Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama of the Regional Adaptation Research Center, Gifu University appears on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) "Chubu Nature Series."

Name of the Program

NHK "Chubu Nature Series"

Time and Date of Broadcasting

7:56pm - 8:39pm, Friday, November 19, 2021

Cast

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama of Regional Adaptation Research Center, Gifu University

Third Episode "Kiso Three Rivers- tales weaved by rivers and people"

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shigeya Nagayama and TV personality, Mr. Tatsunori Tsujimoto from BOYS and MEN walk together along the river. As an expert of a river basin environment, Professor Nagayama talks about ecological roles of "wando (artificially created pond-like habitats for fish and aquatic plants, etc.), and "Krib" which originally comes from Dutch, meaning flood control, both of which are observed in Kiso River.*

Kiso River: a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly 229 km long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie