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Narita / Hokuso

Category

Katori Jingu

4.5

324 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Katori 1697-1

Katori Jingu shrine is located in the Katori district of Katori City. It is the Grand Head Shrine of all the Katori shrines in Japan, of which there are around 400. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of Futsunushi-no-okami, a deity who appears in the Japanese legend “Izumo no Kuniyuzuri.” The Main Hall and the Rou-mon (two-storied gate), which were built in 1700, have both been designated as national Important Cultural Properties.

Katori Jingu Shrine is amazing! I found out about this place through Katoris official English Facebook page, Little Edo Sawara. They talk about the history of the shrine and have amazing pictures...
Narita City Sakura No Yama Park

4.5

311 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Komaino 1338-1

In this park are transplanted all of the cherry trees that were about to be lost during the construction of Narita International Airport. Many people visit this park, located on an elevated knoll, where airplane takeoffs and landings can be watched up close while viewing the beautiful cherry blossoms.

A great spot to come and see the planes take off and land. Beautiful to visit during Sakura season and autumn but really good all year round for the planes!
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

4.0

15 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Narita 1

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a lead temple in the Chisan school of Shingon located in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. In order to suppress a revolt by Tairano Masakado which broke out in the Heian period, it began with the fact that Kobo Daishi was spiritually enlightened by the high priest Kancho as Acala was enshrined and became the principal image of worship at the temple. Many well-known figures had strong faith including such figures as Minamotono Yoritomo, Mito Mitsukuni and Ichikawa Danjuro, and Narita Fudo prompted many commoners to have faith. On the grounds of the temple, there are very big gardens maintained which cover an area of approximately 3.5 times that of Tokyo Dome, and you can see seasonal plants in the garden.

安政年間に本堂として建てられ、大本堂が建てられた昭和期に現在の地に移築されました。本堂として建てられたとしたら、少し小ぶりかなと感じます。現在の本堂の西側に在ります。
Museum of Aeronautical Sciences

4.0

296 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Sambugunshibayamamachi Iwayama 111-3

The Museum of Aeronautical Sciences is the place to learn about the science of aviation and aviation technology. Museum visitors can enjoy the outdoor exhibition plaza, which displays Cessnas, helicopters, and other aircraft. The indoor portion of the museum contains exhibits of aviation-related art and serves as the site for pre-licensing seminars for aspiring aeronautical radio operators. The museum shop sells scale models of aircraft and a large selection of other aviation-related souvenirs and novelties.

Big & spacious place to walk around to view the aeroplanes. I did not buy tickets to enter the building. I just hung around outside & walked around to peek into the aeroplanes.
Shisui Premium Outlet

Shopping

Chiba Pref. Imbagunshisuimachi Idumi 2-4-1

An outlet mall decorated in the fashion of a city street incorporating American art deco motifs. The mall lends baby strollers and wheelchairs and has various facilities to increase visitor convenience and comfort as they explore and enjoy the mall’s 180 establishments. Easily accessible from the heart of Tokyo and also close to Narita Airport, the mall also has a useful currency exchange counter and some stores have duty free counters.
Roadside Station Mizu no sato Sawara

4.0

121 Reviews

Transportation

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara B. 3981-2

This roadside station on the Tone-Suigo Line sells specialty products and local produce. Their food court offers a variety of items including set meals and ramen noodles made with local ingredients, as well as soba and udon noodles, stone oven baked pizza, and other Western fare. There is also a marina with landings for sightseeing boats and canoes. They rent bicycles, and you can observe water birds and more in the natural area downstream from the facility.

道の駅の方は、フードコートと地元の農産物や弁当類、生花などが売られています。品揃えは豊富です。隣り合う川の駅はいわゆる観光客向けのお土産が売られています。品揃えはほどほどです。川沿いの景色がよくのんびりとした雰囲気は良いと思います。
Sakura Castle Ruins Park

4.0

125 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Sakurashi Jounaichou

Said to be the remnants of castle for the shogun’s council members, like Hotta household, the Sakura Castle Ruins form the center of this ruins-based park. Here you’ll find various remnants of Sakura Castle, like the tower and dry moat. There’s also the Sakura Castle Park Center, which displays important historical materials, artifacts, old pictures, and models of Sakura Castle, and the Sankeitei, a tea house modeled after the Koho-an tea house in Kyoto’s Daitoku-ji Temple. The park is also famous for its plants, with cherry trees, peonies, plum trees, irises and many other flowering trees.

If you like Samurai history then well worth a visit, it gives a sense of the size of the site of the defence system and how it worked
Narita Life-spring Yamato no Yu

4.0

125 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Odake 1630

At Narita City, Chiba Prefecture’s Narita Life-spring Yamato no Yu, the 120 liters of natural spring water that gushes up every minute is briefly heated, and then piped directly to the baths for a hot spring using spring water fresh from the source. The outdoor bath uses natural stones for the feel of nature on your skin. There are eight outdoor baths, large and small, as well as a limit of three rooms with attached outdoor bath.

