"Chiba Ken, Japan" Top 5 Page for this destination Chiba by rachjapan

Chiba Travel Guide: 107 reviews and 120 photos

Chiba ken is the largest ken (county/shire/state) in Japan and is right next to Tokyo. As you cross that border the price of everything drops -restaurants, housing and especially beer. It has reasonalbe facilities and as you head into the peninsular itself its quite beautiful. Generally people live here and work in Tokyo. Its worth considering using it as abase to knock down the price of you Tokyo visit.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Its cheaper than Tokyo to live, less English is spoken so you must use Nihongo, its got a variation of landscape including surf and the pacific ocean
Cons:Less English is spoken, the transport system is not as comprehensive as the city, night life is not a varied

Intro Written Oct 23, 2003
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Go local for a true Japanese experience Restaurants (2)

To really experience good food, go local. Dont go into glitzy neon signed main street places. Get off the high street... more travel advice

The chef is a good friend, his food is... Restaurants (2)

Its quite new and therefore clean & well maintained. The chef is a good friend of ours from his last restaurant. The... more travel advice

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kankokyaku Feb 13, 2010 at 8:55 PM Report Abuse

careful with the ni-hon go bud. Its, "totemo oishii tabemono kudasai" however, that is rather silly sounding. Try, 'O-makase". , "I leave it up to the chef" To say, "give me delicious food" would seem to be an insult to the chef wouldn't it?
hassan_abu Dec 29, 2003 at 10:31 PM Report Abuse

Very helpful info. Keep up the good work.