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TEL. 043-223-2408 (Weekdays 9:00 to 17:00) (Prepared in March 2019) Selected treasures for the future *The information provided in this lea et was current when written, and is subject to change. Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets!

Buildings, Gardens, Historic Ruins P4 A wide range of places to visit, from historic temples and shrines, to popular spots for enjoying holidays to the fullest.

Cultural Landscape, Townscapes P9 Scenery and townscapes that captivate sightseers with nostalgic views, rail line vistas, night scenes, and much more.

Events, Festivals, Local Folk Entertainment, Traditional Performing Arts, Local Cuisine P12 Festivals, arts, and other attractions offering experiences of ancient traditions and local color. The Chiba our citizens have selected to JAPAN pass on to the future.

This leaflet introduces 111 attractions of Chiba Prefecture, including historic temples and shrines, popular tourist spots, and local gourmet dining. We hope you’ll find Chiba Cultural Assets that strike your fancy.

vol.2 2 Introduction Introduction 3 vol.2 Enjoy the harmonious combination of buildings and Time travel to gardens! the Jomon period! Buildings Ichihara City Iigaoka Hachimangu Main Shrine This shrine is devoted to the various gods of , and City Gardens tradition holds it was founded in the Hakuho era. The main shrine was built in the , and is a nationally designated Important Tojo-tei House and Garden Cultural Property. A private residence built in the period by Tokugawa Akitake, younger brother of Yoshinobu, the 15th A 1057-1 Yawata, Ichihara City shogun of the . The building is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, Historic Ruins ¥ Free to visit and the garden has been selected as a national Place of Scenic Beauty. The beautiful A Chiba City 642 Matsudo, Matsudo City Western-style *Of ce of the Tojo Museum of History is at 714-1 Matsudo, Matsudo City A wide range of places to visit, Kasori Shell Mounds buildings are ¥ (Admission ticket for both Museum of History and Tojo-tei House) Adults ¥320 [groups ¥250], high school a landmark! and university students ¥160 [groups ¥120], etc. *Free for junior high school students and under from historic temples and shrines, A special historical site, featuring the remains of a village where Jomon people lived 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. A unique characteristic of this site is that the shell mounds in the north and south are linked and form a figure 8. to popular spots for A 8-33-1 Sakuragi, Wakaba-ku, Chiba City enjoying holidays to the fullest. ¥ Free admission to museum Funabashi City

A ... Adress H.C. Andersen Park ¥ ... Admission fee A park comprising five zones where you can Learn something new Ichikawa City experience the world of fairy tales. The park’s at this folk museum! Chiba City Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Hall name derives from the fairy tale author Hans Inohana Castle Site Christian Andersen, born in Odense, Denmark, a This hall was established in 2005 in a locality where the Japanese sister city of Funabashi City. Check out They say the town of Chiba developed in medieval painter, Higashiyama Kaii, spent most of his life. His world is the grand festival times after the Chiba clan established its base there. A 525 Kanehori-cho, Funabashi City presented through archival materials and exhibitions of his works. of summer! Even today, there are many connections with the Chiba ¥ Admission fee: Adults ¥900, high school students (must present student ID) ¥600, clan in the Inohana Castle Site area. A 1-16-2 Nakayama, Ichikawa City elementary/junior high school students ¥200, ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥510, 65 and over ¥400, high school and A 1-6-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba City small children (4 and over) ¥100 ¥ Sightseeing is free university students ¥250 *Separate admission fee for special exhibitions

