Chiba Hidden Gems
A warm peninsula of surf beaches, coastal temples and produce farms wrapped around Tokyo Bay — and the site of Japan's main international airport.
6 spots
Climate & Best Season
The mildest winters in Kanto thanks to the Kuroshio current; humid summers cooled by sea breezes. Good year-round.
Famous For (Food)
- Peanuts
- Namerō (minced fish)
- Futomaki sushi
- Soy sauce (Noda & Choshi)
Signature Sights
- Naritasan Shinshoji
- Nokogiriyama cliff Buddha
- Kujukuri beaches
- Choshi coast
Boso Peninsula Railway Crossing
Two small railways meet end to end at a station in the middle of nowhere and, between them, cross the Boso peninsula. Th…
Oyama Senmaida
Three hundred and seventy-five rice paddies stacked up a steep slope over 3.2 hectares, the closest terraced rice landsc…
Byobugaura
Ten kilometres of sea cliff, forty to fifty metres high, running south-west from Choshi along the Pacific with nothing i…
Kameiwa Cave
A small waterfall drops through a hole cut in rock in a wooded valley in Kimitsu, and for a couple of weeks twice a year…
Okamoto Pier
A wooden pier about 160 metres long, built in 1921 to land fish and out of that use since 1961, running straight out fro…
Futtsu Cape Observation Tower
Futtsu is a sand spit that runs five kilometres out into Tokyo Bay, narrowing to almost nothing, and at the very end of…