is a
prefecture of
Japan located in the
Kantō region of
Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders
Ibaraki Prefecture to the north,
Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
to the west.
Chiba is the capital and largest city of Chiba Prefecture, with other major cities including
Funabashi,
Matsudo,
Ichikawa and
Kashiwa. Chiba Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
coast to the east of Tokyo, and is part of the
Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous
metropolitan area in the world. Chiba Prefecture largely consists of the
Bōsō Peninsula
The is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula covers ...
, which encloses the eastern side of
Tokyo Bay and separates it from
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
. Chiba Prefecture is home to
Narita International Airport, the
Tokyo Disney Resort, and the
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the wester ...
.
Etymology
The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
characters. The first, , means "thousand" and the second, means "leaves". The name first appears as an ancient ''
kuni no miyatsuko , also read as "kokuzō" or "kunitsuko", were officials in ancient Japan at the time of the Yamato court.
Yamato period
Kuni no miyatsuko governed small territories (), although the location, names, and borders of the provinces remain unclear. K ...
'', or regional command office, as the . The name was adopted by a branch of the
Taira clan, which moved to the area in present-day
Chiba City
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
in the late
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese ...
. The branch of the Taira adopted the name and became the
Chiba clan
The Chiba clan (千葉氏 ''Chiba-shi'') was a Japanese '' gōzoku'' and samurai family descending from the Taira clan. The clan was founded by Chiba Tsunetane, the son of Taira no Tadatsune. The Chiba governed in Shimōsa Province, and the cl ...
, and held strong influence over the area of the prefecture until the
Azuchi-Momoyama period. The name "Chiba" was chosen for the prefecture at the time its creation in
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...
by the , an early
Meiji-period body of prefectural governors that met to decide the structure of local and regional administration in Japan.
The compound word , which refers to the Tokyo-Chiba region, is formed from the second character in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
(), and the second character in Chiba (), which can also be pronounced "kei" and "yō" respectively. This compound is used in terms such as the
Keiyō Line,
Keiyō Road,
Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line
The is a Japanese freight-only railway line in Chiba Prefecture, between Soga, Chiba and Kitasode, Sodegaura. This is the only railway line operates, but the line has two branch lines as well. The company is abbreviated as . The third sect ...
, and the
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the wester ...
.
History
Early history
Chiba Prefecture was settled in prehistoric times, as evidenced by the
Jōmon period remains in every part of the region. The prefecture holds the largest ''kaizuka''
sea shell mounds in Japan, evidence of a large population in the prefecture that relied on the rich marine products of the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay.
Kofun burial mounds are found across the prefecture, with the largest group being in Futtsu along Tokyo Bay.
Asuka and Nara periods
In the
Asuka period (538 – 710), under the
Taika Reform of 645, the administrative structure of present-day Chiba Prefecture changed significantly. The historical province of
Fusa Province, which may have covered much of Chiba and
Ibaraki prefectures, was divided into two provinces:
Shimōsa Province
was a province of Japan in the area modern Chiba Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shimōsa''" in . It lies to the north of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first ''kanji'' from ...
(also called Shimofusa) in the north and
Kazusa Province in the southern area.
Awa Province at the south of Chiba Prefecture, was separated from Kazusa Prefecture in 718. These administrative units existed until they were abolished and merged into Chiba Prefecture after the
Meiji restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...
. The central government established a ''kokubunji''
provincial temple in each province.
Heian period
The imperial court gradually extended its authority over the three provinces in the
Nara (710 – 794) and
Heian (794 – 1185) periods.
Shōen feudal estates were established across the three provinces, and the region became an important source of tax revenue, sending agricultural and other products to the capital in Kyoto. As the Heian period progressed, however, the
kokushi provincial governors came to exert military power independent of the central government in Kyoto. The
Chiba clan
The Chiba clan (千葉氏 ''Chiba-shi'') was a Japanese '' gōzoku'' and samurai family descending from the Taira clan. The clan was founded by Chiba Tsunetane, the son of Taira no Tadatsune. The Chiba governed in Shimōsa Province, and the cl ...
broke entirely with the imperial court and was instrumental in the establishment of the
Kamakura shogunate
The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459.
The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...
.
