HoMe Ichihara City City Office Map Yoro-Valley Sonan museum Kazusa Kokubunji No1 Kazusa Kokubunji No2 Hiyoshi-Jinjya Iigaoka hachimangu KIDDY LAND Fishing Park・TOKYO SKY TREE Cherry brossomsspring Rehabilitation Museum Center of the Health Library Factory JR Goi station JR Yawatajuku station Chiba-prefecture GermanVillage Namegawa Motonomura Kamogawa City Flamenco Local museum Kasamori HoMe

TRAFFIC FACILITIES There are two direct access routes to the center of Tokyo: the JR(Japan Railway)Uchibo Line and the road route 16. Another Chiba Express Line, under construction, will join them soon, making it even easier for people to commute to the Tokyo area. LOCATION Ichihara is situated within 50 km of the center of Tokyo. The city is 22 km from east to west, and about 36 km from north to south, ranging from Tokyo Bay to Boso Hill. The land area ranks top in Chiba and is second only to Yokohama in the metropolitan area POPULATION 279,674 (as of January 1998) Male＝144,410 　Female＝135,264 NUMBER　OF　HOUSEHOLDS :100,083 AREA :368.20k�u CLIMATE : Annual average temperature／16.6℃ Annual average humidity／68％. Annual rainfall ／1,266.5. (figures taken from 1990 statistics)