COMPANY PROFILE

RYOKO UEYAMA
Landscape Architect (ASLA, RLA)
上山良子

Professor Emeritus, Nagaoka Institute of Design

Education :

U.C. Berkeley, Master of Landscape Architecture, 1978
Sophia University, Bachelor of Arts in English Language

Awards :

2019 “Nagasaki Urban Design Committee" won the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award at the 100th Anniversary Ceremony for the City Planning Act and the Urban Building Law.
2014 Nagaoka Cityscape Award : Nagaoka Peace Forest Park
2013 Japan Sciety of Civil Engineers Award : Nagasaki Seaside Park (Nagasaki Urban Design Committe)
2013 Nagasaki Cityscape Award : Nagasaki Seaside Park
2011 Nagasaki Cityscape Award : Nagasaki Port Matsugae International Tourism Vessel Wharf
2011 Good Design Award 2011 (JIDPO) : Nagasaki Port Matsugae International Tourism Vessel Wharf (Nagasaki Urban Design Committee)
2006 Japan Sciety of Civil Engineers Award : Nagasaki Seaside Park (Nagasaki Urban Design Committe)
2006 Good Design Award 2006 (JIDPO) : Kitamachi Shimashima Park
2005 AACA (Japan Association of Artists Craftsmen and Architects) Honorable Award : Kitamachi Shimashima Park
2005 Saitama City Landscape / Townscape Design Merit Award 2005 : Kitamachi Shimashima Park
2004 Good Design Award 2004 Gold Prize (JIDPO) : Nagasaki Seaside Park (Nagasaki Urban Design Committee)
2002 Good Design Award 2002 (JIDPO) : Shiba-3-chome East Area Redevelopment "Satsuma no Michi"
1998 Purchased Prize (Landscape Architecture Competition for Toolonlahti Parks, Invited Participation)
1996 AACA (Japan Association of Artists Craftsmen and Architects) Award :
  Nagaoka Heiwa-no-mori Park (Nagaoka Peace Forest Park)
1992 Building Constructors Society Award : Shibaura Seavans
1991 Japan Greenery Research and Development Center Award :
  Nihon Bisoh Nagasaki Research and Factory Landscape Design
1978 A.S.L.A. National Award in Graduate Division
1978 Best Art Award of University of California, Berkeley
1978 Eisner Prize in Creative Arts, University of California, Berkeley
1977 & 78 Beatrice Ferrand Scholarship : U.C. Berkeley Dept. of Landscape Architecture

Professional Experience in Design Field :

2008-2012 President of Nagaoka Institute of Design
1982-Present Ryoko Ueyama Landscape Design Studio
1977-1982 C.H.N.M.B. Associates, San Francisco (Former Lawrence Halprin & Assoc.)
1974-1976 KECK-CRAIG Associates, Pasadena
1968-1970 EXPO'70 Telecommunication Pavilion Design Team : Interior Designer

Professional Experience in Education :

2008-2012 President of Nagaoka Institute of Design
2005-2008 Professor Emeritus, Nagaoka Institute of Design
1998-2005 Professor, Nagaoka Institute of Design Graduate Division
1995-2005 Professor, Nagaoka Institute of Design Undergraduate Division
1988-1994 Lecturer, Musashino Art University
1982-1990 Lecturer, Tokyo Institute of Design

Major Projects :

2012-2013 The World Heritage Shirakawa-gou, OgimachiPlaza Schematic Design Shirakawa Village
2009-2011 Nagasaki Port Matsugae International Terminal (Advisor)  
2006-2008 Plaza North PFI Project, Saitama-city Saitama City
  Final Design, Design Deveroopment & Site Supervision  
2005-Present Plaza North Landscape Design Nihon Sekkei
2004 MOMOA (Mogi-honke Museum of Art) Landscape Design MOMOA Foundation
2002-2003 Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Event Plaza Street Furniture MM21
  -Stall Wagon Design  
2001-2005 Saitama-city Northern Core Area Miyahara Symbol Park Saitama City
  (Kitamachi Shima-shima Park) Landscape Design  
2002-2003 Nagasaki Seaside Park Sign Design & Site Supervision Nagasaki Pref.
    / Urban Design Consultant
2002-2003 Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Event Plaza Street Furniture MM21
  -Stall Wagon Design  
2001-2002 Makuhari A-District Hilltop View Park Landscape Design Urban Design Institute Co., Ltd.
2001-2005 Saitama-city Northern Core Area Miyahara Symbol Park Landscape Design Urban Planning & Design
Institute / Saitama City
2001-2002 Urayasu Community Bus Graphic Design & Bus Stop Design Urayasu City
    / Institute of Regional Studies
2001 Shimomaruko Housing Development Landscape Design Atelier Nanjo
2000-Present Nagasaki Seaside Park Landscape Design Schematic & Final Design, 
  Design Development & Site Supervision Nagasaki Pref.
    / Urban Design Consultant
1999 Toyosu District Redevelopment Master Plan (with Space Incubator) Mitsui Real Estate Development
    Co., Ltd.
1998-1999 Kashiwazaki Symbiotic Park Master Plan Japan Greenery Research
    & Development Center
1997-1998 Okayama Tozainakashima District Landscape Planning Japan Institute of Construction
    Engineering
    / Urban Planning & Design
    Institute
1997-2002 Shiba-3-chome East Area Redevelopment Design Guideline, Final Design, Mitsui Real Estate Development
  Design Development & Site Supervision Co., Ltd.
1997 Landscape Architecture Competition for Toolonlahti Parks Helsinki City
  Invited Participation  
1997 Awa Natural Village Renewal Plan Aoi Kaihatsu Kouji
1997 Pacifico Yokohama Plaza Shelter Design MM21
1996-2000 Makuhari Bay Town Gran Patios East District Landscape Design :  
  Schematic & Final Design, Design Development and Site Supervision Urban Design Institute Co.,Ltd.
    / Nomura Real Estate
1996-1997 Sekikawa-village Sculpture Park - 5 Environmental Sculptures Sekikawa-village
1996 Unzen Resort Hotel Schematic Design Producer Associates
1996 Yokosuka Seaside New Town Housing Development (R-1~R-4 Districts) Yokosuka Kagayaki New Town
  Landscape Design Research Society
    / D.M.T. Group
1995-1996 Nagaoka Heiwa-no-mori Park (Nagaoka Peace Forest Park : Nagaoka City
  World War II Memorial Park) Schematic Design, Final Design,  
