Leisure / Outdoors Spots in Chiba Area

  • Hasunuma Water Garden
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba prefecture Sanmu shi Hasunuma Ho 368-1
    With Kujukuri Beach spreading just behind, one reason the Hasunuma Water Garden is popular is because visitors can freely come and go the beach. This water park is packed with visitors from early July to mid-September. With a ramen shop, a discount shop, and other outlets, you’ll have a great time even without a special plan.

    子供連れで出かけました。入場制限があるので事前に入場券を購入してスマホのQRコードを提示します。夏休み平日でしたが、それほど混んでいなくて楽しめました。アトラクションが多く、子供たちは楽しんでいました。

  • Watanabe Strawberry Farm
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Kimitsushi Oi 1
    "This strawberry farm cultivates 5 varieties of strawberries (depending on the season) including ""Yayoihime,"" ""Beni Hoppe"" and ""OiC berry."" It has a tall greenhouse where you can pick strawberries while standing and a soil culture greenhouse where you can observe their growth while crouching, and you can also enjoy all-you-can-eat strawberry picking for 30 minutes from mid-December to late May. In addition, it also sells single giant strawberries. Be sure to inquire beforehand if it has been harvested."

    朝10時に行きました。 複数の種類のいちごが楽しめ、大満足です。 お値段もリーズナブルで、リピートしたいと思いました!

  • Ichikawa City History Museum
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Ichikawashi Horinouchi 2-27-1
    "Ichikawa City History Museum contains displays of the city's history and culture, beginning with the Kamakura period (1185?1333). The exhibits are divided into three categories: ""Seaside,"" ""Waterways and Roads,"" and "" Plateaux,"" with displays of people's lives, and an area with exhibits related to local industries. In addition to a permanent exhibit, ""Local Traditions and People,"" which has displays about people, cultural artifacts, and folkloric events connected with Ichikawa, the museum also sponsors temporary exhibits and opportunities for experiential learning. "

    入場料が無料なので魅力で、博物館の見学が終わったら、森や緑の中を散歩できます。 松戸や市川から、路線バスでも行けます。

  • Arinomien Auto Camping Ground
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Sanmu-shi Itanakashinden 224

    孫のお供でやって来ました。場所は成田空港に近い(?)キャンプ場ですが、キャンプサイトは広くて設備も整っているなかなか良い所です。サイトの間は木々で仕切られていて隣のサイトをさほど気にせず過ごせます。利用した時期は紅葉の時期でキャンプ場内の紅葉も奇麗でした。秋は虫もいなくて良いです。

  • Chiba Park
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    Chiba Pref. Chibashi Chuou-ku Benten 3-1
    Chiba Park is located near Chiba Koen Station. It contains a baseball field that is equipped for night games, a gymnasium, a 50-meter pool accredited by the Japan Swimming Federation, a children's pool, an outdoor pool, and other sports facilities. Visitors enjoy the pond in a rented boat, and children can enjoy the well-equipped playground. The park adjoins the Chiba Bicycle Racetrack, as well, so it can be used in a number of ways. In the spring, it is a well-known spot for viewing cherry blossoms.
  • Refresh Plaza Kashiwa
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Kashiwashi Minamimasuo 58-3
    This sports facility has a pool area with a 25-meter swimming pool, a 58-meter river pool, a spa, training rooms, and more. Its relaxation room offers body care and foot acupressure services. It also has a multi-use hall, a restaurant, and conducts a variety of lessons including swimming and yoga.

    プールの監視員でメガネしたショート髪のオッサンが結構ジロジロ見てムカついた っつかつねにジロジロ見てきて気持ち悪いしまるでゲイと回りも勘違いするようなぐらい 監視員通しでも喋りタチ悪かった。 まぢで気持ち悪かったしキモいメガネだった コロナで久々に来たら監視員も代わってて雰囲気も変わった 今度写メ撮って要注意危険人物としてばらまくつもり笑

  • Noda City Museum
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Nodashi Noda 370-8
    This museum exhibits local materials related to the history, culture and traditions of Noda City. Besides permanent exhibits themed on the life and culture of those who lived in Noda and displays of materials related to the famous local product of soy sauce, it has special exhibits covering a wide range of themes such as Noda's architecture, folk arts, soy sauce barrels, senbei rice crackers and the Tone Canal.

