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The Third International Metasequoia Symposium, August 3–8, 2010 at

Osaka Museum of Natural History (OMNH), Nagai Park, Higashi-Sumiyoshi-ku,

Osaka, Japan ended successfully!

As it was expected in advance, an intense hotness continued everyday in Osaka. All attendants

walked in the Nagai Park where many cicadas sing noisily from Nagai Station to the Museum

with sweating.

There are 60 attendants in total, 29 from 9 foreign countries (China, USA, Korea, Taiwan,

Thailand, Italy, Hungary, Germany and Switzerland) and 31 Japanese. There were 26 oral

presentations of five sessions and 16 poster presentations as shown in the program.

On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to say our gratitude to the Tokyo Club,

Expo '90 Foundation and Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70 for

their financial supports for the symposium, and Japanese Association of Historical Botany, The

Botanical Gardens of Tohoku University, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Graduate School of

Science, Osaka City University, Kinki Branch of Geological Society of Japan, Lake Biwa

Museum, Mizunami Fossil Museum, Nagai Botanical Garden in Osaka and Minakuchi

Kodomonomori Nature Museum for their support and cooperation, and also to all attendants with

beautiful scientific presentations.

Photo1 Guidance sign on the way to the

OMNH in Nagai Park (photo by Chris)

Photo2 Noisy cicadas, Cryptotympana

facialis, on Prunus trunk on the way to

museum

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Photo4 Group photo of attendants under

whale specimen of OMNH

Photo3 Welcome reception on August 3rd

evening at OMNH (photo by Chris)

Photo5 Group photo just in front of River

cruising boat for dinner

Photo6 Dinner inside the cruising boat

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Program of the symposium

August 4 (Wednesday)

9:30–10:00 Opening Ceremony

Opening Address by Prof. Mitsuo Suzuki, Chair of Organizing Committee

Opening Address by Dr. Ryohei Yamanishi, Director of OMNH

Opening Address by Dr. Ben A. LePage, Organizing Committee

ORAL SESSION 1. — Metasequoia and associated conifers in the Cenozoic

Chaired by Ben A. LePage and Arata Momohara

10:00–10:20 Recent findings about Pinus trifolia flora

Minoru Tsukagoshi, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan

10:20–10:40 Cuticular studies of Paleocene Cupressaceae (sensu lato) from Northeast

Japan

Junji Horiuchi, Attached School, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan

10:40–11:00 Taxodiaceous conifers from the Cenozoic of Thailand and surrounding

regions

Paul J. Grote, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology,

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

11:00–11:20 The biogeography and evolution of Taxodium

Ben A. LePage, Natural Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, , USA and

Christopher J. Williams, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, USA

11:20–11:40 Survival and extinction of Taxodiaceae in the Quaternary Japan

Arata Momohara, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Chiba,

Japan

11:40–11:55 Discussion of Session

11:55–12:10 Group Photo Assembly; in front of OMNH

12:10–13:30 Lunch

ORAL SESSION 4. — Biology of the Taxodiaceae

Chaired by Jinshuang Ma and Paul J. Grote

13:30–13:50 The encyclopedia of Metasequoia

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Jinshuang Ma, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese

Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai,

China

13:50–14:10 A brief introduction to the biological surveys on Metasequoia within

recent decade in China

Qing Wang, Beijing Radiation Center, Beijing, China and Yufei Wang, State

Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

14:10–14:30 Stable isotope compositions of living and fossil Metasequoia: Physiological

and paleoclimatic interpretations

Hong Yang, Bryant University, Smithfield, USA

14:30–14:50 Paleoecology of Cunninghamia and Pseudotsuga from the earliest

Miocene Shichiku Flora, northeast Japan

Atsushi Yabe, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui, Japan

14:50–15:10 Phylogeography of East Asia Taxodiaceae species

Yen-Wei Chou, Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National

Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Philip I. Thomas, Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Xue-Jun Ge, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources

Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Ben A. LePage , Natural

Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, , USA and Chun-Neng Wang,

Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

15:10–15:30 Inferring past climate change response for Fitzroya cupressoides

Claire G. Williams, Forest History Society, Durham, USA, Victor Martinez,

University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Carlos Magni University of Chile,

Santiago Chile and Ben A. LePage, Natural Academy of Sciences,

Philadelphia, , USA

15：30-15：40 Project fro a botanical expedition in Southeastern Tibet (China)

Adrien Golinelli, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

15:40–16:00 Discussion of Session

16:00–17:00 POSTER SESSION

P1. Early Pleistocene fossil pollen flora from the lowermost part of Osaka Group in the

