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Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 27 entries

• Orandaya Shinko Workshop

  オランダ家新港工房
  Chiba / Chiba ／ Confectionery & local brand

  A confectionery workshop in Chiba. It makes sweets using peanuts grown in the prefecture, such as Peanuts Monaka.

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• Kikkoman Soy Sauce Museum

  キッコーマンもの知りしょうゆ館
  Chiba / Noda ／ Soy sauce & fermentation factory tours

  Kikkoman's visitor facility in Noda. It shows how soy sauce is made from soybeans, wheat and salt.

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• Glicopia CHIBA

  グリコピアCHIBA
  Chiba / Noda ／ Ice cream & factory tours

  Glico's factory in Noda. Visitors can tour the process by which ice cream is made.

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• Sapporo Breweries Chiba Brewery

  サッポロビール千葉工場
  Chiba / Funabashi ／ Beer & brewing

  A beer brewery in Funabashi. Visitors can tour the brewing while handling the raw materials, malt and hops.

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• Yamasa Soy Sauce Tasting Experience Hall

  ヤマサ醤油しょうゆ味わい体験館
  Chiba / Choshi ／ Soy sauce & fermentation exhibition

  The experience hall of Yamasa Soy Sauce in Choshi. It conveys soy sauce fermentation through exhibits.

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• Kameda Sake Brewery

  亀田酒造
  Chiba / Kamogawa ／ Sake & fermentation

  A sake brewery in Kamogawa. Founded in 1757, it brews the sake of the Boso Peninsula.

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• Yoshino Sake Brewery

  吉野酒造
  Chiba / Katsuura ／ Sake & seaside brewery

  A sake brewery in Katsuura. It stands by the sea and is known for the Koshigoi brand.

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• Moriya Sake Brewery

  守屋酒造
  Chiba / Sammu ／ Sake & local sake

  A sake brewery in Sanmu. It brews the local sake of Kujukuri.

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• Miyazaki Shuzoten

  宮崎酒造店
  Chiba / Kimitsu ／ Sake & Kazusa sake

  A sake brewery in Kazusa. It brews with local rice and water.

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• Kangiku Meijo

  寒菊銘醸
  Chiba / Sammu ／ Sake & craft beer

  A sake brewery in Sanmu. It brews both sake and craft beer.

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• Terada Honke

  寺田本家
  Chiba / Kozaki ／ Natural sake & fermentation with brewery-resident microbes

  A sake brewery in Kozaki. Leaving the work to the microbes that have settled in the brewery, it makes natural sake without additives.

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• Koizumi Sake Brewery and Sommelier House Shusho no Yakata

  小泉酒造・ソムリエハウス酒匠の館
  Chiba / Futtsu ／ Sake & brewery exhibition

  A sake brewery in Futtsu. It has the attached Shusho no Yakata and shows exhibits of the brewery.

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• Iwase Sake Brewery

  岩瀬酒造
  Chiba / Onjuku ／ Sake & hard-water brewing

  A sake brewery in Onjuku. Founded in 1723, it brews with hard water.

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• Narita Yume Farm Dairy Workshop

  成田ゆめ牧場乳製品工房
  Chiba / Narita ／ Dairy farming & milk processing

  A dairy processing workshop attached to a farm in Narita. It makes cheese and ice cream from milk produced on the farm.

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• Boso Big-Catch Flags

  房総大漁旗
  Chiba / Choshi and other areas ／ Dyeing & fishing culture

  Big-catch flags from Boso. Vivid pictures are dyed on cotton by the tsutsugaki method.

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• Nihon Shokken Chiba Head Office Factory

  日本食研千葉本社工場
  Chiba / Sakae ／ Seasonings & food manufacturing

  A factory in Chiba. It makes seasonings for commercial use.

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• Showa Sangyo Funabashi Plant

  昭和産業船橋工場
  Chiba / Funabashi ／ Grain processing & food ingredients

  A plant in Funabashi. It processes wheat and soybeans to make food ingredients.

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• Howa Sangyo Narashino Factory

  朋和産業習志野工場
  Chiba / Funabashi ／ Food packaging & gravure printing

  A factory in Narashino. It makes food packaging by gravure printing.

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• Kidoizumi Sake Brewery

  木戸泉酒造
  Chiba / Isumi ／ High-temperature yamahai & sake

  A sake brewery in Isumi. It continues its own yamahai method of brewing at high temperature and makes long-aged sake.

