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The following areas in Chiba Pref. are covered in this episode:
00:38 Minamikoyasu, Kimitsu
04:43 Kimitsu Station South Exit
09:13 Owada, Kimitsu
12:16 Kimitsu Station North Exit
15:43 Hatazawaminami, Kisarazu
19:29 Kitakubo, Kimitsu
24:50 Shimoyue, Kimitsu
31:51 Aobori, Futtsu
40:53 Futtsu Misaki (Cape Futtsu)
Aboutu Kimitsu
Kimitsu (君津市, Kimitsu-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city has an estimated population of 88,409, and a population density of 277 persons per km². The total area is 318.83 km2 (123.10 sq mi).
Kimitsu is the second largest city in Chiba Prefecture and is located in the western part of central Bōsō Peninsula. It borders Tokyo Bay. Two small rivers cross Kimitsu, the Koito River and the Obitsu River.
The area of present-day Kimitsu was largely part of the feudal domain of Kururi during the Edo period. It was divided between Moda District and Sue District in the early Meiji period cadastral reforms. Both districts became part of Kimitsu District from April 1, 1897. Kimitsu Town was founded within Kimitsu District on April 1, 1943, and expanded through annexation of two neighboring villages on April 1, 1944. Kimitsu was elevated to city status on September 1, 1971.
About Kisarazu
Kisarazu (木更津市, Kisarazu-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2016, the city had an estimated population of 134,239, and a population density of 966 persons per km². The total area is 138.95 square kilometres (53.65 sq mi).
Kisarazu is located in the western part of the Bōsō Peninsula. The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, a bridge-tunnel across Tokyo Bay, connects Kisarazu and the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture.
About Futtsu
Futtsu (富津市, Futtsu-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
As of December 2015, the city had an estimated population of 45,309, and a population density of 220 persons per km². The total area is 205.53 square kilometres (79.36 sq mi).
Futtsu is located on the southwest coast of Bōsō Peninsula, south-southwest of the city of Chiba facing the Uraga Channel and almost due south of the capital city of Tokyo at the southern end of Tokyo Bay.
About Futtsu Misaki (Cape Futtsu)
Cape Futtsu is a narrow land formation resembling a crane jutting its beak into Tokyo Bay. At the tip of the cape is the Meiji Memorial Observation Tower from which one can see the expansive ocean, downtown Tokyo and even Mt. Fuji. Many people visit Cape Futtsu for swimming in the ocean or in the jumbo pool, and for clamming as well.
Photos of Cape Futtsu
About Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Tōkyō-wan) is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. Its old name was Edo Bay (江戸湾, Edo-wan). The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous and largest industrialized area in Japan.
In ancient times, Japanese knew Tokyo Bay as the uchi-umi (内海) or “inner sea”. By the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600) the area had become known as Edo Bay, a reference to the city of Edo. The bay took its present name of Tokyo Bay in modern times, after the Imperial court moved to Edo and renamed the city Tokyo in 1868.
Tokyo Bay juts prominently into the Kantō Plain. It is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture to the east and the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture to the west. The shore of Tokyo Bay consists of a diluvial plateau and is subject to rapid marine erosion. Sediments on the shore of the bay make for a smooth, continuous shoreline.
In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line from Cape Kannon on the west of Miura Peninsula to Cape Futtsu on the east Bōsō Peninsula. This area covers about 922 square kilometres (356 sq mi) in 2012, reclamation projects continue to slowly shrink the bay.
In a broader sense, Tokyo Bay includes the Uraga Channel. By this definition the bay opens from an area north of the straight line from Cape Tsurugisaki on the east of Miura Peninsula to Cape Sunosaki on the west of the Boso Peninsula. This area covers about 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi).
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