In order to identify the factors for drastically retarded saturated hydraulic conductivity in slightly higher saline-sodic soil of reclaimed paddy soils. we investigated the soil physical and chemical properties for two types of soils. To do this, we established the various layered soil columns uniformly packed with soils collected at every 20 cm up to 60 cm from the reclaimed paddy area which has been cultivated rice for the last 30 years. The bulk densities of the soil columns were approximately 1.15 ± 0.03 g cm^-3. The soil textures were loamy sand and sandy loam for nonsaline and saline soils, respectively. The pHs and ECs for nonsaline and saline soils were 7.8 to 9.6 and 7.9 to 9.0, and 0.74 to 1.13 dS m^-1 and 11.38 to 12.15 dS m^-1, respectively. The pH and EC were slightly increased with increasing depth for both soils. The most abundant water-soluble and exchangeable ions by 1N ammonium acetate were in the order of Na, Mg, Ca, K for saline soil and in the order of Ca, Mg, Na, K for nonsaline soil. The results of the soil column experiments showed that the stabilized saturated hydraulic conductivity of nonsaline soil was 1.73x 10^-4 cm sec^-1 at the topsoil while there were little water flow at the bottom of the soil columns packed with saline soil. From this, we could assume that solute concentration could influence the water flow in soils.