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Minamibōsō

Minamibōsō is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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The place

Minamibōsō is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2020, the city had an estimated population of 37,143 in 17,175 households and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 230.22 square kilometres (88.89 sq mi), making it the fifth largest city in Chiba Prefecture in terms of area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Minamibōsō

10 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
    Mount Tomi

    Mount Tomi is a mountain on the border of the city of Minamibōsō, in southern Chiba Prefecture. The mountain is formed by two peaks.

    7 km · mountain in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Nago-dera Temple

    Nago-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Nago neighborhood of the city of Tateyama, in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect and its honzon is a statue of Senjū Kannon Bosatsu.

    2.6 km · Buddhist temple in Tateyama, Chiba pref · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tateyama Castle

    Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan.

    7 km · Japanese castle · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Daifuku-ji Temple

    Daifuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture, pertaining to the Chizen Sect of Shingon Buddhism. According to tradition, the temple was founded by Gyōki in 717, early in the Nara period.

    1.4 km · Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mount Iyogatake

    Mount Iyogatake is a mountain on the border of the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan with an altitude of 336.6 m. Mount Iyogatake is on the western side of Mineoka Mountain District of the Bōsō Hill Range, near Mount Tomi.

    9.8 km · mountain in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Awa Kokubun-ji Temple

    The Awa Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Kokubun neighborhood of the city of Tateyama, Chiba, Japan. The temple belongs to the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect, and its main image is a statue of Yakushi Nyōrai.

    7.1 km · Buddhist temple in Tateyama, Japan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Masuma Dam

    Masuma Dam is a gravity dam located in Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for water supply.

    8.6 km · dam in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Hirota-zeki Dam

    Hirota-zeki is an earthfill dam located in Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation.

    7 km · dam in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nakaozawa-zeki Dam

    Nakaozawa-zeki is an earthfill dam located in Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation.

    2.7 km · dam in Chiba Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tomisan Prefectural Natural Park

    Tomisan Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1951, the park's central feature is Mount Tomi.

    7.3 km · natural park of Chiba prefecture, 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 Minamibōsō

Airports
Tokyo Haneda (HND), 57 km · Narita (NRT), 95 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 137 km
Stations
Iwai Station, 5.6 km · Tateyama Station, 5.6 km · Nakofunakata Station, 1.9 km · Awa-Katsuyama Station, 7.9 km · Kokonoe Station, 8.2 km
  • Tokyo → Minamibōsō
    76 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · ¥1,170–1,590
  • Narita → Minamibōsō
    91 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · ¥1,240–1,700
  • Omitama → Minamibōsō
    140 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · ¥1,990–2,720
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Minamibōsō

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 Minamibōsō. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,231 km
  2. 02
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,357 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,547 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,928 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,136 km

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

Around it

Next door to Minamibōsō

Minamibōsō is 31 km from Yokosuka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Tateyamacity in Chiba Prefecture, Japan5.9 km
  • Kyonantown in Awa district, Chiba prefecture, Japan7.6 km
  • Awa districtdistrict in Chiba prefecture, Japan8.2 km
  • Tomiyamadissolved municipality in Awa district, Chiba prefecture, Japan5.8 km
  • Miyoshidissolved municipality in Awa district, Chiba prefecture, Japan5.4 km