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<span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Cuisine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuisine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-American_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>American football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Association_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Association_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Association football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Association_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Baseball" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Baseball"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Baseball</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baseball-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basketball" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basketball"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Basketball</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Basketball-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rugby" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rugby"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>Rugby</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rugby-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Futsal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Futsal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.6</span> <span>Futsal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Futsal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Volleyball" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Volleyball"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.7</span> <span>Volleyball</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Volleyball-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> 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href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba-prefektuur" title="Chiba-prefektuur – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Chiba-prefektuur" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9)" title="تشيبا (محافظة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تشيبا (محافظة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87iba_prefekturas%C4%B1" title="Çiba prefekturası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çiba prefekturası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="چیبا اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چیبا اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9ktur_Chiba" title="Préféktur Chiba – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Préféktur Chiba" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="চিবা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চিবা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiba-ko%C4%81n" title="Tiba-koān – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tiba-koān" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Тыба (прэфектура) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тыба (прэфектура)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Чиба (префектура) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чиба (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Chiba" title="Prefectura de Chiba – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Prefectura de Chiba" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba-ken" title="Chiba-ken – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Chiba-ken" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_%C4%8Ciba" title="Prefektura Čiba – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prefektura Čiba" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(talaith)" title="Chiba (talaith) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Chiba (talaith)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba-pr%C3%A6fekturet" title="Chiba-præfekturet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Chiba-præfekturet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_prefektuvra" title="Chiba prefektuvra – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Chiba prefektuvra" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4fektur_Chiba" title="Präfektur Chiba – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präfektur Chiba" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_prefektuur" title="Chiba prefektuur – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Chiba prefektuur" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Chiba" title="Prefectura de Chiba – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Prefectura de Chiba" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernio_%C4%88iba" title="Gubernio Ĉiba – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gubernio Ĉiba" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(prefektura)" title="Chiba (prefektura) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chiba (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7" title="استان چیبا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان چیبا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9fecture_de_Chiba" title="Préfecture de Chiba – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Préfecture de Chiba" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoracht_Chiba" title="Maoracht Chiba – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Maoracht Chiba" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Chiba" title="Prefectura de Chiba – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Prefectura de Chiba" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba-yen" title="Chiba-yen – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chiba-yen" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%94%ED%98%84" title="지바현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="지바현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%AB%D5%A2%D5%A1_(%D5%BA%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A1)" title="Թիբա (պրեֆեկտուրա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թիբա (պրեֆեկտուրա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(prefektura)" title="Chiba (prefektura) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Chiba (prefektura)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ti_Chiba" title="Prepektura ti Chiba – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Prepektura ti Chiba" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektur_Chiba" title="Prefektur Chiba – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Prefektur Chiba" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%B1%C3%A6_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%C3%A6)" title="Тибæ (префектурæ) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Тибæ (префектурæ)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefettura_di_Chiba" title="Prefettura di Chiba – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Prefettura di Chiba" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="צ'יבה (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'יבה (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9f%C3%A8ktur_Chiba" title="Préfèktur Chiba – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Préfèktur Chiba" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepektura_ning_Chiba" title="Prepektura ning Chiba – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Prepektura ning Chiba" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ტიბის პრეფექტურა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტიბის პრეფექტურა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Chiba" title="Mkoa wa Chiba – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Chiba" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba%C3%ABnsis" title="Chibaënsis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Chibaënsis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cibas_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Čibas prefektūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Čibas prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cibos_prefekt%C5%ABra" title="Čibos prefektūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Čibos prefektūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csiba_prefekt%C3%BAra" title="Csiba prefektúra – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csiba prefektúra" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Чиба (префектура) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Чиба (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="चिबा प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="चिबा प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Chiba" title="Wilayah Chiba – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Chiba" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A5_%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2" title="ꯆꯤꯕꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯆꯤꯕꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba-g%C3%A2ing" title="Chiba-gâing – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Chiba-gâing" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3)" title="Чиба (аймаг) – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Чиба (аймаг)" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(prefectuur)" title="Chiba (prefectuur) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chiba (prefectuur)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E8%91%89%E7%9C%8C" title="千葉県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="千葉県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Тиба (префектура) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Тиба (префектура)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(Prefekt%C3%BC%C3%BCr)" title="Chiba (Prefektüür) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Chiba (Prefektüür)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(prefektur)" title="Chiba (prefektur) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Chiba (prefektur)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Prefekture" title="Chiba Prefekture – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Chiba Prefekture" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectura_de_Chiba" title="Prefectura de Chiba – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Prefectura de Chiba" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7" title="ضلع چیبا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع چیبا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%81%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%88%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6" title="ខេត្តឈីបា – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ខេត្តឈីបា" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Chiba" title="Prefektura Chiba – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prefektura Chiba" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba" title="Chiba – Portuguese" 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English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ciba_(prefekt%C3%BAra)" title="Čiba (prefektúra) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Čiba (prefektúra)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_%C4%8Ciba" title="Prefektura Čiba – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Prefektura Čiba" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7" title="پارێزگای چیبا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای چیبا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Префектура Чиба – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Префектура Чиба" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefektura_Chiba" title="Prefektura Chiba – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Prefektura Chiba" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li 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href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B0" title="จังหวัดชิบะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดชิบะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Префектураи Чиба – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Префектураи Чиба" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_(prefekt%C3%B6rl%C3%BCk)" title="Chiba (prefektörlük) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Chiba (prefektörlük)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg/250px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg/375px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg/500px-Map_of_Japan_with_highlight_on_12_Chiba_prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Island</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a>: 6, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">Municipalities</a>: 54</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_prefectural_governors_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prefectural governors in Japan">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%86%8A%E8%B0%B7%E4%BF%8A%E4%BA%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:熊谷俊人">Toshihito Kumagai</a> (from April 2021)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,157.61 km<sup>2</sup> (1,991.36 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_area" title="List of Japanese prefectures by area">28th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(June 1, 2019)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,278,060</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_population" title="List of Japanese prefectures by population">6th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,200/km<sup>2</sup> (3,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/JP%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="JP¥">JP¥</a> 21,280 billion<br /><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 195.2 billion (2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">JP-12</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/">www<wbr />.pref<wbr />.chiba<wbr />.lg<wbr />.jp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols of Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meadow_bunting" title="Meadow bunting">Meadow bunting</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fish</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sparidae" title="Sparidae">Seabream</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oilseed_rape" class="mw-redirect" title="Oilseed rape">Seiyō aburana blossom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kusamaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Kusamaki">Kusamaki</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2,_2018-10-30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg/220px-B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg/330px-B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg/440px-B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula_by_Sentinel-2%2C_2018-10-30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8374" data-file-height="10422" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula" title="Bōsō Peninsula">Boso Peninsula</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG/220px-Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG/330px-Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG/440px-Mt._Fuji_and_Keiyo_petrochemical_complex.