53, 3, 70, 74, 2024
• 1671, 41, 49, Aug. 2023
• 976, 24, 27, Aug. 2023
• 97, 2023
• Status and Issues in Reducing Medical Expenses, Utilizing Systems, and Health Declarations in Forest Space Utilization, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; KIMATA TOMOHIRO, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 134th, 94, 2023, The Japanese Forest Society, [in Japanese]

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• 134th, 2023
• Discussion on Land Issues for the Future, 荒金恵太; 高山範理; 石井雅章; 横田樹広, 環境情報科学, 52, 4, 2023
• Mental and Physical Restorative Effects of Forest Walking Experience during the Covid-19 Self-restraint Period-Comparison with the Pre-Pandemic Period, 高山範理, 日本地球惑星科学連合大会予稿集(Web), 2023, 2023
• 1664, 58, 66, Jan. 2023
• 95, 1, 2, 01 Jun. 2022

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• 第132回日本森林学会大会/学会企画「二学会におけるダイバーシティ推進の取り組みとこれから～Withコロナ時代の学会に求められること～」開催報告, Hiromi Yamagawa; Hiroe Takeuchi; Koji Tamai; Nana Katagiri; Megumi Kimura; Masanori Take; Satoshi Suzuki; Kazuki Nanko; Yosei Oikawa; Norimasa Takayama, Journal of the Japanese Forest Society, 104, 2, 112, 115, 01 Apr. 2022, The Japanese Forest Society

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• 133rd, 2022
• 133rd, 2022
• Physiological and psychological restorative effects of digital Shinrin-yoku-Difficulty in selecting and digitizing aromatic components-., 高山範理, Aroma Research, 23, 3, 2022
• 23, 3, 222, 227, 2022
• 24, 1, 41, 41, 30 Sep. 2021

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• 1642, 66, 74, Mar. 2021
• 2021, 2021
• 132nd, 2021
• 132nd, 2021
• 951, 2021
• 76, Supplement, 2021
• 952, 2021
• 6, 2021
• 24, 1, 2021
• 49, 4, 53, 59, 2021
• 50, 1, 68, 70, 2021
• Toward Evidence-Based Environmental Design and Today’s Environmental Research, 讃井知; 高山範理, ランドスケープ研究, 84, 2, 106, 111, Jul. 2020
• 349, 9, 13, Jun. 2020
• 497, 8, 9, May 2020
• 496, 8, 9, Apr. 2020
• 75, Suppl., S155, S155, Mar. 2020

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• 495, 8, 9, Mar. 2020
• 75, Supplement, 2020
• 61, 2020
• 2020, 2020
• 89, 47, 50, 2020

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• Estimating spatio-temporal transition in multifunctionality of regional forest, Yamada Yusuke; Sato Tamotsu; Ito Eriko; Takayama Norimasa; Takahishi Masayoshi; Yamaura Yuichi; Matsuura Toshiya; Tmai Koji; Nankou Kazuki; Toda Kenichiro; Murakami Wataru; Taki Hisatomo; Hashimoto Shoji, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 131, 296, 296, 2020, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

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• Wood and edible wild plants/mushrooms production and forest walking: their potential and change in Kitaibaraki city, Matsuura Toshiya; Yamada Yusuke; Takayama Norimasa; Yamaki Kazushige; Takahashi Masayoshi; Tsuzuki Nobuyuki, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 131, 295, 295, 2020, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

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• What are the restorative effects of nature observation experience in the fall on our mind and body?, TAKAYAMA NORIMASA; SANO YUUKI; ITO HIROMU, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 131, 348, 348, 2020, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

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• Promoting residents' activities for health and residents' participation spatial data collecting by using Twitter, Fujiwara Akio; Takeuchi Hiroe; Saito Haruo; Morita Emi; Takayama Norimasa, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 131, 380, 380, 2020, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

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• Trends and processes of consciousness change brought about by collaborative exercise with increased diversity- A Survey in a Joint Exercise between the University of Tokyo and Joshibi University of Art and Design in University Forest of the University of Tokyo, Village of Yamanakako -, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; FUJIWARA Akio; YOKOYAMA Katsuki; SAITO Haruo; SHIMODA Tomoko; GOTO Susumu, Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 19, 2, 137, 151, 2020, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, This study clarifies the process of conducting active learning with two characteristically different groups and the resulting changes in participants' attitudes. At the Fuji Iyashinomori Woodland Study Center, The University of Tokyo, situated in the Yamanakako Village in Yamanashi Prefecture, 20 students from The University of Tokyo and Joshibi University of Art and Design participated in an active-learning joint exercise as part of this study. The students belonged to varied fields of expertise. To grasp basic information about the students, (1) a profile survey was conducted before the exercise, and (2) students' environmental attitude, self-efficacy, and psychological stability were investigated before and after the exercise; further, statistical comparisons were conducted. (3) After the exercise, participants' impressions were recorded through selection methods and their writing of narrative data; the latter was organized separately to have an understanding of the transformation process.The analysis revealed that most participants favored the joint exercise. In terms of changes in attitude after the exercise, all participants from Joshibi University had a significantly lower view of the environment than before. It was found that there was a change in the way of thinking about an ideal environment as a result of getting in touch with actual natural environment through exercises and so on. No significant differences in self-efficacy and stability were found; however, in the case of both universities, students' tendency to change their attitudes, especially the direction of such change, was confirmed. During the process of change, students' initial image of students from the other university was transformed through their joint work. Additionally, the characteristics and values of self and those of classmates from the same university were rediscovered through the relativization of ideas and each participant's special skills.

