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12423 ／ちょうせいむら

Chiba Prefecture 長生郡

Chosei Village

A wetland garden lies in a green park.

Wetland Garden, Amagadai Park

Photo by 辰之進 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Lion dance

The fox and lion acrobatics on a ladderbelong to a prefecturally designated lion dance.

According to the village, the Iwanuma lion dance first held a village festival in 1621 (Genna 7), as an old book records. It is performed each year on the Saturday around 19 October on a temporary stage at the Mimusubi Shrine festival. A fox and a lion perform acrobatics on a ladder. It is a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property.

Prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property
Old book of 1621 (Genna 7)
Acrobatics on a ladder

02 ／ Shinto rite

Four arrows shot by the priestforetell the year's luck and the rice crop.

The Omato-shiki target rite at Hitotsumatsu Shrine is said to have begun on the fourth day of the first month of 1534 (Tenbun 3). The priest shoots from about 15 meters at a 90 cm target made of 28 sheets of washi. The first arrow tells the year's luck; the second to fourth tell early, mid and late rice. It is Village Designated No. 1; No. 14 is the tube-porridge divination at Yasaka Shrine.

Said to have begun in 1534 (Tenbun 3)
Target of 28 sheets of washi
Village Designated No. 1

03 ／ Folk performance

Odoroki-bayashi, with flutes and drums,dances along the road from shore to shrine.

According to the village, Odoroki-bayashi, performed at the festival of the shrine, is the village's representative folk performing art and was revived in 1977 (Showa 52). It moves along a road of about 1.5 km from the shore to the shrine, dancing to flutes and drums. Its school seems to have come down with guidance from Iwanuma, and it has nine main pieces.

Revived in 1977 (Showa 52)
About 1.5 km from shore to shrine
Nine main pieces

Chosei Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot February–March 2012)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

80 minutes from Tokyo Station on a through train.

about 10,000 people
90 min to a city centre
Rural district town

Yatsumi Station is the only station in the village. In the JR East station timetable for October 2026, counting down trains from Tokyo, the fastest daily service is a rapid running through from the Keiyo Line onto the Sotobo Line: it leaves Tokyo at 20:38 and reaches Yatsumi at 21:58, 80 minutes. The village advises about 1 hour 20 minutes to Tokyo Station on the Keiyo Line through service.

People living here: 13,803people
Area: 28.25km²
Households: 5,613households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 10 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —3 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Chosei Village in Japan35.412°N 140.354°E

to TokyoJR Keiyo Line and Sotobo Line80min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（八積駅外房線・下り。https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/timetable/tt1583/1583010.html と 1583011.html ＝平日・土休日）の列車ページを jr_count.py（『毎日』だけに絞った写し）で数えた。東京 20:38 発（列車番号 2003A・京葉線直通の快速。平日も土休日も同じ時刻）→八積 21:58 着＝80分。八積駅の下りに載る列車で、平日・土休日の両方に同じ分数で載る東京発は、この1本だけ (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Chosei Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

6.0km

Mobara City, Shirako Town, Ichinomiya Town, Mutsuzawa Town

Chosei Village isthis kind of town.

01Amagadai General Park covers 10.5 hectares, and the village lists a wetland garden among its main facilities
02The Iwanuma lion dance is a prefecturally designated intangible folk cultural property, with fox-and-lion acrobatics on a ladder
03The Omato-shiki at Hitotsumatsu Shrine is Village Designated No. 1, and Odoroki-bayashi at the shrine festival was revived in 1977

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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Chosei Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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