Spots in Kamogawa / Katsuura Area

  • Kiyomizu-dera Temple
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Isumishi Misakichoukamone 1270
    "Kiyomizu-dera Temple is located near Otowa no Mori Park in Kamone, Misaki-cho, in the city of Isumi. It has long history, having been built in 807 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. Its principal votive figure is the Thousand-Armed Kannon, and this temple is the 32nd of the 33 places sacred to the bodhisattva Kannon in Bando (the old name for the Kanto Region). Within the precincts are sculptures of the 47 samurai of the Ako domain whose plot to avenge their lord was immortalized in the play ""Chushingura."""

    板東観音巡礼の26番目として、この32番札所を参拝しました。 これまでで指折りに「歴史を感じられる」素晴らしい寺でした。 いすみ市を訪れたのは久しぶりでした。 残念だったのは、行程で度々見かけた、景観を壊すソーラーパネル。 この寺がある周囲の山同様、自然環境を大切にしてもらいたいものです。

  • Kamogawa Sea World
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Higashichou 1464-18
    An aquarium park with animal performances and displays recreating natural habitats where you can come in contact with the ocean and learn the importance of the environment in which its creatures live. This stunning and vast aquarium facility boasts 16 areas and the vibrant orca and dolphin shows are popular with adults as well as children. Watch out for the sprays of water during the performances! Be sure to bring a disposable raincoat or vinyl sheet if you don’t want to get wet.
  • Tanjoji Temple
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    3.5
    132 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Kominato 183
    Tanjoji Temple was built in 1276 in the present-day Kominato area of the city of Kamogawa, the birthplace of Nichiren, the founder of Nichiren Buddhism. It was moved to its present location after an earthquake in 1703. In 1758, a fire destroyed all the temple buildings except Niomon Gate. This surviving structure has been designated a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property. On February 16 of each year, a festival called Shuso Goko Tan-e is held to commemorate Nichiren's birthday. A portable shrine with an image of Nichiren as a child is carried around in a procession called O-Neri Gyoretsu.

    This is the Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect built in the place where Nichiren was born. This is a sacred place located in Kominato, in Southern Chiba, facing the Pacific Ocean. Nichiren was born...

  • Roadside Station Kamogawa Ocean Park
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    3.0
    98 Reviews
    Transportation
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Emitayuzaki 22
    This roadside station is located along the Sotobo-Kuroshio Line. It sells Kamogawa Sea World goods, processed seafood goods such as Boshu Hijiki seaweed, Kujira no Tare whale meat sauce and dried fish, and agricultural products such as fresh vegetables and the Nagasamai brand of rice. Besides restaurants that offer set meals and rice bowls using Nagasamai and local seafood, there is also an adjoining foot bath using water from Kamogawa Onsen Nagisa no Yu, an artificial tide pool and dog park outside.

    日曜日のランチで利用 駐車場はほぼ満車 建物の外観は傷みが激しい 海の近くでコンクリート剥き出しでは劣化が早くなるのは素人でも分かる 人口の池は水が無い 建物内は以外に小さい 駐車場が狭い 集客力が無い 経費を押さえる という悪循環 道の駅は必要です 鴨川の旅行が楽しい思い出になるように対策を希望します。

  • Tomisaki-jinja Shrine
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    4.0
    65 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Hamakatsura 1
    This Shinto shrine honors Amenotomi-no-Mikoto, a deity who legend says came to the Boso Peninsula from Shikoku introducing technology and culture. The shrine's Katsuura Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) runs from late February to early March when about 1,800 Hina dolls adorn the 60 stone steps leading to the precincts. Stop by at night to see the spectacle illuminated.

    An event in which 30,000 Hina dolls collected from throughout Japan are displayed throughout the city. Visitors can see various kinds of Hina dolls by touring the various venues. Numerous other...

  • Uomizuka Observation Deck
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    4.0
    42 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Kaisuka 3277
    This observatory is in Kaisuka, Kamogawa City. At about 110 meters above sea level, it has great views of the Kamogawa City nightscape and sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. The name Uomizuka comes from fishermen who once watched for schools of fish from there. Gyofu, the statue of the goddess on the top, is the observatory's symbol.

    駐車場から数分歩きます。展望台からは遮るものがないので、鴨川の街と海が眺められます。なかなかの絶景なので行く価値はあります。

  • Poppo no Oka
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    3.5
    25 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Isumishi Sakuda 1298
    This egg-shack is perfect for families, as you can study a bunch of different trains. The adjacent cafe features freshly-cooked eggs in eggs over rice.

    入場料無料、駐車場1,000円。 引退した車両が展示。一部は中には入れる。 ボランティアがいたので寝台車の中に入ることができた。車内放送体験ができた。 雨ざらしで車両の保存状態が悪い。寄付を募集している。 昼間に行けば卵かけごはんなどの軽食を食べることができる。

  • Tainoura Yuransen (Pleasure Boat)
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    3.5
    43 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Kominato 183-8
    This sightseeing boat lets you get a good look at the tai red sea bream in “Tainoura Tai Habitat” —a Special Natural Monument. Open every day of the year. One fun trip is about 25 minutes. About five minutes southeast through the Uchiura Bay from the ferry port near Tanjo-ji Temple, there is a narrow region of water where the sea bream live in the shallows 10-30 meters down. You may even see them eating up the food that people throw in to them.

    誕生寺に行った後で乗船してみました。 船はだいたい40分おきに出航してますがお客が少ないと間引きすることもあるような話でした。 出航して5分ほどで鯛が見られるというポイントに到着、船員が餌(イワシ)を捲くとたくさん魚が寄ってきます。少しだけ鯛もいますが鯛以上に大きいメジナの方が目につきます。 このポイントで5-6分停船してから付近の岩等の名所を船上から眺めて戻ります。 所要時間30分ということでし...

  • Onjuku Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Ogun-machi, Iizumi-gun, Chiba Prefecture
    This popular beach offers a beautiful contrast between the shining blue sea and its fine sand beach. Some say it’s the inspiration behind the children’s song “Moonlit Desert” (Tsuki-no-Sabaku). Statues with a moon motif memorializing the song have been installed on the beach. In addition to a beachside clubhouse in summer, it hosts various events such as fireworks displays and beach volleyball competitions. It gets packed with beach goers at these times.
  • Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
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    3.5
    26 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Yoshio 123
    "The Coastal Branch of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, has a permanent exhibit based on four themes: ""The Sea around Boso,"" ""The Many Faces of the Sea,"" ""The Natural Environment around the Museum,"" and ""Let's Play with the Ocean."" There are dioramas the depict the sea, beaches, and tidal flats of Boso along with rotating seasonal exhibits that about the surrounding natural environment. These exhibits bring visitors in close contact with the sea and natural environment around Boso. Occasionally, the museum sponsors nature study session and other outdoor events, as well as holding specimen preparation events and experiential learning sessions at the Ocean Experience Corner."

    入場料200円とお手頃価格の割に、充実した房総の自然を堪能できました。お勧めです。 展示の仕方などは王道ですが、房総半島の地形、自然などがわかりますよ。なお、魚、貝、鳥などの標本が結構ありました。

  • Ohara Fishing Port, Minato no Asaichi Market
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Shopping
    Chiba Pref. Isumishi Ohara 11574
    Ohara Fishing Port is located in the Ohara area of the city of Isumi. The morning market is held every Sunday and gives visitors a chance to buy not only seafood but agricultural products and processed foods directly from the producers, who set up in 40 different shop fronts. Charcoal barbecue grills are set up so that customers can immediately grill and eat the seafood or farm products that they have purchased.

    いすみ市大原漁港の魚さばき場での朝市です 干物や鮮魚が安くて豊富 野菜や花も売ってます 大原漁港といえば、伊勢えびとタコですが 市では安いです 貝やその他を購入後 焼ける所もあります コロナで、随分休みが多かったですが 最近はまた始まりました。

  • Ezawa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Chiba Katsuura-shi Shiraikubo 296-8
  • Moriya Beach
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Moriya
    Located within Minami Boso Quasi-National Park, this beach boasts the best water quality in Katsuura City. With extremely clear waters and surprisingly mellow waves from the ocean, this beach has been included in both Japan’s Top 88 Baths and Japan’s Top 100 Baths, and what’s more, is one of Japan’s Top 100 Beaches thanks to its beautiful view. Several times a year you can see the beach connected to Watashima Island—normally floating in the bay—at low tide.
  • Oyama Senmaida
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Hiratsuka 540
    Located in the hills of Kamogawa in the central part of the Boso Peninsula, the 375 large and small rice paddies cover an area of approximately four hectares of steep inclines like steps. They are the only natural water fields which use just rain water for cultivation in Japan, where many rare animals and plants can be found in the surrounding areas. Besides being included in the list of “Japan’s Top 100 Rice Terraces” by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1999, it was recognized as a Place of Scenic Beauty in Chiba in 2002.
  • Katsuura Tsuruntsurun Onsen Camp Site
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Pref. Katsurashi Matsuno 1126-2
    This car camping campground is in Katsuura City. In addition to tent sites, they have log cabins and lodges, and they provide wood for your campfire. It's run by the adjacent Katsuura Tsuruntsurun Onsen, which is the only hot spring in Chiba Prefecture designated among the Famous 100 Hot Springs Selected by Thermalism Doctors. A soak there is thought to ease nerve pain and skin diseases.

    冬の時期でも温泉があるため全然問題なし、薪は無料で使う事ができる、衛生面も問題ない、何よりも温泉がGOODでした。

  • Katsuura Morning Market
    Travel / Tourism
    Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture
    Katsuura Morning Market is held near the main shopping streets in the Hamakatsuura district of Katsuura City, around 10 minutes’ walk from Katsuura Station. This market has a long history, dating back to 1591, and is one of the famous sights of Katsuura. Nowadays, the Morning Market is held on Asaichi Road in Shimohon-cho from the 1st to the 15th of each month, and on Asaichi Road in Nakahoncho from the 16th until the end of the month. The wide range of items on sale at the Morning Market includes seasonal agricultural produce, fresh fish and seafood, processed foods and handicrafts, etc. The Morning Market beings at around 6:00 a.m. and ends at around 11:00 a.m.; it is closed on Wednesdays and on New Year’s Day (January 1st).
  • Katsuura Underwater Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Chiba Katsuura-shi Yoshio 174
  • Onjuku Town Museum of History and Folklore
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    3.5
    9 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Isumi-gun Onjuku Machi Kubo 2200
    This museum is located in the town of Oyado, and displays daily necessities and farming implements used in rural areas in the pre-mechanization era, with the aim of conveying the traditional lifestyle of the past to the present day. In addition to school textbooks, the library also has a collection of textbooks used in terra-cotta schools in the past, as well as textbooks from other countries.

    御宿駅を降りて岸和田方面に向かうロペス通りの左側にあります。御宿町歴史民俗博物館の看板がありますからすぐに分かります。 僕の行った時には特別展で「御宿とメキシコの熱い絆」をやっていました。 410年前のサンフランシスコ号の遭難救助の歴史が分かりやすく展示解説されていました。 常設展示では御宿町の住民の使用した生活用具、農耕用具が並んでいます。 併設して五倫文庫と呼ばれている...

  • Kyonin-ji Temple
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Hiroba 1413
    This temple is in Hiroba, Kamogawa City. It was built to mourn two of Nichiren's disciples who lost their lives at one of the four great persecutions of Nichiren believers due to assaults from the estate head, TojoKagenobu at the sacred Komatsubara persecution site. The over 1000-year-old tree, Koshinnomaki, can be seen here. It is from this tree that Kishimojin, the goddess of childbirth, was said to descend to save Nichiren during the persecution.

    寺名の由来は鏡忍坊日暁にちなむ。 彼は日蓮とともに訪れたこの地で、地頭に襲撃され討死したが、日蓮は槙の樹上に現れた鬼子母神のおかげで一命をとりとめた。いわゆる小松原の法難である。 後日、日蓮の命でこの寺が建立されたそうだ。 そして、その槙の木が境内に現存し、[降神の槙]と呼ばれている。 かなり独特な樹形のうえ、幹が布でグルグル巻きにされていたり、支柱や竹の笠のがあり異彩を放っている。一見の価値。

  • Amatsu Shinmeigu Shrine
    Travel / Tourism
    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Amatsu 2954
    This shrine is dedicated to seven main gods including Amaterasu Sume-okami, Toyouke no Okami, Yae Kotoshironushi no Kami and Oyamazumi no Kami. It was originally dedicated to Yae Kotoshironushi no Kami, but Minamoto no Yoritomo prayed for the spirit of Ise to come in the Kamakura period (1185?1333) and enshrined together, so the shrine is also called Boshu Ise no Miya. The maruba-chisha-no-ki (round-leaved lettuce tree) on the west side of the premises are sub-tropical tall deciduous trees, and because it is said they are of extremely high value as the northernmost trees growing naturally in the wild, they have been designated as a prefectural natural monument.

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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.

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