Modern period
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of
Kisarazu Prefecture and
Inba Prefecture. The
1923 Great Kantō earthquake caused widespread destruction in Chiba Prefecture, most notably in the southernmost part of the Bōsō Peninsula, where 1,300 residents were killed. Areas of the prefecture adjacent to Tokyo saw much damage, and mob violence against Koreans and other ethnic minorities occurred in the chaos after the earthquake in Funabashi, Ichikawa, and other areas. Koreans in several neighborhoods of Yachiyo were killed, and a tower was erected in 1972 near
Yachiyodai Station to memorialize those killed in the incident. The
militarization of Chiba Prefecture dates to the
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
(1904–1905). Coastal fortifications were built along
Tokyo Bay as far south as Tateyama to protect the capital of the
Japanese Empire from attack. In the 1930s the north and central areas of the prefecture became a center of large-scale military production, and military bases and fortifications were constructed in most coastal areas of the prefecture. After the United States took control of
Saipan the northern part of the prefecture, most notably the city of Chiba and Chōshi, was
firebombed. Much of the industrialized north of the prefecture was destroyed.
Operation Coronet, one of two parts of
Operation Downfall, was the planned land invasion of Tokyo in March 1946 by the United States. Coronet planned
Kujūkuri Beach
is a sandy beach that occupies much of the northeast coast of the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The beach is approximately long, making it the second longest beach in Japan. Kujūkuri Beach is a popular swimming and surfing dest ...
as one of two initial landing bases, the other being
Hiratsuka
260px, Hiratsuka City Hall
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 257,316 and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hiratsuka is located ...
via
Sagami Bay
lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while th ...
. The
U.S. First Army would enter at Kujūkuri, sweep across the
Bōsō Peninsula
The is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula covers ...
, and meet the
U.S. Eighth Army at Tokyo. The plan was not carried out since
Japan surrendered after the
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
During the
Occupation of Japan (1945–1952) Chiba Prefecture was controlled by American forces from the second floor of the prefectural capitol building in the city of Chiba. Numerous other cities in the prefecture, including Chōshi to the north and Tateyama to the south, were used as bases of the occupation. The rich agriculture areas across the prefecture protected the region somewhat from the level of food shortage and starvation immediately following the war. The immediate post-war period was characterized by carefully planned industrial expansion in the north of the prefecture and the significant increase of agricultural production after
land reforms across the prefecture. The
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the wester ...
brought together smaller industrial areas along the entirety of the western coast of Chiba Prefecture, and the industrial zone became and remains an important center of heavy industrial production and large-scale port facilities in Japan. Cities to the northeast of the prefecture in close proximity to Tokyo were connected by rail to the capitol, and became and remain
bedroom communities
A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
to Tokyo.
Narita International Airport began operation in 1978 in
Narita after much protest to replace the overcrowded
Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport). The majority of international air traffic enters Japan via Chiba Prefecture. The cultivation of
rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...
and vegetables to feed the
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area expanded greatly and became a source of income to the northeast and central areas of the prefecture. The expansion of agriculture in the central and southern regions of the prefecture was in contrast to the depopulation of these areas as a significant part of the population moved to the northeast of the prefecture as a result of the
urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...
of Japan, a process that continues into the 21st century.
The
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
and the subsequent
Fukushima nuclear disaster
The was a nuclear accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The proximate cause of the disaster was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on the afternoon of 11 March 2011 ...
, which caused the affected areas as far south as Chiba Prefecture. While the loss of life and damage to housing and industry was far less than in the Tōhoku region, 20 people were killed in Chiba Prefecture, mostly from the tsunami that hit
Asahi
Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to:
Cities
* Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards
* Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'')
* Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'')
Towns
* Asahi, Aichi (旭� ...
to the northeast of the prefecture and caused 13 deaths. An
oil refinery fire broke out at the
Cosmo Oil Chiba Refinery in
Ichihara and was widely covered in the news media following the triple disaster. Large
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks burned from March 11–21, 2011.
Soil liquefaction in areas of
reclaimed land
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
across the northern and western areas of Chiba Prefecture caused damage, primarily to housing.
Chiba City
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
,
Funabashi,
Narashino
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
, the city had an estimated population of 175,292 in 81,985 households and a population density of 8400 persons per km². The total area of the city is
Geography
Narashino is located in far northw ...
, and especially
Urayasu
260px, old Urayasu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...
were greatly affected. As a result of permanent damage to housing stock due to soil liquefaction and evidence of radioactive materials caused by Fukushima radiation, the population of Chiba Prefecture fell for the first time since 1920.