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a>, one of Japan's largest industrial complexes that spans the eight cities of Chiba Prefecture, and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> on the horizon</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Chiba Prefecture</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">千葉県</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Chiba-ken</i></span>)</span> is a <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefecture</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,157 km<sup>2</sup> (1,991 sq mi). Chiba Prefecture borders <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki Prefecture</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama Prefecture</a> to the northwest, and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> to the west. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a> is the capital and largest city of Chiba Prefecture, with other major cities including <a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matsudo" title="Matsudo">Matsudo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a>. Chiba Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a> coast to the east of Tokyo, and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a>, the most populous <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a> in the world. Chiba Prefecture largely consists of the <a href="/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula" title="Bōsō Peninsula">Bōsō Peninsula</a>, which encloses the eastern side of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> and separates it from <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa Prefecture</a>. Chiba Prefecture is home to <a href="/wiki/Narita_International_Airport" title="Narita International Airport">Narita International Airport</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Disney_Resort" title="Tokyo Disney Resort">Tokyo Disney Resort</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> characters. The first, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83" class="extiw" title="wikt:千">千</a>, means "thousand" and the second, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%91%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:葉">葉</a> means "leaf". The name first appears as an ancient <i><a href="/wiki/Kuni_no_miyatsuko" title="Kuni no miyatsuko">kuni no miyatsuko</a></i>, or regional command office, as the <i>Chiba Kuni no Miyatsuko</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">千葉国造</span></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was adopted by a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Taira_clan" title="Taira clan">Taira clan</a>, which moved to the area in present-day <a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba City</a> in the late <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a>. The branch of the Taira adopted the name and became the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_clan" title="Chiba clan">Chiba clan</a>, and held strong influence over the area of the prefecture until the <a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period">Azuchi–Momoyama period</a>. The name "Chiba" was chosen for the prefecture at the time its creation in <a href="/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a> by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Assembly_of_Prefectural_Governors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assembly of Prefectural Governors (page does not exist)">Assembly of Prefectural Governors</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">地方官会議</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Chihō Kankai Kaigi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, an early <a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji-period</a> body of prefectural governors that met to decide the structure of local and regional administration in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The compound word <i>Keiyō</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">京葉</span></span>)</span>, which refers to the Tokyo-Chiba region, is formed from the second character in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC" class="extiw" title="wikt:京">京</a>), and the second character in Chiba (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%91%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:葉">葉</a>), which can also be pronounced "kei" and "yō" respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This compound is used in terms such as the <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Line" title="Keiyō Line">Keiyō Line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Road" title="Keiyō Road">Keiyō Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Rinkai_Railway_Rinkai_Main_Line" title="Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line">Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HaniwaChicken.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/HaniwaChicken.jpg/220px-HaniwaChicken.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/HaniwaChicken.jpg/330px-HaniwaChicken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/HaniwaChicken.jpg/440px-HaniwaChicken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2032" data-file-height="1354" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Haniwa" title="Haniwa">Haniwa</a> funerary object of a chicken, <a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a>. From the collection of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shibayama_Haniwa_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shibayama Haniwa Museum (page does not exist)">Shibayama Haniwa Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1890</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,191,353</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,316,547</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1913</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,401,587</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1920</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,336,155</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1925</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,399,257</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.93%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1930</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,470,121</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1935</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,546,394</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1940</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,588,425</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.54%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1945</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,966,862</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1950</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,139,037</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1955</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,205,060</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.61%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,306,010</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1965</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,701,770</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,366,624</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1975</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">4,149,147</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+4.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,735,424</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,148,163</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,555,429</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.53%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,797,782</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">5,926,285</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.44%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,056,462</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.44%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,216,289</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.52%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,222,666</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,284,480</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.20%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiba Prefecture was settled in prehistoric times, as evidenced by the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a> remains in every part of the region. The prefecture holds the largest <i>kaizuka</i> <a href="/wiki/Midden" title="Midden">sea shell mounds</a> in Japan, evidence of a large population in the prefecture that relied on the rich marine products of the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay. <a href="/wiki/Kofun" title="Kofun">Kofun</a> burial mounds are found across the prefecture, with the largest group being in Futtsu along Tokyo Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asuka_and_Nara_periods">Asuka and Nara periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Asuka and Nara periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a> (538–710), under the <a href="/wiki/Taika_Reform" title="Taika Reform">Taika Reform</a> of 645, the administrative structure of present-day Chiba Prefecture changed significantly. The historical province of <a href="/wiki/Fusa_Province" title="Fusa Province">Fusa Province</a>, which may have covered much of Chiba and <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a> prefectures, was divided into two provinces: <a href="/wiki/Shim%C5%8Dsa_Province" title="Shimōsa Province">Shimōsa Province</a> (also called Shimofusa) in the north and <a href="/wiki/Kazusa_Province" title="Kazusa Province">Kazusa Province</a> in the southern area. <a href="/wiki/Awa_Province_(Chiba)" title="Awa Province (Chiba)">Awa Province</a> at the south of Chiba Prefecture, was separated from Kazusa Prefecture in 718. These administrative units existed until they were abolished and merged into Chiba Prefecture after the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>. The central government established a <i>kokubunji</i> <a href="/wiki/Provincial_temple" title="Provincial temple">provincial temple</a> in each province.<sup id="cite_ref-sanpo-h_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanpo-h-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heian_period">Heian period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Heian period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The imperial court gradually extended its authority over the three provinces in the <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara</a> (710–794) and <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian</a> (794–1185) periods. <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Den" title="Shōen">Shōen</a> feudal estates were established across the three provinces, and the region became an important source of tax revenue, sending agricultural and other products to the capital in Kyoto. As the Heian period progressed, however, the <a href="/wiki/Kokushi_(officials)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokushi (officials)">kokushi</a> provincial governors came to exert military power independent of the central government in Kyoto. The <a href="/wiki/Chiba_clan" title="Chiba clan">Chiba clan</a> broke entirely with the imperial court and was instrumental in the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate" title="Kamakura shogunate">Kamakura shogunate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sanpo-h_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanpo-h-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_period">Modern period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg/220px-Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg/330px-Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg/440px-Student_militia_at_Kujukurihama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption>Student militia of the <a href="/wiki/Fifty-Second_Army_(Japan)" title="Fifty-Second Army (Japan)">Japanese 52nd Army</a> training on <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%ABkuri_Beach" title="Kujūkuri Beach">Kujūkuri Beach</a>, early 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873, with the merger of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisarazu_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kisarazu Prefecture (page does not exist)">Kisarazu Prefecture</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inba_Prefecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inba Prefecture (page does not exist)">Inba Prefecture</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Militarization" title="Militarization">militarization</a> of Chiba Prefecture dates to the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> (1904–1905). Coastal fortifications were built along <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a>, as far south as Tateyama, to protect the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese Empire</a> from attack. </p><p>In September 1923, the <a href="/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" title="1923 Great Kantō earthquake">Great Kanto earthquake</a> has cause of widespread destruction in Chiba Prefecture, most notably in the southernmost part of <a href="/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula" title="Bōsō Peninsula">Boso Peninsula</a>, where 1,300 residents were killed, out of 142,000 deaths. Areas of prefecture adjacent to Tokyo saw much damage, and mob violence against Koreans and other ethnic minorities occurred in the chaos after the earthquake in Funabashi, <a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa</a>, and other areas.