Chiba City and Funabashi City Funabashi City City The Myoken Taisai Festival Chiba City Nakayama Racecourse Funabashi Daijingu Shrine Yatsu-higata Tidal Flat A horse racing track managed by the Japan Racing This tidal flat is a registered wetland under the Ramsar This shrine is consecrated to Myoken-sama, the guardian Senyo-ji Temple and Chiba-warai and Association. Many races are held here, including the the Convention. It is also a migration point for Japan’s foremost of the Chiba clan. The Myoken Taisai Festival, held ancient temple established by the monk Gyoki in the prestigious Arima Kinen. Also famous for its Christmas A shrine listed in the Engishiki, a Japanese book of laws migratory birds, and you can encounter a wide variety of wild from August 16 to 22, has continued without a single year 709. On December 31, there is an event called light festival. and customs compiled in 927. The shrine’s lighthouse is birds throughout the four seasons. interruption since 1127. chiba-warai that has continued since the period, one of the prefecture’s Tangible Folk Cultural Properties, where people conceal their faces with masks and shout A 1-1-1 Kosaku, Funabashi City A [Yatsu-higata Nature Observation Center] A 1-16-1 Innai, Chuo-ku, Chiba City and kagura ( music and dancing) is offered six times Chiba City ¥ (Admission fee) For horse race ¥200, free when there are 5-1-1 Akitsu, Narashino City ¥ Free to visit, prayer fee ¥5,000 and up abuse at each other. no races but open for purchasing betting tickets for horse a year. ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥370 A 161 Chibadera-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba City / races at other courses A 5-2-1 Miyamoto, Funabashi City ¥ Free to visit ¥ Free to visit Chiba Port Park and Stroll through Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art expansive temple ruins! Enjoy works of art connected with Chiba Prefecture against the backdrop of a lush green park and a splendid view 113 m above the ground. This is a relaxation spot for the people of Chiba and a wellspring of cultural activities. Chiba Port Tower A In Port Park, 1 Chuoko, Chuo-ku, Chiba City ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥420, elementary/junior high Chiba City Chiba City school students ¥200 Yachiyo City City Ichihara City Chiba Port Park Chiba City Museum of Art Sengen Shrine and Pine Forest Keisei Rose Garden Urayasu Cultural Property Houses Ruins of Kazusa Kokubun-ji A 1 Chuoko, Chuo-ku, Chiba City (formerly the main building for the Chiba ¥ (Admission fee) Free This rose garden has received the Award of Garden Cultural property houses in the fishing village of Urayasu. Temple and Kazusa Kokubunni-ji Temple in Inage Here you can tour houses preserved in the old city area, as branch of Kawasaki Bank) Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art Excellence from the World Rose Convention. On grounds Ruins of one of the kokubunji (provincial temples) built throughout This shrine has been revered since ancient times for its gods covering 30,000 m2, you can enjoy 10,000 rose plants in 1,600 well as a fisherman’s house, merchant house, and row A building in the Neo-Renaissance style constructed in 1928 A 1-10-1 Chuoko, Chuo-ku, Chiba City house reassembled in the museum. You can compare Japan in the period. The temple for Kazusa Kokubunni-ji was one of safe childbirth and child-rearing. The surrounding pine varieties ranging in era from BCE times to the latest cultivars. of the foremost in Japan, and the temple for Kazusa Kokubunni-ji had by the architect Yabe Matakichi as the Chiba branch of the ¥ (Art Collection [Exhibition of Works from Collection]) conditions in earlier times with Japan today. forest is a vestige of when the area was on the seacoast. General ¥300, high school and university students ¥150 one of the largest temple grounds. The restored central gate, corridor, A 755 Owada Shinden, Yachiyo City Kawasaki Bank. Preserved as a hall and still in use today. A (Former House of Otsuka Family) 3-3-1 Horie, and unearthed artifacts are on display in the Niji Exhibition Hall. A 1-15-10 Inage, Inage-ku, Chiba City ¥ (Admission fee) Adults ¥1,200, elementary/junior high A 3-10-8 Chuo, Chuo-ku, Chiba City Urayasu City / (Former House of Udagawa Family) 3-4-8 ¥ Free to visit school students ¥200, 65 and over ¥900 *May/June. [Ruins of Kazusa Kokubun-ji Temple] A 1-7-23 Soja, ¥ Admission fees vary depending on the exhibition Horie, Urayasu City / (Folk Museum) 1-2-7 Nekozane, Please inquire for more details. Ichihara City, etc. A [Ruins of Kazusa Kokubunni-ji Temple] Urayasu City ¥ Free 3-5-2 Kokubunjidai-chuo, Ichihara City, etc. ¥ Free admission to museum of Kokubunni-ji vol.2 4 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 5 vol.2 Stairway to the observation deck Enjoy a trip has 99 steps! combining nature and history! Choshi City

Abiko City Inubosaki Lighthouse A lighthouse 31.3 m high on the northeast Home of the Shirakaba-school and its Writers edge of the Boso Peninsula. Designed From the Taisho to the Showa period, many writers in the Shirakaba-ha and built under an engineer invited from literary group had homes along Lake Tega. We exhibit about this England by the Meiji government. The history at "the Sugimura Sojinkan House and Museum" and "the light was first lit in 1874. Shirakaba Literary Museum" among other locations. A 9576 Inubozaki, Choshi City ¥ Adults ¥200 (visitor donation) A [The Sugimura Sojinkan Memorial Hall] 2-5-5 Midori, Abiko City [The Shirakaba Literary Museum] 2-11-8 Midori, Abiko City (Information common to both locations) ¥ (Admission fee) General Noda City, Kashiwa City, Nagareyama City ¥300, high school and university students ¥200, 20% discount for groups of 20 or more, free for junior high school students and under. Choshi City Tone Canal *Combined ticket for 3 attractions with Museum of Birds: General ¥600, high school and university students ¥400 Japan’s first western-style canal, built in 1890 as a water transport bypass linking the Edogawa River and Byobugaura Cliff and Geopark , based on a plan by the Dutch civil engineer Rouwenhorst Mulder. Byobugaura has been a noted scenic spot since the , and in the Choshi Geopark, you can learn Spend some time about its structure, nature, history, and culture. enjoying art! A Naarai-machi, Choshi City

Katori City Sammu City Katori Jingu Shrine and the A Birthplace of 休 Shikinen Jinkosai Festival 休 the Poet Ito Sachio Head shrine of the roughly 400 Katori Jingu Sakura City Sosa City Shrines in Japan. The Shikinen Jinkosai Festival Ito Sachio made a major contribution as a pioneer has been held in mid-April, every twelve years, Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art Hanko-ji Temple of modern literature in Japan. Born in this house for about the last 800 years. It is always held in the A diverse collection, primarily of 20th century art, is on permanent A school for Buddhist priests of the sect in the Edo period. in 1864, he lived here until he was around 20. year of the horse under the Chinese Zodiac. A display, and special exhibitions are held a few times a year. Many outstanding priests graduated from this school in the 294 years A 343-2 Tonodai, Sammu City (Historical Folk festival parade departs from Katori Jingu Shrine before it was closed. Archives) A 631 Sakado, Sakura City and makes a two-day journey to Sawara and back. ¥ [Students/General] ¥130 (groups of 20 or more: ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥1,000 and up *Varies depending on speci c A 1789 Iidaka, Sosa City ¥100 per person) [Elementary to high school] A 1697-1 Katori, Katori City exhibition ¥ Free to visit ¥80 (groups of 20 or more: ¥50 per person) ¥ Free to visit, (Admission fee for treasure museum) ¥300