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• Foreword for the Special Issue, 49, 3, 4, 6, 2020
• 130th, 237, Mar. 2019
• 130th, 194, Mar. 2019
• 130th, 107, Mar. 2019
• 130th, 106, Mar. 2019
• GIS-based forest walking potential mapping, Matsuura Toshiya; Takayama Norimasa; Yamaki Kazushige, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 130, 35, 35, 2019, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

  [in Japanese]

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• Spatial analysis for trade-offs among forest functions at a regional scale, Yamada Yusuke; Yamaura Yuichi; Nanko Kazuki; Matsuura Toshiya; Hashimoto Shoji; Takayama Norimasa; Toda Kenichiro; Sato Tamotsu, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 130, 482, 482, 2019, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

  [in Japanese]

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• Forest and Health perception survey on local residents in Village of Yamanakako, TAKEUCHI Hiroe; FUJIWARA Akio; SAITO Haruo; TAKAYAMA Masanori; MORITA Emi, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 130, 811, 811, 2019, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

  [in Japanese]

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• Restorative effect of mind and body at the break by deviceized forest environmental factors, Takayama Norimasa; Morikawa Takeshi; Yamauchi Kentaro; Ito Shunichiro, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 130, 809, 809, 2019, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

  [in Japanese]

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• 48, 2, 65, 70, 2019
• 秋冬季における都市近郊林での自然観察会が心身に与える影響:教育的な利用法が与える心身へのリラックス効果, Japanese Journal of Environmental Psychology, 7, 1, 22, 22, 2019

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• 129th, 196, Mar. 2018
• Management effectiveness of Secondary coniferous forests on Landscape appreciation and Psychological Restorativeness, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; FUJIWARA Akio; SAITO Haruo, 284, Mar. 2018
• Relationship between psychological restorative effect and QOL, resilience, stress coping ability in a forest environment, Takayama Norimasa, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 129, 873, 873, 2018, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

  [in Japanese]

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• Editorial Note for the Special Issue, 杉村 乾; 髙山 範理; 本田 智則; 小島 恵; 山本 勝利, 環境情報科学 = Environmental information science, 47, 2, 53, 57, 2018, 環境情報科学センター
• The Effect of Forest Management of Secondary Coniferous Forests on User's Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restorativeness, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, JpGU-AGU Jointmeeting 2017, Abstracts, Jun. 2017
• Visual Characteristics of Landforms in the Seeable Near Area Surrounding Hon-do Hall at Zenko-ji Temple and its Approach Road, YOKOZEKI Takato; TAKAYAMA Norimasa, JpGU-AGU Jointmeeting 2017, Abstracts, Jun. 2017
• 8, 43, Mar. 2017
• 20, 1, 188, Mar. 2017
• 46, 1, 104, Mar. 2017
• 68, 2, Mar. 2017
• 20, 1, 2017
• Change of stress coping, resilience and feeling by staying five days and four nights in a suburban forest, TAKAYAMA NORIMASA, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 128, 823, 823, 2017, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY,

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• 20, 1, 11, 11, 2017

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• 20, 1, 7, 7, 2017

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• Post-3.11 Reconstruction in a Shrinking Society : Living with Nature for Disaster Resilience, 46, 1, 79, 84, 2017
• 81, 2, 208, 208, 2017
• 1.5℃ and 2℃ : Implication of the Targets in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Pathways to Achieve them, 立入 郁; 高橋 潔; 伊藤 泰志; 高山 範理; 杉村 乾, 環境情報科学 = Environmental information science, 46, 3, 64, 70, 2017, 環境情報科学センター
• 45, 3, 60, 64, Oct. 2016
• 19, 1, 25, Oct. 2016
• 19, 1, 26, Oct. 2016
• 27, Oct. 2016
• 76, 77, Sep. 2016
• 45, 2, 63, 69, Jul. 2016
• Comparing the visual perception and aesthetic evaluation of natural landscapes in Russia and Japan, PETROVA Elena; MIRONOV Yury; AOKI Yoji; MATSUSHIMA Hajime; EBINE Satoshi; FURUYA Katsunori; PETOROVA Anastasia; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; UEDA Hirofumi, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015 Abstract PDF Download、International comparison of landscape appreciation in JPGU conference 2016 :HCG10-08, May 2016
• The Effect of Forest Management of Secondary Coniferous forests on User's Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restorativeness, TAKAYAMA Norimasa; SAITO Haruo; FUJIWARA Akio; HORIUCHI Masahiro, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015 Abstract PDF Download、International comparison of landscape appreciation in JPGU conference 2016 : HCG10-P10, May 2016
• 2016, 2016
• Suburban Forest and SATOYAMA : Review for the Two Special Issues, 髙山 範理; 山本 勝利; 大瀧 友里菜; 厳 網林; 杉村 乾, 環境情報科学 = Environmental information science, 45, 3, 60, 64, 2016, 環境情報科学センター
• Physiological and Psychological Effects of Walking and Sedentary Viewing of Landscapes Depicting Various Natural Environments on Humans, Takeshi Morikawa; Norimasa Takayama; Juyoung Lee; Takahide Kagawa, International Congress of Physiological Anthropology Abstract Book, 12, 57, Oct. 2015
• 49, Oct. 2015
• 44, 2, 50, 53, Jul. 2015
• 44, 5, 26, 32, May 2015
• The Effect of Slight Thinning of Managed Coniferous Forest on Landscape Appreciation and Psychological Restoration, Norimasa Takayama; Haruo Saito; Akio Fujiwara; Masahiro Horiuchi, TN002620, May 2015
• Rescent trend of psychological evaluation of landscape from view point of survey paper, Yoji Aoki; Christoph Rupprecht; Norimasa Takayama, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015 Abstract, May 2015
• 878, 26, 27, May 2015
• 511, 26, 32, May 2015
• Stress and Forest Bathing, 高山範理, バイオフィードバック研究, 42, 1, 3, 10, Apr. 2015, Japanese Society of Biofeedback Research, "Forest bathing," a term proposed by the Forestry Agency in 1982, can be described the psychological and physical restoration of health by experiencing nature and the ecosystem in the forest using the five senses. Forest bathing is expected to be a place free of everyday stress, where the bather can relax, and is a way to cope with modern stresses. Recent studies have shown the stress reduction effect of forest bathing. Forest bathing has been shown to physically reduce not only sympathetic nerve activity, but also stress hormones such as cortisol in saliva, blood pressure, and pulse, and to elevate parasympathetic nerve activity even during a short forest bathing (20 min). It has also become clear that forest bathing psychologically contributes a positive affect, subjective restoration, and enhanced mood. Internal immunocompetence, such as increased activity of natural killer cells, which is an internal immune cell, is increased by a long (three days and two nights) forest bathing. Forest Therapy Bases or Roads, where visitors can enjoy effective and restorative forest bathing, have been constructed throughout the country (so far, in 57 locations through the end of the 2014 fiscal year). At these sites, a forest bathing course and menu, reflecting the characteristics of each site, are prepared. A guide who has qualifications, such as forest therapist, takes visitors walking, allowing them to experience not only the quality of the forest bathing, but also a high stress reduction effect from the forest atmosphere. Finally, because the visitor can evaluate his or her mental and physical state before and after the forest bathing at these sites, the sites can be thought of as an example of the application of biofeedback for the purpose of health management.