  Design Development & Site Supervision  
1994-1995 Tokyo Bayside Highway Funnel Design : Schematic & Final Design Coastal Development Institute
    of Technology / Tokyo
    Metropolitan Government
1994 Hotel Accion Guam Landscape Design : Schematic Design Urban Planning & Design
    Institute
1994-1995 Yokohama Swimming Pool Landscape Design Yokohama City
1994-1995 Ohita Agricultural Park Landscape Design Ohita Pref. / Nomura Kogei
1993-1995 National Institute of Nuclear Fusion Science Landscape & Sign Design : Urban Planning & Design
  Schematic & Final Design Institute / The Agency for
    Cultural Affairs
1993 Y-city East Commercial District Revitalization Master Plan Y City
1993 Beppu Shidaka Resort Landscape Master Plan & Research Studies Beppu City
1993 Shizuoka Music Park Grand Design Shizuoka Prefecture
1992-1993 Ise Shima Resort Housing Development III Kintetsu Real Estate
    / Space Incubator
1992 Kawanishi H-Project Master Plan G.S.J.V.
1992 Bonsai Museum Landscape Design Urban Design Institute
    / Space Incubator
1991-1993 Gifu Station South Plaza and Park : Schematic & Final Design Gifu Prefecture
1990-1992 JR T-Project Landscape Master Plan East Japan Railway Company
1990-1993 Nerima Station Plaza and Azalea Park Final Design Japan Greenery Research
    & Development Center
1990-1991 Hiratsuka Syonan Culture Park Master Plan Japan Research Institute for
    Social Development
1989 Ise Shima Resort Housing Development Master Plan Kintetsu Real Estate
  w/ Mr. Hikosaka, Architect  
1989 New Hiroshima Airport Village Master Plan Hiroshima Airport Public Corp.
1988-1989 Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping Center 20th Anniversary Renovation :  
  Schematic &Final Design, Design Development and Site Supervision Toshin Development Corp.
1988-1989 Nihon Bisoh Nagasaki Research & Factory Landscape Design Nihon Bisoh
1988 Yes'89 Central Station Pavilion for SK System & Bus Stop Design Yes'89 EXPO Committee
1987 Yes'89 Transportation Master Plan Yes'89 EXPO Committee
1987 Tama New Town No.15 District Landscape Coordination Housing & Urban Development
   Corp.
1987 Hitachi Science Museum Roof Garden Design "Celestial Garden" U.P.U. /w Y. Hikosaka
1987-1990 Shibaura Seavans Landscape : Schematic & Final Design,  
  Design Development & Site Supervision Shimizu Corp. / NTT
1986-1988 "100 Hills" Landscape Design : Schematic & Final Design Tokyu Land Corp.
  w/ Richardson (RNM), Architect & Ishii (UPR Land Planning)  
1985 Singapore Subway : Maxwell Station Conceptual Design and Final Design P.C.I.
1981 Huntington Fall, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (C.H.N.M.B.)  
1980 Stanford University Student Housing Project, Palo Alto (C.H.N.M.B.)  
1979-1980 Long Beach Downtown Transit Mall Project (C.H.N.M.B.)  