Geography
Chiba Prefecture borders
Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
and
Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...
to the east and
Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary. Most of Chiba lies on the hilly
Boso Peninsula, a
rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...
farming region: the east coast, known as the
Kujūkuri Plain,
is an especially productive area. The most populous zone, in the northwest of the prefecture, is part of the
Kantō region that extends into the urban agglomeration of Tokyo and Saitama. The
Kuroshio Current
The , also known as the Black or or the is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin. It was named for the deep blue appearance of its waters. Similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic, the Ku ...
flows near Chiba, which keeps it relatively warm in winter and cooler in summer than neighbouring Tokyo.
National and prefectural parks
With the exception of the large-scale
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the wester ...
in the northeast, the entirety of the coast of Chiba Prefecture is protected as two quasi-national parks and one prefectural natural park under the national park system of Japan. As of 1 April 2012, 6% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as
Natural Parks.
*
Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park encompasses a large area of the
Tone River basin and the area around
Mount Tsukuba in
Ibaraki Prefecture. The park was established in 1953 to protect not only the environment of the area, but also its unique cultural heritage. The mouth of the Tone River and to
Cape Inubō
is a cape on the Pacific Ocean, in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The cape is near the midpoint of the Japanese Archipelago on the island of Honshū.
Origin of name
The name of the cape is constructed from two Chinese characters, the fir ...
and
Byōbugaura in northeastern Chiba Prefecture make up the southern part of the park.
*
Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park was established in 1953 to protect much of the southern coastal areas of Chiba Prefecture from
Cape Futtsu
is a cape located east of Tokyo Bay in Futtsu, Chiba in Japan.
References
Cape Futtsu- Chiba Prefecture
Futtsu
260px, Futtsu City Hall
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 42,476 in 1 ...
on
Tokyo Bay to
Cape Inubō
is a cape on the Pacific Ocean, in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The cape is near the midpoint of the Japanese Archipelago on the island of Honshū.
Origin of name
The name of the cape is constructed from two Chinese characters, the fir ...
in northeastern Chiba Prefecture. The park spans across nine administrative districts in the prefecture. Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park was established to protect not only the environment of coastal areas, but also the unique cultural assets of associated with these areas, notably the temples associated with
Nichiren.
Chiba Prefecture has designated and maintains eight prefectural natural parks to protect both natural and cultural areas, namely the
Inba Tega,
Kasamori Tsurumai,
Kujūkuri,
Mineokasankei,
Ōtone,
Takagoyama,
Tomisan, and
Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Parks. Cities, towns, and villages in the prefecture also have designated and protected parklands. These parks are maintained for environmental protection as well as providing local recreational facilities.
Municipalities
Since 2010, Chiba consists of 54
municipalities and since 2013, they are 37
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
, 16
towns and one
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
.
File:View from Chiba Port-Tower Northwest.jpg, Chiba City
File:Edo river near Ichikawa.JPG, Ichikawa
File:North view near Narita Station.JPG, Narita
File:20090730鴨川市.jpg, Kamogawa
File:007 Katori, Japan - 香取市.JPG, Katori
File:SH3J0304.jpg, Katsuura
Mergers
With the introduction of
modern municipalities (cities/towns/villages) in 1889, Chiba's districts were subdivided into 43 towns and 315 villages. The first city was created in 1921 when Chiba Town from Chiba District became district-independent as Chiba City. The postwar/1950s Great Shōwa mergers reduced the number of municipalities in Chiba to 101 by 1960, including 14 cities by then. The early 3rd millennium Great Heisei mergers created the current 54 municipalities by 2010.
List of governors of Chiba Prefecture (from 1947)
* Tamenosuke Kawaguchi (川口為之助) - from 21 April 1947 to 25 October 1950
* Hitoshi Shibata (柴田 等) - from 15 December 1950 to 2 November 1962
* Hisaaki Kano (加納久朗) - from 3 November 1962 to 21 February 1963
* Taketo Tomonoo (友納武人) - from 17 April 1963 to 16 April 1975
* Kiichi Kawakami (川上紀一) - from 17 April 1975 to 27 February 1981
* Takeshi Numata (沼田 武) - from 5 April 1981 to 4 April 2001
*
Akiko Domoto (堂本暁子) - from 5 April 2001 to 4 April 2009
*
Kensaku Morita (森田健作) - from 5 April 2009 to 4 April 2021
*
Toshihito Kumagai
Toshihito is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshihito can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*敏仁, "agile, humanity"
*敏人, "agile, person"
*俊仁, "talented, humanity"
*俊人, ...