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• 38, Mar. 2015
• 126th, 88, Mar. 2015
• 44, 3, 29, 35, Mar. 2015
• 2015, 2015
• 44, 1, 42, 48, Jan. 2015
• 2015, 910, 93, 98, Jan. 2015
• Verification of Restorative Effect in Off-site Forest Bathing by ROS Japanese Edition, FUJISAWA Midori; TAKAYAMA Norimasa, Papers on Environmental Information Science, 28, 361, 366, Dec. 2014, Center for Environmental Information Science, The purposes of this study were to develop a ROS (Restorative Outcome Scale) Japanese edition (ROS-J), in order to investigate the psychological restorative effect (PRE) by the natural environment and to verify its validity and reliability, and to investigate the PRE of forest bathing in both secondary circumstance and short time for developing an easier stress reduction on our daily life. For the development of ROS-J, the two experiments (exp.1 and exp.2) were conducted by using total 357 (the number of valid response; 330) subjects. Also for verification of the PRE in off-site forest bathing, by using the ROS-J, further analysis was carried out by using the exp.1's data consisted of total 312 (the number of valid response; 285) subjects. As a result, the both validity and reliability of ROS-J were confirmed. On the other hand, even though virtual forest environment in off-site reproduced by video and sound easily, it was clarified that the PRE could be expected to a considerable extent by the ROS-J.

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• 43, 11, 36, 41, Nov. 2014
• Oct. 2014
• 17, 1, 65, Oct. 2014
• 43, 9, 39, 44, Sep. 2014
• 43, 7, 41, 47, Jul. 2014
• Jun. 2014
• 42, 24, Jun. 2014
• 2, Jun. 2014
• Therapeutic Benefits of Forest Environments : Why Forest Environments Have Therapeutic Benefits and How to Maximize Them, 723, 3, 6, May 2014
• TN002620, Apr. 2014
• Apr. 2014
• 125th, TN002620, Mar. 2014
• 24, 36, Mar. 2014
• 27, 40, Mar. 2014
• 23, 36, Mar. 2014
• 22, 33, Mar. 2014
• 2, 1, 27, 27, 2014

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• Editorial Note for the Issue of "New Roles of Urban Green Space in City Planning", 43, 1, 40, 43, 2014
• 10, 1, 11, 2014
• 森林視覚刺激が生理および心理指標に及ぼす影響―同一森林内での比較検討―, 堀内雅弘; 遠藤淳子; 高山範理; 村瀬一隆; 西山教雄; 齋藤暖生; 藤原章雄, 日本生理人類学会誌, 18, 104, 105, 25 Oct. 2013
• 42, 3, 67, 69, Oct. 2013
• 32, Oct. 2013
• 474, 2, Sep. 2013
• 12, 5, 6, Jun. 2013
• Which does affect the natural landscape appreciation strongly, cultural or geological difference?, Hajime,Matsushima; PETROVA,Elena; MIRONOV,Yury、EBINE,Satoshi; TAKAYAMA; Norimasa、UEDA; Hirofumi; PETROVA; Anastasia、AOKI,Yoji; NAKAJIMA,Toshihiro; FURUYA; Katsunori; HIRAOKA,Naoki; FUKUI,Wataru, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, 19-24 May 2013:HGG02-06, May 2013
• Forest Imagery in Japan and Russia., Hirofumi UEDA; NAKAJIMA Toshihiro; Norimasa Takayama; Elena PETROVA; Hajime MATSUSHIMA; Katsunori FURUYA; Yoji AOKI, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting , 19-24 May 2013:HGG02-04, May 2013
• Differences in and causes of Environmental Attitudes between Japan and Russia., Norimasa Takayama; Elena PETROVA; Hajime MATSUSHIMA; Hirofumi UEDA; Katsunori FURUYA; Yoji AOKI, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting , 19-24 May 2013:HGG02-05, May 2013
• May 2013

