12204 ／ ふなばしし
Chiba PrefectureA lighthouse followed a burned lantern.
Tomyodai, Ohi Shrine01 ／ Shell mound
Torikakenishi Shell Mound is a Jomon-period site where settlements with shell mounds from about 10,000 and about 6,000 years ago have been found. Of the 58 pit-dwelling remains from the older period, five held discarded shells, piled up to about 70 cm at the thickest point.
02 ／ Fire pits
At the historic site park of Tobinodai Shell Mound, dwelling remains, shell mounds and roana fire pits are shown as replicas. A roana is an outdoor cooking place; before hearths were built inside houses, it is thought to have been used for boiling and for smoking meat and fish. The city says about 400 roana have been found so far.
03 ／ Ritual
This tsujikiri is a ritual to keep evil spirits and plague out of the village; the city introduces it as held on the first horse day of February each year. At the hamlet's Yasaka Shrine, east and west teams each make one serpent, then wind them around standing trees by the roads at the southwest and northeast of the hamlet. It is a city-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–October 2019)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））
Living here
The Limited Express Shiosai No. 3 runs from Tokyo Station to Funabashi Station in 18 minutes with no change. This is the fastest of the trains that run every day.
+3.2% since 2015
540,817 → 642,907
81.4km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.3 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（デジタル時刻表）『船橋駅 総武線快速』の下り（tt1382/1382010＝平日・1382011＝土休日）と、各列車ページ（train/…）の発着。docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（『毎日』だけに絞って）で、東京・品川の発から船橋の着までを列車ごとに数え、平日と土休日の両方に同じ分数で載る列車を毎日運転とみなした。2610版（2026年10月ダイヤ）。2026-10-22 取得 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
15.9km
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