Exploration for collecting of genetic resources of Miscanthus sacchariflorus was conducted in Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefecture from November 16th to 19th, 2015. A total of 15 accessions were collected from riversides of the Sagami and the Sakawa river in Kanagawa prefecture and the Fuji, the Abe, the Oi, the Ota and the Tenryu river in Shizuoka prefecture.