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• 26, 38, Mar. 2013
• 24, 35, Mar. 2013
• 21, 32, Mar. 2013
• 23, 34, Mar. 2013
• 25, 38, Mar. 2013
• 10, Oct. 2012
• Differences in Environmental Attitudes between Russia and Japan., Takayama,Norimasa; Matsushima,Hajime; Elena Petrova、Ueda,Hirofumi; Nakajima,Toshihiro、Furuya; Katsunori; Aoki Yoji, The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas,Stockholm, Sweden, 404, 405, Aug. 2012
• Stress-reducing effects of viewing the landscapes in forests as assessed by multiple physiological measurements., Tsunetsugu, Yuko、Lee; Juyoung、Takayama; Norimasa、Park; Bum-Jin、Li; Qing、Komatsu; Misako、Ikei,Harumi; Tyrväinen, Liisa、Kagawa; Takahide、Miyazaki; Yoshifumi, Proceedings of IUFRO - Forests for People 2012, Tirol, Austria, May 2012
• Physiological benefits of walking in the forests – Evidence-based field research in Japan., Lee, Juyoung; Tsunetsugu; Yuko; Takayama; Norimasa、Park; Bum-Jin、Li; Qing、Komatsu; Misako、Ikei,Harumi; Tyrväinen, Liisa、Kagawa; Takahide、Miyazaki; Yoshifumi, Proceedings of IUFRO - Forests for People 2012, Tirol, Austria, May 2012
• Psychological Stress Reduction Effect of Forest Environment -Results of Field Experiment by Some Psychological Indexes at 4 Sites of Japan-., Takayama; Norimasa、Lee; Juyoung; Tsunetsugu; Yuko; Park; Bum-Jin 、Li; Qing 、Tyrväinen; Liisa 、Kagawa; Takahide; Miyazaki; Yoshifumi, Proceedings of IUFRO - Forests for People 2012, Tirol, Austria, May 2012
• 22, 34, Mar. 2012
• 19, 31, Mar. 2012
• 22, 34, Mar. 2012
• 19, 31, Mar. 2012
• 29, Oct. 2011
• 2011, 102, May 2011
• 2011, 87, May 2011
• 122, 366, Apr. 2011
• 31, 38, Mar. 2011
• 46, 2011
• 13, 2, 18, 18, Nov. 2010

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• 4, 6, Oct. 2010
• 8, 2, 4, 5, Oct. 2010
• Relationship between psychological response and physical environments., Park,Bum-Jin; Furuya, Katsunori; Kasetani, Tamami; Takayama,Norimasa; Kagawa,Takahide; Miyazaki,Yoshifumi, The International Forestry Review, 12, 5, 470, Aug. 2010
• Comparison of psychological effects of forest bathing between coniferous and broad-leaved forests., Kasetani,Tamami; Miyagawa, Jiro; Takayama,Norimasa; Park; Bum-Jin; Morikawa; Takeshi; Kagawa,Tkahide, The International Forestry Review, 12, 5, 467, Aug. 2010
• The influence of user’s personality on the therapeutic effects of on–site forest environments., Takayama,Norimasa; Park,Bum-Jin; Kasetani,Tamami; Morikawa,Takeshi; Kagawa,Tkahide; Nakano,Hiroko; Tsutsui,Sueharu, The International Forestry Review, 12, 5, 471, Aug. 2010
• Ways of Seeing the Forest -Landscape Image Sketches in Japan and Russia-., Ueda,Hirofumi; Nakajima Toshihiro; Takayama,Norimasa; Petrova,Elena; Matsushima,Hajime; Furuya,Katsunori; Aoki,Yoji, Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas, 141, 143, Jun. 2010
• 2010, 36, May 2010
• 利用者の個人特性がオンサイトの森林環境の印象評価に与える影響, 2010, 29, May 2010
• 121, 370, Apr. 2010
• Effects of visual and auditory stimuli from forest and city on human, Morikawa Takeshi; Takayama Norimasa; Kagawa Takahide, The Japanese Forest Society Congress, 121, 366, 366, Apr. 2010, THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

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• 4, 5, Mar. 2010
• 群馬県草津町版, 25, 38, Mar. 2010
• 長野県阿智村版, 21, 34, Mar. 2010
• 鳥取県智頭町版, 26, 39, Mar. 2010
• 熊本県水上村版, 25, 38, Mar. 2010
• 73, 3, 220, 221, Dec. 2009
• 73, 3, 222, 223, Dec. 2009
• 61, 17, Oct. 2009
• 12, 2, 49, Sep. 2009
• 13, 20, Sep. 2009
• 13, 19, Sep. 2009
• The difference on the environmental sense of value between Russia and Japan., Norimasa TAKAYAMA, Summaries of technical reports of JAPAN-RUSSIA Joint Research Project and Scientific Seminar, Chiba University, Aug. 2009
• 28, 29, Jul. 2009
• 2009, 51, May 2009
• 2009, 62, May 2009
• 富山県富山市, 28, 47, Mar. 2009
• 群馬県上野村, 25, 44, 2009
• 福岡県篠栗町, 27, 48, 2009
• Difference in Environmental Attitudes between Russia and Japan.（日露の環境に対する態度の差異ついての考察）, Takayama,Norimasa, Comparison of natural landscape evaluation between Japan and Russia, Final Report, 51, 66, 2009
• 37, 4, 84, 85, 22 Dec. 2008
• The Forest Environment and Subjective Evaluation on Forest Bathing Trip, KAGAWA Takahide, 63, 2, 217, 217, 01 Mar. 2008
• 36, 4, 96, 97, 24 Jan. 2008
• 岡山県新庄村, 28, 47, 2008
• 宮崎県北郷町, 28, 47, 2008
• 宮城県登米市, 27, 47, 2008
• 三重県津市, 27, 46, 2008
• 滋賀県高島市, 26, 45, 2008
• 秋田県鹿角市, 25, 44, 2008
• 新潟県妙高市, 28, 47, 2008
• 長野県山ノ内町, 27, 46, 2008
• 福岡県うきは市, 27, 47, 2008
• 福岡県黒木町, 26, 45, 2008
• 東京都奥多摩町, 38, 59, 2008
• 23, 477, 478, 2008
• Comparison of natural landscapes appreciation between Russia and Japan: methods of investigation.（ロシアと日本の自然景観評価の比較－調査の方法について－）, Petrova, E; Aoki, Y; Mironov, Y; Petrova, A; Furuya, K; Matsushima, H; Takayama, N; Nakajima, T, The Fourth Intenational Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Area, Proceedings, 198, 202, 2008
• The therapeutic effect of taking in the atmosphere of a forest.（森林浴の癒し効果に関する研究）, TAKAYAMA,Norimasa, The Fourth Intenational Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Area, Proceedings, 516, 520, 2008
• Feature of environmental factors to compose forest therapy road, TAKAYAMA Norimasa, 30, 7, 30, 33, 01 Jul. 2007
• 30, 7, 30, 33, 2007
• 和歌山県高野町, 26, 44, 2007
• 神奈川県厚木市, 29, 49, 2007
• 長野県小谷村, 26, 44, 2007
• 2007
• 48, 48, 72, 73, 01 Oct. 2006

