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Chiba

Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Chiba
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The place

Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In March 2025, its population was 983,045, with a population density of 3,617 people per km2. The city has an area of 271.77 square kilometres (104.93 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chiba

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Fukuda Denshi Arena

    Fukuda Denshi Arena, a.k.a. the Fuku-Ari, is a football stadium in Chiba, Japan.

    3.6 km · football stadium in Chiba, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    ZOZO Marine Stadium

    ZOZO Marine Stadium ) is an outdoor baseball stadium in Chiba City, Chiba, Japan. It opened in 1990, with a capacity of about 30,000 spectators.

    8 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Institute of Radiological Sciences

    The National Institute of Radiological Sciences is a radiation research institute in Japan. The NIRS was established in 1957 as Japan's only institute of radiology.

    3.2 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ichihara Seaside Stadium

    ZA Oripri Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ichihara, Japan. It is the only athletic stadium in Ichihara.

    9.4 km · football stadium in Ichihara city, Chiba prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chiba-dera Temple

    Chiba-dera, also known as Senyō-ji, is a Buddhist temple in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located in the central Chūō District in the city of Chiba.

    2.7 km · Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Chiba Port Arena

    The Chiba Port Arena is an indoor arena in Chiba, Japan. Chiba Jets Funabashi plays some games here as the second home arena.

    700 m · building in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chiba Port Tower

    Chiba Port Tower is a tower located in Chiba Port Park, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 125.1 m tall and has four stories.

    1.1 km · tower in Chiba, Japan · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Chiba

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 30 km · Narita (NRT), 31 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 70 km
Stations
Chiba Station, 900 m · Inage Station, 3.5 km · Nishi-Chiba Station, 1.7 km · Kaihimmakuhari Station, 7.4 km · Kemigawahama Station, 5.4 km
  • Omitama → Chiba
    74 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥1,190–1,620
    GuideToday
  • Makinohara / Shimada → Chiba
    196 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ¥2,680–3,660
    GuideToday
  • Niigata → Chiba
    275 km · quickest by road, 6h 25m · ¥4,250–5,800
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chiba

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chiba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inWhile JR trains run the entire coast of Chiba, the inner coast is just a 30-minute ferry ride from Kurihama, south of Yokohama.

From Wikivoyage: Chiba (prefecture), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,239 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,291 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,604 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,983 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,183 km

If you know how people move in Chiba – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Chiba

Chiba is 15 km from Honchō, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Yotsukaidō-shicity in Chiba Prefecture, Japan8.9 km
  • Inage-kuone of six wards of the city of Chiba, Japan3.2 km
  • Chūō-kuward of the city of Chiba, Japan3 km
  • Wakaba-kuone of six wards of the city of Chiba, Japan5.7 km
  • Makuhari MesseJapanese convention center in Mihama-ku, Chiba city7.9 km
  • Hanamigawa-kuone of six wards of the city of Chiba, Japan7 km
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