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- Byōbugaura Ten km of cliffs 40–50 m high, known as the ‘Dover of the East’: a Natural Monument since 2016.
- Chiba Zoo — Fūta the red panda (千葉市動物公園) Fūta, aged 23: the oldest red panda in the world, with 83 descendants in all.
- Chikura Onsen — Chikurakan Legend has it that Yoritomo's horse was healed here in 1180: the bath is called ‘出陣風呂’.
- Funabashi's night-time alleys (Nakadōri and Yamaguchi Yokochō) The area, which escaped the bombing, was a black market known as ‘the Shanghai of Japan’.
- Ikspiari (イクスピアリ) The name comes from the Persian ‘peri’ (fairy): 140 shops in nine zones of an imaginary port.
- Inō Tadataka Memorial Museum The maps Inō Tadataka drew by surveying Japan on foot are a National Treasure.
- Inubōsaki Lighthouse For ten days or so at New Year it is the first point on the mainland to see the sunrise.
- Kamogawa Sea World (鴨川シーワールド) It has kept orcas since 1970: its current three have provided calves to the aquariums in Nagoya and Kobe.
- Kasori Shell Mound The only shell mound in Japan designated a Special Historic Site, the size of three Tokyo Domes.
- Katori Shrine (Katori Jingū) Before 1868 only Ise, Kashima and this shrine were entitled to the title ‘Jingū’.
- Katsuura Morning Market Active since the Tenshō era, over 430 years ago: it opens at 6:30 and is closed only on Wednesdays.
- Makuhari Messe Makuhari Messe is a trade fair and convention complex in Chiba, in the Makuhari Shintoshin district, Mihama-ku. It was completed in…
- Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu (三井アウトレットパーク 木更津) 330 shops since June 2025: the largest outlet park in Japan by number of stores.
- Mother Farm (マザー牧場) Every day a flock of 150 sheep parades among the hills, led by sheepdogs.
- Nagasaki Campsite, Kimitsu (長崎キャンプ場) A riverside campsite in inland Kimitsu.
- Naritasan Omotesandō (the eel street) Along the 800 metres of the temple avenue there are about sixty eel restaurants.
- Naritasan Shinshōji The grounds are open 24 hours: the fire ritual for Fudō has been performed every day since 940.
- National Museum of Japanese History (Sakura) Among the full-scale reconstructions is an Asakusa street with a silent film being screened.
- Nihon-ji and the Nokogiriyama Daibutsu The Buddha carved in 1783 by 27 disciples is 31 m tall, almost twice the height of the one in Nara.
- Reitaku University (麗澤大学) — Kashiwa
- Sakura Castle Ruins Park The only castle in Chiba among the 100 famous ones: over a thousand cherry trees bloom in late March.
- Sakura samurai houses and Hiyodorizaka You can visit three samurai houses from the late Edo period; one is a prefectural cultural property.
- Sakuragi Shrine, Noda (櫻木神社) Founded in 851, it has a cherry tree, the ‘七五三桜’, that blooms twice: in spring and autumn.
- Sawara Float Museum (Suigō Sawara Dashi Kaikan) It displays the actual seven-metre-tall floats of the Sawara festival, inside Yasaka Shrine.
- Sawara historic district In 1996, the first in the Kantō: a protected historic district, with houses still facing the canal.
- Sōgō Chiba department store Opened in 1967, here since 1993, and linked to Keisei Chiba Station: you can reach it without going outside.
- Soyora Narita New Town (そよら成田ニュータウン) It is the only place from the series in Chiba, well outside the orbit of Yokohama, where the rest of the story is set.
- Tokyo Disneyland (東京ディズニーランド) The only Disney park not run by the Walt Disney Company: licensed to Oriental Land.
- Tokyo DisneySea (東京ディズニーシー) The only Disney park in the world themed entirely on the sea, opened in 2001.
- Tokyo German Village (東京ドイツ村) The winter illumination won an International Illumination Award 2023 for its story.
- Tsurigasaki Beach (Kujūkuri) On the 66 km of Kujūkuri, Tsurigasaki hosted the surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
- Umihotaru (海ほたる) An island halfway along the Aqua-Line, between the longest bridge and the longest undersea tunnel in Japan.
- Uosse21 — Chōshi fish market It sells the catch of Chōshi, the port that was first in Japan by volume for 12 years up to 2022.