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Chiba City Downtown Area MAP 6 Chiba Minato Area MAP 5 Chiba Port Tower (Chiba Port Park) MAP❺ A-2 Chiba Folk Museum (Inohana Park) MAP❻ D-4 Chiba City Museum of Art MAP❻ D-3 Chiba City Museum of Science (Qiball) MAP❻ C-4 Observe Tokyo Bay in One Sweeping View The Symbol of Chiba Venue for Countless Exhibi- Experience the Fun of Adress Access Admission The sharp-looking 125 m tall tower is covered in roughly Business Holiday Telephone URL tions and Shows Science and Wonders of fee (Adults) hours number A 4-tiered 5-floor museum in the 5,600 panes of half-reflective glass. Inside, there are two form of a traditional castle keep The Chiba City Museum of Art is Nature observation rooms (one 105 m and the other 113 m above stands in the Inohana Castle grounds. located in a building that preserves The Museum of Science houses ground) where one can take in - at a 360°panoramic view - Within the museum, one can peruse the architecture of a Neo-Renaissance interactive fixtures and displays the magnificent sights that are the Aqualine, Tokyo Tower, various materials which detail the style bank from before WWII and which make learning science fun Mount Fuji, and the setting sun. There is also a local souvenir history of Chiba City and the Chiba also houses the Chuo Ward Office. and easy for children and adults. The shop on the 1st floor of the tower, and a lounge on the 3rd family who ruled this area. Exhibition halls are located on the state-of-the-art planetarium is capable floor where cocktails and other food items are served. Tourism Information Website 7th and 8th floors, and the facilities of simulating 10,000,000,000 stars, 1 Chuoko, Chuo-ku also include a museum shop and making for an utterly breathtaking and 1-6-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku ▪12 min walk from JR or Chiba Monorail Chiba-Minato Sta. Chiba City Sightseeing Guide a restaurant where customers can realistic starry night sky. ▪take Keisei Bus for "Daigaku-Byoin" ▪take the Bus for "Chiba Port Tower" from JR Chiba Sta. to the terminal stop enjoy a view of the city. The museum’s http://www.chibacity-ta.or.jp from JR Chiba Sta., and get off at ¥420 collection primarily consists of "Kyodo-hakubutsukan/Chibaken 9am–9pm (last admission 8:30pm) June-September works related to the Boso area and Bunka Kaikan", and 3 min walk. 9am‒7pm (last admission 6:30pm) October-May early modern to contemporary art, ▪15 min walk from the JR 12/28‒12/31. etc and diverse exhibitions ranging from Uchibo/Sotobo Line Hon-chiba 043-241-0125 woodblock prints and Japanese Tourism-Related Inquiries Sta. http://chiba-porttower.com/ paintings to contemporary art are held 7-10 fl. Qiball, 4-5-1 Chuo, Chuo-ku ▪13 min walk from the Chiba over 10 times each year. ▪15 min walk from JR Chiba Sta. MAP A-2 Chiba City Tourist Information Center Monorail Kencho-mae Sta. ▪6 min walk from Keisei Chiba chuo Sta. Prefectural Museum of Art ❺ ¥60 5 min walk from Chiba Monorail Yoshikawakoen Sta. 3-10-8 Chuo, Chuo-ku ▪ JR Chiba Station 9am–5pm (last admission 4:30pm) permanent exhibition or planetarium ¥510 Commune and Interact with the World of Art ▪15 min walk from JR Chiba Sta. Mon, national holiday, year-end and new year holidays, etc permanent exhibition and planetarium ¥820 The Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art is comprised of 8 ☎043-224-3939 ▪10 min walk from Keisei Line Chiba chuo Sta. 043-222-8231 (an additional charge will be requested for special exhibitions) large exhibition rooms, in addition to a prefectural citizen’s ▪5 min walk from Chiba Monorail Yoshikawakoen Sta. http://www.city.chiba.jp/kyoiku/shogaigakushu/shogaigakushu/kyodo/kyodo_top.html Museum of Science 9am–7pm (last admission 6:30pm) atelier that houses a lecture hall with a seating capacity varies depending on the exhibition : JR Kaihin Makuhari Station Planetarium 9am–8pm(last admission 7pm) of 200, an art-related information room, a multi-purpose 10am–6pm (last admission 5:30pm) / Fri and Sat : 10am–8pm (last admission 7:30pm) 12/29 1/1. etc research studio (used for advising, etc.), and 3 separate ☎043-298-2790 First Mon, year-end and new year holidays, etc ‒ 043-308-0511 studios which are used to host demonstration workshops. The museum collects works and 043-221-2311 http://www.kagakukanq.com/ information related to artists with connections to the prefecture, such as artwork by the Japanese http://www.ccma-net.jp pioneer of modern Western-style art Chu Asai and Barbizon School landscapes by Jean-Francois Chiba City Tourism Association Millet, and holds special and planned exhibitions. ☎043-222-0300 Chiba Park MAP❻ B-1 Chiba Velodrome MAP❻ B-1 Chiba