(熊谷俊人) - from 5 April 2021 to present
Economy
Industry
Chiba Prefecture is home to one of Japan's largest industrial areas. Prior to
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
manufacturing in the prefecture was centered on the
brewing industry
Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cerea ...
, specifically the production of
soy sauce,
sake and
mirin sweet cooking sake. The
manufacturing sector expanded greatly after the war. The prefecture was chosen as the site for a major
Kawasaki Steel
Kawasaki Steel Corporation (Kawasaki Seitetsu) was a Japanese steel manufacturing company.
History
Originally forming the Steel Making Department of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the Kawasaki Steel Corporation was incorporated in August 1950 follow ...
factory in 1950. In the same period the prefectural government embarked on a large-scale
land reclamation program to
dredge large plots of waterfront property. The large-scale construction of
factories
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. T ...
,
warehouses
A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, town ...
, and
docks on this reclaimed land around the Tokyo Bay area ultimately formed the
Keiyō Industrial Zone
, also known as the Keiyō Industrial Region, the Keiyō Industrial Area, or the Keiyō Industrial Belt, is an industrial zone on the northeastern coast of Tokyo Bay that crosses 8 cities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The zone spans from the wester ...
. Chiba Prefecture is now 6th in Japan in
industrial output with the bulk of the industry focused on the
petroleum,
chemical
A chemical substance is a form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Some references add that chemical substance cannot be separated into its constituent elements by physical separation methods, i.e., w ...
, and
steel and
machine industries. Together, these industries account for forty-five percent of the prefecture's exports. In recent years, the government has funded more than eighty
industrial parks to bring development further inland as well.
Agriculture
The prefecture also boasts Japan's overall second-highest agricultural output. Among all the prefectures, only
Hokkaidō produces more agricultural products, and Chiba leads Hokkaidō in vegetable production.
Peanuts are considered a specialty product of Chiba: 78 per cent of the country's peanuts are produced in the prefecture.
Chiba Prefecture leads the nation in the production of several vegetables, including
carrots;
cabbage;
daikon radish
The radish (''Raphanus raphanistrum'' subsp. ''sativus'') is an edible root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae that was domesticated in Asia prior to Roman times.
Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world, being mostly eaten raw ...
; ''negi'', the ubiquitous Japanese
cultivar of the
Welsh onion
''Allium fistulosum'', the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion.
The species is very similar ...
;
loquat;
nashi, the Japanese cultivar of the
pear, which has a two hundred-year history of cultivation in the prefecture;
tomato
The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
es; and
spinach It is the nation's second largest producer of
corn.
Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...
is also grown, and
seaweed, specifically ''
nori
Nori is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, made from species of the red algae genus '' Pyropia'', including ''P. yezonesis'' and '' P. tenera''. It has a strong and distinctive flavor, and is often used to wrap rolls of sushi or ...
'', is harvested in large quantities from Tokyo Bay.
Demographics
Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors. Per capita GDP is ¥3.1 million, the fifth-highest in the country. 70% of the population is employed in the service sector, with 25% in industry and 5% in agriculture.
Climate
Chiba Prefecture has a
humid subtropical climate (
Koppen ''Cfa'') with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. The ''tsuyu''
rainy season occurs for approximately 50 days from June to July. According to the
Japanese Meteorological Agency
The , abbreviated JMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is charged with gathering and providing results for the public in Japan that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation and ...
, the average of annual temperature is . The average high is , and the average low is .
Education
Universities
*Chiba
**
Chiba University in Inage, Chuo
**
Chiba Economic University in Inage
**
The Open University of Japan in Mihama
**The Meteorological College of Japan
**Heisei Teikyo University in Mihama
**
Shukutoku University
is a private university in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, established in 1965. Ryoshin Hasegawa was the university's first president.
