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Chiba Castle
Chiba City Folk Museum (pseudo Chiba Castle)

Chiba is a prefecture in Japan which is "just to the right" (East) of Tokyo if looking down at a map (mainly the peninsula and some area to the north of the peninsula). Chiba is not well known by foreigners and or visited by tourists very much because it does not contain any of the most well known "Japan Destination" spots but Narita International Airport is in Chiba along with Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Most visitors to Japan will zip right through Chiba on their way from Narita Airport to Tokyo by train or bus but a small percent may stay at hotels around the airport for convenience or transfers. Although Chiba does not have "super famous" destinations, it does have some very interesting places to visit such as Sawara & Narita City and is very close to Tokyo if your looking for an interesting "day trip" out of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area.

Chiba Station
Looking toward Chiba Station

By riding the "Sobu Line" (Rapid) from Tokyo Station you can reach the main "Chiba City" in about 40 min. From Chiba City you can head north and visit Boso No Mura or head deeper into the peninsula which has a few reconstructed castles, nature areas, temples and coastline. There is a "Pseudo Castle" near Chiba City (a couple stops from Chiba Station on the Chibatoshi Monorail) but it is not a real castle, it's a concrete reconstruction of a Japanese castle to mainly draw tourists. It is officially called the "Chiba City Folk Museum". Having said that, the castle does make for good photographs (see this page for various pictures of the castle) especially in cherry blossom season.

Chiba Monorail
Chiba "upside down" monorail

In acient and Japan's "Feudal Times" the Chiba Peninsula and it's clans pretty much lived in their own little world. The Satomi Clan was the main clan that controlled Chiba for most of it's history but they were harassed and invaded by the northern Takeda Clan on multiple occasions. Finally the strong Hojo Clan that controlled area west of modern day Tokyo destroyed the Satomi Clan before the Hojo Clan itself was destroyed by the Tokugawa Shogunate forces. At one time the Chiba Peninsula contained many more Japanese castles but all were destroyed in the various conflicts, wars and orders of destruction when the Meiji Period began. If you would like to read more about one of the castles in Chiba, please view this Tateyama Castle Travel Log.

 

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Chiba City, the main city in Chiba Prefecture, can be easily reached by riding the Sobu Line rapid train. It takes approximately 45 min. and costs 640 yen (free if you have a Japan Rail Pass). The Sobu Line rapid train also has green cars which you can pay an extra fee of 770 yen and sit in a forward looking reclining chair (there is usually a "Green Car" ticket machine on the platform near the center of the platform where the green cars are located or you can purchase a green car ticket when you purchase your ticket). Those with Japan Rail Passes can sit in Limited Express Green cars for free.

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