Enjoy Colorful Autumn Foliage in Chiba |
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● Yoro Valley
With the spectacular fall foliage spreading across its Momijidani precipice, Yoro Valley is one of the most popular “leaf-peeping” spots. Enjoy colorful autumn leaves as the path goes across various torrential points while trailing through the valley.
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The valley consists of 30- to 50-meter high eroded bluffs (geologically called “Umegase Strata”) on either bank of a 4- to 4.5-meter wide river. Scenery beautifully changes season to season across the landscape, but the valley is particularly known as a scenic spot of beautiful autumn foliage, the best in all Chiba Prefecture. |
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Many people visit Kukuri-jo or Kukuri Castle in the fall to enjoy scarlet-tinged leaves surrounding the castle. Visitors can learn the local history in the archives built in the ruins of the ancient castle’s “ninomaru” (intermediate outworks) along with its restored “tenshukaku” (donjon).
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| ● Tateyama Shiroyama Park
The park is located at the site of the ancient castle of the Satomi clan, the feudal lord family of the region, on the south hill of Tateyama. The restored castle’s donjon (“tenshukaku”) commands a sweeping view of the whole town embracing the Bay of Tateyama called Kagamigaura. With a Japanese style garden with a tea house, a walk called Man’yo-no-michi, peacock garden and other facilities, the park provides a place of recreation for the citizens. It is also known as a place of cherry blossoms or sakura in addition to Japanese apricot blossoms or ume and azalea, with scenery change from season to season.
Access: 5 minutes’ walk from Shiroyama Koen-mae Stop by JR Bus for Ido or Nittoh/JR Bus for Tateyama Kokutai (These buses start from JR Uchibo Line Tateyama Station.) Address: Tateyama 351-2, Tateyama, Chiba
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| ● Seiwa Kenmin-no-Mori Forest
Located almost at the center of Boso Peninsula, this forest zone was arranged to conserve the nature of the province and provide people of the prefecture with the opportunity to familiarize more with forests and commune with nature.
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| ● Katori Shrine
A colorful display of fiery red, pumpkin orange and yellow of fall leaves of maples, oaks (particularly, Quercus actissima and Quercus serrata) and ginkgo trees, spread across the landscape, relaxes visitors. A gorgeous carpet of fallen leaves on the approach to the shrine is really spectacular.
Access: 2 minutes’ walk from the last stop by bus for Katori Shrine (The bus starts from JR Narita Line Sawara Station.) |
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| ● Hondoji Temple
Visitors are relaxed with more than 1,500 tree leaves tinged with beautiful, fiery red. It is the oldest temple in Chiba Prefecture and was designated as one of the nation’s important cultural properties, except its five-story pagoda which was constructed in 1991.
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● Sakura Joshi Park (Sakura Castle Park)The park is located in the ruins of Sakurajo or Sakura Castle built by Toshikatsu Doi, a feudal lord, in 1610 and destroyed at the time of Meiji Restoration.
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| ● Kameyama Lake
Many visitors are impressed with Kameyama Lake’s brilliant reds of autumn leaves of maples and oaks (particularly, Quercus actissima). Located almost at the center of Boso Peninsula, the lake is one of few sites in nature with clean air and covered with boundless expanse of rich green.
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