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koreans, in several neighborhoods of Yachiyo, were killed, and a tower was erected in 1972 near <a href="/wiki/Yachiyodai_Station" title="Yachiyodai Station">Yachiyodai Station</a> to memorialize those killed in the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1930s, the north and central areas of the prefecture became a center of large-scale military production, and military bases and fortifications were constructed in most of the coastal areas of the prefecture. After the United States took control of <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>, the northern part of the prefecture (most notably the cities of Chiba and Chōshi) was <a href="/wiki/Firebombed" class="mw-redirect" title="Firebombed">firebombed</a>. Much of the industrialized north of the prefecture was destroyed. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Coronet" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Coronet</a>, one of two parts of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Downfall</a>, was the planned land invasion of Tokyo in March 1946 by the United States. Coronet planned <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%ABkuri_Beach" title="Kujūkuri Beach">Kujūkuri Beach</a> as one of two initial landing bases, the other being <a href="/wiki/Hiratsuka,_Kanagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiratsuka, Kanagawa">Hiratsuka</a> via <a href="/wiki/Sagami_Bay" title="Sagami Bay">Sagami Bay</a>. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._First_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. First Army">U.S. First Army</a> would enter at Kujūkuri, sweep across the Boso Peninsula, and meet the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Eighth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Eighth Army">U.S. Eighth Army</a> at Tokyo. The plan was not carried out since <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japan surrendered</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg/220px-Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg/330px-Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg/440px-Nippon_Steel_Kimitsu_Works.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Nippon Steel Kimitsu Works, 2007, Kimitsu, Keiyō Industrial Zone</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a> (1945–1952) Chiba Prefecture was controlled by American forces from the second floor of the prefectural capitol building in the city of Chiba. Numerous other cities in the prefecture, including Chōshi to the north and Tateyama to the south, were used as bases of the occupation; rich agricultural areas across the prefecture somewhat safeguarded the region's population from potential food shortages, and starvation, immediately following the war. The immediate post-war period was characterized by carefully planned industrial expansion in the north of the prefecture, and the significant increase of agriculture after <a href="/wiki/Land_reform" title="Land reform">land reforms</a> across the prefecture. The <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a> brought together smaller, industrial areas along the entirety of the western coast of Chiba Prefecture, and the industrial zone became (and remains) an important center of heavy industrial production and large-scale port facilities in Japan. Cities to the northeast of the prefecture (in close proximity to Tokyo) were connected by rail to the capitol, and became and remain <a href="/wiki/Bedroom_communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedroom communities">bedroom communities</a> to Tokyo. <a href="/wiki/Narita_International_Airport" title="Narita International Airport">Narita International Airport</a> began operation in 1978 in <a href="/wiki/Narita,_Chiba" title="Narita, Chiba">Narita</a>, after much protest to replace the overcrowded <a href="/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo International Airport</a> (Haneda Airport). The majority of international air traffic enters Japan via Chiba Prefecture. The cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> and vegetables to feed the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area</a> expanded greatly and became a source of income to the northeast and central areas of the prefecture. The expansion of agriculture in the central and southern regions of the prefecture was in contrast to the depopulation of these areas as a significant part of the population moved to the northeast of the prefecture as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">urbanization</a> of Japan, a process that continues into the 21st century. </p><p>On March 11, 2011, the epicenter of <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami</a> and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukushima nuclear disaster">Fukushima nuclear disaster</a> that devastated much of the northeastern coast of Honshu, which caused some damage and affected areas in Chiba Prefecture. While the loss of life and damage to housing and industry was far less than in <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a>, 20 people were killed in Chiba Prefecture, including 13 people were recorded deaths in <a href="/wiki/Asahi,_Chiba" title="Asahi, Chiba">Asahi</a>. Following the triple disaster, an <a href="/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">oil refinery</a> fire broke out at the <a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmo Oil">Cosmo Oil</a> Chiba Refinery, in <a href="/wiki/Ichihara,_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a>, and was widely covered in the news media. Also, a large <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas" title="Liquefied petroleum gas">liquefied petroleum gas</a> (LPG) tanks burned at 10 days earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Soil_liquefaction" title="Soil liquefaction">Soil liquefaction</a>, in areas of <a href="/wiki/Reclaimed_land" class="mw-redirect" title="Reclaimed land">reclaimed land</a> across the northern and western areas of Chiba Prefecture, caused damage to housing.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimeslf_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimeslf-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narashino,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Narashino, Chiba">Narashino</a>, and especially <a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a> were greatly affected by triple disaster (such as soil liquefaction, and evidence of radioactive materials caused by the Fukushima radiation).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of triple disaster and with permanent damage to housing stock, the population of Chiba Prefecture fell for the first time since <a href="/wiki/Spanish_flu" title="Spanish flu">Spanish flu pandemic</a> in 1918 and <a href="/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" title="1923 Great Kantō earthquake">Great Kanto earthquake</a> in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiba Prefecture borders <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki Prefecture</a> to the north at the Tone River, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama Prefecture</a> to the west at the Edo River, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the east and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> around its southern boundary. Most of Chiba lies on the hilly <a href="/wiki/Boso_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Boso Peninsula">Boso Peninsula</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> farming region: the east coast, known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuj%C5%ABkuri_Plain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kujūkuri Plain (page does not exist)">Kujūkuri Plain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dijitaru-kujukuriheino_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dijitaru-kujukuriheino-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an especially productive area. The most populous zone, in the northwest of the prefecture, is part of the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a> that extends into the urban agglomeration of Tokyo and Saitama. The <a href="/wiki/Kuroshio_Current" title="Kuroshio Current">Kuroshio Current</a> flows near Chiba, which keeps it relatively warm in winter and cooler in summer than neighbouring Tokyo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_and_prefectural_parks">National and prefectural parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National and prefectural parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg/220px-Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg/330px-Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg/440px-Coast_in_emi_kamogawa_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Coastal area in Emi, <a href="/wiki/Kamogawa,_Chiba" title="Kamogawa, Chiba">Kamogawa</a></figcaption></figure> <p>With the exception of the large-scale <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a> in the northeast, the entirety of the coast of Chiba Prefecture is protected as two quasi-national parks and one prefectural natural park under the national park system of Japan. As of 1 April 2012, 6% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Japan#History" title="List of national parks of Japan">Natural Parks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suigo-Tsukuba_Quasi-National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park">Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park</a> encompasses a large area of the <a href="/wiki/Tone_River" title="Tone River">Tone River</a> basin and the area around <a href="/wiki/Mount_Tsukuba" title="Mount Tsukuba">Mount Tsukuba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki Prefecture</a>. The park was established in 1953 to protect not only the environment of the area, but also its unique cultural heritage. The mouth of the Tone River and to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Inub%C5%8D" title="Cape Inubō">Cape Inubō</a> and <a href="/wiki/By%C5%8Dbugaura" title="Byōbugaura">Byōbugaura</a> in northeastern Chiba Prefecture make up the southern part of the park.<sup id="cite_ref-nipponika-suigo_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nipponika-suigo-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minami_B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Quasi-National_Park" title="Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park">Minami Boso Quasi-National Park</a> was established in 1953 to protect much of the southern coastal areas of Chiba Prefecture from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Futtsu" title="Cape Futtsu">Cape Futtsu</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Inub%C5%8D" title="Cape Inubō">Cape Inubō</a> in northeastern Chiba Prefecture. The park spans across nine administrative districts in the prefecture. Minami Boso Quasi-National Park was established to protect not only the environment of coastal areas, but also the unique cultural assets of associated with these areas, notably the temples associated with <a href="/wiki/Nichiren" title="Nichiren">Nichiren</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nipponika-minami_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nipponika-minami-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Chiba Prefecture has designated and maintains eight prefectural natural parks to protect both natural and cultural areas, namely the <a href="/wiki/Inba_Tega_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Inba Tega Prefectural Natural Park">Inba Tega</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasamori_Tsurumai_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Kasamori Tsurumai Prefectural Natural Park">Kasamori Tsurumai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%ABkuri_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Kujūkuri Prefectural Natural Park">Kujūkuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mineokasankei_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Mineokasankei Prefectural Natural Park">Mineokasankei</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctone_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Ōtone Prefectural Natural Park">Ōtone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takagoyama_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Takagoyama Prefectural Natural Park">Takagoyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomisan_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Tomisan Prefectural Natural Park">Tomisan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dr%C5%8D_Keikoku_Okukiyosumi_Prefectural_Natural_Park" title="Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Park">Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi</a> Prefectural Natural Parks.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cities, towns, and villages in the prefecture also have designated and protected parklands. These parks are maintained for environmental protection as well as providing local recreational facilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg/220px-Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg/330px-Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg/440px-Map_of_Chiba_Prefecture_Ja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>Map of Chiba Prefecture<br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#D8E; color:#D8E;">    </span> Government Ordinance Designated City</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#EAB; color:#EAB;">    </span> Other city</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ED9; color:#ED9;">    </span> Town</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#BFE; color:#BFE;">    </span> Village</span></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Chiba_Prefecture_by_population" title="List of cities in Chiba Prefecture by population">List of cities in Chiba Prefecture by population</a></div> <p>Since 2010, Chiba consists of 54 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">municipalities</a> and since 2013, they are 37 <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">cities</a>, 16 <a href="/wiki/Towns_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Towns of Japan">towns</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Villages of Japan">village</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Municipalities of Chiba Prefecture </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Flag, short name <small>w/o suffix</small> </th> <th colspan="3">Full name </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">District</a><br /><i>(-gun)</i> </th> <th rowspan="2">Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<br /><small>(January 2021)</small><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2">Population<br /><small>(March 2021)</small><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Local_Autonomy_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Autonomy Law">LPE</a> code<br /><small>(w/o pref. [12...],<br />checksum [-x])</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Japanese_writing_system" title="Japanese writing system">Japanese</a></small></th> <th><small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">transcription</a></small></th> <th><small><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">translation</a></small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chiba,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Chiba%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Prefectural_capital" class="mw-redirect" title="Prefectural capital">Prefectural capital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Designated_cities_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated cities of Japan">designated major city</a></small>) </td> <td>千葉市</td> <td>Chiba-shi</td> <td>Chiba City</td> <td>– </td> <td>271.76 </td> <td>981,738 </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Choshi,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Choshi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chōshi, Chiba">Chōshi</a> </td> <td>銚子市</td> <td>Chōshi-shi</td> <td>Chōshi City</td> <td>– </td> <td>84.20 </td> <td>57,533 </td> <td>202 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ichikawa,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ichikawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa</a> </td> <td>市川市</td> <td>Ichikawa-shi</td> <td>Ichikawa City</td> <td>– </td> <td>57.45 </td> <td>496,657 </td> <td>203 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Funabashi,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Funabashi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a>)</small> </td> <td>船橋市</td> <td>Funabashi-shi</td> <td>Funabashi City</td> <td>– </td> <td>61.38 </td> <td>641,499 </td> <td>204 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tateyama,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tateyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tateyama,_Chiba" title="Tateyama, Chiba">Tateyama</a> </td> <td>館山市</td> <td>Tateyama-shi</td> <td>Tateyama City</td> <td>– </td> <td>110.05 </td> <td>44,692 </td> <td>205 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kisarazu,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kisarazu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kisarazu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kisarazu, Chiba">Kisarazu</a> </td> <td>木更津市</td> <td>Kisarazu-shi</td> <td>Kisarazu City</td> <td>– </td> <td>138.95 </td> <td>136,118 </td> <td>206 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Matsudo,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Matsudo%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Matsudo,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsudo, Chiba">Matsudo</a> </td> <td>松戸市</td> <td>Matsudo-shi</td> <td>Matsudo City</td> <td>– </td> <td>61.38 </td> <td>492,367 </td> <td>207 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Noda,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Noda%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Noda,_Chiba" title="Noda, Chiba">Noda</a> </td> <td>野田市</td> <td>Noda-shi</td> <td>Noda City</td> <td>– </td> <td>103.55 </td> <td>152,227 </td> <td>208 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mobara,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Mobara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mobara,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobara, Chiba">Mobara</a> </td> <td>茂原市</td> <td>Mobara-shi</td> <td>Mobara City</td> <td>– </td> <td>99.92 </td> <td>86,446 </td> <td>210 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Narita,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Narita%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Narita,_Chiba" title="Narita, Chiba">Narita</a> </td> <td>成田市</td> <td>Narita-shi</td> <td>Narita City</td> <td>– </td> <td>213.84 </td> <td>130,689 </td> <td>211 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sakura,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sakura%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sakura,_Chiba" title="Sakura, Chiba">Sakura</a> </td> <td>佐倉市</td> <td>Sakura-shi</td> <td>Sakura City</td> <td>– </td> <td>103.69 </td> <td>169,059 </td> <td>212 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Togane,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Togane%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dgane,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōgane, Chiba">Tōgane</a> </td> <td>東金市</td> <td>Tōgane-shi</td> <td>Tōgane City</td> <td>– </td> <td>89.12 </td> <td>57,560 </td> <td>213 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Asahi,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Asahi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Asahi,_Chiba" title="Asahi, Chiba">Asahi</a> </td> <td>旭市</td> <td>Asahi-shi</td> <td>Asahi City</td> <td>– </td> <td>130.45 </td> <td>63,507 </td> <td>215 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Narashino,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Narashino%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Narashino,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Narashino, Chiba">Narashino</a> </td> <td>習志野市</td> <td>Narashino-shi</td> <td>Narashino City</td> <td>– </td> <td>20.97 </td> <td>174,990 </td> <td>216 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kashiwa,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kashiwa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kashiwa,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashiwa, Chiba">Kashiwa</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a>)</small> </td> <td>柏市</td> <td>Kashiwa-shi</td> <td>Kashiwa City</td> <td>– </td> <td>114.74 </td> <td>433,941 </td> <td>217 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Katsuura,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Katsuura%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuura,_Chiba" title="Katsuura, Chiba">Katsuura</a> </td> <td>勝浦市</td> <td>Katsuura-shi</td> <td>Katsuura City</td> <td>– </td> <td>93.96 </td> <td>16,723 </td> <td>218 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ichihara,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ichihara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichihara,_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a> </td> <td>市原市</td> <td>Ichihara-shi</td> <td>Ichihara City</td> <td>– </td> <td>368.17 </td> <td>268,038 </td> <td>219 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nagareyama,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Nagareyama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagareyama,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagareyama, Chiba">Nagareyama</a> </td> <td>流山市</td> <td>Nagareyama-shi</td> <td>Nagareyama City</td> <td>– </td> <td>35.32 </td> <td>200,298 </td> <td>220 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yachiyo,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yachiyo%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yachiyo,_Chiba" title="Yachiyo, Chiba">Yachiyo</a> </td> <td>八千代市</td> <td>Yachiyo-shi</td> <td>Yachiyo City</td> <td>– </td> <td>51.39 </td> <td>200,538 </td> <td>221 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Abiko,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Abiko%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Abiko,_Chiba" title="Abiko, Chiba">Abiko</a> </td> <td>我孫子市</td> <td>Abiko-shi</td> <td>Abiko City</td> <td>– </td> <td>43.15 </td> <td>130,290 </td> <td>222 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kamogawa,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kamogawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="374" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kamogawa,_Chiba" title="Kamogawa, Chiba">Kamogawa</a> </td> <td>鴨川市</td> <td>Kamogawa-shi</td> <td>Kamogawa City</td> <td>– </td> <td>191.14 </td> <td>31,554 </td> <td>223 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kamagaya,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kamagaya%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kamagaya,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamagaya, Chiba">Kamagaya</a> </td> <td>鎌ケ谷市</td> <td>Kamagaya-shi</td> <td>Kamagaya City</td> <td>– </td> <td>21.08 </td> <td>109,370 </td> <td>224 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kimitsu,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kimitsu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimitsu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimitsu, Chiba">Kimitsu</a> </td> <td>君津市</td> <td>Kimitsu-shi</td> <td>Kimitsu City</td> <td>– </td> <td>318.81 </td> <td>81,355 </td> <td>225 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Futtsu_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Futtsu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Futtsu, Chiba">Futtsu</a> </td> <td>富津市</td> <td>Futtsu-shi</td> <td>Futtsu City</td> <td>– </td> <td>205.47 </td> <td>42,280 </td> <td>226 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Urayasu,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Urayasu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a> </td> <td>浦安市</td> <td>Urayasu-shi</td> <td>Urayasu City</td> <td>– </td> <td>17.30 </td> <td>169,749 </td> <td>227 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yotsukaido,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yotsukaido%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="674" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yotsukaid%C5%8D,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Yotsukaidō, Chiba">Yotsukaidō</a> </td> <td>四街道市</td> <td>Yotsukaidō-shi</td> <td>Yotsukaidō City</td> <td>– </td> <td>34.52 </td> <td>93,233 </td> <td>228 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sodegaura_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sodegaura,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodegaura, Chiba">Sodegaura</a> </td> <td>袖ケ浦市</td> <td>Sodegaura-shi</td> <td>Sodegaura City</td> <td>– </td> <td>94.93 </td> <td>63,975 </td> <td>229 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yachimata,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yachimata%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yachimata,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Yachimata, Chiba">Yachimata</a> </td> <td>八街市</td> <td>Yachimata-shi</td> <td>Yachimata City</td> <td>– </td> <td>74.94 </td> <td>66,430 </td> <td>230 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Inzai,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Inzai%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Inzai,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Inzai, Chiba">Inzai</a> </td> <td>印西市</td> <td>Inzai-shi</td> <td>Inzai City<br />(<a href="/wiki/Inba_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Inba District, Chiba">In[ba]</a> West City)</td> <td>– </td> <td>123.79 </td> <td>103,677 </td> <td>231 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shiroi,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Shiroi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shiroi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiroi, Chiba">Shiroi</a> </td> <td>白井市</td> <td>Shiroi-shi</td> <td>Shiroi City</td> <td>– </td> <td>35.48 </td> <td>61,673 </td> <td>232 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tomisato,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tomisato%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="598" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tomisato,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomisato, Chiba">Tomisato</a> </td> <td>富里市</td> <td>Tomisato-shi</td> <td>Tomisato City</td> <td>– </td> <td>53.88 </td> <td>49,470 </td> <td>233 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Minamibōsō, Chiba">Minamiboso</a> </td> <td>南房総市</td> <td>Minami-Bōsō-shi</td> <td>Minami-Boso City<br />(South <a href="/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8D_Peninsula" title="Bōsō Peninsula">Boso</a> City)</td> <td>– </td> <td>230.10 </td> <td>35,454 </td> <td>234 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sosa,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sosa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dsa,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōsa, Chiba">Sōsa</a> </td> <td>匝瑳市</td> <td>Sōsa-shi</td> <td>Sōsa City<br /><small>(after <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dsa_District,_Chiba" title="Sōsa District, Chiba">Sōsa District</a>)</small></td> <td>– </td> <td>101.52 </td> <td>34,427 </td> <td>235 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Katori,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Katori%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Katori,_Chiba" title="Katori, Chiba">Katori</a> </td> <td>香取市</td> <td>Katori-shi</td> <td>Katori City<br /><small>(after <a href="/wiki/Katori_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Katori District, Chiba">Katori District</a>)</small></td> <td>– </td> <td>262.35 </td> <td>71,391 </td> <td>236 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sanmu,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sanmu%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sanmu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanmu, Chiba">Sanmu</a> </td> <td>山武市</td> <td>Sanmu-shi</td> <td>Sanmu City</td> <td>– </td> <td>146.77 </td> <td>48,196 </td> <td>237 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Isumi,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Isumi%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Isumi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Isumi, Chiba">Isumi</a> </td> <td>いすみ市</td> <td>Isumi-shi</td> <td>Isumi City</td> <td>– </td> <td>157.50 </td> <td>35,570 </td> <td>238 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Oamashirasato,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Oamashirasato%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Camishirasato,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Ōamishirasato, Chiba">Ōamishirasato</a> </td> <td>大網白里市</td> <td>Ōami-Shirasato-shi</td> <td>Ōami-Shirasato City<br /><small>(merger of <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Cami,_Chiba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ōami, Chiba (page does not exist)">Ōami Town</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shirasato,_Chiba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shirasato, Chiba (page does not exist)">Shirasato Village</a>)</small></td> <td>– </td> <td>58.08 </td> <td>47,722 </td> <td>239 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shisui,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Shisui%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shisui,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Shisui, Chiba">Shisui</a> </td> <td>酒々井町</td> <td>Shisui-machi</td> <td>Shisui