Committee :

2013 Saitama New Town-center Future Vision Committee Saitama City
2011-2012 Nagasaki Prefectural Government Office Competition Committee Nagasaki Prefecture
2009-2013 Townscape for Living Concurs Judging Committee Jutaku Seisan Shinko Zaidan
2009-2011 Kenou Meister Judging Committee Niigata prefecture
2009 Print Culture Competition Judging Committee Chairman Niigata Printing Industry Association
2009 Architectural Institute of Japan Competition ‘Urban Physics’ Judging Committee AIJ
2009 Yokohama Ekisaito 22 Townscape Committee Yokohama city
2009 Nagaoka Tourism and Convention Association Nagaoka city
2009 NPO ‘Machizukuri: Town Planning’ board of director  
2009 House made of Echigo Cider Design Competition Judging Committee Niigata-ken Lumber Union
2008 Shinano River Water Study Scholars and man of Experience Committee Hokuriku Regional Develop Bureau
2008 Nagaoka Tourism and Convention Association Nagaoka city
2008 Nagaoka City Art Exhibition Judging Committee for Western Paintings Nagaoka Art Association
2008 Nagaoka Design Fair Committee Chairman Nagaoka city
2008 Nagaoka City Central District Revitalization Committee Nagaoka city
2008 Yokohama Station Area Renovation Planning Committee
(Ekisaito Yokohama 22 Project)
Yokohama city
2008 Niigqta Degi Con Grand Prix Judging Committee Chairman NPO
2008 The forth Townscape for Living Concours Judging Committee The Machinami Foundation
2007-2008 Nagasaki Port Area Urban Design Committee: Adviser to Matsugae Area Nagasaki prefecture
2007-2008 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Recovery Foundation :Board of Director Niigata prefecture
2007-2008 Advisary Comitte for Yokohama Station and vicinity area  
2005 Judging Committee for the Passenger Terminal Building  
  and the Cargo Terminal of the Tokyo International Airport Construction Competition
  (Civil Aviation Bureau of MLIT)  
2005 Judging Committee for the 22nd Housing & Urban Planning Design Competition
2004 Judging Committee for the 21st Housing & Urban Planning Design Competition
2004-Present Registered Landscape Architect Administration Committee  
2003-2005 Judging Committee for the Urban-Landscape Materials  
2003 Aoyama Metropolitan Cemetry Reform Committee  
2003 Yotsukaido Symbol Road Landscape Planning Committee  
2003 Judging Committee of the 20th Housing & Urban Plannig Design Competition (in Okinawa)
2002-Present Gaien-higashi Street Design & Research Committee  
2002 PFI Judging Committee for Kanto Local Finance Bureau  
2002 Piazza Italia in Giappone 2001 International Design Competition Judge  
2001-Present Saitama-city Central District Redevelopment Committee  
2001-2002 Yotsukaido-city Central District Redevelopment Committee  
2001-Present Niigata Station & Station Plaza Competition Committee  
2001-2002 Urayasu Community Bus Committee  
2000-2002 Chiba-city Urban Environment Planning Committee  
2000-Present Adviser for Nagasaki Bay Area Urban Design Committee  
2000-2001 Yokohama Red Brick Warehouses Committee  
1999-2000 Planning Committee for Takanosu Highway Landscape  
1998-Present Planning Committee for Kashiwazaki Symbiotic Park  
1998 5th Competition for Local Cities for Core Townscape Judging Committee  
1997-1998 Keihin Waterfront Redevelopment Committee  
1997-1998 Okayama Touzainakashima District Redevelopment Planning Committee  
1996-1998 2004 International Garden & Horticulture Exhibition in Shizuoka Planning Committee
1996 Nagaoka-city Culture Forum Competition Judging Committee  
1996-Present Committee for Local Intelligence Development Forum  
1996 Tama New Town No.13 Housing District Planning Committee  
1996-1997 Committee for Research Park  
1996-1997 New Vision of Road in Yokohama City Committee  
1996-2001 Design Committee for Renovation of Prime Minister's official Residence  
1996 3rd Competition for Local Cities for Core Townscape Judging Committee  
1995-1996 Nagaoka for Eco-city Committee  
1995-1996 Nagaoka-city Welfare Hall District Redevelopment Committee  
1995-1996 Nagaoka-city Urban Environment Planning Committee  
1995-Present Japan Association of Artists Craftsmen and Architects Committee (aaca)  
1995-2001 Ministry of Construction Building Council  
1995 2nd Competition for Local Cities for Core Towns cape Judging Committee  
1993 Prime Minister's Private Committee for Beautiful Towns cape  
1993-1998 Tokyo Metropolitan Port and Harbor Council  
1993-1997 Yokohama-city Port and Harbor Council  
1993 Noda-city Regional Design Committee  
1991-1992 Osanbashi (Pier) Terminal Building Committee  
1991-1992 Tokyo Bay Cultural Monuments Committee  
1991-1992 Yokohama Urban Design International Competition Judge (Zonohana District)  
1991-1992 "Little Cosmopolitan City" Declaration from Local Core Cities Committee  
1991-1993 Marunouchi Planning Committee for 21st Century  
1990-1991 MM21 New District Development Committee  
1990-1992 Shizuoka Music Park Planning Committee  
1990-1998 Tokyo Bayside Park System Council  
1988-1991 New Vision of Yokohama Harbor for 21st Century Committee  
1988-1989 Urban Park Design and Research Committee  
1988-2001 Yokohama Historic Townscape Preservation Committee  
1988-1990 Tokyo Metropolitan New Cemetery Planning Committee  
1987-1991 Tokyo International Airport Terminal Landscape Committee  
1987-1990 Water Front Environmental Design Research Committee  
1987-1991 Yokohama Water Surface Revitalization Committee  
1987-1989 Yes'89 Transportation Committee  
1986-1995 Outdoor Advertisement Committee for Kanagawa Prefecture  
1985-1986 Landscape Planning Committee for Kanagawa Prefecture  

Lecture / Symposium :

