RIHN Area Seminars take place in, and address specific environmental issues pertaining to, a particular part of Japan.
These contents are written in Japanese.
| 1st | Snow and People - Sustaining Life in the Japan Sea Area |
| 17 September, 2005 Toyama City, Toyama | |
| 2nd | Local Environments in Kagoshima - Volcano, Water and Food - |
| 18 September, 2006 Kagoshima City, Kagoshima | |
| 3rd | Flora and Sea in the Izu Peninsula: Let's consider global environmental issues in Ito City |
| 15 September, 2007 Ito City, Shizuoka | |
| 4th | Strategies to Avoid Natural Disaster: The History of Environment-Agriculture Interactions at the Ikeshima Fukumanji Site |
| 8 November, 2008 Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture (Izumi City, Osaka) | |
| 5th | For the Better Human Life in Yambaru: Conservation of Nature, Culture and Landscape and the Role of Tourism |
| (Joint Plan with Faculty of Tourism Sciences and Industrial Management, University of the Ryukyus) 13 February, 2009 Nago Civic Hall (Nago City, Okinawa) 14 February, 2009 Hiji Community Center (Kunigami Village, Okinawa) |
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| 6th | Mountain, People and Nature: Live Richly in Harsh Nature |
| 28 November, 2009 Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre (Matsumoto City, Nagano) | |
| 7th | “Sato”; Lessons from Japan's Rural Experience for the World |
| 6 February, 2010 Ishikawa Ongakudo (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa) | |
| 8th | Communicating Diversity - Nature and Culture for our Children |
| 10 October, 2010 Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University (Nagoya City, Aichi) | |
| 9th | People and Nature in Eastern Eurasia: Twenty years After the Soviet Union |
| 12 June, 2011 Conference Hall, Hokkaido University (Sapporo City, Hokkaido) |