External links
*
Educational institutions established in 1965
Private universities and colleges in Japan
Un ...
in Chuo
**
Tokyo Information Sciences University in Wakaba
**
Tokyo Dental College in Mihama
**
Kanda University of International Studies
or KUIS is a private university located in Makuhari, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan. The university was founded in 1987 as an extension of Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages in Tokyo. KUIS is a research university specializing in learner autonomy. ...
in Mihama
**Tokyo University of Career Development in Chuo
*Funabashi
**
Toho University - Narashino Campus
**
Nihon University - Funabashi Campus
*Matsudo
**Nihon University - Matsudo Campus
**
Ryutsu Keizai University
**
Seitoku University
is a Japanese women's university in Matsudo, Chiba. It has faculties of Childhood Education, Literature and Social Sciences, Music, and Nutrition, as well as an affiliated Junior College. It was founded in 1990 and is accredited by the Japanese Mi ...
*Ichikawa
**
Chiba Commerce University
**
Wayo Women's University
*Kashiwa
**
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
- Kashiwa Campus
**Chiba University - Kashiwanoha Campus
**
Kaichi International University
**
Nishogakusha University - Kasiwa Campus
**
Reitaku University
*Narashino
**
Chiba Institute of Technology
is a private university in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. Abbreviated as , , , .
The school was founded in 1942 in Machida, Tokyo. In 1946 it was relocated to Kimitsu, Chiba, adopted the present name at the same time. Four years later, it was moved ...
**Nihon University - Narashino and Mimomi Campus
*Ichihara
**Heisei Teikyo University - Ichihara Campus
*Yachiyo
**
Shumei University
**
Tokyo Seitoku University
*Sakura
**
Keiai University - Sakura Campus
*Noda
**
Tokyo University of Science - Noda Campus
*Nagareyama
**
Edogawa University
**
Toyo Gakuen University
*Urayasu
**
Juntendo University
is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the School of Health and Sports Science. The university was established in 1838 for medical and in 1946 ...
- Urayasu Campus
**
Meikai University
is a private university
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public ...
**
Ryotokuji University
*Abiko
**
Chuo Gakuin University
**
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
*Kisarazu
**
Seiwa University
*Togane
**
Josai International University
, JIU, is a private university established in 1992, with two campuses, one in Tōgane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and one in Kioi-chō, Chiyoda-ku
is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.
*Inzai
**Juntendo University - Sakura Campus
*Kamogawa
**
Kameda College of Health Sciences
Secondary schools
The
Chiba Prefectural Board of Education oversees municipal school districts in the prefecture. The board also directly operates the prefecture's public high schools.
Culture
Museums
Chiba Prefecture is home to one national-level museum and several prefectural and local museums. The
National Museum of Japanese History is located in Sakura and focuses on the history, archaeology, and folk culture of Japan.
The Chiba prefectural museums consist of a main museum, the
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba in the central Chuō-ku ward of Chiba City, and six branch museums throughout the prefecture. The
Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art is in Chiba City. The
Chiba Prefectural Boso-no-mura in Sakae focuses on the local culture of the late Edo period, and the
Chiba Prefectural Otone Museum in Katori focuses on the culture of the
Tone River basin. The reconstructed
Japanese castle
are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries, and came into their best-known form in the 16th century. Castles in Japan were built to guard important or strategic sites, such ...
s of
Sekiyado and
Ōtaki host regional historical museums. The
Chiba Museum of Science and Industry is located in Ichikawa on the site of a former factory, and the
Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba in Katsuura focuses on the marine environment of the Pacific Ocean coast. Numerous other municipalities in the prefecture also host museums.
Libraries and archives
The
Chiba Prefectural Library consists of three libraries. The Chiba Prefectural Central Library is located in the central Chuō-ku ward of Chiba City directly southwest of
Chiba Castle
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on t ...
and in close proximity to the City of Chiba offices. The Central Library houses a general collection as well as the central research collection for the prefecture. The
Chiba Prefectural West Library is located in Matsudo next to the
Matsudo Museum, and houses a research collection focused on natural history and the fine arts. The Chiba Prefectural East Library is located in Asahi, and houses a research collection focused on the literature and history of the prefecture. The
Chiba Prefectural Archives are located across the
Miyako River from the City of Chiba offices. The archive maintains a collection of rare books and materials from across the prefecture, as well as materials related to the administration of Chiba Prefecture. Each municipality in the prefecture maintains a local libraries, and many shrines and temples maintain archival collections related to their institutions.
