Spots in Chiba Area

  • Daifukuji Temple (Gake Kannon)
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    4.0
    140 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Funakata 835
    "The popular name for Daifukuji Temple is ""Gake Kannon"" (""Cliff Kannon""). Located in Funakata in the city of Tateyama, it was founded by the Nara period (eighth century) monk Gyoki, who was on a walking pilgrimage of the eastern provinces. It is said that he carved an image of Eleven-headed Kannon into the cliff face of Mt. Funakata as a way of praying for safety on the seas and bountiful fishing for the local fishermen. A temple devoted to Kannon is built in front of the image to guard it, and from inside, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of Tateyama Bay and Izu Oshima Island."

    Traveling to the southern part of Boso Peninsular in Chiba Prefecture used to be a long trip on single lane roads, but with the completion of the motorway, it has become much more accessible. The...

  • Ichikawa Zoological and Botanical Garden
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    4.0
    86 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Ichikawashi Omachi 284-1
    "The Ichikawa Zoological and Botanical Garden houses lesser pandas, orangutans, monkeys, various small animals, and birds. The theme of the zoo is ""Encounters with Animals,"" and in the petting zoo area, visitors can touch marmots. Also on the grounds are a nature garden, a rose garden, and an ornamental botanical garden, all with free admission. A miniature railroad has also been installed in the zoo."

    北総鉄道の大町駅が最寄り駅。駐車場は500円で大人の入場料は440円。規模は小さいがオランウータンやレッサーパンダもいて楽しめる。周囲は梨園が多くて環境は良い。子供連れの場合、歩く距離が少なく園内に遊具もあるから引率者は、それほど疲れない。

  • Tanjoji Temple
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    3.5
    132 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Kominato 183
    Tanjoji Temple was built in 1276 in the present-day Kominato area of the city of Kamogawa, the birthplace of Nichiren, the founder of Nichiren Buddhism. It was moved to its present location after an earthquake in 1703. In 1758, a fire destroyed all the temple buildings except Niomon Gate. This surviving structure has been designated a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property. On February 16 of each year, a festival called Shuso Goko Tan-e is held to commemorate Nichiren's birthday. A portable shrine with an image of Nichiren as a child is carried around in a procession called O-Neri Gyoretsu.

    This is the Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect built in the place where Nichiren was born. This is a sacred place located in Kominato, in Southern Chiba, facing the Pacific Ocean. Nichiren was born...

  • Roadside Station Hakko-no-sato Kozaki
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    53 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Katorigunkouzakimachi Matsuzaki 855
    Kozaki is known for fermentation. In Kozaki, blessed with abundant water and fertile land, the Japanese hometown flavor still thrives. At this roadside station (rest area), the popular cafe restaurant, serves local fresh vegetables and fermented products. It is famous for Miso Malt Yakidon rice bowl that received the Jalan travel magazine Road-1 Jalan Award. Besides a restaurant serving cuisine with the fermentation catalyzing koji, Oryzae, the roadside station offers selected fermented goods from around the nation at the Fermentation Market.

    以前の体験ですが・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 国道356号沿いには沢山の道の駅があり、ここもその一つです。圏央道の神崎インターのすぐ近くなので便利な場所ですが、まわりには何もない所なのでドライバーが利用するのならばここが目的地となるでしょう。直売店には発酵がコンセプトになっているのでつけもの類が沢山あり、その他にも味噌、お酒などの品ぞろいが豊富でした。 [写真はこちら]https://ww...

  • Otaki Castle Museum
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    3.5
    99 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Isumigunotakimachi Otaki 481
    This history museum’s permanent exhibition focuses on Boso’s castle and its castle town, both in the medieval era and in recent times. The museum exhibits artifacts related to it, like armor, antique equipment, and ancient documents, as well as materials on life in samurai society and the castle town. Since Honda Tadakatsu was once the castle’s lord, it was built on the famous Otaki ruins of the Kazusa clan’s inner citadel (Tadakatsu was one of the four generals that served Tokugawa Ieyasu).

    Ootaki is an old castle town that was ruled by Katsuie Honda, a prominent subordinate of Ieyasu Tokugawa in the late 16th century. The township has preserved many of its Edo period merchant houses...

  • Roadside Station Kamogawa Ocean Park
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    3.0
    98 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Emitayuzaki 22
    This roadside station is located along the Sotobo-Kuroshio Line. It sells Kamogawa Sea World goods, processed seafood goods such as Boshu Hijiki seaweed, Kujira no Tare whale meat sauce and dried fish, and agricultural products such as fresh vegetables and the Nagasamai brand of rice. Besides restaurants that offer set meals and rice bowls using Nagasamai and local seafood, there is also an adjoining foot bath using water from Kamogawa Onsen Nagisa no Yu, an artificial tide pool and dog park outside.

    日曜日のランチで利用 駐車場はほぼ満車 建物の外観は傷みが激しい 海の近くでコンクリート剥き出しでは劣化が早くなるのは素人でも分かる 人口の池は水が無い 建物内は以外に小さい 駐車場が狭い 集客力が無い 経費を押さえる という悪循環 道の駅は必要です 鴨川の旅行が楽しい思い出になるように対策を希望します。

  • Ino Tadataka Memorial Hall
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    4.0
    109 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara I 1722-1
    This museum showcases the achievements of Ino Tadataka who created the first surveyed map of Japan. It is located south of JR Sawara Station on Prefectural Road 55, across the river from his former residence. The memorial is divided into periods depicting Tadataka's life until he was 50 years old and the period incorporating his work on the national survey. It also features interesting aspects of his life such as his character and the fact that he traveled to various shrines and temples starting in his 30s. There is also a display of his journals and the tools he used for surveying, and you can compare his map to others of the period from around the world to understand the extent of his precision.

    Tadataka Ino is a historical Japanese who made the first Japanese map by himself using his foot. This Museum has his maps on display. The map is accurate even if compared to todays one. And it is...

  • Kasamori-Kannon Temple
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    4.5
    82 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Chouseigunchounanmachi Kasamori 302
    Founded by Saint Saicho, the patriarch of Tendai Buddhism in 784, this ancient Kasamori Kannon temple, is so called because of its eleven-faced Kannon. Designated the 31st Kannon in the Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, the Kasamori Kannon Temple has been recognized as a sacred place for centuries. The kannon hall is built atop a large boulder, and is the only four directional kakezukuri structure in Japan, and thus designated a National Important Cultural Property.

    Kasamori Kannon was founded in B.E.1327 and the main hall of the temple was built in B.E.1571. The temple is located on the mountain surrounded by the forest. To reach the temple, you must climb up...

  • Roadside Station Tomiura Biwa Club
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    4.0
    56 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Tomiurachouaoki 123-1
    Winner of the highest award in the National Highway Michinoeki Roadside Station Grandprix in 2000, the Tomiura Roadside Station rest area offers travelers strawberry and loquat picking activities, experience courses, and a cafe with light meals at open terrace. One of the many enjoyable activities is rape seed blossom picking from mid-February through mid-March. The cafe and shops are overflowing with loquat goods.

    テレビでもよく登場する道の駅です。確かにお土産のジャンルが豊富で充実していますが、枇杷に関するお土産の種類と品数は、隣接地に建つ「お百姓市場」の方が実は上回っていました。枇杷ソフトクリームも美味しかったですが、「お百姓市場」のものはミニサイズもあったりして、選択しやすいかも知れません。ただ、食べ比べていないので味の優劣は不明です。

  • Showa no Mori
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    4.0
    100 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Chibashi Midori-ku Tokechou 22
    This municipal park located in Tokecho, Chiba Prefecture is 2.3 kilometers long and 0.8 kilometers wide and covers a 105.8 hectare area (equivalent to 23 Tokyo Domes). It is the largest within Chiba City and Chiba Prefecture. This family friendly park not only has walking and cycling courses, but other outdoor activity facilities for camping, barbecue, and a Forest Village, as well as an athletic course, and an observatory tower. With over 200 cherry trees, an iris garden, an azalea garden, and flower fields for Chiba City’s symbolic four flowers (the rape blossom, sunflower, cosmos, and daffodil) within the grounds, making this park a haven for flower lovers.

    凧あげをしたり、シャボン玉を吹いたり、フリスビーをしたりしました。すべり台やアスレチック遊具もあります。 また売店も駐車場もあります。 祭日は結構混みあっていますが、広いので余裕が有ります。

  • Yagiri no Watashi
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    3.5
    130 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, Matsudo-shi, Chiba Prefecture
    A small, manually-propelled ferry boat connecting Shibamata and Chiba Prefecture which has been operating since the early Edo period, the Yagiri no Watashi is the only such traditional ferry still in operation in Tokyo. In summer, the ferry operates daily; in winter, the ferry only operates on weekends, holidays, and the day of Koshin, the 57th of the sexagenary cycle.

    あの有名な歌にある矢切の渡し!!実際に見てみると、寂しい感じですが、昔もそうだったんでしょう。 なんか哀愁ある感じでした

  • Minato Oasis Nagisanoeki Tateyama
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    4.0
    96 Reviews
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    Chiba Tateyama-shi Tateyama 1564-1
    "Tateyama Beach Station is multipurpose facility located along the Uchibo Nagisa Line Highway. It is adjacent to the Nagisa no Hakubutsukan (Beach Museum), a satellite collection of the Tateyama City Museum, which displays Boso Peninsula fishing implements (designated as Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property) and other exhibits related to the fishing industry on the Boso Peninsula. In addition to Umibe no Hiroba (""Seashore Plaza""), which exhibits living things found in Tateyama, there is an observation deck where visitors can watch the sunset over Tateyama Bay or see Mt. Fuji, as well as well as Tateyama Sunset Pier, the longest such pier in Japan. The commercial building contains a market where visitors can buy seafood and agricultural products directly from those who produced them, as well as a restaurant that serves dishes made with fresh, local ingredients."

    お土産を買いに立ち寄りました。物産店には新鮮な地物野菜が売られてました。子供が喜びそうな水槽展示もあり、隣の資料館ではさかな君展をやってました。魚君が館山市民ということを初めて知りました。

  • Roadside Station Furari Tomiyama
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    4.0
    59 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Nibu 2211
    This roadside station has a large fish market directly operated by the local fishery cooperative and a fresh fish processing facility that processes fish you buy. It sells local items such as fresh agricultural products delivered each morning, specialty goods and sweets. Besides the adjoining seafood restaurant directly operated by the local fishery cooperative, snack corner, shop for prepared dishes and regional exchange plaza, the roadside station also has agricultural experiences and fruit picking.

    高速のバスでここから新宿、東京、横浜、羽田などにも行ける道の駅兼バスターミナルです。地元のめずらしいものが販売されていて、いよかんや地元のおかしなどを購入しました。

  • Hokekyoji Temple
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    4.5
    95 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Ichikawashi Nakayama 2-10-1
    This temple is located at Nakayama2-Chome, Ichikawa City. This temple was established by combining the Hokkeji and Honmyoji temples during the Kamakura period. The shrine of the founder within the premises is built in a rare hiyoku-irimoya construction style and is designated a national important cultural property. Also known for its beautiful cherry blossoms, in the spring and autumn the Senbue and Oeshiki ceremonies are held, and an open market antique is hosted at the same time.

    Hokekyouji is one of the main temples of the Buddhist Nichiren sect. Nichiren is the founder of the sect founded in the twelfth century, one of the newer Buddhist sects that emerged in the Kamakura...