    旧茂木佐平治邸が無料公開されており、敷地内に郷土博物館があります。旧茂木邸は庭や応接間など見所が多く、お風呂も興味深かったです。郷土博物館もモダンな建物で、どちらも無料で入館できます。

  • Okinoshima Park
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    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Fujimi near
    This semi-island located south of Tateyama bay is part of the natural area designated as Minami Boso Quasi-National Park. An uninhabited area of rock and sand beaches, it’s about one kilometer around, and hosts a unique ecosystem of seaside flora and fauna. You can observe all kinds of coastal plant life, like copses of Japanese cinnamon and giant bay trees, as well as cobra lily Urashima, spider lilies and canavalia rosea. The park’s coral reef is at the northernmost limit for such features, and is a popular snorkeling spot.
  • The Fish
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    Chiba Pref. Futtsushi Kanaya 2288
    The Fish is a market place for Minamiboso area. It is a pleasurable facility housing a cafe, sourvenir shops, and a restaurant overlooking the ocean from which you can dine on the fresh catch of the very same waters. The Baumkuchen confectionery Minamitei, awarded the highest Monde Selection Grand Gold Quality Award for two years running, is located here. You can watch the chefs making the confections through a glass window.
  • Strawberry Farm Aiba
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    5.0
    3 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Sanmushi Yusaka 344
    This farm in Sanmu City cultivates 15 varieties of strawberries, some of them rare. From late December to mid-May, they hold 40-minute all-you-can-eat strawberry pickings of six to eight varieties. They have a farm stand on National Route 126 in Naruto that also sells prepared products like jam, ice cream, and daifuku sweets.

    成東にはイチゴ農園が多いですが、今年は初めてこちらに伺いました。開園10分ぐらい前に着きましたがスムーズに駐車場に入ることができ、少し行列ができてましたが、スタッフさんの対応が早く10分ぐらいで案内されました。9〜10品種を楽しむことが出来ました。中でも黒苺は最高に甘くて美味しかった!しゃがまずに食べられるのも良かったです。両親も安心して連れて行けます。来年も勿論ですが、今シーズンもう一度行きたい...

  • Funabashi Sanbanze Beach Park
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    Chiba Pref. Funabashishi Shiomichou 40
    This Beach Park lies adjacent to the mudflat, Sanbanze, which is one of the few landing areas for migratory birds in Japan. Besides being popular for birding, one can enjoy clamming between the months of April and mid-June, which attracts many visitors. The park has tennis courts, a baseball field and other sports facilities, along with various other conveniences such as barbecue spots, restaurants, and shops providing year-round fun. Selected as one of the Top 100 Vistas of Mt. Fuji, weather permitting, the park is known as providing the Diamond Fuji view during two periods of the year, February and October.
  • Mobara City Art Museum and Local History Museum
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Mobara-shi Taka Moro 1345-1 Mobara Park
    This art and history museum is an eight-minute taxi ride from JR Mobara Station. Located in Mobara Park, selected for inclusion in the Japan's Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots list, park visitors can take a casual stroll on the grounds and stop by here to take in some art and culture. The fine arts section of the museum displays several works of art by artists connected to Mobara, such as Mobara-born painter Isao Hayashi. The local history section of the museum primarily displays artefacts and items concerning the history and people of Mobara.

    We came across this small museum when visiting Mobara Park for the cherry blossom - and it was a delightful addition to our trip. It contained some interesting exhibits as well as some beautiful...

  • Wada Farm
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    2.5
    9 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Inzaishi Hiraka 906-1
    This tourism farm is located 20 minutes from the Sakura Interchange of the Higashi Kanto Expressway in the direction of Shisui. Here, one can eat all the strawberries they want with no time limit. Incorporating EM (Effective microorganism) farming methods that use such organic bacteria strains as yeast and lactobacillus, such popular varieties of strawberries as the Akihime, with low acidity, and the Benihoppe, which has a balanced acidity and sweetness, are produced here. The strawberry picking season lasts from around the end of January to the end of May every year. Vegetables and fruits picked in the morning are shipped out of the direct sales store year-round, and they also sell seasonal soft-serve ice cream and a rare strawberry soap.

    家族で和田農園のいちご狩りに行きました。 朝早くに家を出て、楽しみにしてました。 ですか、ビニールハウスの中に入ると、イチゴは沢山なっていたけど手に取るイチゴどれにも白いモヤモヤが...((うどんこ病らしいです。 どれも白いモヤモヤが付いているし、実は小さく、甘くもないので、イチゴはお腹いっぱいに食べることは出来ず、同じビニールハウスでイチゴを食べていた人も『全然ないね。』っと言いながら食べていま...

  • Ichihara Elephant Kingdom
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Ichiharashi Yamakogawa 937
    "Ichihara Elephant Kingdomhas 10 elephants, more than anywhere else in Japan, and 100 other kinds of animals live there, too, including camels and hippos. After a show in which the elements ""play soccer"" and ""dance,"" visitors can have their pictures taken while riding an elephant. Visitors who make reservations can ride free shuttle buses from Takataki Station on the Kominato Railway or from the Ichihara-Tsurumai Bus Terminal."
  • Ichinomiya Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Chouseigunichinomiyamachi Ichinomiya
    The Ichinomiya Beach, located on the southern end of Kujukuri Beach has shallow sloping waters. It is a popular spot for swimming and surfing.
  • Teganuma Fishing Center
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Kashiwashi Akebonobashi Wakatsuki 1
    This handline fishing facility lets guests catch rainbow trout and kids below elementary school age catch goldfish. Kids below elementary school age can also try catching rainbow trout by hand on weekends and holidays. The rainbow trout can be gutted on-site for a fee. On Sundays and holidays, they'll cook your catch over their irori hearth, or you can do it yourself. They also raise and sell hera-crucian, eel, and soft-shell turtles. They have a dog park, too.

    フィッシングセンターの敷地内にあるカフェです。二階部分が店舗になっており、手賀沼が一望出来ます。席に双眼鏡が置いてあり、バードウォッチングし放題です。料理はどれも野菜にこだわっていて、特に地元産がふんだんに使われてます。

  • Moriya Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Moriya
    Located within Minami Boso Quasi-National Park, this beach boasts the best water quality in Katsuura City. With extremely clear waters and surprisingly mellow waves from the ocean, this beach has been included in both Japan’s Top 88 Baths and Japan’s Top 100 Baths, and what’s more, is one of Japan’s Top 100 Beaches thanks to its beautiful view. Several times a year you can see the beach connected to Watashima Island—normally floating in the bay—at low tide.
  • Kujukutani Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Kimitsushi Kanouzan Dong Tianyu 119-1
    This park is in Kimitsu City on Prefectural Route 93 has a view that takes in the mountainous vista of Kujukutani Valley, including Mt. Takago and the Kazusa Hills. Besides being a great spot to watch the sun rise and set, the mist-laced morning scenery is so beautiful that it has been selected as one of the top 100 views in Chiba Prefecture.
  • Isoyama Kanko Strawberry Garden
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katoriguntounoshoumachi Sasagawa I 4539
    The Isoyama Kanko Strawberry Garden cultivates strawberries across a one-hectare area. They naturally offer strawberry-picking, but also provide more interesting experiences like making strawberry parfaits and strawberry daifuku. The spacious rest area features bright tropical construction and sells wonderful sweets. You can take a break and eat some sweets, or simply do some shopping, so it’s perfect if you’re short on time.

    こちらのいちご園のシーズンは1月からだそうです。山武のあたりは12月くらいからスタートするところが多いのですが、ちょっと遅めのようです。

  • Katsuura Tsuruntsurun Onsen Camp Site
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Matsuno 1126-2
    This car camping campground is in Katsuura City. In addition to tent sites, they have log cabins and lodges, and they provide wood for your campfire. It's run by the adjacent Katsuura Tsuruntsurun Onsen, which is the only hot spring in Chiba Prefecture designated among the Famous 100 Hot Springs Selected by Thermalism Doctors. A soak there is thought to ease nerve pain and skin diseases.

    冬の時期でも温泉があるため全然問題なし、薪は無料で使う事ができる、衛生面も問題ない、何よりも温泉がGOODでした。

Chiba Areas

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The Boso Peninsula forms the main body of Chiba prefecture, and this is where you’ll find its endless warm water beaches and jagged mountains. Further inland, Narita - most famous as the home of Narita Airport - is a secret haven of tradition and history in the form of centuries-old Shinshoji Temple and quaint wooden Edo buildings. Chiba prefecture is also home to both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

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