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• Tokun Sake Brewery

  東薫酒造
  Chiba / Katori ／ Sake & Sawara breweries

  A sake brewery in Sawara. It stands in a town that prospered through water transport to Edo.

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• Ishii Foods Yachiyo Plant

  石井食品八千代工場
  Chiba / Yachiyo ／ Food & quality control

  A food factory in Yachiyo. It makes additive-free hamburger steaks and other products.

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• Inahana Sake Brewery

  稲花酒造
  Chiba / Ichinomiya ／ Sake & fermentation

  A sake brewery in Chosei. It brews with Boso rice.

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• Kubota Sake Brewery

  窪田酒造
  Chiba / Noda ／ Sake & mirin

  A brewery in Noda. It makes sake and mirin.

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• Nabedana Kozaki Sake Brewery

  鍋店神崎酒造蔵
  Chiba / Kozaki ／ Sake & breweries

  A sake brewery in Kozaki. It brews under the Jin'yu brand and opens the brewery to visitors.

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• Megmilk Snow Brand Noda Plant

  雪印メグミルク野田工場
  Chiba / Noda ／ Dairy products & manufacturing technology

  A dairy factory in Noda. It makes milk, fruit yogurt and more.

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• Iinuma Honke Shisui Magariya

  飯沼本家酒々井まがり家
  Chiba / Shisui ／ Sake & brewery experience

  A sake brewery in Shisui. In a relocated magariya farmhouse, it welcomes visitors for brewery tours.

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• Baba Honten Sake Brewery

  馬場本店酒造
  Chiba / Katori ／ Sake & mirin

  A sake brewery in Sawara. Besides sake, it makes hon-mirin by a method dating from the Edo period.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 34 entries

• AGC Chiba Plant

  AGC千葉工場
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Glass & chemicals

  A glass and chemicals plant in Ichihara. It makes chemicals and other products.

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• Isumi Yoji Toothpicks

  いすみ楊枝
  Chiba / Isumi ／ Kuromoji spicebush & woodwork

  Picks from Isumi. Kuromoji is whittled.

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• Hera Uki Fishing Floats

  へら浮子
  Chiba / Sakae and other areas ／ Fishing tackle & precision craft

  Floats used for herabuna crucian carp fishing. Materials such as peacock feathers are shaved and adjusted with extreme fineness.

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• Cosmo Oil Chiba Refinery

  コスモ石油千葉製油所
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Oil refining & energy

  A refinery in Ichihara. It refines crude oil in the Keiyo coastal industrial complex.

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• Maiwai Dyeing

  万祝染
  Chiba / Kamogawa and other areas ／ Fishermen's garments & dyeing

  The dyeing of fishermen's festive robes, which were given to celebrate a big catch. Cranes and turtles or treasure ships are drawn by the tsutsugaki method.

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• Kazusa Wazao Bamboo Fishing Rods

  上総和竿
  Chiba / Chiba and other areas ／ Bamboo crafts & fishing tackle

  Wazao from Kazusa. Jointed bamboo fishing rods are made.

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• Kazusa Forged Blades

  上総打刃物
  Chiba / Central area of the prefecture ／ Forging & blades

  Forged blades from Kazusa. Sickles and kitchen knives are made by forging.

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• Kazusa Lion Heads

  上総獅子頭
  Chiba / Central area of the prefecture ／ Wood carving & festival implements

  Lion heads from Kazusa. The heads of the lions that dance at the festivals of Boso are carved from paulownia.

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• Kazusa Sode-dako Kites

  上総袖凧
  Chiba / Chonan ／ Paper and bamboo crafts & folk toys

  Sode-dako kites from Kazusa. A kite shaped with sleeves extending to the left and right.

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• Shimosa Onigawara Roof Tiles

  下総鬼瓦
  Chiba / Hokuso area ／ Roof tiles & ogre-tile makers

  Onigawara from Shimosa. Clay is carved by hand and set on the ridge of a roof.

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• Maruzen Petrochemical Chiba Plant

  丸善石油化学千葉工場
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Petrochemicals & materials

  A petrochemical plant in Ichihara. It makes basic materials such as ethylene.

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• Sawara Hariko Papier-Mache

  佐原張子
  Chiba / Katori ／ Papier-mache & folk toys

  Hariko from Sawara. Washi paper is pasted in layers onto a mold and painted.

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• Sawara Ear Picks

  佐原耳かき
  Chiba / Katori ／ Bamboo and wood work & everyday crafts

  Ear picks from Sawara. Everyday implements made by whittling bamboo and wood.

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• Yachiyo Hina Dolls

  八千代びな
  Chiba / Yachiyo ／ Seasonal festival dolls

  Hina dolls from Yachiyo. Decorations for the seasonal festivals are made.

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• Idemitsu Kosan Chiba Complex

  出光興産千葉事業所
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Oil refining & chemicals

  An oil refining and chemicals complex in Ichihara.

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• Chiba Koshogu Artisan Tools

  千葉工匠具
  Chiba / Prefecture-wide ／ Blacksmithing & nationally designated traditional craft

  Hand tools made by Chiba's blacksmiths. Farm tools and carpenter's tools, such as sickles and hoes, are forged. A nationally designated traditional craft.

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• Inba Bamboo Craft

  印旛竹細工
  Chiba / Inba area ／ Bamboo crafts

  Bamboo craft from Inba. Madake bamboo is split and woven into baskets and strainers.

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• Tozan-ori Weaving

  唐棧織
  Chiba / Tateyama ／ Cotton textiles & striped weaving

  Tozan-ori from Tateyama. Stripes are woven with fine cotton yarn. It is a domestic copy, made in the Edo period, of imported textiles.

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• Katazome Stencil Dyeing

  型染
  Chiba / Prefecture-wide ／ Dyeing & paper stencils

  Patterns are dyed onto cloth using stencils.

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• Fuji Oil Sodegaura Refinery

  富士石油袖ケ浦製油所
  Chiba / Sodegaura ／ Oil refining & logistics

  A refinery in Sodegaura. It handles refining and logistics.

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• Boshu Uchiwa Fans

  房州うちわ
  Chiba / Minamiboso, Tateyama ／ Bamboo crafts & nationally designated traditional craft

  Boshu uchiwa from Minamiboso. Its hallmark is the marue round handle, with round bamboo split just as it is to form the ribs. A nationally designated traditional craft.

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• Hand-Painted Yuzen

  手描友禅
  Chiba / Matsudo and other areas ／ Dyeing & yuzen

  Yuzen dyeing in which paste is laid down with a tube and colors are applied with a brush.

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• Aerial Fireworks

  打上げ花火
  Chiba / Kimitsu ／ Gunpowder & patterned fireworks

  Aerial fireworks. Stars are arranged inside the shell to design the shape it takes when it opens.

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• Japanese Sword Forging

  日本刀の鍛錬
  Chiba / Chiba ／ Swords & forging

  Swords are made by folding and forging tamahagane steel. There are swordsmiths in Chiba too.

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• Mokuzogan Wood Inlay

  木象嵌
  Chiba / Ichikawa ／ Woodwork & inlay

  Woodwork in which woods of different colors are cut thin and inlaid.

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• Edo Kimekomi Dolls

  江戸木目込人形
  Chiba / Ichikawa and other areas ／ Dolls & kimekomi

  Dolls dressed by carving grooves into a body of compacted paulownia sawdust and tucking cloth into them. Doll making took root in Boso as well.

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• Edo Kumihimo Braided Cords

  江戸組紐
  Chiba / Noda and other areas ／ Braided cords

  Braided cords of Boso in the tradition of Edo kumihimo. Obijime sash cords and haori cords are braided.

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• Sunago Zaiku

  砂子細工
  Chiba / Kashiwa ／ Gold and silver leaf & washi paper decoration

  A decoration in which gold and silver leaf is cut fine and scattered over washi paper.

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• Kagura Masks

  神楽面
  Chiba / Prefecture-wide ／ Wood carving & festival implements

  Masks used in kagura are carved from wood.

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• Shibara Dolls

  芝原人形
  Chiba / Chonan ／ Clay dolls & folk toys

  Shibara dolls from Chonan. Clay dolls of simple form, they once died out and were later revived.

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• Tetsue Dosai

  鉄絵銅彩
  Chiba / Chiba ／ Pottery & glazes

  A pottery technique in which pictures are painted in iron, and the piece is coated with a copper glaze and fired.

