Hisayoshi Takeda

He learned English at the Tokyo Foreign Language School (東京外国語学校 (旧制)) before going to the United Kingdom in 1910 to study botany at Kew Gardens in London.

A year later he visited the island of Shikotan to conduct plant research as part of his doctorate.

Between 1948 and 1951, Takeda served as the sixth Chairman of the Japanese Alpine Club, which was founded in 1905.

He was also the chairman of Nature Conservation Society of Japan (日本自然保護協会) until 1970, when he was awarded the Prince Chichibu Memorial Science Prize for his contributions to botany.

The area covers part of Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan.