The Wonders of Chiba JAPAN Guide to the Chiba Chiba Cultural Kashima Line TSUKUBA EXPRESS Assets TOBU URBAN PARK Line Ibaraki Musashino Line Abiko Sawara Katori Narita Line Nagareyama Kashiwa Narita Line Ajiki Shin-Keisei Line Hokuso Line Narita SKY ACCESS Line Matsudo Narita Airport Narita Terminal 2, 3 Shin-Kamagaya Jōban Line Narita Airport Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Shibayama-Chiyoda Toyo Rapid Line Iioka Choshi Chōshi Electric Ichikawa Sakura Funabashi Asahi Railway Sōbu Line Nishi-Funabashi Tokawa Tsudanuma Keisei Main Line Yachimata Sōbu Line Keiyō Line Sōbu Line Yotsukaidō Yokoshiba Kaihimmakuhari Maihama Tokyo Chiba Narutō Chibaminato Tōgane Sotobō Line Tōgane Line Tokyo International Airport Goi Ōami Mobara Sodegaura Kominato Railway Kisarazu Kazusa-Ichinomiya Kimitsu Kururi Line JR Line Isumi Railway Ōtaki Other railways Yōrō Keikoku Ōhara Kazusa-Nakano Uchibō Line Sotobō Line Onjuku Katsuura TOKYO WAN-FERRY Ubara Awa-Kamogawa Tomiura Chiba Tateyama Cultural Promotion and Chikura Citizens’ Life Affairs Division, Train Map Environmental and Community Affairs Department, Chiba Prefecture TEL. 043-223-2408 (Weekdays 9:00 to 17:00) (Prepared in March 2019) Selected treasures for the future *The information provided in this leaet 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 Kazusa Province, and Matsudo City Gardens tradition holds it was founded in the Hakuho era. The main shrine was built in the Muromachi period, and is a nationally designated Important Tojo-tei House and Garden Cultural Property. A private residence built in the Meiji period by Tokugawa Akitake, younger brother of Yoshinobu, the 15th A 1057-1 Yawata, Ichihara City shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. 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 *Ofce 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 Chiba Shrine and Funabashi City Funabashi City Narashino 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 Kagura Association. Many races are held here, including the the Convention. It is also a migration point for Japan’s foremost deity of the Chiba clan. The Myoken Taisai Festival, held An 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 Edo 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 (Shinto 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 Chiba Port Tower / 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 Urayasu 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 Nara 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.