Shrine MAP❻ D-3 1-10-1 Chuoko, Chuo-ku ▪10 min walk from JR or Chiba Monorail Chiba-Minato Sta. City of Chiba Tourism and Visitors Division The City’s Oasis The Historical Chiba Chiba’s Myoken ▪take the Bus for "Chiba Port Tower" from JR Chiba Sta.,and get off at "Bijutsukan/ChuoYubinkyoku" ☎ permanent exhibition ¥300 (varies depending on the special exhibition) 043-245-5282 This large-scale multi-purpose Velodrome (God of the North Star) 9am-4:30pm (last admission 4pm) park is equipped with a pool, The Chiba Velodrome was constructed Chiba Shrine is a nationally revered and Mon, etc Chiba Prefectural Tourism & baseball diamond and row boats next to Chiba Park in 1949, as the respected shrine for the homage it pays 043-242-8311 in addition to other facilities. It is 11th track cycling velodrome in the to “Chiba’s God of the North Star.” The http://www.chiba-muse.or.jp/ART/ Local Products Association located approximately 10 minutes nation. Races managed by Chiba City enshrined deity̶the divine spirit of the ☎043-225-9170 by foot from JR Chiba Station and are run 52 days of the year, and races North Star, or Polaris,̶is worshipped Chiba Harbor Cruise Ship MAP❺ B-2 is adorned by a lotus lake, which and events that take place nationwide for its role in determining the fates of is filled with the Oga lotus flower, at other velodromes are televised on human lives, as well as bestowing good Go for a mini-cruise aboard a boat as well as lily and peony fields, and approximately 300 days of the year. luck to those who pray at the shrine. The Take a ride on the only boat which tours the Chiba Harbor plum, cherry blossom, and maple Track cycling is an Olympic sport that “Sonjoden,” which is the only romon-style to see the beauty of the prefecture from the ocean. Gaze Information trees – all of which serve to paint consists of 9 athletes racing on bicycles “bunreisha” (a shrine which houses a from the deck of the cruise ship at the sea which basks in this “City Oasis” in the colors of the around a track. If you correctly predict fragment of a particular tutelary god) of the reflected sunlight from the nearby glass-encased Port Chiba Prefectural Bus Association four seasons. Boats can be rented the order in which athletes will finish, its kind, was completed in 2000, 1000 Tower. Or, try the Makuhari Okiai Boat which runs Sundays in the Watauchi Lake between your bet of ¥100 could become more years after the temple was first opened. and holidays, and the Noryo Cruise in summer. ☎043-246-8151 March and November. than ¥1,000,000! This beautifully vermilion-lacquered 1-6-1 chuoko, Cyuo-ku 4-1-1 Benten, Chuo-ku shrine is a must-see for all visitors to 3-1 Benten, Chuo-ku 10 min walk from JR or Chiba Monorail Chiba-Minato Sta. Chiba City Ryokan & Hotel Association free shuttle bus from JR Chiba Sta. 2 min walk from Chiba Monorail Chibakoen Sta. Chiba City. Chibakoen Sta. of Chiba Monorail 10 min walk from JR Chiba Sta. Harbor Course: everyday 13:30 ¥1,000 ¥100 (special seat ¥500 special room ¥2,000) ☎ admission free (there are fees for facilities use) 1-16-1Innai, Chuo-ku Makuhari Messe Course: Sun and national holiday 14:30 ¥1,200 043-227-5036 043-251-7111 043-251-5103 10 min walk from JR Chiba Sta. 12/30–1/3 http://www.chibakeirin.com/ http://www.city.chiba.jp/toshi/koenryokuchi/kanri/chuo-inage/chibakouen.html 043-224-2211 043-242-4568 ●発行/千葉市集客観光課 ●発行年月日/2015年3月 ●Published By/Chiba City Tourism and Visitors Section ●翻訳協力/(公財)千葉市国際交流協会 ●Date of Publication / March 2015 http://chibajinja.com/ http://www.chiba-port.com/ ●Translations by the Chiba City International Association Makuhari New Urban Center Area MAP 2 Inage Kaigan・ Inage Area MAP 3 4 Festivals & Events Makuhari Messe MAP❷ B-2 Mihama-en Japanese Garden MAP❷ B-3 Inage Seaside Park MAP❸ A-2 Yukari no Ie・Inage MAP❹ A-2 One of Japan’s Most Relax at a tranquil Enjoy the Sea Breeze Against the Communicating the Architecture of Chiba Castle Sakura Festival MAP❻ D-4 Makuhari Beach Fireworks Festa MAP❷ A-2 Spacious Event Venues Japanese Garden Backdrop of the New City Resorts from the Taisho Era The Makuhari Messe consists Inside of the Makuhari Seaside Inage Seaside Park serves as a summer resort for Numerous cottages and villas, which served as summer of “International Exhibition Halls,” Park, it lets guests enjoy the the citizens of Chiba City with its “Inage Beach,” resorts during the Taisho and Showa eras, used to dot “International Conference Halls,” and changing of the seasons in a “Inage Seaside Park Pool,” “Yacht Harbor,” “Inage the beaches which extended along present today’s HWY the “Makuhari Event Hall,” and was traditional garden which contrasts Memorial Hall” and “Floral Museum.” There 14.