Cuisine
The traditional diet of Chiba Prefecture is not fundamentally different than that of the rest of Japan. Chiba Prefecture produces prolific quantities of rice across all areas in the prefecture, vegetables in the northern area of the prefecture, and fish, seafood, and shellfish along the coastal areas of the prefecture. Chōshi has been a major center of worldwide
soy sauce production since the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
, and the prefecture remains the top producer in Japan.
Kikkoman is headquartered in Noda in northwestern Chiba Prefecture.
These are all important components of
Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese: ) is based on rice with miso soup and oth ...
.
Certain local products, however, are grown in abundance and have resulted in several dishes unique to the areas. Peanuts, grown in great quantities in the prefecture, appear fresh in markets in the prefecture and are eaten boiled as a snack.
Miso paste mixed with peanuts is also produced in Chiba.
''Takenoko'', whole
bamboo shoot
Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including ''Bambusa vulgaris'' and ''Phyllostachys edulis''. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and ...
, are harvested in the central part of the Bōsō Peninsula. The takenoko of Ōtaki lack the concentration of
arsenic typically found in uncooked bamboo shoots, and as such, are uniquely eaten raw in the area as "takenoko sashimi".
''
Futomaki
is a Japanese dish of prepared , usually with some sugar and salt, accompanied by a variety of , such as seafood, often raw, and vegetables. Styles of sushi and its presentation vary widely, but the one key ingredient is "sushi rice," also ...
'' or ''futomakizushi'', literally "fat roll", is a large version of the sushi roll. The futomaki popularly made in Chiba Prefecture is up to 10 centimeters in diameter. Futomaki in Chiba Prefecture often utilize various ingredients to form a pattern, such as a flower or a
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
character, when the roll is cut and served.
Sports
The prefecture plays host to two major events in the Japanese athletics calendar: the
International Chiba Ekiden
The International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November. The marathon relay race, or ekiden as it is known in Japan, is one of the prominent annual races of its kind. The competition is spl ...
and the
Chiba International Cross Country.
The following sports teams are based in Chiba.
American football
*
X-League:
Obic Seagulls (
Narashino
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
, the city had an estimated population of 175,292 in 81,985 households and a population density of 8400 persons per km². The total area of the city is
Geography
Narashino is located in far northw ...
)
*X-League:
IBM Big Blue (
Yachiyo)
Football
*
J.League (J1):
Kashiwa Reysol (
Kashiwa)
*
J.League (J2):
JEF United Ichihara Chiba (
Chiba,
Ichihara)
Baseball
*
NPB:
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
(
Chiba)
Basketball
*
B.League:
Chiba Jets Funabashi (
Funabashi)
Rugby
*
Nihon IBM Big Blue (
Yachiyo)
*
Kubota Spears
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay (commonly known as the Kubota Spears) is a Japanese rugby union team based in Funabashi, Chiba participating in the Japan Rugby League One. The team rebranded as Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay ahead of the rebr ...
(
Funabashi)
*
NEC Green Rockets
NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu (formerly NEC Green Rockets) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. The team's captain iRyota Asano The previous captain was Takuro Miuchi, who was also the captain of the Japan national rugby unio ...
(
Abiko)
Futsal
*
F.League:
Bardral Urayasu (
Urayasu
260px, old Urayasu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...
)
Volleyball
*V.Challenge League II:
Chiba Zelva (
Chiba)
Transportation
Narita International Airport
Most
Tokyo
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-bound visitors arriving on international flights land in
Narita International Airport, which is situated in
Narita in the north of the prefecture, and connected to Tokyo by the
East Japan Railway's ''
Narita Express'' and the
Keisei Electric Railway
The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...
's ''
Skyliner''.
Railways
*
East Japan Railway Company
**
Sōbu Main Line
The is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It connects Tokyo with the east coast of Chiba Prefecture, passing through the cities of Funabashi, Chiba, and Chōshi. Its name derives from the ol ...
***
Chūō-Sōbu Line
***
Sōbu Line (Rapid)
**
Jōban Line
***
Jōban Line (Local)
***
Jōban Line (Rapid)
**
Narita Line
**
Uchibō Line
The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to Tokyo Bay, paralleling the western (i.e., inner) shore of the Bōsō Peninsula. It connects Soga Station in the city of Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in ...
**
Sotobō Line
**
Keiyō Line
**
Musashino Line
**
Tōgane Line
**
Kashima Line
**
Kururi Line
The is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kisarazu Station in Kisarazu to Kazusa-Kameyama Station in Kimitsu. The railway route extends through three cities, Kimitsu ...
