Chiba Prefecture - Prefectural symbols

Chiba Prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshu Island, Japan. Its capital is Chiba City. Chiba Prefecture - History. Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture. Historically, the prefecture constituted three provinces of Awa, Kazusa, and Shimousa. Chiba Prefecture - Geography. Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo a ...

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Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary. Most of Chiba lies on the hilly Boso Peninsula, a rice farming region: the east coast, known as the Ninety-Nine League Plain, is an especially productive area. The most populous zone, in the northwest of the prefecture, is part of the Kanto plain that extends into ...

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Read more here: » Chiba Prefecture: Encyclopedia II - Chiba Prefecture - Geography

Chiba is one of Japan's largest industrial areas, thanks to its long coastline on Tokyo Bay. After Chiba was chosen as the site for a major Kawasaki Steel factory in 1950, the prefectural government embarked on a large-scale land reclamation program that dredged up large plots of waterfront property for factories, warehouses, and docks. Chemical production, petrochemical refining, and machine production are the three main industries in Chiba today: together, they account for forty-five percent of the prefecture's exports. In recent years, the government has funded more than eighty industrial parks ...

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Most Tokyo-bound visitors land in Narita International Airport, which is situated in Narita in the north of the prefecture, and connected to Tokyo by the JR Narita Express and the private Keisei Electric Railway. The Tokyo Disney Resort is located in Urayasu near the western border of the prefecture. Chiba is linked to Tokyo by several railway lines: the main trunk lines are the Keiyo Line and Sobu Line. The Musashino Line connects Chiba to Saitama and northern Tokyo. Southern Chiba is connected to Kanagawa Prefectu ...

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Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture - History, Chiba Prefecture - Geography, Chiba Prefecture - Cities, Chiba Prefecture - Towns and villages, Chiba Prefecture - Mergers, Chiba Prefecture - Economy, Chiba Prefecture - Demographics, Chiba Prefecture - Culture, Chiba Prefecture - Tourism, Chiba Prefecture - Prefectural symbols, Chiba Prefecture - Miscellaneous topics

Read more here: » Chiba Prefecture: Encyclopedia II - Chiba Prefecture - Tourism