  • Roadside Station Wadaura W ao!
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    4.0
    81 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Wadachounigaura 243
    This roadside station sells local specialty processed whale products, fresh vegetables, fresh flowers, crafts and prepared dishes. The adjoining restaurant offers menu items such as the Wadahama Tokusei Kujira-don with whale sashimi and fried dishes, and a set meal with seasonal local fish sashimi. In addition, the takeout corner sells soft-serve ice cream using Miyoshi-mura milk and Boso honey, croquettes with whale meat, and meat buns.

    道の駅和田浦WA・O!は、直売所とレストランを指すようですが、駐車場に停めると屋外に展示されているシロナガスクジラの全身骨格(レプリカ?)が目にとまりました。先に直売所で鯨肉製品を物色した後に鯨資料館を訪問しました。道の駅和田浦WA・O!から鯨資料館を訪問し、剝製や鯨漁に関する展示物を鑑賞しました。お子さん連れも楽しめると思います。レストランでは「クジラ竜田揚げ定食」「和田浜クジラカレー」「和田浜...

  • Tokyo Disney Resort
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    Chiba Pref. Urayasushi Maihama
    The Disney Resort facilities located in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture are primarily comprised of Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea, the Ikspiari shopping mall, and several Disney hotels. In addition to a variety of shops and restaurants, Ikspiari also hosts a movie theater; the mall does not require a Disneyland or Disney Sea ticket to enter. The Disney Resort Line can be used to travel within the Disney Resort area.
  • Chiba Kodomo no Kuni KidsDom
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    4.0
    87 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Ichiharashi Yamakura 1487
    Filled with fun attractions, KidsDom park for infants and kids is popular with moms and dads. Equipped with indoor play equipment, a pool, and a fishing pond, the park offers a variety of seasonal and activity workshops on weekends and in summer break. The barbecue area can be reserved as late as one day in advance.

    ゴーカートに4人の孫は大喜びでした。 恐竜の展示も迫力あって 楽しかったです。 釣り堀で鯉釣りに 挑戦しましたが 寒いと池の底に 潜ってしまいエサに くいつかないとのことですが 14匹釣れました。 風が冷たい日でしたが 孫達は喜んで遊びました。

  • Sakuragi-jinja Shrine
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    4.0
    68 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Noda-shi Sakuradai 210

    住宅街の中にある御朱印で有名な神社です。季節毎に変わる御朱印は、収集家には人気らしく御朱印の貰いかたをテープレコーダーでくりかえし放送していました。 自分にはこの趣味はないのでお参りをして帰りました。トイレがとても綺麗で豪華でした。 Go-shuincho is a book of red seals. You go to many shrines or temples, and get...

  • Akebonoyama Nogyo Koen (Agricultural Park)
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    58 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kashiwashi Fuse 2005-2
    This green park was opened in 1995, the 40th anniversary of Kashiwa City’s official organization into a municipality. Famous for its flowers, the garden has a plum grove, a bamboo thicket, lotus ponds, and Dutch windmills along with tulips, dandelions and cosmoses. In the flower field—with beautiful flowers blooming in each season. The restaurant serves up local ingredients, while the retail shop has a fully-equipped kids’ room, making it quite popular for families. Various events related to forestry, cuisine and diet are held throughout the year.

    秋桜が見頃の頃訪れてみました。平日でも大勢のお客様がいらしていましたね。風車と青空のコントラストが見事でした。フォトスポットとして散策路に絵の額縁や扉、仮設の展望台などが設営されていました。

  • Wosse 21
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    3.5
    95 Reviews
    Shopping
    Chiba Pref. Choushishi Kawaguchichou 2-6529-34
    This tourist facility adjacent to Choshi Port Tower has a seafood market featuring marine produce landed at Choshi Port and processed marine products. It's lined with shops selling seafood rice bowls and other fresh ocean cuisine. Its Seafood Restaurant Wosse has a diverse menu with that includes set meals, rice bowls, and a la carte dishes.

    Abundant selection of fish and shellfish, mostly local. Also really yummy produce such as fish cakes (kamaboko). Most of the shops do not speak English but are very friendly and reasonably priced so...

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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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