*
Keisei Keisei may refer to:
*Keisei (monk)
*Keisei Electric Railway
*Keisei Bus
The is a bus company within the Keisei Group which was established on 1 October 2003 to inherit all business of the Keisei Electric Railway bus department.
Local bus ser ...
**
Main Line
**
Narita Sky Access
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Keisei-Takasago Station and Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. The entire route from Keisei Ueno Station, including the Keisei Main Line as far as Keisei-Takasago, is branded .
The Keisei Electric Rail ...
**
Chiba Line
**
Chihara Line
**Higashi Narita Line
*
Shin-Keisei Line
The is a railway line in Japan owned by the private railway company Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway. The line runs between Matsudo Station in Matsudo, Chiba, and Keisei-Tsudanuma Station in Narashino, Ch ...
*
Hokuso Line
*
Toyo Rapid Line
*
Shibayama Railway
*
Tobu
**
Noda Line
*
Tsukuba Express
The , or TX, is a Japanese railway line operated by the third-sector company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, which links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. The route was inaugurated on 24 Aug ...
*
Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...
Tozai Line
*
Toei Shinjuku Line
The is a rapid transit line in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The line runs between Motoyawata Station in Ichikawa, Chiba in the east and Shinjuku Station in the west. At Shin ...
*
Nagareyama Line
The is a commuter rail line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by between Mabashi Station in Matsudo and Nagareyama Station in Nagareyama. The line and the operator company was called the and respectively until the renaming on August 1, ...
*
Choshi Electric Railway
*
Kominato Railway
*
Isumi Railway
The is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Isumi Railway Company. It extends through the central eastern section of the Bōsō Peninsula, linking Ōhara Station in the city of Isum ...
*
Disney Resort Line
People movers
*
Chiba Urban Monorail
*
Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line
Road
Expressways
*
Joban Expressway
*
Narita Airport Expressway
*
Higashi Kanto Expressway
*
Tokyo Gaikan Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview
The name Gaikan refers to the route's status as an outer ring road (beltway) for Tokyo. The expressway is also referred to simply as G ...
*
Tateyama Expressway
*
Shuto Expressway
is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the .
Most routes are grade-separated (elevated roads or tunnels) and central routes have many sharp curves and multi-lane merges that requi ...
*
Keiyo Road
*
Togane Road
*
Tokyo Bay Aqua Line
National highways
*Route 6
*Route 14
*Route 16
*Route 51
*Route 124
*Route 126
*Route 127
*Route 128
*Route 294
*Route 295
*Route 296
*Route 297
*Route 298
*Route 356
*Route 357
*Route 408
*Route 409
*Route 410
*Route 464
*Route 465
Tourism
The
Tokyo Disney Resort is located in
Urayasu
260px, old Urayasu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...
near the western border of the prefecture. The
Kamogawa Sea World
Kamogawa Sea World is a large scale comprehensive marine leisure center/museum equivalent facility located between the Tojo coast and the national highway No. 128 in Kamogawa city, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is not affiliated with SeaWorld in a ...
is located in
Kamogawa. There are also a number of tourist sites on the Chiba peninsula, such as
Nokogiriyama;
Kujūkuri Beach
is a sandy beach that occupies much of the northeast coast of the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The beach is approximately long, making it the second longest beach in Japan. Kujūkuri Beach is a popular swimming and surfing dest ...
; and
Onjuku beach.
Politics
Since 2009, the prefectural governor is Eiji Suzuki, better known under his stage name as
Kensaku Morita, former actor, member of the House of Representatives (
LDP/Independent – Tokyo 4th district) and member of the House of Councillors (Independent – Tokyo). He was reelected overwhelmingly to a second term as governor in the
March 2013 election against only a Communist challenger and a minor, unaffiliated independent.
The assembly of Chiba Prefecture has a regular membership of 95, elected in 45 electoral districts, currently still in the unified local election cycle of 1947 (last round
2011). As of July 2014, it is composed as follows: LDP 52 members,
DPJ 13,
Kōmeitō 7,
JCP 4, Shimin Net/
SDP/Independents 4,
Your Party 3, four other caucuses with 5 members in total.
In the
National Diet, Chiba is represented by 13 members from single-member districts in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
, and six members (three at-large per election) in the
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or ...
