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4 unusual facts about Chiba Prefecture


City of Whitehorse

On 12 May 1971, the City of Box Hill established a sister city relationship with Matsudo, in Chiba, Japan.

Imperial Open

It was played at the Seve Ballesteros Golf Club in Chiba from 1990 to 1992 and at the Caledonian Golf Club in Ibaraki in 1993.

Kanto Tsukuba Bank

While the bank has a majority of its branches in Ibaraki Prefecture, it operates several branches outside the prefecture, notable in Tokyo, Chiba, Tochigi, and Saitama Prefectures.

Satoshi Yagisawa

He arranged in 2003 the theme of music (Music for planting and sowing by the Emperor and Empress of Japan) for the 54th National Arbor Day in Chiba Prefecture.


Aitakatta

The girls took a trip down to Tateyama, Chiba to film the video clip, with the main dance scenes set at the cliff of the Sunosaki Lighthouse.

Japanese catshark

The Japanese catshark, Apristurus japonicus, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Pacific from off Chiba Prefecture, Honshū, Japan between latitudes 36° N and 34° N.

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

The Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was founded by Iizasa Ienao, born 1387 in Iizasa village (present day Takomachi, Chiba Prefecture), who was living near Katori Shrine (Sawara City, Chiba Prefecture) at the time.


see also

Iwai

Iwai Station, a railway station in Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Makuta

Makuta Station, a train station in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Nosaka

Nosaka, Chiba, town located in Sōsa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan