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Jigoku Nozoki
A rock ledge thrust out over a former quarry, with the whole Boso peninsula in view.
Yoro Valley
The largest gorge in Boso. The Awamata falls slide down a gentle rock face.
Kujukuri Beach
About 66 kilometres of sand. A shore of beach seines and sardine fishing.
Okinoshima
An uninhabited island joined to the land when the Great Kanto Earthquake lifted the ground.
Aeronautical Science Museum
Japan's first museum devoted to aviation, next to Narita Airport, with an observation room over the runway.
Open-Air Museum Boso-no-Mura
A hands-on museum in Sakae, opened in 1986, recreating the life and crafts of the Boso peninsula.
Okamoto Pier (Harooka Pier)
A wooden pier in Minamiboso reaching out to sea — one of the few timber piers left in Japan.
Mount Nokogiri Nihonji (Jigoku-nozoki, the Look into Hell)
A temple partway up 329-metre Mount Nokogiri, with Japan's largest cliff-carved Buddha and a jutting rock called the look into hell.
Moriya Coast (Toshima)
A swimming beach in Katsuura, with a small island offshore, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores.
Okinoshima Park
A small island at the south end of Tateyama Bay. Uplift in the Great Kanto Earthquake joined it to the land, and you can walk across.
Shimizu Keiryu Square (Nomizo Falls and Kameiwa Cave)
A cave in Kimitsu. For a short while in the morning, light entering the cave and its reflection form a ring.
Katsuura Undersea Park
An underwater tower in Katsuura, standing 60 metres offshore, with windows on the fish below.
Ubara Coast (White Torii)
A shore in Katsuura where a white torii stands on the rocks, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores.
Byobugaura / Choshi Marina Beach
Sea cliffs running about ten kilometres from Choshi to Asahi, 40 to 50 metres high, pressing on the water.
Sunset Beach Park Inage
An artificial beach in Chiba City, laid with white sand, with a pier about 90 metres long.
Kasamori Kannon (Kasamoriji Kannon Hall)
A temple in Chonan. On a great rock at the summit, a hall stands on dozens of pillars.
Daifukuji Temple (Gake Kannon)
A temple in Tateyama. The Kannon hall juts from a cliff partway up Mount Funagata, so it is called the cliff Kannon.
Tokyo German Village
A theme park in Sodegaura modelled on the German countryside, known for its winter illuminations.
Awa Province Ichinomiya Awa Shrine
The first shrine of Awa province, in Tateyama. Locals call it Daijingu; it honours the god of industry.
Funabashi Andersen Park
A park in Funabashi modelled on the Danish landscape, with windmills and flower beds.
Mount Nokogiri Ropeway
A ropeway up Mount Nokogiri. From the summit you see Tokyo Bay and Mount Fuji across it.