Katori City Sakura City Sakae Town Oamishirasato City Ichinomiya Town Town Former Residence of Chiba Prefectural Sakura Chiba Prefectural Boso-no-Mura Birthplace of the Prefectural Akutagawa-so Myoraku-ji Temple and a Forest Inoh Tadataka Senior High School A museum where you can experience traditional Japanese Government, Former Site of The town of Ichinomiya was an area of villas. The writer Myoraku-ji Temple stands in rich natural forest. The lifestyles and crafts. There are more than 400 types of Akutagawa Ryunosuke visited this area , and the principle object of worship, a seated statue of Dainichi The former residence of Inoh Tadataka, known for surveying Memorial Hall experiences, demonstrations, and exhibitions every year. the Miyazaku Prefectural Office building where he stayed has been preserved as Nyorai, dates to the . In early summer, you and mapmaking. The residence has a shop, study, and Akutagawa-so. can hear the sound of the himeharu cicada. warehouse, and is open to the public free of charge. In 1910, the Memorial Hall was constructed with the support A 1028 Ryukakuji, Sakae Town, Inba-gun Miyazaku Prefecture was established from 1869 to 1871 to ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥300, high school and university A 9241 Ichinomiya, Ichinomiya Town, Chosei-gun of Hotta Masatomo. Hotta Masatomo was the last feudal administer former shogunate lands. Honkoku-ji Temple A 500 Myorakuji, Mutsuzawa Town, Chosei-gun A 1899-1 I, Sawara, Katori City / 1900 I, Sawara, Katori City students ¥150, admission is free for junior high school (Ichinomiyakan) ¥ Free lord of the Sakura Region. Even today, the hall is currently was used as the government office, and part of the building ¥ Free to visit used as a school building at Sakura Senior High School. students and under, and seniors 65 and over is still extant. ¥ Free

A 18 Nabeyama-machi, Sakura City A 3002 Oami, Oamishirasato City ¥ Free ¥ Free See a nationally-designated cultural property!

Shiroi City City Kozaki Town Town Nagara Town Chonan Town Spring of Kiyodo Suehiro Villa Formerly of Kozaki Shrine and Nanja-Monja Shirako Shrine Nagara Yokoanagun Kasamori-ji Temple, Kannon-do Hall The legend of this spring is that when villagers were the Iwasaki Family Kozaki Shrine is an old shrine dedicated to the Kozaki In August 1126, a white snake riding a white turtle Yokoanabo is a tomb of period. The tombs in the This Kannon-do Hall, built in 1028 during the Heian suffering from drought in the early Heian period, a Forest (a prefecturally designated Natural Monument), appeared on the Kujukuri Beach. This portent was revered Chosei District created a site for burials one step higher period, is the only structure in Japan built in the traveling monk visited, prayed for rain to the dragon god, Villa of Iwasaki Hisaya, third leader of the Mitsubishi overlooking the Tone River. On the shrine grounds is a and consecrated by Kichidayu of Hatto Village, giving rise than other places, in a form that is unique in Japan. The site shihokakezukuri style, raised on stilts on all four sides. It and saved the people by bringing about a large downpour. zaibatsu (industrial and financial conglomerate). A “Nanja-Monja tree” (Chinese fringetree), a nationally to the name of this shrine. (“Shirako” means “albino.”) also has a museum. has been designated by the national government as an nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property in the designated Natural Monument. Important Cultural Property. A 703 Kiyodo, City (in Funabashi Country Club) A 5364 Seki, Shirako Town, Chosei-gun [Shiseki Nagara Yokoanagun History museum] field of modern Japanese architecture. Currently not open ¥ Free A 1944 Kozaki-honshuku, Kozaki Town, Katori-gun ¥ Free to visit A 850-1 Tokumasu, Nagara Town, Chosei-gun A 302 Kasamori, Chonan Town, Chosei-gun to the public. ¥ Free to visit ¥ Free ¥ (Admission fee) Adults ¥200, children ¥100 A 650-25 Nanae, Tomisato City ¥ *Not open to the public vol.2 6 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 7 vol.2 Best chance to Recommended see the “sea of clouds” spot for is early morning in a holiday trip! fall and winter!

Minamiboso City Takabe Shrine and Hocho-Shiki Cultural (fish cutting ritual) Takabe Shrine is the only shrine in Japan consecrated to the ancestral deity of cooking. The hocho-shiki is a ritual where fish is cut without Landscape touching with one's hands, using a knife and long chopsticks. The festival is held three times a year, on May 17, October 17, and November 23. City A 164 Minami-asai, Chikura-cho, Minamiboso City ¥ Free to visit Kujukutani View Park Townscapes Chiba City Site offering a sweeping view of the low mountains of the Kazusa Hill Range, undulating like waves, shrouded at times in a mystical sea of clouds. Scenery and townscapes that -Shintoshin A 119-1 Higashi-Tengai, Kanozan, Kimitsu City captivate sightseers with nostalgic views, This neighborhood was launched with the opening of the convention center in 1989. It has ¥ Free multiple functions for work, living, learning, and amusement, and aims to be an international strategic center. rail line vistas, night scenes, and much more. Tateyama City Kotani Memorial House for AOKI Shigeru’s A noted place for flowers! Ichikawa City “A Gift of the Sea” Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple, The scenic fishing village of Mera is regarded as Tateyama City holy ground in the artistic world. The Keeper of the Traditions of Ichinomiya of , (Western-style) artist AOKI Shigeru of the Meiji Check out period stayed in the Kotani House while painting the historic Nichiren, and the Nakayama/ Shrine widely venerated as the ichinomiya (highest rank shrine) of Awa “A Gift of the Sea”, a work that became the first Gion Festival! Province. The enshrined deity is the ancestral deity of the Inbe clan, Important Cultural Property in Japan. The house Wakamiya Neighborhoods Ameno Futodama no Mikoto, the god of craftsmanship. is open to the public as a memorial hall. Established by the Nichiren in the period, this temple has many extant National Treasures and A 589 Daijingu, Tateyama City A 1256 Mera, Tateyama City Important Cultural Properties. The scenery as one ¥ Free to visit ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥200, elementary / junior high / high school students ¥100 approaches the shrine from Shimousa-Nakayama Station is popular for its bustling atmosphere and charm.