Town</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Inba_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Inba District, Chiba">Inba</a> </td> <td>19.01 </td> <td>20,278 </td> <td>322 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sakae_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sakae,_Chiba" title="Sakae, Chiba">Sakae</a> </td> <td>栄町</td> <td>Sakae-machi</td> <td>Sakae Town </td> <td>32.51 </td> <td>19,902 </td> <td>329 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kozaki,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kozaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dzaki,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōzaki, Chiba">Kōzaki</a> </td> <td>神崎町</td> <td>Kōzaki-machi</td> <td>Kōzaki Town</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Katori_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Katori District, Chiba">Katori</a> </td> <td>19.90 </td> <td>5,663 </td> <td>342 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tako,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tako%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tako,_Chiba" title="Tako, Chiba">Tako</a> </td> <td>多古町</td> <td>Tako-machi</td> <td>Tako Town </td> <td>72.80 </td> <td>13,804 </td> <td>347 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tohnosho,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tohnosho%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dnosh%C5%8D,_Chiba" title="Tōnoshō, Chiba">Tōnoshō</a> </td> <td>東庄町</td> <td>Tōnoshō-machi</td> <td>Tōnoshō Town </td> <td>46.25 </td> <td>13,085 </td> <td>349 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kujukuri,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kujukuri%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%ABkuri,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kujūkuri, Chiba">Kujūkuri</a> </td> <td>九十九里町</td> <td>Kujūkuri-machi</td> <td>Kujūkuri Town</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sanbu_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanbu District, Chiba">Sanbu</a> </td> <td>24.46 </td> <td>14,652 </td> <td>403 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shibayama,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Shibayama%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shibayama,_Chiba" title="Shibayama, Chiba">Shibayama</a> </td> <td>芝山町</td> <td>Shibayama-machi</td> <td>Shibayama Town </td> <td>43.24 </td> <td>6,916 </td> <td>409 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Yokoshibahikari_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yokoshibahikari,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokoshibahikari, Chiba">Yokoshibahikari</a> </td> <td>横芝光町</td> <td>Yokoshiba-Hikari-machi</td> <td>Yokoshiba-Hikari Town<br /><small>(merger of <a href="/wiki/Yokoshiba,_Chiba" title="Yokoshiba, Chiba">Yokoshiba Town</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hikari,_Chiba" title="Hikari, Chiba">Hikari Town</a>)</small> </td> <td>67.01 </td> <td>22,271 </td> <td>410 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ichinomiya,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ichinomiya%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichinomiya,_Chiba" title="Ichinomiya, Chiba">Ichinomiya</a> </td> <td>一宮町</td> <td>Ichinomiya-machi</td> <td>Ichinomiya Town<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Kazusa_Province" title="Kazusa Province">[Kazusa]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ichinomiya" title="Ichinomiya">provincial shrine</a> Town)</small></td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsei_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chōsei District, Chiba">Chōsei</a> </td> <td>22.99 </td> <td>11,622 </td> <td>421 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mutsuzawa,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Mutsuzawa%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mutsuzawa,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutsuzawa, Chiba">Mutsuzawa</a> </td> <td>睦沢町</td> <td>Mutsuzawa-machi</td> <td>Mutsuzawa Town </td> <td>35.59 </td> <td>6,761 </td> <td>422 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chosei,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Chosei%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsei,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chōsei, Chiba">Chōsei</a> </td> <td>長生村</td> <td>Chōsei-mura</td> <td>Chōsei Village </td> <td>28.25 </td> <td>13,656 </td> <td>423 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Shirako,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Shirako%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shirako,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirako, Chiba">Shirako</a> </td> <td>白子町</td> <td>Shirako-machi</td> <td>Shirako Town </td> <td>27.50 </td> <td>10,280 </td> <td>424 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nagara,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Nagara%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagara,_Chiba" title="Nagara, Chiba">Nagara</a> </td> <td>長柄町</td> <td>Nagara-machi</td> <td>Nagara Town </td> <td>47.11 </td> <td>6,664 </td> <td>426 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chonan,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Chonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dnan,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chōnan, Chiba">Chōnan</a> </td> <td>長南町</td> <td>Chōnan-machi</td> <td>Chōnan Town </td> <td>65.51 </td> <td>7,368 </td> <td>427 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Otaki,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Otaki%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctaki,_Chiba" title="Ōtaki, Chiba">Ōtaki</a> </td> <td>大多喜町</td> <td>Ōtaki-machi</td> <td>Ōtaki Town</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Isumi_District,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Isumi District, Chiba">Isumi</a> </td> <td>129.87 </td> <td>8,762 </td> <td>441 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Onjuku,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Onjuku%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Onjuku,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Onjuku, Chiba">Onjuku</a> </td> <td>御宿町</td> <td>Onjuku-machi</td> <td>Onjuku Town </td> <td>24.85 </td> <td>6,769 </td> <td>443 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kyonan,_Chiba.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg/25px-Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg/38px-Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg/50px-Flag_of_Kyonan%2C_Chiba.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyonan,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyonan, Chiba">Kyonan</a> </td> <td>鋸南町</td> <td>Kyonan-machi</td> <td>Kyonan Town</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awa_District,_Chiba" title="Awa District, Chiba">Awa</a> </td> <td>45.17 </td> <td>7,027 </td> <td>463 </td></tr> <tr> <th><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/25px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/38px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg/50px-Flag_of_Chiba_Prefecture.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> Chiba </th> <th>千葉県</th> <th>Chiba-ken</th> <th>Chiba Prefecture</th> <th>– </th> <th>5,157.50</th> <th>6,275,916 </th> <th>000<br />ISO: JP-12 </th></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chiba City"><img alt="Chiba City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg/120px-View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg/180px-View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg/240px-View_from_Chiba_Port-Tower_Northwest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chiba City</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edo_river_near_Ichikawa.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ichikawa"><img alt="Ichikawa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Edo_river_near_Ichikawa.JPG/120px-Edo_river_near_Ichikawa.JPG" decoding="async" 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data-file-height="1440" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Katori</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SH3J0304.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Katsuura"><img alt="Katsuura" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SH3J0304.jpg/120px-SH3J0304.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SH3J0304.jpg/180px-SH3J0304.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/SH3J0304.jpg/240px-SH3J0304.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Katsuura</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mergers">Mergers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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The first city was created in 1921 when Chiba Town from Chiba District became district-independent as Chiba City. The postwar/1950s Great Shōwa mergers reduced the number of municipalities in Chiba to 101 by 1960, including 14 cities by then. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>Tamenosuke Kawaguchi (川口為之助) – from 21 April 1947 to 25 October 1950</li> <li>Hitoshi Shibata (柴田　等) – from 15 December 1950 to 2 November 1962</li> <li>Hisaaki Kano (加納久朗) – from 3 November 1962 to 21 February 1963</li> <li>Taketo Tomonoo (友納武人) – from 17 April 1963 to 16 April 1975</li> <li>Kiichi Kawakami (川上紀一) – from 17 April 1975 to 27 February 1981</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>Takeshi Numata (沼田　武) – from 5 April 1981 to 4 April 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akiko_Domoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Akiko Domoto">Akiko Domoto</a> (堂本暁子) – from 5 April 2001 to 4 April 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensaku_Morita" title="Kensaku Morita">Kensaku Morita</a> (森田健作) – from 5 April 2009 to 4 April 2021</li> <li><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%86%8A%E8%B0%B7%E4%BF%8A%E4%BA%BA" class="extiw" title="ja:熊谷俊人">Toshihito Kumagai</a> (熊谷俊人) – from 5 April 2021 to present</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiba Prefecture is home to one of Japan's largest industrial areas. Prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> manufacturing in the prefecture was centered on the <a href="/wiki/Brewing_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Brewing industry">brewing industry</a>, specifically the production of <a href="/wiki/Soy_sauce" title="Soy sauce">soy sauce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sake" title="Sake">sake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirin" title="Mirin">mirin</a> sweet cooking sake. The <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">manufacturing</a> sector expanded greatly after the war. The prefecture was chosen as the site for a major <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries" title="Kawasaki Heavy Industries">Kawasaki Steel</a> factory in 1950. In the same period the prefectural government embarked on a large-scale <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> program to <a href="/wiki/Dredging" title="Dredging">dredge</a> large plots of waterfront property. The large-scale construction of <a href="/wiki/Factory" title="Factory">factories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warehouses" class="mw-redirect" title="Warehouses">warehouses</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dock_(maritime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dock (maritime)">docks</a> on this reclaimed land around the Tokyo Bay area ultimately formed the <a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Industrial_Zone" title="Keiyō Industrial Zone">Keiyō Industrial Zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiba Prefecture is now 6th in Japan in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_production" title="Industrial production">industrial output</a> with the bulk of the industry focused on the <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry" title="Petroleum industry">petroleum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemical_industry" title="Chemical industry">chemical</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steel_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel industry">steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Machine_industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine industries">machine industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together, these industries account for forty-five percent of the prefecture's exports. In recent years, the government has funded more than eighty <a href="/wiki/Industrial_park" title="Industrial park">industrial parks</a> to bring development further inland as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg/220px-Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg/330px-Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg/440px-Working_in_the_Rice_Paddies_in_May.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1291" /></a><figcaption>Rice production, Sawara, <a href="/wiki/Katori,_Chiba" title="Katori, Chiba">Katori</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The prefecture also boasts Japan's overall second-highest agricultural output. Among all the prefectures, only <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> produces more agricultural products, and Chiba leads Hokkaidō in vegetable production.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">Peanuts</a> are considered a specialty product of Chiba: 78 per cent of the country's peanuts are produced in the prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chiba Prefecture leads the nation in the production of several vegetables, including <a href="/wiki/Carrot" title="Carrot">carrots</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cabbage" title="Cabbage">cabbage</a>; <a href="/wiki/Daikon" title="Daikon">daikon</a> <a href="/wiki/Radish" title="Radish">radish</a>; <i>negi</i>, the ubiquitous Japanese <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivar</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_onion" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh onion">Welsh onion</a>; <a href="/wiki/Loquat" title="Loquat">loquat</a>; <a href="/wiki/Pyrus_pyrifolia" title="Pyrus pyrifolia">nashi</a>, the Japanese cultivar of the <a href="/wiki/Pear" title="Pear">pear</a>, which has a two hundred-year history of cultivation in the prefecture; <a href="/wiki/Tomato" title="Tomato">tomatoes</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Spinach" title="Spinach">spinach</a><sup id="cite_ref-chiba-food_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chiba-food-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trends_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trends-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the nation's second largest producer of <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">corn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chiba-food_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chiba-food-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">Rice</a> is also grown, and <a href="/wiki/Seaweed" title="Seaweed">seaweed</a>, specifically <i><a href="/wiki/Nori" title="Nori">nori</a></i>, is harvested in large quantities from Tokyo Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/249px-Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png" decoding="async" width="249" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/374px-Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg/498px-Chiba_prefecture_population_pyramid_in_2020.