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• 58, 11, 29, 31, Feb. 2006
• 岩手県岩泉町, 31, 50, 2006
• 宮崎県日之影町, 29, 50, 2006
• 高知県津野町, 30, 49, 2006
• 山形県小国町, 26, 43, 2006
• 山口県徳地町, 30, 48, 2006
• 長野県佐久市, 31, 51, 2006
• 長野県上松町, 29, 49, 2006
• 長野県信濃町, 31, 51, 2006
• 長野県南箕輪村, 32, 52, 2006
• 長野県飯山市, 33, 53, 2006
• 沖縄県国頭村, 6, 30, 2006
• 宮崎県綾町, 4, 28, 2006
• 京都府木津町, 6, 30, 2006
• 高知県梼原町, 5, 28, 2006
• 佐賀県七山村, 6, 30, 2006
• 山梨県三富村, 5, 29, 2006
• 山梨県山梨市, 6, 30, 2006
• 鹿児島県牧園町, 6, 30, 2006
• 新潟県津南町, 6, 30, 2006
• 新潟県栃尾市, 6, 30, 2006
• 静岡県河津町, 6, 30, 2006
• 静岡県平井学園, 6, 30, 2006
• 長野県小川村, 6, 30, 2006
• 長野県木島平村, 5, 28, 2006
• 島根県飯南町, 6, 30, 2006
• 東京都桧原村, 6, 30, 2006
• 株式会社 北都, 6, 30, 2006
• 117th, 2006
• 117th, 2006
• 117th, 2006
• 56th, 2006
• The Research Genealogy and Feature treating the Relation of "Background" and "Environmental Orientation" in European-Languages Reference, Takayama Norimasa; Tanaka Nobuhiko; Tsuji kaori; Aoki Yoji, JILA Annual Scientific Research Meeting Abstracts, 2006, 83, 83, 2006, Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, It is indispensable to know about the relation between the 'background' of an individual or a specific group and evaluation, when we manage various kinds of plans corresponding to the needs to diversify appropriately. This paper attempts to identify differences between policies and practices arising from 'environment planning' in Japan today. The 'research genealogy' was arranged and used to investigate the characters and tendencies of the earlier 'Western-language' references in this field, focusing on the 'background' of the subject and its 'environmental orientation'. As a result, it was found that this kind of research began in the 1960s, and the themes treated as 'stimuli' became more varied and the number of themes on 'background' and 'environmental orientation' increased over the years. Since the 1970s, there has been particular debate on similarities and differences in 'environmental orientation'.

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• Physiological Effects of Bathing in the Forest Atmosphere(森林浴における生理的効果), Bum-Jin PARK; Yuko TSUNETSUGU; Tamami KASETANI; 綛; Tatsuro OHIRA(大; Naoyuki MATSUI; Norimasa TAKAYAMA; Hideo MURATA; 村; Masaki YAMAGUCHI; 山口昌; Akira YASUKOUCHI; 安; Hideki HIRANO; 樹; Takahide KAGAWA(香川隆; Yoshifumi MIYAZAKI, Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Korean Forest Society, 91, 93, 2005
• 3, 2005
• 3, 2005
• 1-6 Physiological Effects of Bathing in the Forest Atmosphere (1) : using Salivary Cortisol and Cerebral Activity (TRS) as an Indicator : 1-6 Physiological Effects of Bathing in the Forest Atmosphere (1) : using Salivary Cortisol and Cerebral Activity (TRS) as an Indicator, PARK Bum-Jin; TSUNETSUGU Yuko; KASETANI Tamami; OHIRA Tatsuro; MATSUI Naoyuki; TAKAYAMA Norimasa; MURATA Hideo; YAMAGUCHI Masaki; YASUKOUCHI Akira; HIRANO Hideki; KAGAWA Takahide; MIYAZAKI Yoshifumi, Journal of physiological anthropology and applied human science, 24, 2, 188, 188, 2005, Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
• 36, 37, 2004
• 67, 1, 30, 30, 30 Aug. 2003
• Zoning based on functions of forests, TAKAYAMA Norimasa, JOURNAL OF RURAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION, 22, 1, 68, 69, 30 Jun. 2003, THE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL PLANNING

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• 67, 1, 30, 2003
• 112, 1, 2, 2003
• 5, 68, 69, 2003

著書等出版物

• 01 May 2025
• Feb. 2022
• Mar. 2019
• Sep. 2017
• Sep. 2017
• Jul. 2012
• Psychological evaluations of forest environment and the physical variables, Bum Jin Park; Katsunori Furuya; Tamami Kasetani; Norimasa Takayama; Takahide Kagawa; Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Qing Li (Editor) Society of Forest Medicine in Japan, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 2012
• Physical factors in the forest environment, Takahide Kagawa; Norimasa Takayama, 2012
• 2009
• 2009
• 2007
• 2006
• 2004

講演・発表

• 12 Dec. 2025
• 11 Oct. 2025
• The effects of forest therapy (forest bathing/ shinrin-yoku) on the human mental health, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, 2025 INFOM International Seminar and Workshop, 27 Sep. 2025
• 28 Jun. 2025
• 01 Jun. 2025
• 17 May 2025
• Mar. 2025
• Mar. 2025
• Mar. 2026
• ストレスと森林浴, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, TN002620, 28 Jun. 2014

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• 心身相関の観点からみた森林浴の科学的効果, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, TN002620, 18 Feb. 2012

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• 森林浴とその心理・生理的効果, Norimasa TAKAYAMA, 日本環境心理学会企画WS, 21 Sep. 2010