Yamashiro Hills, Kyoto

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Kumiko Handa, Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan,

Toshio Ikeda, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan and Takashi Fujiwara, Wonder

Stone Museum Masutomi Geology Museum, Kyoto, Japan

P2. Metasequoia responses to coastal environment changes due to sea-level variations in

Osaka Bay, Japan

Ikuko Kitaba, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Masayuki Hyodo, Kobe

University, Kobe, Japan, Shigehiro Katoh, Museum of Nature and Human

Activities, Hyogo,, Japan, Hiroshi Sato University of Hyogo, Japan, and

Mariko Matsushita, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,

Nara, Japan

P3. Miocene Glyptostrobus and fossil forest from Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Midori Matsumoto, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba,

Japan, Kousuke Kashiwabara, Shimosato Junior High School, Tokyo, Japan

and Kazuo Terada, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama,

Japan

P4. Fossil conifers from the Middle to the Late Pleistocene of Japan and three types of

plant macrofossil assemblages, in relation to Miki‘s ―Plant macrofossil

beds‖

Mutsuhiko Minaki, Faculty of Commerce, University of Marketing and

Distribution Sciences, Kobe, Japan

P5. Vegetation history since the last glacial period in the Shikoku Island, southwestern

Japan: Temporal and spatial changes in the distribution of Cryptomeria

japonica

Nao Miyake, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan, Jun

Nakamura, Mitsuo Yamanaka, Takeshi Nakagawa and Mika Miyake

P6. On some Cenozoic cuppressoid (s.l.) remains from south of Chile

Harufumi Nishida, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University,

Tokyo, Japan, Kazuo Terada, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum,

Katsuyama, Japan, Kazuhiko Uemura, Department of Geology and

Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan,

Atsushi Yabe, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Japan,

Miguel H. Rancusi, Colegio Compañia de Maria, Santiago, Chile, Toshihiro

Yamada, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan,

Hiroshi Kurita, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Takeshi Asakawa, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan and

Luis Felipe Hinojosa, Facultad de Ciencias, Uiversidad de Chile, Santiago,

Chile

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P7. Identification of Japanese species of Cupressaceae s.l. from wood structure and

implication of their identification for past timber usage in Japan

Shuichi Noshiro, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba,

Japan, Hisashi Abe, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute,

Tsukuba, Japan and Yutaka Kataoka, Forestry and Forest Products Research

Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

P8. Formation mechanism of ‗Matsuiwa‘ (silicified wood of Taxodioxylon matsuiwa)

included in the coal seam

Toru Oishi, Nippon Steel Kankyo Engineering, Tokyo, Japan and Takashi

Furuyama, Tohoku University of Community Service and Science,

Yamagata, Japan

P9. Metasequoia amber from the Miocene Yagii Formation, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Takeshi Saito, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University, Japan,

Makiko Kobayashi, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University,

Japan and Arata Momohara, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba

University, Japan

P10. Wood and pollen assemblages in the early Holocene at the Fukuchi Valley in Hyogo

Prefecture, Japan

Akita Takahashi, Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences,

University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan, Kumiko Handa, Museum of Nature and

Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan, Shigehiro Katoh, Museum of Nature and

Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan and Hiroshi Furutani, Institute of Natural

and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

P11. The life and works of Dr. Shigeru Miki

Minoru Tsukagoshi, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan,

Arata Momohara, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan

and Mutsuhiko Minaki, University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences,

Kobe, Japan

P12. Cenozoic deciduous taxodiaceous conifers in Japan and its adjacent areas

Kazuhiko Uemura, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National

Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan, Junji Yamamoto,

Tajikano-cho, Nishinomiya, Japan and Michio Yonesaka, Ichigatani-cho,

Nishinomiya, Japan

P13. Miki‘s discovery of Metasequoia and Cenozoic paleobotany in Japan

Kazuhiko Uemura, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National

Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan,

P14. A new method to prepare clean cuticular membrane from fossil leaves with thin and

fragile cuticles

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Li Wang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese

Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China and Qin Leng, Department of Science

and Technology, Bryant University, Smithfield, USA

18:50–21:00 Dinner Party

(River cruise on a traditional Japanese boat)

August 5 (Thursday)

ORAL SESSION 2. — Taxodioxylon and the history of taxodiaceous conifers

Chaired by Kyungsik Kim and Kazuo Terada

9:30–9:50 First discovery of fossil woods of Cupressaceae sensu lato from the Early

Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group, and its paleofloristic

significance

Kazuo Terada, Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama, Japan

9:50–10:10 Conifer fossil woods of the Cretaceous in Northeast Asia: Occurrences

and paleobiological implications

Changhwan Oh, Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National

University, Jeonju, Korea, Kyungsik Kim, Division of Biological Sciences,

Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, In-Sung Paik, Department of

Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea and

Jong-Deock Lim, Natural Heritage Center National Research Institute of

Cultural Heritage, Daejeon, Korea

10:10–10:30 Taxodiaceous woods in Lusatia—Intriguing findings of the European

Cenozoic

Martina Dolezych, Senckenberg Museum of Geology and Mineralogy,

Dresden, Germany

10:30–10:50 Fossil woods from the Hatamura Formation (Middle Miocene) of Akita

Prefecture in Japan

Eun-Kyoung Jeong, Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National

University, Jeonju, Korea, Kyungsik Kim, Division of Biological Sciences,

Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, and Mitsuo Suzuki, Botanical

Gardens, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

10:50–11:10 Temporal and spatial distribution of the fossil forests dominated by

Metasequoia and Glyptostrobus from the lower Pleistocene Kobiwako

Group, Japan

Chiyomi Yamakawa, Biwa Lake Museum, Kusatsu, Japan, Arata Momohara,

Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan, Midori Matsumoto,

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Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, and Tomoo

Nunotani, Biwa Lake Museum, Kusatsu, Japan

11:10–11:25 Discussion of Session

11:25–13:00 Lunch

ORAL SESSION 3. — Taxodiaceous fossil forests in time and space

Chaired by Christopher J. Williams and Kazuo Terada

13:00–13:20 An overview of the studies on the Pliocene ―taxodiaceous‖ fossil forest of

the Stura di Lanzo River (NW Italy)

Elena Vassio, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino Univesity, Torino, Italy

and Edoardo Martinetto, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino Univesity,

Torino, Italy

13:20–13:40 Structure of the 7 million years old Bükkábrány fossil forest in Hungary

Miklós Kázmér, Department of Palaeontology, Eotvos University, Budapest,

Hungary

13:40–14:00 A Middle Miocene Metasequoia forest in northwestern Kanto Plain,

central Japan

Makiko Kobayashi, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan

and Arata Momohara, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University,

Japan

14:00–14:20 Paleoecology and paleoclimate of the Early Eocene Chickaloon Formation,

Alaska, USA

Christopher J. Williams, Department of Earth & Environment, Franklin &

Marshall College, Lancaster, USA and David Sunderlin, Department of

Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, USA

14:20–14:40 (cancelled)

14:20–14:55 Discussion of Session

14:55–15:25 Tea Break

ORAL SESSION 5. — Conservation and the future of Metasequoia

Chaired by Qin Leng and Shuichi Noshiro

15:25–15:45 The end of an era?—The conservation status of redwoods and other

members of the former Taxodiaceae in the 21st century

Philip Thomas, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK and Ben A.

LePage, Natural Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, , USA

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15:45–16:05 Relict Metasequoia glyptostroboides population in south-central China:

Threats to its survival

Cindy Q.Tang, Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University,

Kunming, China, Yongchuan Yang, Faculty of Urban Construction and

Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China,

Masahiko Ohsawa, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science,

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Arata Momohara, Graduate

School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan, Masatoshi Hara, Natural

History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan, Shoulin Cheng, Hubei

Xingdoushan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau Enshi, China

and Shenghou Fan, Lichuan Metasequoia Management Office, Lichuan, China

16:05–16:25 Study on individual death and interference factors of primary

Metasequoia glyptostroboides mother trees

Biao Xiong, School of Biological Science and Technology, Hubei University

for Nationalities, Enshi, China, Xun-ru Ai, School of Biological Science and

Technology, Hubei University for Nationalities, Enshi, China, Bo-quan Wang,

School of Biological Science and Technology, Hubei University for

Nationalities, Enshi, China, Yong-mei Yi, School of Biological Science and

Technology, Hubei University for Nationalities, Enshi, China, Lan Yao,

School of Biological Science and Technology, Hubei University for

Nationalities, Enshi, China and Shen-hou Fan, Hubei Lichuan Metasequoia

Mother Trees Administrative Station, Lichuan, China

16:25–16:45 The mystery of the occurrence of Even Type of cuticles in living and fossil

Metasequoia

Qin Leng, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University,

Smithfield, USA, Li Wang, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of

Sciences, Beijing, China, Hong Yang, Department of Science and Technology,

Bryant University, Smithfield, USA and Chunxiang Li, Nanjing Institute of

Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

16:45–17:05 The legacy of John Kuser‘s Metasequoia glyptostroboides research and

continuation of his work at Rutgers University

Ari E. Novy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, Sasha

Eisenman, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, Ramya

Ramiviram, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, Stacy

Bonos, Jason Grabosky, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey,

USA and Lena Struwe, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey,

USA

17:05–17:20 Discussion of Session

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17:20–17:40 Closing Ceremony

Summary of the symposium (by Christopher J. WILLIAMS)

1) New international connections.