Total and utter bliss! Friendly staff, quiet outdoor pools, hot water. I feel rejuvinated after this! Tattoo friendly, wich makes for a very nice change :-)
Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art

4.5

135 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Sakurashi Sakado 631

An art museum located in Sakado, Sakura City. Its collection includes roughly 1,000 works gathered by DIC Corp. and related companies—from Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Chagall to abstract works, Dadaism, Surrealism, and even post-war Western art and modern Japanese art. Nearby, you’ll find walking paths surrounded by nature, a restaurant, a tea house, and a retail shop.

The Kawamura Kinen Museum is a museum with a large, beautiful garden. I went there to see an exhibition featuring photographs of Japanese people, taken by a british photographer over 150 years ago...
Roadside Station Hakko-no-sato Kozaki

4.0

53 Reviews

Transportation

Chiba Pref. Katorigunkouzakimachi Matsuzaki 855

Kozaki is known for fermentation. In Kozaki, blessed with abundant water and fertile land, the Japanese hometown flavor still thrives. At this roadside station (rest area), the popular cafe restaurant, serves local fresh vegetables and fermented products. It is famous for Miso Malt Yakidon rice bowl that received the Jalan travel magazine Road-1 Jalan Award. Besides a restaurant serving cuisine with the fermentation catalyzing koji, Oryzae, the roadside station offers selected fermented goods from around the nation at the Fermentation Market.

以前の体験ですが・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・国道356号沿いには沢山の道の駅があり、ここもその一つです。圏央道の神崎インターのすぐ近くなので便利な場所ですが、まわりには何もない所なのでドライバーが利用するのならばここが目的地となるでしょう。直売店には発酵がコンセプトになっているのでつけもの類が沢山あり、その他にも味噌、お酒などの品ぞろいが豊富でした。 [写真はこちら]https://ww...
Ino Tadataka Memorial Hall

4.0

109 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara I 1722-1

This museum showcases the achievements of Ino Tadataka who created the first surveyed map of Japan. It is located south of JR Sawara Station on Prefectural Road 55, across the river from his former residence. The memorial is divided into periods depicting Tadataka's life until he was 50 years old and the period incorporating his work on the national survey. It also features interesting aspects of his life such as his character and the fact that he traveled to various shrines and temples starting in his 30s. There is also a display of his journals and the tools he used for surveying, and you can compare his map to others of the period from around the world to understand the extent of his precision.

Tadataka Ino is a historical Japanese who made the first Japanese map by himself using his foot. This Museum has his maps on display. The map is accurate even if compared to todays one. And it is...
Doggy's Island Resort & Villa

3.5

60 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Yachimatashi Koyaru 624

A dog resort where you can spend special time with your dog in the rich nature of satoyama (woodlands close to the village), the fastest 55-minute drive from Tokyo. It has one of Japan's largest dog runs with all-natural grass, a cafe, a pizzeria, and a natural food restaurant with the conception of local consumption of locally produced products, and also offers a menu for pet dogs. There are four types of hotels and villas within the vast grounds, with a total of 101 guest rooms. A full range of amenities for dogs, including toilet sheets, dog towels, and poop bags, are also available. Facilities such as a dog run are also available for day use.

You get this very nice European small town styled community feeling with nice landscape at this city resort. There are good gated open space for dogs to run and a nice trail going around the complex...
Roadside Station Tako Ajisai-kan

4.0

40 Reviews

Transportation

Chiba Pref. Katoriguntakomachi Tako 1069-1

This roadside station is located at the intersection of National Route 296 and Prefecture Route 74. It sells specialty goods such as Tako rice and mountain yam, and fresh local produce. The adjoining restaurants offer set meals using Genkibuta pork, rice balls with Tako rice, specialty products, and various menu items utilizing fresh vegetables. In addition, you can enjoy views of the nature along the Kuriyama River and fields from the observation lounge.

多古にある道の駅。栗山川の両岸のあじさい遊歩道に接しています多古大橋からあじさい橋の間を1周してみましたそこまで圧倒的な紫陽花ではないですが、お話ししながら散策するのに良い感じです
Suigo Sawara Aquatic Botanical Garden

3.5

48 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Ougishima 1837-2

At Suigo Sawara Aquatic Botanical Garden you can experience the old-fashioned ambience of a Japanese riverside district. It is located in Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park. Visitors come to enjoy the Ayame Festival in June with one and one and a half million Japanese irises of 400 varieties including Edo, Higo, and Ise, as well as the Hasu Festival from July to August with around 300 varieties of lotus flowers. Many other events are also held.

「千葉県香取市にある市営植物園である。水郷筑波国定公園の表玄関として水郷地帯を代表する観光施設。」とWikipediaにはあるけれど、水郷地帯を代表する観光施設だなどとは到底思えない、田舎感丸出しのお粗末な施設。あやめ部分はまだしも、ハス園のほうは、もっとどれがどの品種か明確にわかるように区分けするべきだ。種名札はあっても、同じ圃場（区画）に植え付けてあるから、どれがどれかを判別できない。種名札も...
Roadside Station Kurimoto Benikomachi no Sato

4.0

40 Reviews

Transportation

Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawa 1372-1

"This roadside station is located along Prefectural Route 44. In the direct sales area, it sells specialty products such as ""beni komachi"" sweet potatoes, grapes, pears and strawberries, fresh vegetables and processed livestock products. It also has Ajidokoro Ippuku that offers set meals and noodle dishes utilizing local ingredients such as grilled Boso pork over rice, and the Exchange House that sells products from all over Japan. You can also enjoy fishing for rainbow trout and crayfish in Satoyama Park, which is on the premises."

釣りをしてみたい子供達を連れて道の駅へ。ニジマス釣り出来ます。釣ったら買い取りですが、その場処理してくれるので、時間ある方はその場で焼くことも可能です。竹筒から空気を送って1時間ほどしたら美味しいニジマスの塩焼きの完成です。クーラーボックスと氷や保冷剤あれば持ち帰れます。釣れないなら釣り方のコツも教えてくれます。私は子供4人でしたが竿を1本借りて1人づつ釣らせてました。食いつきは良いので上手くやれ...
Hi Koki no Oka

4.0

40 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Sanbu-gun Shibayamamachi Iwayama 2021-ban 6

飛行機付きの方は、ある訪問して間違えなしです。フライトレーダーを見ながら待っていると、とても楽しめます。あぁ、ニューヨークから来たんだ、、って感じて、なんかワクワクします。
Sogo Reido Sanctuary

4.0

63 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Sougo 1-558

The full name of this temple is Meishozan Toshoji Temple Sogo Reido, but this temple is better known as just Sogo Reido or Sogo-sama. In the early part of the Edo period (1603-1868), peasants suffering due to poor harvests and high taxes decided to appeal directly to the shogun, but in exchange for a reassessment of taxes, the headman of the Sakura domain, Kiuchi Sogoro, was executed along with his family. He is enshrined as Sakura Sogo, a name derived from his Buddhist name, Sogodokankoji

甚平そばに行って、麻賀田神社に行き、大杉に会ってきました。聖徳太子の時代に植えられたそうです宗吾霊堂は佐倉宗吾郎の菩提樹で、父子の墓もあります。佐倉宗吾郎は、義民として、知られ、江戸三代将軍家に直訴し、税金を軽くして、もらいましたが、直訴の罪により、父子共々、処刑されました。佐倉惣五郎は、歌舞伎になったり、今でも、農民に愛されて、語り継がれています。 I went...
Makata Shrine

4.5

46 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Daikata 1

This shrine is located in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture. The over 1,300-year old large Japanese cedar tree on the grounds is said to be the biggest in eastern Japan, and has now become popular as a power spot. Besides the Setsubun Festival and Otaue Festival (rice-planting festival) held in February and April, there is also an annual festival praying for bountiful harvests and to ward off evil on the last Sunday of July.

One of the plethora of shrines in the Narita complex, it is beautiful and its surrounded by lovely old trees, monuments and a variety of ponds.
Sakura Furusato Square

Leisure / Hobbies

Chiba Pref. Sakurashi Usuida 2714

A verdant square near Inbanuma, it has a huge eye-catching Dutch windmill called De Liefde that was built as a symbol of the friendship between Japan and the Netherlands. You can find a Dutch garden to enjoy flowers from the Netherlands all year and a share garden of 24 loaned flower beds. Tulips, cherry blossoms, sunflowers, cosmos and other flower varieties bloom in all their glory from season to season. Many visitors come for the various events, such as the Tulip Festa in April and Cosmos Festa in October, held throughout the year.
Narita Yume Bokujo (Narita Dream Dairy Farm)

Travel / Tourism

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Nagi 730

Narita Yume Bokujo is a tourist dairy farm located in Nagi, Narita City. Besides interacting with the animals, there are a wide range of other activities for visitors to enjoy, including Segway rides, tractor-drawn wagon rides, an adventure playground, and a dog run, etc. There is also a campsite with parking for cars, which has saunas, coin-operated showers, etc. At Narita Yume Bokujo’s shop, visitors can buy first-class dairy products, as well as a range of other food products and local specialty gift items.

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Chiba Areas

The Boso Peninsula forms the main body of Chiba prefecture, and this is where you’ll find its endless warm water beaches and jagged mountains. Further inland, Narita - most famous as the home of Narita Airport - is a secret haven of tradition and history in the form of centuries-old Shinshoji Temple and quaint wooden Edo buildings. Chiba prefecture is also home to both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.