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• 2009
• 2009
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• The difference on the environmental sence of value between Russia and japan., JAPAN-RUSSIA Joint Research Project and Scientific Seminar, 2009
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• Effect of taking in the atmosphere of the Old Forest, Old Forests, New Management Program and Abstracts、167, 2008
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• 1999

受賞

• Mar. 2025, EHPM Award of Excellence, Effects of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) on serotonin in serum, depressive symptoms and subjective sleep quality in middle-aged males
• May 2023, Men and Environment Research Association, MERA Award, Elucidation of physiological and psychological effects and restorative characteristics of digital forest bathing and dissemination of results and awareness-raising/practical activities.
• Nov. 2022
• Jun. 2022
• Nov. 2021, Japanese Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Best Presentation Award, Health Promotion through Forest Space Utilization - Introduction of Forest Service Industry
• Oct. 2014, Kanto Forest Society Award
• May 2014, Japan Institute of Landscape Architecture Japan Institute of Landscape Architecture Award
• May 2013, Centre for Environmental Information Science Academic Paper Award
• May 2009, Centre for Environment and Information Science Academic Paper Award
• Nov. 2007, Centre for Environment and Information Science Academic Chairperson's Award
• May 2005, Japan Institute of Landscape Architecture Research Encouragement Award

競争的資金

• Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, National Forestry Research and Development Institute, Operating Grant Project I, (Proposing an outreach method to promote the use of forest space by incorporating the indifferent segment of the population
• Japan Forestry and Forest Products Promotion Association, Forestry revitalization contributes to business, Project to promote the use of forest space for health and recreation activities and recreation for the disabled and elderly
• 17KT0072, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Investigating the needs of residents and the potential of forest resources as a resource for supporting community health, From the analysis of questionnaire data conducted with the cooperation of Yamanakako Village, we obtained knowledge about the actual situation of Yamanakako Village residents' awareness of forests and health promotion activities utilizing the natural environment. Based on the results of the survey, we conducted an experimental project in cooperation with the Yamanakako Village Welfare and Health Division on the "Morikatsu de Kenko," a project to promote health in the community by utilizing the natural environment. By trying out the " Early Bird Classic Concert in the Forest" which combines health promotion and cultural and artistic activities utilizing the local natural environment, we obtained empirical knowledge about the potential of activities utilizing the local forest. Published a general book to promote awareness of the concept of community development using the local natural environment and to return the research results to society.
• 24658023, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Study on the use of urban green spaces and its transition from the viewpoint of nature experience, With special attention to the cultural services urban green space bring out, we attempted to clarify the use of green spaces and its transition in Japan, China and Indonesia, from the viewpoint of nature experience. In contrast to Japan where many cities studied were more mature, in Xining, Qinghai Province, which is experiencing a rapid urbanization, we were able to observe transitions in nature experience for individual ethnic groups. We also studied parks, green pedestrian paths and waterways in Sapporo City, Nerima-ku, Edogawa-ku, Saitama Prefecture and Yokohama City in Japan. In Indonesia, we conducted a research on the awareness of scenery, traditional squares and green spaces. From the outcomes of the research, we have gained new insight into open space planning methods for improving the attractiveness of urban areas more effectively as well as assuring urban greenery in terms of quantity.
• 25350874, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Stress relieving effect of teachres by forest therapy, In recent years, stress relaxation effect of forest have been scientifically proven significantly. In this study, we take advantage of the forest therapy dedicated trail that has been newly established in Tokyo Okutama Town. We demonstrated the mental stress relaxation effect of forest therapy program to teachers of Tokyo. Before and after the forest therapy program, in the physiological indices systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were to decrease trend, pulse rate was increased. POMS, in the psychological evaluation, tension, depression and mood of confusion is relaxed. There was a psychological stress relieving effect of Shinrin-yoku.

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• 25350875, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Study on the introduction of forest elements for creating healing spot in the urban environment, The purpose of this study was to suggest the proposal of comfortable public and indoor environment where was general situation reflected in the essential elements of the forest environment. As a result, we clarified that ① even in the inside forest bathing for a short time, there was a stress-reducing effect, ② stress reduction effect of a certain degree could be obtained even in the videos and sound in the room, ③ the presence of sound could enhance a stress reduction effect higher, ④even though long-term stay in the forest environment, there was no change about the respondents’ QOL (quality of life), ⑤ abstracted element such as the sound of the flow water and sunlight through the trees, brought psychological healing effect, ⑥the items of the forest environment was to bring the psychological recovery effect in each five senses.

  関連URL
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Bilateral Research Project, Stress-reducing qualities of urban green areas.
• 22780032, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Elucidation of stress coping function in short and long term by a forest bathing in familiar forest and Proposal of method to sophisticate it., The investigation and analysis of a short-term and continuous stress reduction effect of the forest bathing were conducted using 48-male-respondent and using the questionnaires that could major a short-term and continuous stress reduction effect. As a result, a clear result could not be found about the continuous stress reduction effect of forest bathing, but in short-term forest bathing, the relation of it and each respondent’s trait was clarified due to plural psychology indexes were improved before and after forest bathing and so on. Furthermore, Proposal of method to sophisticate a stress reduction effect of forest bathing effect was conducted as a published book.

  関連URL
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Bilateral Research Project, Comparison of appreciation on natural landscapes between Russia and Japan
• 19780029, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(若手研究(B)), The Influence of User's Personality to the Therapeutic Effects of On-site Forest Environment and Design Guidelines of Forest Bathing Environment., A forest bathing experiment was conducted for the 33 male students. Then, they were divided into 3 groups as "Higher group", "Lower group" and "Other group" according to the degrees of neuroticism and anxiety syndrome tendency that were seemed to be high compatibility for the Mood disorders and anxiety disorder. The appraisal and awareness, impressions for and therapeutic effect form the forest environment were arranged by each group, and compared between "Higher group" and "Lower group". As a result, "Higher group", which was in a high state of stress before the experiment, appraised relatively for the forest environments as more preferably, friendly, natural environment than "Lower group". Consequently, in "Higher group", (1) it was suggested that the Anger and Anxiety feelings may go down effective in doing a short walking activities, (2) on the contrary, the Vigor may go up and the Fatigue may go down in doing a short viewing one.