A 2-10-1 Nakayama, Ichikawa City (Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple) ¥ Free to visit

Narita City Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple, Abiko City Kamogawa City Kamogawa City Kamogawa City, Minamiboso City Edo Cultural Heritage of Seicho-ji Temple and Niemonjima Island and Mineoka Pasture Land Temple Town, and the Gion Festival Fusa District Mt. Kiyosumi Former House of Niemon Family In the Edo period, this pasture land was under direct Narita-san Shinsho-ji is a thriving temple visited by 10 million control of the Edo Shogunate, and used for raising horses. people a year, and 3 million worshipers during the first three days The Fusa district, flourished on the bank of the Tone River in Seicho-ji Temple is located near the summit of Mt. Kiyosumi, An island known for its natural beauty and the legends of Said to be the birthplace of dairy farming in Japan because of the New Year. Its “Fudo of Narita” (fire god statue known as the Edo period. The area has some remnants of the Edo period, and is known as the place where the young Nichiren studied and Nichiren. The ferryboat to the “Narita no Ofudo-sama”) is well known. The Narita Gion Festival, including the former residence of the Inoue family at Lake as a student. There is also the nationally-designated Seicho no island is a unique hand-rowed boat called a nichoro, and the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune introduced white with a history of 300 years, is held in the summer. Tega, Takeuchi Shrine Festival, etc. Osugi, a giant Japanese cedar tree. The temple is revered as a one can make the crossing in about 5 minutes. Designated cattle and produced dairy products here. sacred spot at one with the surrounding nature. as a Place of Scenic Beauty by Chiba Prefecture. [Chiba Prefecture Dairy Village] [Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple] [The former residence of the Inoue family] A 1 Narita, Narita City A 1 Aijima-shinden, Abiko City [Seicho-ji Temple] A 445 Futomihama, Kamogawa City A 686 Oi, Minamiboso City A 322-1 Kiyosumi, Kamogawa City ¥ [Admission fee (including round trip ferry charge for 1 ¥ Free ¥ Free to visit ¥ Free ¥ Admission free / (Treasure Hall) Adults ¥200, junior high person)] Adults ¥1,350, junior high school students school students and under ¥100 ¥1,050, children (5 years old and over) ¥950

Onjuku Town Kamagaya City A monument Kamagaya of Japanese, Great Buddha Spanish and and Views of Mexican Nearby Shopping Kamogawa City, Minamiboso City, Isumi City, etc. Matsudo City Sakura City Diplomatic Street Otaki Town Origin Nami no Ihachi (Transom Carvings) Yakiri-no-Watashi Ferry Boat / Site, Castle Town Otaki Town Hall (Central building) Takeshi Ihachiro Nobuyoshi, “Ihachi the First,” was a Literature Monument for The Wild Daisy and the Edo Period Festival sculptor in the late Edo period. He was regarded as the In the early Edo period, the Yakiri-no-Watashi ferry came Sakura Castle, known as the Sakura Castle Park today, was built in Built in 1959, this building continues to cut a modern greatest sculptor of waves, and known by his nickname figure near Otaki Castle. It has received the UNESCO into operation to serve farmers traveling to Edo and back. 1611. Although no building remain there, the site conveys the “Nami no Ihachi” (Ihachi of waves). On a hill overlooking vistas of fields, a literature vestiges of the castle. The Edo costume procession where many Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage In 1609, a foreign ship ran aground here, and was rescued by A 1.8-meter high Great Buddha built as a memorial for monument has been built commemorating the novel The people walk around the castle town dressing them up Edo style mobilizing the entire village. This was the beginning of (Izuna-dera Temple) A 2935-1 Izumi, -cho, Isumi City ancestors in the Edo period by a wealthy merchant who Conservation. Wild Daisy by Ito Sachio (see page 7). fashion is the most spectacular of the Edo Period Festival. relations between Japan, Spain, and , and this ¥ ¥300 lived in Kamagaya-shuku. This valuable cultural property A 93 Otaki, Otaki Town, Isumi-gun (Gyogan-ji Temple) A 2136 Ogiwara, Isumi City monument was established to commemorate this historical fact. gives us clues about the situation of the shukuba (post [Yakiri-no-Watashi Ferry Boat] A 1257 Shimoyakiri, [Sakura Castle Site (Sakura Castle Park)] ¥ Free ¥ [Individual] ¥500, [Group] ¥300 Matsudo City ¥ Junior high school students and older A Kanyumubanchi, Jonai-cho, Sakura City ¥ Free A 702 Iwawada, Onjuku Town, Isumi-gun station) at that time. (Kofuku-ji Temple) A 1107 Ono, Isumi City ¥ Free ¥200, 4 year olds to elementary school students ¥100 [Edo Period Festival] A Sakura-shinmachi-dori [Literature Monument for “The Wild Daisy”] A 261 Shimoyakiri, ¥ Free (Chofuku-ji Temple) A 757 Shimobuse, Isumi City ¥ ¥300 A 1-5 Kamagaya, Kamagaya City (Kamagaya Great Buddha) Matsudo City (Sairen-ji Temple) ¥ Free to visit or sightsee vol.2 8 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! ¥ Free Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 9 vol.2 Can also be seen well from the Chiba Port Tower ! Enjoy the old-fashioned charm!

Tateyama City, Minamiboso City Yachimata City Boso Flower Line Scene of Botchi A coastal road extending about 46 km from a shimocho intersection in (Peanut Piles in the Field) Tateyama City to the town of Wada in Minamiboso City. The approximately 6-km section from Ito to Aihama in Tateyama City has Botchi are piles of peanuts covered with a straw “hat.” This been selected as one of the 100 best roads in Japan, and its roadside is is a familiar, old-time scene in Yachimata City. periodically colored by seasonal flowers.

Katori City Chiba City, Ichihara City, Sodegaura City Enjoy the sea breeze Preservation District for Traditional Buildings in Sawara, Katori City Night View of Keiyo Seaside Industrial Complex and seascape! Nostalgic This district prospered due to water transport on the Tone River during the Edo period. A historical townscape with An industrial belt engaged in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, steel, and other fields is located on the scenery from traces of that prosperity still remains along the Ono River and on the Katori Kaido road. coast of in Chiba Prefecture. At night the area presents a different view from the daytime, a train window! A Around the Ono River in Sawara, Katori City or the Katori Kaido road (About a 10-minute walk from on illuminated by the beautiful lights of the plant facilities and port. the JR Narita Line) ¥ Free

Togane City Kamogawa City

Historical Buildings at the Oyama Senmaida City Choshi City West Exit of Togane Station (Rice Terraces) and Views of Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Choshi Electric Railway and Many houses built in kura (warehouse) style and Terrace Night Festival Expressway and Umihotaru dating from the Edo period to before WWII still Scenery Along the Line remain near the old kaido road, such as the There are 375 terraced paddy fields in the One of the world’s largest offshore structures, comprising undersea mountains of Mineoka. In the autumn, a Terrace tunnels, bridges, and other elements, connecting Chiba Prefecture with This railway began operation in 1923. In addition to a headquarters building and shop of the Tadaya Night Festival is held, featuring 3,000 torches, and . The Umihotaru built on the expressway is a rest variety of unique station buildings, there are lovely Company. Efforts are being made to restore and 10,000 LEDs. The result is a fantastical night scene. area surrounded by 360° of water. cabbage and sunflower fields along the line. utilize these structures. A 1135 Togane, Togane City (Townscape A 540 , Kamogawa City (Oyama [Umihotaru Parking Area] A Along line of the Choshi Electric Railway in Choshi City Utilization Center) Senmaida Preservation Association (NPO)) A Nakajima Chisaki, Kisarazu City (Choshi Station to Tokawa Station) ¥ Free ¥ (Fee to participate in Terrace Night Festival) ¥1,000

Narita City, Sakura City, Yachiyo City, Togane City Ichinomiya Town Ichinomiya Town Tateyama City City, Town, Sakae Town Narita City, Shibayama Town Lake Hakkaku Tamasaki Shrine and a Shrine Town View of Tsurigasaki Beach Views Around Okinoshima Sandbar Scenery of Lake Inba and Museum of Aeronautical Sciences This lake was developed as the garden pond of Tokugawa Tamasaki Shrine revered as the ichinomiya (highest rank A sacred place where the Kazusa Junisha Matsuri (see Okinoshima is famous as “the uninhabited island you can Surrounding Undeveloped Woodland and Views of Narita Airport Ieyasu’s quarters when he engaged in falconry. The shrine) of Kazusa Province, and a shrine town has grown page 15) is held. This will be the surfing venue for the walk to.” It’s a small island with a circumference of about You can see aircraft up close at the Museum of Aeronautical surrounding area is planted with about 300 cherry blossom together with devotion to the shrine. Buildings from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 1 km, joined to the mainland and located on the south side In the 1950s and 60s, Lake Inba was developed as a reservoir to support daily life and industry in the Sciences at the southern end of Narita Airport. Popular trees, and is the top scenic area in Togane. Edo and Meiji periods still remain today. of Tateyama Bay. attractions include the nose of a Boeing 747, a YS-11 prefecture. The surrounding area still has an abundant A 1415 Togane, Togane City [Tamasaki Shrine] A 1563 Tateyama, Tateyama City (Okinoshima Park) prototype, and flight experience systems. natural environment and scenery including satoyama A 3048 Ichinomiya, Ichinomiya Town, Chosei-gun landscapes (undeveloped woodlands). [Museum of Aeronautical Sciences] ¥ Free to visit A 111-3 Iwayama, Shibayama Town, Sanbu-gun ¥ (Admission fee) Adults ¥500, junior high and high school students ¥300, 4 year olds to elementary school students Take a trip to see ¥200 *Fee will be changed on August 1, 2019 the rustic scenery!

Katsuura City Isumi City, Otaki Town Otaki Town Asahi City, Tonosho Town Ichihara City, Otaki Town Kujukuri Beach Katsuura Morning Market Scenery of Isumi Railway Otaki Castle and the Castle Town Region Associated with Kominato Railway and Scenery of Kujukuri Beach Established in 1591 by Uemura Yasutada, the lord of A local railway linking Ohara Station in Sotobo (the This castle existed from the Middle Ages to 1871, four years Classic Tale Tempo Suikoden Scenery Along the Line In addition to rituals like hamaori and shiofumi (where Katsuura Castle, this market showcases local seafood, eastern coastal region) with Kazusa-Nakano Station in the after the , and the castle town developed portable shrines are taken into the sea), this beach is the agricultural products, and a variety of other goods. One of central Boso Peninsula. From the train windows, you can together with it. Today, you can visit the Otaki Castle Tempo Suikoden is the story of a chivalrous power struggle The Kominato Railway linking Ichihara City and Otaki setting for many literary works such as Chieko’s Sky by the three great morning markets of Japan. view satoyama landscapes (undeveloped woodlands) rich Branch of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, between the gangsters Sasagawa Shigezo and Iioka Town began operation in 1925. The station buildings and Takamura Kotaro. Here you can find many traces of culture. Sukegoro, two figures who actually existed in the Tenpo other facilities still look the same as when the line was A In Katsuura City: (1st to 15th every month) with seasonal feeling. built as a copy of the castle keep at the site of the original. era. Many of the items and locations connected with the established—a perfect match for the rustic scenery. Shimo-Honcho Asaichi Street A Along the Isumi Railway line in Isumi City and Otaki Town [Chiba Prefectural Otaki Castle Museum] story still exist. (16th to last day of every month) Naka-Honcho Asaichi (Ohara Station to Kazusa-Nakano Station) A 481 Otaki, Otaki Town, Isumi-gun A Along the line of Kominato Railway in Ichihara City and Street ¥ (Admission fee) General ¥200, high school and university [Tempo Suikoden Relic Museum] Otaki Town (Goi Station to Kazusa-Nakano Station) ¥ Varies depending on vendor students ¥100 *Varies when there is a special exhibition A 580-1 I, Sasagawa, Tonosho Town, Katori-gun ¥ (Admission fee) ¥200 vol.2 10 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 11 vol.2 Gorgeous floats appear in town! Revel in Katori City the festive atmosphere! Sawara Big Float Festival In this grand festival in Sawara, you can see large figures of human and Events/Festivals animals carried on the floats 10 floats City in the summer (July) and 14 floats in Mobara Tanabata Festival autumn (October). They are borne along with the sounds of Sawara A major summer event attended by more than 800,000 people every Local Folk Bayashi festival music, and parade year. There are events like Mobara Awa Odori and Yosakoi, and through the town. This festival was gorgeous decorations. registered with UNESCO as an Entertainment A Shopping street near Mobara Station Intangible Cultural Heritage. ¥ Free A Summer festival: Sawara Honjuku District, Katori City (near Yasaka A classical Shrine) / Autumn festival: Sawara Traditional re-enactment District, Katori City (near of hell unlike Sawara Station) any other! Chiba City ¥ Free Performing Arts Chiba Oyako Sandai Summer Festival Choshi City A midsummer tradition in Chiba City. The highlight of the festival is the Oyako Sandai Chiba Odori (parent-child three-generation dance), where Choshi Breweries Local Cuisine participants dance through the street to the rhythm of drums. This soy sauce brewing operation in Choshi A 1 Chuo, Chuo-ku, Chiba City (Chuo Park), etc. dates back to the early Edo period and took Festivals, arts, and other attractions offering experiences ¥ Free advantage of the local land and diligent research of ancient traditions and local color. to support and develop alongside the Edo-period culinary culture. Town [Yamasa Corporation (Soy Sauce Museum)] Keep an eye out Narita City Kiraigo (Ogre Dance) A 2570 Kitaogawa-cho, Choshi City (Yamasa for the character Corporation) fireworks! Ino Kabuki On August 16 every year, this Buddhist performance is held at Kosai-ji [Higeta Shoyu] Temple in Musho, Yokoshibahikari Town. The performances include A 516 Yahata-cho, Choshi City (Choshi Factory) This is farmer’s kabuki, thought to have been passed stories depicting salvation and the torments of hell. down since the Genroku era. The locals continue the tradition even today, and regular performances are held A 483 Musho, Yokoshibahikari Town, Sanbu-gun (Kosaij-ji Temple) in November every year. ¥ Free [Periodic Performance] A 393 Matsuko, Narita City ( Community Center) ¥ Free *Admission tickets are distributed beforehand

Sakura City How gigantic ! Sakura Autumn Festival For showing gods gratitude to huge harvest, this Choshi City Sammu City Oamishirasato City Kashiwa City, Abiko City festival began in the Edo period, more than 300 Lake Tega Fireworks Display years ago.The portable shrine carried by the Choshi Hane Taiko Drumming Sammu City Summer Carnival Nagata Asahiren Lion Dance parishioners is definitely magnificent.People put on Festival drums handed down in Choshi from the Edo period. This event has continued since the era of the former town An event with a history of more than 400 years since the A high point of summer in Kashiwa and Abiko. The night sky traditional costume and parade with several festival This is drumming of men of the sea, where two drummers of Hasunuma with the goal of boosting community Keicho era. Today, the lion dance is offered two times a shimmers with 13,500 fireworks. The water fireworks and ultra-jumbo floats with historical heroes on the top, dancing to carry a single drum, and pound it while jumping around. awareness of local citizens. It is crowded with many year, in the spring (January) and autumn (October), at the star mines are a sight to see. the rhythm by the traditional instruments. [Main events for spectators: First drumming at earliest attendees every year. festivals of Yaguchi Shrine. A (Kashiwa 1st・2nd Venue)Lake Tega Fureai Ryokudou A Sakura-Shinmachi-dori and surrounding area sunrise of the year in Japan] A 368-1 Ho, Hasunuma, Sammu City (plaza in front of A 54 Nagata, Oamishirasato City (Yaguchi Shrine) (Abiko Venue)Lake Tega Park, Lake Tega Fureai Line ¥ Free A 1421-1 Tennodai, Choshi City (Chikyu no Maruku Mieru Observation Tower in Hasunuma Seaside Park) ¥ Free ¥ Free（There is pay seat) Oka Ocean View Observatory) ¥ Free ¥ (Admission fee) Adults ¥380 Keep an eye out for the acrobatics by men dressed Sakura City as monkeys! Tatsumi-ryu Martial Art Tako Town An ancient martial art which Shiikago Dance arose in the , and was handed down in the of Tako Sakura Domain. This practical, Ichihara City Sakura City Shibayama Town Yotsukaido City This dance is performed for a comprehensive martial art good harvest and the prosperity Ichihara Willow Shield Shinto Ritual Sakura Tulip Festa focuses on iai (sword drawing), Shibayama Festival Uchikuroda Hadaka Mairi of descendants at the Gion kenjutsu(swordsmanship), Festival of (July Yahata no of Ichihara is a god of war, said to have created a One of the largest tulip festas in Kanto, held from March to A festival held on the second Sunday of November in Held at Uchikuroda Kumano Shrine, this traditional Shinto yawara (jujutsu), yari (spear), 25, 26). Performers playing the shield with willows. In this rite, a willow shield travels over two days April on the shore of Lake Inba. The extensive flower Shibayama, the “Haniwa Town.” There are dances and rite prays for a bountiful harvest and good health. A bo (staff), naginata (halberd), role of monkeys on top of a from the Ichihara district to Iigaoka Hachimangu Shrine (see page 5), gardens and windmill are worth a look! rituals by a troupe dressed as ancient people, and the city-designated cultural property. and shuriken. 10-meter pole are spectacular. and a grand festival begins. The “Willow Shield Road” starts from festival bustles with vendor stalls and competitive events. Ichihara Community Center and passes through Ichihara A 2714 Usuita, Sakura City (Sakura Furusato Square) A 629 Uchikuroda, Yotsukaido City (Uchikuroda Kumano Shrine, Asuha Shrine, Nakamichi (remains of an ancient road), ¥ Free [Main Event for Spectators: Nukizome Martial Arts A 420 Shibayama, Shibayama Town, Sanbu-gun Shrine) A 2696 Tako, Tako Town, Katori-gun (Yasaka Shrine) Gosho (where it spends the night), and Iigaoka Hachimangu Shrine. Demonstration (late January)] A 198-3 Kaburagi-machi, (Shibayama Park), etc. ¥ Free ¥ Free Sakura City (Sakura City Central Community Center) ¥ Free A 196 Ichihara, Ichihara City (Ichihara Community Center) ¥ Free *Departure point ¥ Free vol.2 12 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 13 vol.2 See the impressive stone quarry!

Kimitsu City Katsuura City Katsuura Tantanmen Mishima Bojutsu (Pole Fighting) The local ramen of Katsuura City, featuring deep red rayu (chili oil), and Kakkomai minced pork, and finely chopped onions in a soy sauce-based soup. This is offered at a festival at Mishima Shrine. Bojutsu is a martial art in which opponents face off and deploy techniques with intense A In Katsuura City (Available at restaurants belonging to the Spicy Hot! concentration, and Kakkomai is a three-lion dance to a flute with a Katsuura Tantanmen group) mournful melody. Katsuura City ¥ Depends on the restaurant A 844 Shukubara, Kimitsu City (Mishima Shrine) Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) ¥ Free Various locations in the city, such as the 60 stone steps of Tomisaki Shrine are decorated with about 30,000 City, Town hina dolls, turning the town into one big Hina Matsuri (Girls’ Festival). There is also a 120-cm high kyohobina (traditional hina display) at Küste. Learn the history of the local area! Mt. Nokogiri Boshu-Stone Quarry and Nihon-ji Temple A 523-1 Sawakura, Katsuura City (Küste), etc. Cutting boshu-stone was a flourishing industry at Mt. Nokogiri until the Showa period. The south side slope ¥ (Küste) Admission fee ¥300 (free for junior high school students and under) is the grounds of Nihon-ji Temple, and a treasure trove of Buddhist stone statuary such as Japan’s tallest great Buddha carved on a rock face.