2012 ‘To create the Only One Place in the world’ Nagasaki Kassui Women Collage Living Design Course Special Lecture open to public
2012 ‘The Memory of the Land’ NY Botanical Garden NYBG
2012 ‘A vision to create Nagaoka Townscape with a viewpoint of
a Landscape Architecture’
Nagaoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2009 SC Academy Lecture ‘Landscape Design for Commercial Public Spaces’ Japan Shopping Center Association
2009 ‘Create a Space’ a view of Landscape Design Saitama Hojin-kai
2009 ‘Professional field of Landscape Design’ Japan Shopping Center Association
2009 ‘Revival of Village by Gardening’ : Listening to the voice of the earth Hosse Village damaged by the Chuetsu Earthquake
2009 ‘Such a broad field of DESIGN’ Nagaoka National College of Technology
2008 ‘The professional field of Landscape Design’ Nagasaki Insstitute of Applied Science Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
2008 ‘To create a Space by Memory of Land’ for Mitsuke city  
2008 ‘To create a Space by Memory of Land’: for Ojiya city at ‘Tochu’
2008 SC Academy Lecture ‘Landscape Design for Commercial Public Space Japan Shopping Center Association
2008 ‘Environment & Tourism’ Symposium (coordinator) Nagaoka Chamber of Commerce
2007 Townscape Colledge of Tawara-City : "To create tounscape by Landscape method" Tawara-City
2006 Landscape Practice : Methodology MLT Hokuriku Reagional Development Bureau
2006 "Public spots on Private plots best garden 06" International competition Judging committee, in Wien Team private plots
2006 "Creative Life and Living Environment Environment" C-NIKKEI 130 Anniversary Symposium Japan Creative Sociaty
2005 Civic Landscape Design MLT Hokuriku Regional Development
/ Development Bureau
2005 "To the Beautiful Garden Island" (Open Lecture) Kyoto Univ. of Art & Design
2005 "Scenic Byway Forum for Chuetsu Earthquake Reconstruction" (Panenlist) MLIT
2005 "Retirement Lecture" Nagaoka Institure of Design
2005 "Knowledge Session in Marunouchi" (Panelist) Architectual Institute of Japan
2004 "Invitation to Landscape Design" Sophia Univ.
2004 "Urban Redevelopment by Citizens' Participation" Yokohama-city Urban Planning
    Symposium
2004 "Past and Future of Landscape Design" - Talk Session with Mr. Yoji Sasaki JUDI
2004 "Invitaion to Landscape Design" Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
    S&E Institute
2004 "The Role of Landscape Architect in Urban Development" Acedamy Hills
2003 "To Create the Beautiful Garden Island" Hokuriku Regional Development
    Bureau
2003 "An Urban Design Project in Tokyo Shiba-3-chome East Area Redevelopment U.C. Berkeley
   A New Wave of Japanese Landscape Design"  
2003 "Importance of Design in Urban Development" Ark Academy Hills
2002 "To Vitalize Kansai Distirict" (Panelist) Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
    / Osaka Chamber of Commerce
    & Industry
2002 "Landscape Design" (guest lecturer) Ark Academy Hills
2002 The 14th LIDO Salon Fuchu City / LIDO
2001 "Housing Development and Townscape" Toyota Oval Committee
2001 "Toward 'the Beautiful Garden Island' - Public Realm" Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
    & Transport / Niigata Pref.
2001 "Toward 'the Beautiful Garden Island'" Japan Charm Academic Society
2000 "To Create Symbiosis City Iida ; Sustainable Vision" Japan Association for Human
    & Environmental Symbiosis
2000 Landscape Technology Symposium : "Towns cape of Kitakyushu-city Waseda University Science
  for the 21st Century" & Engineering Research Center
2000 Outline of Environmental Design : "Landscape Design in Sanjo" Sanjo City
2000 Design Symposium in Nagoya : Vision for Compact City - Possibility Nagoya Urban Institute
  of Compact City  
