Input and output budgets of radiocesium in the mountainous forest of Fukushima were investigated in 2013 and 2014.
137Cs outputs were 4–50 times higher than the 137Cs outputs during the monsoons.
The proportion of 137Cs output to radiocesium inventories was in the range of 0.05%–0.19% during the monsoons.
Radiocesium tends to be preserved in the forest ecosystem due to extremely low output ratios.
The forest floor seems to be a sink of radiocesium contamination than a source for the other ecosystems.