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• Choshi Chijimi Crepe

  銚子縮
  Chiba / Choshi ／ Cotton textiles & crepe texture

  A cotton textile from Choshi. Tightly twisted yarn produces the crinkled unevenness called shibo.

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• Ujo Yoji Toothpicks

  雨城楊枝
  Chiba / Kimitsu ／ Kuromoji spicebush & woodwork

  Picks from Kimitsu. They are made by whittling branches of kuromoji spicebush. They are used at tea gatherings.

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• Tateyama Tozan Weaving

  館山唐棧
  Chiba / Tateyama ／ Striped cotton weaving

  A striped cotton weave from Tateyama. It carries on the tozan technique.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 16 entries

• DMG Mori Chiba Campus

  DMG森精機千葉事業所
  Chiba / Funabashi ／ Machine tools & service

  A site in Chiba. It is responsible for the maintenance and servicing of machine tools.

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• JFE Steel East Japan Works Chiba District

  JFEスチール東日本製鉄所千葉地区
  Chiba / Chiba ／ Steelmaking & integrated blast furnace production

  A steelworks in Chiba City. It carries out integrated production from blast furnace to steel sheet.

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• UBE Elastomer Chiba Plant

  UBEエラストマー千葉工場
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Synthetic rubber & materials

  A plant in Ichihara. It makes synthetic rubber.

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• Seiko Instruments Takatsuka Plant

  セイコーインスツル高塚事業所
  Chiba / Matsudo ／ Precision equipment & electronic components

  A site in Chiba. It makes precision instruments and electronic components.

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• Mabuchi Motor Head Office

  マブチモーター本社
  Chiba / Matsudo ／ Small motors & global manufacturing

  A maker of small motors headquartered in Matsudo. It has a system for delivering the same quality at its factories around the world.

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• Mitsui Chemicals Ichihara Works

  三井化学市原工場
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Chemical materials & processes

  A chemical plant in Ichihara. It deals with materials and their manufacturing processes.

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• Sumitomo Chemical Chiba Works

  住友化学千葉工場
  Chiba / Ichihara, Sodegaura ／ Chemicals & high-performance materials

  A chemical plant in Ichihara. It makes high-performance materials.

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• Chiba Prefectural Boso no Mura

  千葉県立房総のむら
  Chiba / Sakae ／ Everyday skills & hands-on exhibits

  A hands-on museum in Sakae Town. It recreates the life and skills of Boso.

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• Futaba Corporation Chosei Plant

  双葉電子工業長生工場
  Chiba / Chosei ／ Electronic components & molds

  A plant in Chosei. It makes electronic components and molds.

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• Furukawa Electric Chiba Works

  古河電気工業千葉事業所
  Chiba / Ichihara ／ Electric wire & materials

  A works in Chiba. It makes electric wire and materials.

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• Yoshino Machinery Works

  吉野機械製作所
  Chiba / Chiba ／ Sheet metal machinery & automation

  A sheet-metal machinery maker in Chiba. It makes presses and automation equipment.

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• Tokiwa Phytochemical

  常磐植物化学研究所
  Chiba / Sakura ／ Plant extraction & functional ingredients

  A research institute that extracts components from plants. It makes functional ingredients.

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• Narita Airport Terminal 1 Observation Deck

  成田空港第1旅客ターミナル展望デッキ
  Chiba / Narita ／ Air cargo logistics & passenger operations

  The observation deck of Narita Airport Terminal 1. Visitors see the movement of passengers and cargo up close.

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• Nippon Steel East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area

  日本製鉄東日本製鉄所君津地区
  Chiba / Kimitsu ／ Steelmaking & coastal industry

  A steelworks in Kimitsu. Built on reclaimed coastal land, it receives iron ore directly by ship.

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• Nissan Chemical Sodegaura Plant

  日産化学袖ケ浦工場
  Chiba / Sodegaura ／ Chemicals & functional materials

  A chemical plant in Sodegaura. It makes functional materials.

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• Ebara Futtsu Plant

  荏原製作所富津事業所
  Chiba / Futtsu ／ Large pumps & energy

  A plant in Futtsu. It makes large pumps and energy equipment.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 1 entries

• Chiba Oilesh

  千葉オイレッシュ
  Chiba / Kimitsu ／ Waste oil recycling & resource circulation

  A business that recycles waste oil. It plays a part in resource circulation.

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