[Mt. Nokogiri, Nihon-ji Temple] A 184-4 Motona, Kyonan Town, Awa-gun Minamiboso City ¥ [Admission fee] Adults ¥600, children (age 4 to 12) ¥400 Shirahama Ama-Matsuri All parts of the prefecture One of the largest night festivals in the prefecture. The festival prays to , enshrined goddess of Isumi City Sodegaura City Kazusa-bori technique oral society present , for safety and abundant harvesting Futomaki (Thick Rolled) at sea. It is also a memorial service for those who have Ohara Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival) Kazusa-bori Well-Boring Technology perished in the ocean. The scene of fireworks and night A soul-stirring festival that has continued since the Edo period—said to swimming (daiyaei) by about 100 ama (female divers) A well-boring technique conceived in the Kazusa region. Using the A local dish made in every home for celebrations be the greatest in Kanto. Highlights include the shiofumi ritual, held at dressed in white should not be missed. weight of steel pipe and the elastic force of bamboo, the method and events throughout the year such as the New Ohara Beach, and the owakare ritual held at Ohara Elementary School. enables boring up to depths of a few hundred meters with a small crew, A 630 Shirahama, Shirahama-cho, Minamiboso City Year, spring festivals, Obon, and autumn and has been used to bore wells for natural gas and petroleum. (Nojimazaki Lighthouse-mae Park, Shirahama, A 49-1 Nitta Fukahori Iriaichi, Isumi City festivals. This is also called matsuri-sushi. Minamiboso) (Ohara Beach, Ohara Chuo Shotengai-dori) A 1133 Shimonitta, Sodegaura City (Sodegaura City Local Museum) ¥ Free (Spectator seating is available for a fee) ¥ Free A Roadside stations in the prefecture, etc.

Awa region Tateyama City Tateyama City, Minamiboso City Chiba City, Funabashi City, Narashino City, Yachiyo City Funabashi City, Kisarazu City, Futtsu City Futtsu City Kujira no Tare (Marinated Whale) Tateyama Bay Fireworks Display Awakoku-shisai “Yawatanmachi” Shimousamiyama no Shichinen Clam Digging Takeoka-Style Ramen A food prepared by marinating red meat of Baird’s beaked Held on August 8 every year. Fireworks can be easily seen The largest festival in Minamiboso, held at Tsurugaya Matsuri (Seven Year Festival) Scattered throughout the prefecture, there are a total of Ramen with a rich, thick soy sauce-based soup, packed whale in seasonings, and then drying in the sun. The color from any location on the coast of Tateyama Bay. The star Hachimangu Shrine in mid-September. A thrilling eight coastal areas offering clam digging. You can enjoy a with delicious “Chashu pork” slices. This type of ramen is black and the taste is strong and distinctive. Mainly mines and water fireworks are powerful high points. spectacle of (portable shrines) from 11 shrines A collaborative festival representing Shimousa in which clam digging “treasure hunt” in the expansive natural originated in the fishing village of Takeoka, Futtsu City. nine shrines join together from the four cities of Chiba, surroundings of the tidal flats. Kisarazu in particular has eaten with alcoholic drinks, or as a side dish. A Near Hojo Beach, Tateyama City jostling and clashing with each other, combined with a A Restaurants offering the dish in Futtsu City Funabashi, Narashino, and Yachiyo. It is held at six-year six of these locations. A Roadside stations in the prefecture, etc. ¥ Free parade of floats and festival boats. ¥ Depends on the restaurant intervals (seven years in East Asian calendars) in the year A 40 Shiomi-cho, Funabashi City (Funabashi Sanbanze ¥ Varies depending on product A 68 Yawata, Tateyama City of the Ox and the year of the Sheep. Seaside Park), Six locations within Kisarazu City, 2307-2 (Tsurugaya Hachimangu Shrine) Futtsu, Futtsu City (Futtsu Coast Clam Digging Ground) ¥ Free A 5-20-1 Miyama, Funabashi City (Ninomiya Shrine), etc. ¥ Free

A local food made on fishing boats!

Oamishirasato City, Kujukuri Town and Chosei Village Kisarazu City Kimitsu City Isumi City, Ichinomiya Town other areas of the Kujukuri region Coastal region Iwanuma Lion Dance Kisarazu Port Festival Otomi no Kagura Kazusa Junisha Matsuri Tairyobushi (Fishermen’s Folk Songs) Namerou This two-person lion dance is a tradition in Chosei Village. This festival began in 1948 as a traditional event in the port This kagura (Shinto music and dance) is offered at a Centered around Tamasaki Shrine (see page 10), the of the Kujukuri Region A local dish prepared by mixing the flesh of horse It began about 400 years ago, and today is performed every town of Kisarazu. It is held on August 14 and 15 every festival at Inari Shrine. The focus is a two-person lion, and ichinomiya (highest ranking shrine) of Kazusa Province, mackerel, sardines, or other fish with green onions, shiso, year around mid-October on a temporary stage on the year, and tourists flock to see it on both days. the kagura expresses the phases of a person’s growth. this festival is dedicated to the goddess Tamayori-hime On Kujukuri Beach, seine fishing has been popular since ginger, and , and then kneading them together while the Edo period, giving rise to a flourishing iwashi grounds of Mimusubi Shrine. A Fujimi-dori (in Kisarazu City), Kisarazu Port inner bay A 3328 Otomi, Kimitsu City (Inari Shrine) and other gods from the same family. Nine mikoshi striking with a kitchen knife. Eaten in many regions of (sardine) culture. Tairyobushi are folk songs alive with A 1 Iwanuma, Chosei Village, Chosei-gun (Mimusubi Shrine) ¥ Free (spectator seating is available for a fee) ¥ Free (portable shrines) from five neighboring shrines gather at Chiba, primarily Minamiboso. that culture’s vitality. ¥ Free the Tsurigasaki Beach. A Roadside stations in the prefecture, etc. A Tsurigasaki Beach (festival location), 3048 Ichinomiya, Ichinomiya Town, Chosei-gun (Tamasaki Shrine) ¥ Free vol.2 14 Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! Introducing the Chiba Cultural Assets! 15 vol.2