In recent years, he has been doing a number of field surveys, together with other researchers including Hiromasa AMASAKI, Director of Research Center for Japanese Garden Art and Historical Heritage (in Kyoto University of Design and Art), for the research on the sencha-related factors observed within the spatial characteristics of the gardens of the modern times.
また近年は、日本庭園研究センター（京都造形芸術大学内）代表尼崎博正らと共に近代庭園の空間特質に見られる煎茶的要素に関する研究の為、現地調査を重ねる。