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• 16780024

  関連URL
• JP17KT0072, Investigating the needs of residents and the potential of forest resources as a resource for supporting community health, From the analysis of questionnaire data conducted with the cooperation of Yamanakako Village, we obtained knowledge about the actual situation of Yamanakako Village residents' awareness of forests and health promotion activities utilizing the natural environment. Based on the results of the survey, we conducted an experimental project in cooperation with the Yamanakako Village Welfare and Health Division on the "Morikatsu de Kenko," a project to promote health in the community by utilizing the natural environment. By trying out the " Early Bird Classic Concert in the Forest" which combines health promotion and cultural and artistic activities utilizing the local natural environment, we obtained empirical knowledge about the potential of activities utilizing the local forest. Published a general book to promote awareness of the concept of community development using the local natural environment and to return the research results to society.
• JP16K15081, Development of management methodology of suburban forest (SURF) corresponding to super-aged and urbanized society, In this study, a methodology of the forest management strategy that can maximize the attractiveness while responding flexibly to both short-term problems and long-term fluctuations, and at the same time enable sustainable conservation of forest resources and ecosystems (Sustainability for Urban Resilient Forest: SURF) was discussed.;As a result, 1. taking into consideration the adjustment of overuse and conflict that may occur locally and socially in the short and long term of the urban suburb forest, 2. taking into account long-term fluctuations such as historical usage conditions and vegetation conditions, 3. according to the specific purpose of use, a way of resilient (flexible) forest management was proposed, in which excessive management was not conducted to minimize the impact on forest vegetation and ecosystems.
• JP25350875, Study on the introduction of forest elements for creating healing spot in the urban environment, The purpose of this study was to suggest the proposal of comfortable public and indoor environment where was general situation reflected in the essential elements of the forest environment. As a result, we clarified that ① even in the inside forest bathing for a short time, there was a stress-reducing effect, ② stress reduction effect of a certain degree could be obtained even in the videos and sound in the room, ③ the presence of sound could enhance a stress reduction effect higher, ④even though long-term stay in the forest environment, there was no change about the respondents’ QOL (quality of life), ⑤ abstracted element such as the sound of the flow water and sunlight through the trees, brought psychological healing effect, ⑥the items of the forest environment was to bring the psychological recovery effect in each five senses.
• JP25350874, Stress relieving effect of teachres by forest therapy, In recent years, stress relaxation effect of forest have been scientifically proven significantly. In this study, we take advantage of the forest therapy dedicated trail that has been newly established in Tokyo Okutama Town. We demonstrated the mental stress relaxation effect of forest therapy program to teachers of Tokyo. Before and after the forest therapy program, in the physiological indices systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were to decrease trend, pulse rate was increased. POMS, in the psychological evaluation, tension, depression and mood of confusion is relaxed. There was a psychological stress relieving effect of Shinrin-yoku.
• JP24658023, Study on the use of urban green spaces and its transition from the viewpoint of nature experience, With special attention to the cultural services urban green space bring out, we attempted to clarify the use of green spaces and its transition in Japan, China and Indonesia, from the viewpoint of nature experience.;In contrast to Japan where many cities studied were more mature, in Xining, Qinghai Province, which is experiencing a rapid urbanization, we were able to observe transitions in nature experience for individual ethnic groups. We also studied parks, green pedestrian paths and waterways in Sapporo City, Nerima-ku, Edogawa-ku, Saitama Prefecture and Yokohama City in Japan. In Indonesia, we conducted a research on the awareness of scenery, traditional squares and green spaces. From the outcomes of the research, we have gained new insight into open space planning methods for improving the attractiveness of urban areas more effectively as well as assuring urban greenery in terms of quantity.
• JP22780032, Elucidation of stress coping function in short and long term by a forest bathing in familiar forest and Proposal of method to sophisticate it., The investigation and analysis of a short-term and continuous stress reduction effect of the forest bathing were conducted using 48-male-respondent and using the questionnaires that could major a short-term and continuous stress reduction effect. As a result, a clear result could not be found about the continuous stress reduction effect of forest bathing, but in short-term forest bathing, the relation of it and each respondent’s trait was clarified due to plural psychology indexes were improved before and after forest bathing and so on. Furthermore, Proposal of method to sophisticate a stress reduction effect of forest bathing effect was conducted as a published book.
• JP19780029, The Influence of User's Personality to the Therapeutic Effects of On-site Forest Environment and Design Guidelines of Forest Bathing Environment., A forest bathing experiment was conducted for the 33 male students. Then, they were divided into 3 groups as "Higher group", "Lower group" and "Other group" according to the degrees of neuroticism and anxiety syndrome tendency that were seemed to be high compatibility for the Mood disorders and anxiety disorder. The appraisal and awareness, impressions for and therapeutic effect form the forest environment were arranged by each group, and compared between "Higher group" and "Lower group". As a result, "Higher group", which was in a high state of stress before the experiment, appraised relatively for the forest environments as more preferably, friendly, natural environment than "Lower group". Consequently, in "Higher group", (1) it was suggested that the Anger and Anxiety feelings may go down effective in doing a short walking activities, (2) on the contrary, the Vigor may go up and the Fatigue may go down in doing a short viewing one.
• JP16780024

学外活動

学協会活動

• Japanese Society of Environmental Psychology, Apr. 2012
• CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIION SIENCE