2) Significant new insights on Metasequoia biogeography and related taxa.

3) Update on natural and ex situ Metasequoia populations

4) Extensive information exchange about fossil materials from a diverse array of countries.

5) Detailed information on new methods of preparing and conserving fossil material.

6) Paleoclimate-biogeography relationships

Photo7 Presentation (photo by Chris) Photo8 Presentation

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Proceedings

And, it was decided by the organizing committee that the proceedings of this symposium would

be published in next April. The attendants are strongly recommended to submit papers until end

of September 2010. The instruction for authors is as below.

Guidelines for manuscript preparation for the Proceedings of the Third Metasequoia Symposium

Publication form (tentative): Special issue of the Japanese Journal of Historical Botany Publication date (prospective): April 2011 Editorial board: Shuichi Noshiro, Ben A LePage, Qin Leng, Arata Momohara, Harufumi Nishida, Kazuhiko Uemura, Christopher J Williams, Hong Yang Review procedure: Manuscripts will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. Deadline for submission of the manuscript: 30 September 2010 Address for electronic submission: noshiro#affrc.go.jp (Caution!! Please change # to @ in sending your e-mail) Manuscript preparation An electronic manuscript, and separate files for figures and tables should be sent to the above address. The manuscript file should include, Title Page (author names, affiliations and addresses, author correspondence), Abstract (less than 200 words), Text, References, and Legends for Figures and Tables. Do not insert tables or figures in the text file. File format Text: MS Word or Word compatible file Paper format: A4 Margins: 25 mm on all sides Text: Double space, flush left, font size 11–12 points Tables: MS Excel or Excel compatible files Figures (do not use colors) Bit map images: Adobe Photoshop or compatible files, PDFs, TIFF files (Minimum dpi: Gray scale images 350 dpi, B&W images 600 dpi in print size) Vector images: Adobe Illustrator or EPS files, PDFs Citation In text: Shimizu (1989), Shimizu & Mizuno (1989), Shimizu et al. (1989), (Shimizu, 1988, 1989; Shimizu & Mizuno, 1989) Reference list: Cite in the alphabetical order of the first, second, and third authors. Cite references of the same author(s) chronologically. (example)

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Creber, J.T. & Francis, J.E. 1999. Fossil tree-ring analysis: palaeodendrology. In: Jones, T.P. & Rowe, N.P., eds., Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques, 245–250. Geological Society, London.

Niklas, K.J. 1994. Predicting the height of fossil plant remains: an allometric approach to an old problem. American Journal of Botany 81: 1235–1242.

Stewart, W.N. 1983. Paleobotany and the evolution of plants. 450 pp. Cambridge University Press, New York.

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Excursion report

Reported by Harufumi Nishida

Day 1: August 6 (Friday) Sunny, max. 36℃

8:15 Departure from AOTS Kansai Kenshu Center by chartered bus

Stop at Otsu Service Area with panoramic view of the Lake Biwa

10:30 Arrival to the Lake Biwa Museum at Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture

Exhibition of a Pleistocene Metasequoia forest in the Kobiwako Group

After a greeting from the Museum Director, Dr. Toru Shinohara, who is an

anthropologist, the group moved to the exhibit of the Pleistocene Metasequoia

reconstructed forest.

11:30 Lunch in the museum restaurant and museum sight-seeing

Freshwater aquaria with fishes and mollusca endemic to the Lake Biwa are one of major

interests of the museum.

13:00 Observation on plant fossil specimens in the museum laboratory

Various array of plant organs from the fossil sites along the Echi River were exhibited

and could be observed using binoculars and microscopes. Type specimens of Wataria

wood also attracted participants.

14:20 Departure from the museum

15:00 Arrival at Yoshinaga site, Konan, Shiga Prefecture

Observation on the latest Pliocene Yoshinaga fossil forest dominated by Metasequoia

and Glyptostrobus

16:30 Departure from the Yoshinaga site

18:40 The Harmonie Terrasse Wedding Hotel in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture

19:30 Dinner in the hotel

Enjoyed beautiful decoration and excellent taste of food.

The cormorant fishing watch in the Nagara River was canceled because of schedule

delay.

Photo9 Welcome greeting by Museum

Director

Photo10 Metasequoia cones from Echi

River site

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Day 2: August 7 (Saturday) Sunny, max. 36℃

7:00 Breakfast in the hotel

8:15 Departure from the hotel

9:00 Arrival to the Minokamo Fossil Forest Park, Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture

Observation on an early Miocene petrified forest dominated by Wataria, Sterculiaceae

Only about 10 fossil stums were exposed because of the high water level by heavy rain

last night.

9:35 Depart for Toki, Gifu Prefecture

10:00 Arrival at the Hishiya opencast mine,

The early late Miocene fossil site of the Tokiguchi Porcelain Clay Formation

Although Metasequoia remains could not be found, various organs of other components of Miki’s

Photo11 Huge Metasequoia ovuliferous

cone

Photo12 Observing specimens at museum

laboratory

Photo14 Yoshinaga site bearing

Metasequoia wood

Photo13 Thanks to Dr. Chiyomi

Yamakawa

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Pinus trifolia bed flora have been observed and collected. Beautiful ovuliferous cones of Pinus

trifolia and Glyptostrobus fascinated most of the participants.

11:45 Departure for Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture

12:10 Arrival and lunch at Mizunami Geoscience Center

13:10 The Mizunami Fossil Museum of Mizunami City

Observation on Miocene fossil collection from Mizunami, and museum exhibition after an

explanation by the Museum Director, Mr. Shigemi Sudo.

14:00 Departure from the museum

16:45 Arrival to Kyorai-So Inn at Akasawa Natural Forest Park, Agematsu, Nagano Prefecture

Left three colleagues from Uematsu Station.

18:00 Dinner at the inn

Selected local dishes using fauna and flora of the region were served. Hoba (Magnolia

grandifolia leaf) Yaki (grill) is a typical local style of cooking.

Photo15 Hotel breakfast Photo16 Gifu Castle and the Nagara River

Photo17 Minokamo Fossil Forest Park Photo18 Hishiya Open Cast Mine

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Day 3: August 8 (Sunday) Cloudy, max. 33℃

7:00 Breakfast at the inn

8:00 Hiking in Chamaecyparis obtusa forest in Akasawa (ca. 1200 m alt.)

Walked into a Chamaecyparis forest preserved for Ise Shrine timber supply guided by

Mr. Takeshi Miura. Elements of mixed broadleaf deciduous forest were observed.

9:55 Departure for Tsumago, Nagano Prefecture

11:30 Arrival and lunch at restaurant near Tsumago

Boiled Soba (Phagopyrum esculentum: buckwheat) noodle of Hachiwari Soba (80%

ground Soba powder and 20 % flour) type, mixed Sushi wrapped with Hoba (Magnolia

grandifolia leaf), and pork cooked with mushrooms on a porcelain pan were served.

12:30 Depart to Tsumago

Photo19 Pinus trifolia ovuliferous cone Photo20 With a Glyptostrobus shoot

Photo21 Director of Mizunami Fossil

Museum

Photo22 In front of the Museum

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12:35 Sight-seeing and traditional souvenir shopping at Tsumago

13:45 Leaving Tsumago

Left seven colleagues from Tsumago bus stop.

Stops at Yoro Service Area and Kusatsu Service Area

19:05 Arrival at AOTS Kansai Kenshu Center

Acknowledgements for the excursion

The field excursion is financially supported by the Tokyo Club, the Expo'90 Foundation, and the

Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70. This excursion could not

Photo23 Ready to go into the forest Photo24 Future pillar of Ise Shrine

Photo25 Mr. Miura explains natural

regeneration of conifers started on dead

tree trunk.

Photo26 Lunch at a restaurant near

Tsumago

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have taken place without the generous assistance and support from the Biwa Lake Museum,

Mizunami Fossil Museum, and Hishiya Mine Company Ltd. Special thanks are due to Mr.

Yasuji Kawai, Koyo Junior High School, Mitake and Kani History Museum for providing us

with information of the fossil sites and the venue for this excursion, and to Mr. Shogo Konishi,

Minakuchi Kodomonomori Nature Museum for his assistance to prepare the sites observed

during this excursion. Special thanks are also extended to the Heibonsha Ltd. for permission to

reproduce and arrange the botanical illustrations in Okuyama (1977) “Terasaki’s Illustrated

Flora of Japan” that was used in Appendix III of the excursion guide.

Finally all the participants are delighted to have experienced an excellent time with full of

scientific as well as social interests, including fine food and Sake. All of our gratefulness is sent

to Dr. Arata MOMOHARA, the excursion leader, and all other staffs who supported the trip in

various ways. See you all in IPC XIII/IOPC IX Tokyo in 2012 or elsewhere earlier.

Photo27 Now and past at Tsumago