in 1991. || |-id=151 | 10151 Rubens || || Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) || |-id=152 | 10152 Ukichiro || || Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–1962), professor of physics at Hokkaido University, studied the crystalline structure of snow and in 1935 succeeded in making artificial snow for the first time || |-id=153 | 10153 Goldman || 1994 UB || Stuart J. Goldman (born 1963), associate editor of Sky & Telescope || |-id=154 | 10154 Tanuki || 1994 UH || Lake Tanuki is an artificial pond to the east of Mt. Fuji. Amateur astronomers gather at its shores for observation || |-id=155 | 10155 Numaguti || || Atusi Numaguti (1963–2001), an associate professor at Hokkaido University, was actively involved in research on the earth's hydrological cycle. The Atmospheric General Circulation Model he established is now used as a standard in Asia. He founded a summer school for young meteorologists || |-id=157 | 10157 Asagiri || || Asagiri Highlands are located at the west side of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture. || |-id=158 | 10158 Taroubou || 1994 XK || Tarobou Highland is located at the west side of Mt. Fuji, in Gotenba City, Shizuoka prefecture. || |-id=159 | 10159 Tokara || || The Tokara Islands form an archipelago in southern Japan. It includes seven inhabited and five uninhabited islands || |-id=160 | 10160 Totoro || || Hayao Miyazaki produced the animated movie My Neighbor Totoro in 1988 || |-id=161 | 10161 Nakanoshima || || Nakanoshima, largest island in the Tokara Islands, Japan, containing Mount Ontake (Tokara Fuji) || |-id=162 | 10162 Issunboushi || 1995 AL || The extraordinarily small character Issunboushi---Issun means about 3 cm in old Japanese---was the hero of many old Japanese tales. Born the size of a bean, he defeated ogres, succeeded in a stratagem that got him a beautiful bride, and shook a mallet that instantly transformed him into a normal young man || |-id=163 | 10163 Onomichi || || The Japanese city of Onomichi near Hiroshima || |-id=164 | 10164 Akusekijima || || Akusekijima, an island in the Tokara Islands, Japan, known for its hot spring. The dense subtropical forest is believed to be the home of the gods that guard the mountainous island, and many shrines have been built to worship the gods. || |-id=166 | 10166 Takarajima || || Takarajima, southernmost inhabited island of the Tokara Islands, Japan, famous as the model of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure