Inage-ku
Inage Ward is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Inage Ward is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 156,860 and a population density of 7,380 persons per km2. The total area was 21.25 square kilometres (8.20 mi2).
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Worth seeing in and around Inage-ku
9 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.
- 01National 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.
500 m · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia - 02Chiba 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.
3.7 km · building in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Chiba Shrine
Chiba Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. Originally a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity Myōken, the patron of the Chiba clan, it was converted into a Shinto shrine dedicated to Ame-no-Minakanushi during the Meiji period.
3.1 km · Shinto shrine in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Chiba Sports Center Stadium
Chiba Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
1.6 km · building in Inage Ward, Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Chiba Zoological Park
The Chiba Zoological Park is located in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan, and near the shore of Tokyo Bay. The park can be accessed by the Chiba Monorail and is open between 9:30am and 4:30pm.
1.9 km · zoo in Japan · Wikipedia - 06Uekusa Gakuen Junior College
Uekusa Gakuen Junior College is a private coeducational junior college in the city of Wakaba-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture Japan, established in 1999.
4 km · private coeducational junior college · Wikipedia - 07Towatari Shrine
Towatari Shrine, also known as Nobuto Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in Nobuto, Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Originally a branch temple of Kongojū-ji, a temple to the Buddhist deity Myōken founded by the Chiba clan, it was converted into a Shinto shrine during the mid-19th century.
2.7 km · Shinto shrine in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Kotehashi Shell Mound
The Kotehashi Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Satsukigaoka neighborhood of Hanamigawa ward of the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1981.
3.1 km · archaeological site in Japan · Wikipedia - 09Arayashiki Shell Mound
The Arayashiki Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Kaizuka neighborhood of Wakaba ward of the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. The midden was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979, with its boundaries extended in 1982.
3.8 km · Archaeological site in Chiba, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Inage-ku
- Airports
- Narita (NRT), 29 km · Tokyo Haneda (HND), 31 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 67 km
- Stations
- Chiba Station, 2.6 km · Inage Station, 1.3 km · Nishi-Chiba Station, 1.6 km · Shin-Kemigawa Station, 3.5 km · Inage-Kaigan Station, 3.1 km
- Omitama → Inage-ku71 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · ¥1,100–1,500
- Makinohara / Shimada → Inage-ku196 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ¥2,650–3,620
- Niigata → Inage-ku272 km · quickest by road, 6h 25m · ¥4,210–5,750
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No local-transport research exists yet for Inage-ku
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 Inage-ku. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Inage-ku
Inage-ku is 4 km from Chiba, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chibacity in Chiba prefecture, Japan3.2 km
- Chūō-kuward of the city of Chiba, Japan3.1 km
- Inage Senior High Schoolsenior High School located in Chiba City, Japan3.9 km