2000 Local Intelligence Development Forum in Nagasaki : Create New Roadside LIDO / Nagasaki Holland Year
  Landscape (Holland Road) Promotion Association
1999 Symposium on Haramachi Townscape for the 21st Century Haramachi City
  - Townscape Design & Local Culture  
1999 Matsue Urban Design Forum : "Memory of the Land・Waterscape" Matsue City
1999 "Future 100-year Story of Greenery in Niigata" Niigata City
1999 Village Forests Study Forum : "Landscape in Village Forests in Niigata" Japan Greenery Research
    & Development Center
1999 Marunouchi Urban Design Symposium The City Planning Institute
    of Japan
1998 Local Intelligence Development Forum - Toward the Century LIDO / Niigata Prefecture
  of "Communication" ~ Local Values  
1998 "Immediate Effect of Civil Engineering upon Landscape" Niigata Prefecture
1998 "Reconstruction of Urban Environment by Landscape Method" Yokkaichi City
1998 "Toward 'the Beautiful Garden Island'" Ministry of Construction
1998 '98 Nagasaki Heisei Symposium : "New Vision for the Value" The Nagasaki Shinbun, MITI, etc.
1998 "New Vision for Social Infrastructure for Hokuriku Region" The Daily Engineering
  (Three-man Talk) & Construction News
1998 Marunouchi Townscape Design Symposium (Panelist) Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
1997 "Environment and Architecture" (Talk with Mr. Kimio Shimizu, architect)  
1997 "Townscape and Volunteers" Nagasaki City
1997 "Public Realms Then and Now : The Evolution of Civic Space in the Japanese EAJS Budapest Conference
   Landscape"  
1997 Tokyo in 21st Century from the Viewpoint of Landscape Architect Ark Academy Hills
1997 Value of Regional Scape ; creation of "Scape" LIDO / Kumamoto Prefecture
1997 "Preservation of Milieu in Eco-muse" Ohita Prefecture Landscape
    & Gardening & Construction
    Association
1997 Forum "Tohoku Round Table '97" Dentsu Inc.
1997 "Urban Landscape" Ark Academy Hills
1997 "Townscape Design" Niigata City
1996 "Challenge of Landscape Design" Japan Urban Planning Institute
1996 "Local Intelligence Development Forum in Tochigi, '96" LIDO / Tochigi Prefecture
1996 Nagaoka Eco-city Symposium Nagaoka City
1996 "Collaboration of Architecture and Landscape" JIA
1996 "To Plan New Cemetery" (Commentator) Institute of Regional Studies
1996 "Urban Vitality Created by Art" Institute of Regional Studies
1996 Opening Symposium for Ecological Arboretum in Snow Region Nagaoka City
1996 "New Theme for Mitsuke-city : Total Fashion City" Mitsuke City
1996 "Contextual Townscape to live" Economic Planning Agency
1996 "Public Architecture Merged with Environment" Ministry of Construction
1995 "For Beautiful Townscape - Urban Design Apolia -" Ministry of Construction
1995 "For 2004 International Garden & Horticulture Exhibition" Shizuoko Prefecture
1995 "Milieu and Environmental Design" PURE Seminar
1995 Urban Environmental Design Seminar : Current Urban Design Japan Urban Design Institute
1994 National Conference for Regional Design National Land Agency
1993 "Water Fabrique in Urban Setting - to make the best use of Waterfront" Yokohama City
1993 '93 Kobe Urban Resort International Conference Kobe City
1993 "Redevelopment of Coastal Industrial Region" National Land Agency
1992 "Seaside Landscape" Japan Ocean Development
    Construction Association,Inc.
1992 International Public Design Symposium"Vehicle: Discovery of Stage Nagoya City
  in Movement"  
1991 "Proposal for Kobe Waterfront Development" Kobe City
  (Urban Stage Setting by Landscape Method)  
1989 Environmental Design Seminar : "Townscape" Musashino Art University
    / Goethe Institute, Tokyo
1988 "International Forum : Urban Redevelopment for 21st Century" Saitama Prefecture
1987 Sagami River Forum Kanagawa Prefecture
1984 Symposium "Urban Design at Waterfront" Yokohama City Planning Bureau