. After the most recent Diet elections of 2010, 2012 and 2013, the prefecture is represented by eleven Liberal Democrats and two Democrats in the House of Representatives, and three Liberal Democrats, two Democrats, and one Your Party member in the House of Councillors. Current Diet members from Chiba include former prime minister
Yoshihiko Noda (H.R., DPJ – 4th district) and former ministers
Kuniko Inoguchi (H.C., LDP – class of 2010) and
Motoo Hayashi (H.R., LDP – 10th district).
Local government
As of 2014, Chiba is divided into 54 contiguous
municipalities (see list above): 37 cities, 16 towns and one village, as in all of postwar Japan each with a directly elected mayor and assembly. The most populous and Chiba's only
designated major city is the capital
Chiba City
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
. Two cities, Funabashi and Kashiwa, are
core cities
The Core Cities Group (also Core Cities UK) is a self-selected and self-financed collaborative advocacy group of large regional cities in the United Kingdom outside Greater London. The group was formed in 1995 and serves as a partnership of el ...
. After late 20th century mergers, much of the rest of the prefecture is also organized in independent
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
: Of the (today purely geographical)
counties
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, only six remain, four of which have only one or two remaining
towns or
villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
. – After the reorganization of county and municipal governments in all prefectures in 1889/1890, there had initially been 12 counties and no city in Chiba; Chiba town in Chiba county became the first municipality in Chiba to be elevated to city status in 1921.
Notable people
*
Miri Ichika - gravure model and tarento
*
KOSEKI Aquila Raphael
*
Keita Sawa
*
Kei Shindō - voice actress
Police
While by far not as large as that of neighbouring Tokyo, Chiba's police force is among the country's ten largest at more than 10,000 members (including the Narita airport police). As in every prefecture, the police are supervised by the public safety commission; its five members are appointed by the governor with approval by the assembly.
Chiba prefectural public safety commission
Sister states
Chiba Prefecture has a sister-city relationship with:
* Wisconsin
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, United States (1990)
* Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
* Juanjuí, Peru
* Düsseldorf, Germany (2019)
In popular culture
*Films set in Chiba include '' The Eel'' (1997), winner of the Palme D'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
. Filming took place in Sawara.
*Novels set in Chiba include: ''Neuromancer
''Neuromancer'' is a 1984 science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest and best-known works in the cyberpunk genre, it is the only novel to win the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and ...
'' by William Gibson (set in Chiba City
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
), '' Ningen Shikkaku'' by Osamu Dazai
was a Japanese author. A number of his most popular works, such as ''The Setting Sun'' (''Shayō'') and ''No Longer Human'' (''Ningen Shikkaku''), are considered modern-day classics.
His influences include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shiki ...
( Funabashi), and '' Nogiku no Haka'' by Sachio Itō ( Matsudo).
*'' Manga'' (comics) representations include: '' WataMote'', '' Be Free!'', '' Chameleon'', '' Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!'', '' Makuhari'' (set in Chiba city
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
), '' Makuhari Saboten Campus'' (Chiba city
is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...
), '' Susume!! Pirates'' and '' Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'' (Urayasu
260px, old Urayasu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...
).
*''Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
'' (animation) representations include: '' The Family's Defensive Alliance'' (set in Funabashi), '' Battle Programmer Shirase'' (Narashino), '' My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU'' and ''Zegapain
is a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise. The series premiered in Japan on April 6, 2006 on TV Tokyo and also later aired on BS Japan and AT-X. On October 2, 2007, Bandai Entertainment released the first Region 1 volume of ' ...
'' (Urayasu
260px, old Urayasu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...
).
*TV series representations include: '' Kisarazu Cat's Eye'' (set in Kisarazu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 136,023 in 63,431 households and a population density of 980 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kisarazu is locat ...
), '' Miotsukushi'' (Chōshi
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,174 in 27,160 households and a population density of 700 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Chōshi is located in the northea ...
), ''Beach Boys'' (filmed in Tateyama Tateyama may refer to:
People with the surname
* Midori Tateyama, Japanese writer
* Shohei Tateyama (born 1981), Japanese baseball player
* Yoshinori Tateyama (born 1975), Japanese baseball player
* Homarefuji Yoshiyuki (born 1985), Japanese su ...
and Shirahama (now Minamiboso) and '' Yappari Neko ga Suki'' ( Chiba).
References
External links
*
Chiba Prefecture Official Website
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