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="2197" /></a><figcaption>Chiba prefecture population pyramid in 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors. Per capita GDP is ¥3.1 million, the fifth-highest in the country. 70% of the population is employed in the service sector, with 25% in industry and 5% in agriculture.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiba Prefecture has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Koppen</a> <i>Cfa</i>) with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. The <i>tsuyu</i> <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_rainy_season" title="East Asian rainy season">rainy season</a> occurs for approximately 50 days from June to July. According to the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">Japanese Meteorological Agency</a>, the average of annual temperature is 15.7 °C (60.3 °F). The average high is 19.6 °C (67.3 °F), and the average low is 12.3 °C (54.1 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Chiba, Chiba </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(53) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(71) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(79) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(69) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(53) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(49) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(67) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(56) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11<br />(52) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(1.90) </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(2.6) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">94<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #5656FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109.2<br />(4.30) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">96.5<br />(3.80) </td> <td style="background: #2727FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">139.7<br />(5.50) </td> <td style="background: #5F5FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106.7<br />(4.20) </td> <td style="background: #4949FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">121.9<br />(4.80) </td> <td style="background: #0000EC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">177.8<br />(7.00) </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">157.5<br />(6.20) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.8<br />(3.30) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(1.90) </td> <td style="background: #6060FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,249.7<br />(49.2) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: weather.com </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities">Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_University_Library.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Chiba_University_Library.jpg/220px-Chiba_University_Library.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Chiba_University_Library.jpg/330px-Chiba_University_Library.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Chiba_University_Library.jpg/440px-Chiba_University_Library.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Chiba University Library</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Chiba <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_University" title="Chiba University">Chiba University</a> in Inage, Chuo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Keizai_University" title="Chiba Keizai University">Chiba Economic University</a> in Inage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Open_University_of_Japan" title="The Open University of Japan">The Open University of Japan</a> in Mihama</li> <li>The Meteorological College of Japan</li> <li>Heisei Teikyo University in Mihama</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shukutoku_University" title="Shukutoku University">Shukutoku University</a> in Chuo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_University_of_Information_Sciences" title="Tokyo University of Information Sciences">Tokyo Information Sciences University</a> in Wakaba</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dental_College" title="Tokyo Dental College">Tokyo Dental College</a> in Mihama</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanda_University_of_International_Studies" title="Kanda University of International Studies">Kanda University of International Studies</a> in Mihama</li> <li>Tokyo University of Career Development in Chuo</li></ul></li> <li>Funabashi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toho_University" title="Toho University">Toho University</a> – Narashino Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nihon_University" title="Nihon University">Nihon University</a> – Funabashi Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Matsudo <ul><li>Nihon University – Matsudo Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryutsu_Keizai_University" title="Ryutsu Keizai University">Ryutsu Keizai University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seitoku_University" title="Seitoku University">Seitoku University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ichikawa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_University_of_Commerce" title="Chiba University of Commerce">Chiba Commerce University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayo_Women%27s_University" title="Wayo Women's University">Wayo Women's University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kashiwa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a> – Kashiwa Campus</li> <li>Chiba University – Kashiwanoha Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaichi_International_University" title="Kaichi International University">Kaichi International University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishogakusha_University" title="Nishogakusha University">Nishogakusha University</a> – Kasiwa Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reitaku_University" title="Reitaku University">Reitaku University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Narashino <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Institute_of_Technology" title="Chiba Institute of Technology">Chiba Institute of Technology</a></li> <li>Nihon University – Narashino and Mimomi Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Ichihara <ul><li>Heisei Teikyo University – Ichihara Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Yachiyo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shumei_University" title="Shumei University">Shumei University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Seitoku_University" title="Tokyo Seitoku University">Tokyo Seitoku University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sakura <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keiai_University" title="Keiai University">Keiai University</a> – Sakura Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Noda <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_University_of_Science" title="Tokyo University of Science">Tokyo University of Science</a> – Noda Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Nagareyama <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edogawa_University" title="Edogawa University">Edogawa University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyo_Gakuen_University" title="Toyo Gakuen University">Toyo Gakuen University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Urayasu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juntendo_University" title="Juntendo University">Juntendo University</a> – Urayasu Campus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meikai_University" title="Meikai University">Meikai University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryotokuji_University" title="Ryotokuji University">Ryotokuji University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Abiko <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuo_Gakuin_University" title="Chuo Gakuin University">Chuo Gakuin University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawamura_Gakuen_Woman%27s_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University">Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kisarazu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seiwa_University" title="Seiwa University">Seiwa University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Togane <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josai_International_University" title="Josai International University">Josai International University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Inzai <ul><li>Juntendo University – Sakura Campus</li></ul></li> <li>Kamogawa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kameda_College_of_Health_Sciences" title="Kameda College of Health Sciences">Kameda College of Health Sciences</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_schools">Secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefectural_Board_of_Education" title="Chiba Prefectural Board of Education">Chiba Prefectural Board of Education</a> oversees municipal school districts in the prefecture. The board also directly operates the prefecture's public high schools. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry,_outside_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg/220px-Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg/330px-Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg/440px-Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry%2C_outside_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry" title="Chiba Museum of Science and Industry">Chiba Museum of Science and Industry</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chiba Prefecture is home to one national-level museum and several prefectural and local museums. The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Japanese_History" title="National Museum of Japanese History">National Museum of Japanese History</a> is located in Sakura and focuses on the history, archaeology, and folk culture of Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-introduction_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-introduction-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chiba prefectural museums consist of a main museum, the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_and_Institute,_Chiba" title="Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba">Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba</a> in the central Chuō-ku ward of Chiba City, and six branch museums throughout the prefecture. The <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefectural_Museum_of_Art" title="Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art">Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art</a> is in Chiba City. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefectural_Boso-no-mura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Prefectural Boso-no-mura (page does not exist)">Chiba Prefectural Boso-no-mura</a> in Sakae focuses on the local culture of the late Edo period, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefectural_Otone_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Prefectural Otone Museum (page does not exist)">Chiba Prefectural Otone Museum</a> in Katori focuses on the culture of the <a href="/wiki/Tone_River" title="Tone River">Tone River</a> basin. The reconstructed <a href="/wiki/Japanese_castle" title="Japanese castle">Japanese castles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sekiyado_Castle" title="Sekiyado Castle">Sekiyado</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctaki_Castle_(Chiba)" title="Ōtaki Castle (Chiba)">Ōtaki</a> host regional historical museums. The <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry" title="Chiba Museum of Science and Industry">Chiba Museum of Science and Industry</a> is located in Ichikawa on the site of a former factory, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coastal_Branch_of_Natural_History_Museum_and_Institute,_Chiba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba (page does not exist)">Coastal Branch of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba</a> in Katsuura focuses on the marine environment of the Pacific Ocean coast.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous other municipalities in the prefecture also host museums. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries_and_archives">Libraries and archives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Libraries and archives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefectural_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Prefectural Library (page does not exist)">Chiba Prefectural Library</a> consists of three libraries. The Chiba Prefectural Central Library is located in the central Chuō-ku ward of Chiba City directly southwest of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Castle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Castle (page does not exist)">Chiba Castle</a> and in close proximity to the City of Chiba offices. The Central Library houses a general collection as well as the central research collection for the prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chiba Prefectural West Library is located in Matsudo next to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsudo_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matsudo Museum (page does not exist)">Matsudo Museum</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and houses a research collection focused on natural history and the fine arts. The Chiba Prefectural East Library is located in Asahi,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and houses a research collection focused on the literature and history of the prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefectural_Archives&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Prefectural Archives (page does not exist)">Chiba Prefectural Archives</a> are located across the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Miyako_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miyako River (page does not exist)">Miyako River</a> from the City of Chiba offices. The archive maintains a collection of rare books and materials from across the prefecture, as well as materials related to the administration of Chiba Prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each municipality in the prefecture maintains a local libraries, and many shrines and temples maintain archival collections related to their institutions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_rolled_sushi,Hutomakizushi,Katori-city,Chiba,Japan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG/220px-Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG/330px-Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG/440px-Big_rolled_sushi%2CHutomakizushi%2CKatori-city%2CChiba%2CJapan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><i>Futomaki</i>, large sushi rolls, Katori, Chiba Prefecture</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seaweed-dish,kaisou,katori-city,japan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/220px-Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/330px-Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG/440px-Seaweed-dish%2Ckaisou%2Ckatori-city%2Cjapan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><i>Kaisō</i>, a jelly-like food made from the seaweed <i>Chondrus elatus</i>. Believed to have originated in <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dshi" title="Chōshi">Chōshi</a> city</figcaption></figure> <p>The traditional diet of Chiba Prefecture is not fundamentally different from that of the rest of Japan. Chiba Prefecture produces prolific quantities of rice across all areas in the prefecture, vegetables in the northern area of the prefecture, and fish, seafood, and shellfish along the coastal areas of the prefecture. Chōshi has been a major center of worldwide <a href="/wiki/Soy_sauce" title="Soy sauce">soy sauce</a> production since the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>, and the prefecture remains the top producer in Japan. <a href="/wiki/Kikkoman" title="Kikkoman">Kikkoman</a> is headquartered in Noda in northwestern Chiba Prefecture.<sup id="cite_ref-trends_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trends-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are all important components of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cuisine" title="Japanese cuisine">Japanese cuisine</a>. </p><p>Certain local products, however, are grown in abundance and have resulted in several dishes unique to the areas. Peanuts, grown in great quantities in the prefecture, appear fresh in markets in the prefecture and are eaten boiled as a snack. <a href="/wiki/Miso" title="Miso">Miso</a> paste mixed with peanuts is also produced in Chiba.<sup id="cite_ref-trends_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trends-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Takenoko</i>, whole <a href="/wiki/Bamboo_shoot" title="Bamboo shoot">bamboo shoot</a>, are harvested in the central part of the Boso Peninsula. The takenoko of Ōtaki lack the concentration of <a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic">arsenic</a> typically found in uncooked bamboo shoots, and as such, are uniquely eaten raw in the area as "takenoko sashimi".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tour_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Futomaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Futomaki">Futomaki</a></i> or <i>futomakizushi</i>, literally "fat roll", is a large version of the sushi roll. The futomaki popularly made in Chiba Prefecture is up to 10 centimeters in diameter. Futomaki in Chiba Prefecture often utilize various ingredients to form a pattern, such as a flower or a <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> character, when the roll is cut and served.<sup id="cite_ref-trends_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trends-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tour_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QVC_Marine_Field_(26991870310).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg/220px-QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg/330px-QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg/440px-QVC_Marine_Field_%2826991870310%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zozo_Marine_Stadium" title="Zozo Marine Stadium">Zozo Marine Stadium</a>, home of <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The prefecture plays host to two major events in the Japanese athletics calendar: the <a href="/wiki/International_Chiba_Ekiden" title="International Chiba Ekiden">International Chiba Ekiden</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_International_Cross_Country" title="Chiba International Cross Country">Chiba International Cross Country</a>. </p><p>The following sports teams are based in Chiba. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football">American football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: American football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X-League_(Japan)" title="X-League (Japan)">X-League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Obic_Seagulls" title="Obic Seagulls">Obic Seagulls</a> (<a href="/wiki/Narashino,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Narashino, Chiba">Narashino</a>)</li> <li>X-League: <a href="/wiki/IBM_Big_Blue_(X-League)" title="IBM Big Blue (X-League)">IBM Big Blue</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yachiyo,_Chiba" title="Yachiyo, Chiba">Yachiyo</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a> (J1): <a href="/wiki/Kashiwa_Reysol" title="Kashiwa Reysol">Kashiwa Reysol</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kashiwa,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashiwa, Chiba">Kashiwa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a> (J2): <a href="/wiki/JEF_United_Ichihara_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="JEF United Ichihara Chiba">JEF United Ichihara Chiba</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichihara,_Chiba" title="Ichihara, Chiba">Ichihara</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NPB" class="mw-redirect" title="NPB">NPB</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B.League" title="B.League">B.League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Jets_Funabashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba Jets Funabashi">Chiba Jets Funabashi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IBM_Big_Blue_(rugby_union)" title="IBM Big Blue (rugby union)">Nihon IBM Big Blue</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yachiyo,_Chiba" title="Yachiyo, Chiba">Yachiyo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubota_Spears" class="mw-redirect" title="Kubota Spears">Kubota Spears</a> (<a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEC_Green_Rockets" class="mw-redirect" title="NEC Green Rockets">NEC Green Rockets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Abiko,_Chiba" title="Abiko, Chiba">Abiko</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Futsal">Futsal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Futsal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F.League" title="F.League">F.League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bardral_Urayasu" title="Bardral Urayasu">Bardral Urayasu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Volleyball">Volleyball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Volleyball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>V.Challenge League II: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Zelva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiba Zelva (page does not exist)">Chiba Zelva</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Narita_International_Airport">Narita International Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Narita International Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>-bound visitors arriving on international flights land in <a href="/wiki/Narita_International_Airport" title="Narita International Airport">Narita International Airport</a>, which is situated in <a href="/wiki/Narita,_Chiba" title="Narita, Chiba">Narita</a> in the north of the prefecture, and connected to Tokyo by the <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">East Japan Railway</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Narita_Express" title="Narita Express">Narita Express</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Keisei_Electric_Railway" title="Keisei Electric Railway">Keisei Electric Railway</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Skyliner" title="Skyliner">Skyliner</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg/220px-JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg/330px-JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg/440px-JR-E531-K422_Metro16000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3629" data-file-height="2419" /></a><figcaption>Jōban Line</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg/220px-Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg/330px-Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg/440px-Narita-Line-Series209_Cherry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Narita Line</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg/220px-Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg/330px-Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg/440px-Kominato-Line_Kazusakubo-STA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Kominato Railway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg/220px-Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg/330px-Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg/440px-Isumi-Railway_Type350-300.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3823" data-file-height="2549" /></a><figcaption>Isumi Railway</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">East Japan Railway Company</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dbu_Main_Line" title="Sōbu Main Line">Sōbu Main Line</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D-S%C5%8Dbu_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Chūō-Sōbu Line">Chūō-Sōbu Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dbu_Line_(Rapid)" title="Sōbu Line (Rapid)">Sōbu Line (Rapid)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dban_Line" title="Jōban Line">Jōban Line</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dban_Line_(Local)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jōban Line (Local)">Jōban Line (Local)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=J%C5%8Dban_Line_(Rapid)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jōban Line (Rapid) (page does not exist)">Jōban Line (Rapid)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narita_Line" title="Narita Line">Narita Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchib%C5%8D_Line" title="Uchibō Line">Uchibō Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sotob%C5%8D_Line" title="Sotobō Line">Sotobō Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiy%C5%8D_Line" title="Keiyō Line">Keiyō Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musashino_Line" title="Musashino Line">Musashino Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dgane_Line" title="Tōgane Line">Tōgane Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashima_Line" title="Kashima Line">Kashima Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kururi_Line" title="Kururi Line">Kururi Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keisei_Electric_Railway" title="Keisei Electric Railway">Keisei</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keisei_Main_Line" title="Keisei Main Line">Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narita_Sky_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="Narita Sky Access">Narita Sky Access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keisei_Chiba_Line" title="Keisei Chiba Line">Chiba Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keisei_Chihara_Line" title="Keisei Chihara Line">Chihara Line</a></li> <li>Higashi Narita Line</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin-Keisei_Electric_Railway" title="Shin-Keisei Electric Railway">Shin-Keisei Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokuso_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokuso Railway">Hokuso Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyo_Rapid_Railway_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Toyo Rapid Railway Line">Toyo Rapid Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibayama_Railway" title="Shibayama Railway">Shibayama Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobu_Railway" title="Tobu Railway">Tobu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tobu_Noda_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Tobu Noda Line">Noda Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuba_Express" title="Tsukuba Express">Tsukuba Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metro" title="Tokyo Metro">Tokyo Metro</a> Tozai Line</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toei_Shinjuku_Line" title="Toei Shinjuku Line">Toei Shinjuku Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagareyama_Line" title="Nagareyama Line">Nagareyama Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choshi_Electric_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Choshi Electric Railway">Choshi Electric Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kominato_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kominato Railway">Kominato Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isumi_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Isumi Railway">Isumi Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Resort_Line" title="Disney Resort Line">Disney Resort Line</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People_movers">People movers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: People movers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Urban_Monorail" title="Chiba Urban Monorail">Chiba Urban Monorail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaman_Yukarigaoka_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line">Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Road">Road</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Shuto Expressway">Shuto Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiyo_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiyo Road">Keiyo Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Togane_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Togane Road (page does not exist)">Togane Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay_Aqua_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Bay Aqua Line">Tokyo Bay Aqua Line</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_highways">National highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: National highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Route 6</li> <li>Route 14</li> <li>Route 16</li> <li>Route 51</li> <li>Route 124</li> <li>Route 126</li> <li>Route 127</li> <li>Route 128</li> <li>Route 294</li> <li>Route 295</li> <li>Route 296</li> <li>Route 297</li> <li>Route 298</li> <li>Route 356</li> <li>Route 357</li> <li>Route 408</li> <li>Route 409</li> <li>Route 410</li> <li>Route 464</li> <li>Route 465</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Disney_Resort" title="Tokyo Disney Resort">Tokyo Disney Resort</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a> near the western border of the prefecture. The <a href="/wiki/Kamogawa_Sea_World" title="Kamogawa Sea World">Kamogawa Sea World</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Kamogawa,_Chiba" title="Kamogawa, Chiba">Kamogawa</a>. There are also a number of tourist sites on the Chiba peninsula, such as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Nokogiri_(Chiba)" title="Mount Nokogiri (Chiba)">Nokogiriyama</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%ABkuri_Beach" title="Kujūkuri Beach">Kujūkuri Beach</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Onjuku,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Onjuku, Chiba">Onjuku beach</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chiba_beach.jpg/220px-Chiba_beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chiba_beach.jpg/330px-Chiba_beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chiba_beach.jpg/440px-Chiba_beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2910" data-file-height="1770" /></a><figcaption>A beach in Chiba</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChibaKencho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ChibaKencho.jpg/220px-ChibaKencho.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ChibaKencho.jpg/330px-ChibaKencho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ChibaKencho.jpg/440px-ChibaKencho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1824" data-file-height="1216" /></a><figcaption>Main building of the prefectural government in Chiba City</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg/220px-Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg/330px-Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg/440px-Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The prefectural assembly building</figcaption></figure> <p>Since 2009, the prefectural governor<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is Eiji Suzuki, better known under his stage name as <a href="/wiki/Kensaku_Morita" title="Kensaku Morita">Kensaku Morita</a>, former actor, member of the House of Representatives (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a>/Independent – Tokyo 4th district) and member of the House of Councillors (Independent – Tokyo). He was reelected overwhelmingly to a second term as governor in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Chiba_gubernatorial_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Chiba gubernatorial election (page does not exist)">March 2013 election</a> against only a Communist challenger and a minor, unaffiliated independent. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefectural_Assembly" title="Chiba Prefectural Assembly">The assembly of Chiba Prefecture</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has a regular membership of 95, elected in 45 electoral districts, currently still in the unified local election cycle of 1947 (last round <a href="/wiki/2011_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2011 Japanese unified local elections">2011</a>). As of July 2014, it is composed as follows: LDP 52 members, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Japan,_1998)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)">DPJ</a> 13, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dmeit%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōmeitō">Kōmeitō</a> 7, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">JCP</a> 4, Shimin Net/<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">SDP</a>/Independents 4, <a href="/wiki/Your_Party" title="Your Party">Your Party</a> 3, four other caucuses with 5 members in total.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">National Diet</a>, Chiba is represented by 13 members from single-member districts in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a>, and six members (three at-large per election) in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a>. After the most recent Diet elections of 2010, 2012 and 2013, the prefecture is represented by eleven Liberal Democrats and two Democrats in the House of Representatives, and three Liberal Democrats, two Democrats, and one Your Party member in the House of Councillors. Current Diet members from Chiba include former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Noda" title="Yoshihiko Noda">Yoshihiko Noda</a> (H.R., DPJ – 4th district) and former ministers <a href="/wiki/Kuniko_Inoguchi" title="Kuniko Inoguchi">Kuniko Inoguchi</a> (H.C., LDP – class of 2010) and <a href="/wiki/Motoo_Hayashi" title="Motoo Hayashi">Motoo Hayashi</a> (H.R., LDP – 10th district). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2014, Chiba is divided into 54 contiguous <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">municipalities</a> (see list above): 37 cities, 16 towns and one village,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as in all of postwar Japan each with a directly elected mayor and assembly. The most populous and Chiba's only <a href="/wiki/Designated_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated city">designated major city</a> is the capital <a href="/wiki/Chiba_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba City">Chiba City</a>. Two cities, Funabashi and Kashiwa, are <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core cities</a>. After late 20th century mergers, much of the rest of the prefecture is also organized in independent <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">cities</a>: Of the (today purely geographical) <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of Japan">counties</a>, only six remain, four of which have only one or two remaining <a href="/wiki/Towns_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Towns of Japan">towns</a> or <a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Villages of Japan">villages</a>. After the reorganization of county and municipal governments in all prefectures in 1889/1890, there had initially been 12 counties and no city in Chiba;<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiba town in Chiba county became the first municipality in Chiba to be elevated to city status in 1921. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miri_Ichika" title="Miri Ichika">Miri Ichika</a> – gravure model and tarento</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun_Ishikawa_(composer)" title="Jun Ishikawa (composer)">Jun Ishikawa</a> – composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOSEKI_Aquila_Raphael" title="KOSEKI Aquila Raphael">KOSEKI Aquila Raphael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshiko_Sakakibara" title="Yoshiko Sakakibara">Yoshiko Sakakibara</a> – voice actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuuri_(singer-songwriter)" title="Yuuri (singer-songwriter)">Yuuri</a> – singer/songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keita_Sawa" title="Keita Sawa">Keita Sawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kei_Shind%C5%8D" title="Kei Shindō">Kei Shindō</a> – voice actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassei_Takano" title="Hassei Takano">Hassei Takano</a> – actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police">Police</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters,Chiba-city,Japan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG/220px-Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG/330px-Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG/440px-Chiba_prefectural_police_headquarters%2CChiba-city%2CJapan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Chiba police HQ</figcaption></figure> <p>While by far not as large as that of neighbouring Tokyo, Chiba's police force is amongst the country's tenth largest at more than 10,000 members (including the Narita airport police). As in every prefecture, the police are supervised by the public safety commission; its five members are appointed by the governor with approval by the assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chiba Prefecture has a sister city relationship with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, United States, since 1990<sup id="cite_ref-iw2006_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iw2006-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough,_Northamptonshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Wellingborough, Northamptonshire">Wellingborough, Northamptonshire</a>, United Kingdom</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru"><img alt="Peru" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juanju%C3%AD" title="Juanjuí">Juanjuí</a>, Peru</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a>, Germany, since 2019</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiba_Prefecture&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Films set in Chiba include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eel_(film)" title="The Eel (film)">The Eel</a></i> (1997), winner of the <a href="/wiki/Palme_D%27Or" class="mw-redirect" title="Palme D'Or">Palme D'Or</a>. Filming took place in <a href="/wiki/Sawara,_Chiba" title="Sawara, Chiba">Sawara</a>.</li> <li>Novels set in Chiba include: <i><a href="/wiki/Neuromancer" title="Neuromancer">Neuromancer</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Gibson" title="William Gibson">William Gibson</a> (set in <a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba City</a>), <i><a href="/wiki/Ningen_Shikkaku" class="mw-redirect" title="Ningen Shikkaku">Ningen Shikkaku</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Dazai" title="Osamu Dazai">Osamu Dazai</a> (<a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a>), and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nogiku_no_Haka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nogiku no Haka (page does not exist)">Nogiku no Haka</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Sachio_Ito" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachio Ito">Sachio Itō</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matsudo,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsudo, Chiba">Matsudo</a>).</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">Manga</a></i> (comics) representations include: <i><a href="/wiki/WataMote" class="mw-redirect" title="WataMote">WataMote</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Be_Free!&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Be Free! (page does not exist)">Be Free!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chameleon_(manga)" title="Chameleon (manga)">Chameleon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8D_Kara_Ore_Wa!!" title="Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!">Kyō Kara Ore Wa!!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Makuhari" title="Makuhari">Makuhari</a></i> (set in <a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba city</a>), <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Makuhari_Saboten_Campus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Makuhari Saboten Campus (page does not exist)">Makuhari Saboten Campus</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiba, Chiba">Chiba city</a>), <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Susume!!_Pirates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susume!! Pirates (page does not exist)">Susume!! Pirates</a></i> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Urayasu_Tekkin_Kazoku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku (page does not exist)">Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a>).</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">Anime</a></i> (animation) representations include: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Family%27s_Defensive_Alliance" title="The Family's Defensive Alliance">The Family's Defensive Alliance</a></i> (set in <a href="/wiki/Funabashi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Funabashi, Chiba">Funabashi</a>), <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Programmer_Shirase" title="Battle Programmer Shirase">Battle Programmer Shirase</a></i> (Narashino), <i><a href="/wiki/My_Teen_Romantic_Comedy_SNAFU" class="mw-redirect" title="My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU">My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Zegapain" title="Zegapain">Zegapain</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Urayasu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayasu, Chiba">Urayasu</a>).</li> <li>TV series representations include: <i><a href="/wiki/Kisarazu_Cat%27s_Eye" title="Kisarazu Cat's Eye">Kisarazu Cat's Eye</a></i> (set in <a href="/wiki/Kisarazu,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kisarazu, Chiba">Kisarazu</a>), <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miotsukushi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miotsukushi (page does not exist)">Miotsukushi</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Choshi,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" title="Choshi, Chiba">Chōshi</a>), <i>Beach Boys</i> (filmed in <a href="/wiki/Tateyama,_Chiba" title="Tateyama, Chiba">Tateyama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shirahama,_Chiba" title="Shirahama, Chiba">Shirahama</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Minamib%C5%8Ds%C5%8D" title="Minamibōsō">Minamiboso</a>) and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yappari_Neko_ga_Suki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yappari Neko ga Suki (page does not exist)">Yappari Neko ga Suki</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Chiba,_Chiba" class="mw-redirect" 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