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Funabashi
Core city in Kantō, Japan

Funabashi

Funabashi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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As of 1 December 2020, the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of 7,500 inhabitants per square kilometre (19,000/sq mi). The total area of the city is 85.62 square kilometres (33.06 sq mi). It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city, and second largest in Chiba Prefecture.

Get in

Getting to Funabashi

Keikyu Bus has direct bus services from Tokyo Haneda Airport to both Funabashi and Nishi-Funabashi stations, which (traffic and schedules permitting) are faster and easier than taking connecting trains. Services run hourly, take about an hour and cost ¥1,400. IC cards accepted. The main stations are

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    Nishi-Funabashi
See

Worth seeing

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    Funabashi Sanbanse
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    Funassyi Park
Do

Things to do

Incredibly, the city has two racecourses: Nakayama allows betting on weekends and Funabashi on weekdays.

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    Nakayama Horse Race Course
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    Funabashi Racecourse
Eat

Where to eat

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    Nanpudo

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Prel1h (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.