Major Publication :

2015 The INSPIRED LANDSCAPE: Twenty-one leading landscape architects explore the creative process by Susan Cohen, TIMBER PRESS
2013 Re No.177 ‘The Power of Design’, Building Maintenance & Management Center
2009 Serial writing ‘Viewpoint from a Landscape Architect’, Myskip
2008 ‘Landscape Design’ No.63 Interview Feature Article by Dr. Isoya Shinnji ‘Landscape Architect in Japan -9th’, Marumo Publishing Co.
2008 ‘Town Planning and Commerce : Creation and Design in Commercial Space’, Japanese Technological Organization for Commercial Space
2008 ‘Talk with Toru Mitani : Field of Landscape Design’, Nelsis Vol.9
2007 LANDSCAPE DESIGN "Creating a Place" - Listen to the Voice of the Earth, Art Publishing Company
2006 AREA No.84, Tokyo Issue, Italian Architectural Magazine editted by Livio Sacchi, Feb.2006
2006 International New Landscape, No.4 "Kitamachi Shima Shima Park", Aug. 2006
2006 International New Landscape, No.5 "Shiba Satsuma Street", Oct. 2006
2005 Landscape Design No.47 "Kitamachi Shima Shima Park" ,Marumo Publishing Co.,Ltd., Feb.2005
2005 IL PROGETTO No.26 : Italian Architectural Magazine editted by Livio Sacchi, Dec.2005
2004 "Nagasaki Seaside Park-Landscape Design on "the Memory of Land", An Article in, "Landscape Design"
  Marumo Publishing Co., Ltd., No. 39, December 2004
2004 "Nagasaki Seaside Park - Townscape Design by Urban Design System", Esplanade, INAX, No.71, July 2004
2003 "Saturday Essay - Brilliant Women in Nagaoka" (monthly series) Nagaoka News, Nagaoka Shinbunsha
2003 "Townscape designed upon the Memory of Land - Shiba Satsuma no Michi", Landscape Design,
  Marumo Publishing Co., Ltd., No. 32, June 2003
2002 "The Memory of Land and Cosmophilia", Nelsis, Toyo Exterior Co., Ltd., Vol. 3, Oct. 2002
2002 "Design with New Methodology : The 'Memory of Land', Land Art, Biomimicry", Journal of Rural Planning
  Association, Vol.20, No.4
2001 "Future Landscape Design in New Millennium", Kenchikushi, Japan Federation of Architects
  & Building Engineers Associations, Vol. 50, No.585
2001 "Symbiosis between Man and Urban Setting", Urbanist Makuhari, Chiba Pref. spring
1999 "Urbanism in Futakotamagawa : Creative Experiments in Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping Center",
  Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. Nov.
1999 "Works of Ueyama Ryoko", Stoneterior, Vol. 49. Vol.50
1999 "The Door to the New Millennium - Memory of the Land and Biomimicry", Regional Development
1999 "Proposal to the 21st Century - Environment and Landscape for the Hokuriku Districts" Kensetsu Hokuriku
1998 "To Create Local Values" (Coauthor), LIDO, Jiji Press, Ltd.
1998 "Peace Forest Park designed upon the memory of its land", Front (Riverfront Development Center)
1997 "Monumentality as Space", Landscape, Marumo Shuppan
1997 "Designing the Environment" (Coauthor), Asakura Shoten
1996 "Essay on Eco-muse", Pure
1996 "Towards the Milieu in this Country", City Planning Public Design Center
1996 "Public Architecture in Making Environment", Ministry of Construction Monthly
1994 "Cosmophilia - Key Word to make space", Ministry of Construction Monthly
1993 "Civil Design for 21st Century - Bridge designed with SHE-oriented concept", Bridge Construction
1992 "Harmony - Landscape Design for the Earth and Man", The Earth Artist (Seasonal Magazine : think about
  next engineering), Ministry of Construction
1984 "Landscape Architecture in U.S.A.", S.D. - Garden Tokyo

Video & Slides :

2007 High Life-Review &Future: Interviewed by Dr. Hasegawa, president High Life Institute (Digital Media)
1992 "Landscape with Water - Cosmophilia", Institute of Regional Studies
1990 "Approach to rivers from cities - Methodology for creating symbiosis between urbanity and nature"
  (Supervision) , Institute of Regional Studies
1990 "Rivers & Lakes integrated with towns cape - Making the best use of history, culture and nature
   to revitalize waterfront" (Europe, Australia) (Supervision), Institute of Regional Studies