学外委員等活動

• 01 Apr. 2026, NPO法人森林セラピーソサイエティ, 理事, 森林セラピーの運営・推進に関する業務
• May 2025, 9999, （公社）日本造園学会, 論文集委員会 委員
• Apr. 2025, 9999, 日本環境心理学会, 副会長
• Oct. 2024, 9999, （一社）学協会男女共同参画連絡会, 副会長（理事）
• Jul. 2024, 9999, （一社）日本森林学会, 男女共同参画学協会連絡会幹事対応委員会 副委員長
• Jun. 2024, 9999, （一社）日本森林学会, Journal of Forest Research 編集委員会
• Apr. 2024, 9999, （一社）全国森林レクリエーション協会, 森林レク地域美しの森づくり活動コンクール選考委員会 委員
• Jan. 2024, 9999, MDPI, Forest Editorial Board Member
• Apr. 2023, 9999, 日本衛生学会森林医学研究会, 世話人（森林学会連携）
• Apr. 2023, 9999, 日本環境心理学会, 運営委員会（理事会相当） 委員（理事相当）
• Nov. 2021, 9999, NPO法人森林セラピーソサイエティ, 森林セラピー資格認定のあり方及び養成テキスト改定検討委員会 委員
• Apr. 2021, 9999, （一社）環境情報科学センター, センター賞選考委員会 委員
• Apr. 2019, 9999, 埼玉県北本市, 森林セラピー推進協議会 副委員長
• Apr. 2019, 9999, 日本環境心理学会, 編集委員会 委員
• Apr. 2015, 9999, （一社）環境情報科学センター 審議員会議, 審議員
• Sep. 2014, 9999, 日本心身健康科学会, 理事
• Apr. 2013, 9999, （一社）環境情報科学センター, 学会誌編集委員会 委員
• Oct. 2004, 9999, （公社）日本造園学会, 日本造園学会査読委員
• Apr. 2019, Mar. 2025, 人間・環境学会, 編集委員会 委員
• May 2021, Mar. 2023, 「森林サービス産業検討委員会」, 委員
• Jun. 2019, Mar. 2023, 文部科学省 科学技術・学術政策研究所, 科学技術専門調査員
• May 2018, May 2022, （一社）日本森林学会 理事, （ダイバーシティ推進担当）
• May 2022, 9999, 人間・環境学会 (MERA), 運営委員会（理事会相当） 委員（理事相当）
• Apr. 2020, Mar. 2021, 「森林サービス産業」検討委員会, リサーチアドバイザー
• May 2018, May 2020, 人間・環境学会 (MERA) 運営委員会（理事会相当）, 委員（理事相当）
• Apr. 2016, Apr. 2020, （一社）日本森林学会 日林誌編集委員会, 委員（風致担当）
• Sep. 2019, Mar. 2020, ダイバーシティ・サポート・オフィス（DSO）, 事務局長
• Sep. 2019, Mar. 2020, 「森林資源を活用した新たな山村活性化に向けた調査検討事業」 「森林サービス産業」検討委員会 「エビデンス専門部会」, 委員
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020, 国立研究開発法人森林研究・整備機構, ダイバーシティ推進委員会 事務局
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020, つくば女性研究者支援協議会, 委員
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020, ダイバーシティ・サポート・オフィス, 幹事
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020, つくば市男女共同参画フォーラム, 実行委員会 委員
• Apr. 2018, Mar. 2020, 林野庁（森林利用課）, 日中韓森林セラピー等に係わる用語整理 専門委員（日本側）
• Jun. 2019, Sep. 2019, 太陽光発電事業に係る林地開発許可基準のあり方の検討について有識者検討委員会, 委員（景観担当）
• May 2017, May 2019, （公社）日本造園学会, 総務委員会 委員
• May 2017, May 2019, （公社）日本造園学会, 支部長会 幹事
• May 2017, May 2019, （公社）日本造園学会, 企画委員会 幹事
• Jan. 2019, Mar. 2019, 埼玉県北本市, 森林セラピー準備委員会 委員
• Jul. 2018, Dec. 2018, 茨城県（林政課）, 指定管理者選定委員会 副委員長
• Apr. 2016, Mar. 2018, 国立研究開発法人森林総合研究所研究報告 編集委員会, 委員（経営担当）
• Sep. 2015, Mar. 2016, つくば市みどりの基本計画策定委員会, 委員
• Oct. 2014, May 2015, （公社）日本造園学会 学術大会運営委員会（東大）, 委員（懇親会幹事担当）
• Apr. 2006, Mar. 2015, （一社）環境情報科学センター, 環境情報科学学術研究論文集委員会 委員
• May 2011, May 2013, （公社）日本造園学会 総務委員会, 委員
• May 2011, May 2013, （公社）日本造園学会, 校閲委員 幹事
• May 2011, May 2013, （公社）日本造園学会, 論文集委員 幹事
• May 2009, May 2011, （公社）日本造園学会, 日中韓国際論文集委員会 委員
• May 2009, May 2011, （公社）日本造園学会, 国際委員会 委員
• 2010, （公社）日本造園学会, 第12回日中韓国際ランドスケープ専門家会議・国際シンポジウム実行委員会 委員
• May 2005, May 2008, （公社）日本造園学会, 企画委員会 委員

社会貢献活動

• 森林セラピー解説, TN002620, 01 Nov. 2015
• 森林セラピー解説, TN002620, 09 Nov. 2014
• 19 Apr. 2014
• 森の力でリラックス！ 元気の出し方教えます！ ‐森林浴がもたらす心身の健康への効果-（社会貢献）, TN002620, 21 Jan. 2014, 21 Jan. 2014
• 任意団体勉強会講師（社会貢献）, TN002620, 21 Dec. 2013
• Itoigawa Geo-park Forum 2013, TN002620, 16 Nov. 2013, 16 Nov. 2013

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• 森林セラピー解説, TN002620, 10 Nov. 2013
• 01 Oct. 2013, 31 Oct. 2013
• 糸魚川市市民講座講演（社会貢献）, TN002620, 23 Jun. 2013
• 01 Sep. 2012, 31 Oct. 2012
• 小学校講演会（社会貢献）, TN002620, 23 Sep. 2012