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12218 ／かつうらし

Katsuura City

A cape named “utopia” for a villa plan.

Ubara Utopia, Myojin Cape

Photo by 663highland (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Natural forest

The shrine's back hill keepsa warm-temperate coastal forest.

This grove behind Yasaka Shrine in Ubara is a Prefectural Natural Monument. Trees about 30 m tall spread their branches, with stands of Castanopsis (sudajii) and Machilus (tabunoki). The prefectural board of education calls it small but a representative climax forest.

Prefectural Natural Monument (28 Feb 1978)
Trees about 30 m tall
A representative climax forest of the prefecture

02 ／ Morning market

Said to have begun in 1591, the marketalternates its street by half-month.

The tourist association says Uemura Yasutada, lord of Katsuura Castle, opened it in 1591 (Tensho 19). It once moved every ten days among Kamihonmachi, Nakahonmachi and Shimohonmachi. Since November 1987 it has used Shimohonmachi on the 1st-15th and Nakahonmachi from the 16th to month-end.

Said to date from 1591 (Tensho 19)
Streets split by half-month since Nov. 1987
Closed Wednesdays and 1 Jan.

03 ／ Lighthouse

First lit on 1 March 1917,it is still in service.

An active lighthouse lighting the southeastern Boso Peninsula, first lit on 1 March 1917 (Taisho 6). The city gives its height as 21 m, focal height 71 m, and range 22.0 nautical miles (about 40 km).

First lit 1 March 1917
Height 21 m, focal height 71 m
Range 22.0 nautical miles (about 40 km)

Katsuura City 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 July–August 2024)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

86 minutes from Tokyo Station by Limited Express Wakashio.

about 20,000 people
90 min to a city centre

The fastest daily Limited Express Wakashio from Tokyo Station reaches Katsuura Station in 86 minutes with no change (JR East timetable, October 2026 edition). A limited express fee is charged separately.

People living here: 16,927people
Area: 93.96km²
Households: 8,192households
Rent (average for rentals): 37,948yen
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 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.

Katsuura City in Japan35.152°N 140.321°E

to TokyoLtd. exp. Wakashio86min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（2026年10月版〈URL の 2610〉）の勝浦駅・外房線の下り（平日・土曜休日）。市公式『勝浦市の公共交通』（企画課）が鉄道の最初に挙げるのも JR外房線の勝浦駅 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Katsuura City

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

14.4km

Otaki Town, Onjuku Town, Kamogawa City, Isumi City

Katsuura City isthis kind of town.

01Ubara Utopia, the Myojin Cape shore, got its name when a villa plan of the early Taisho era called it a “utopia”
02Yasaka Shrine's natural forest in Ubara is a Prefectural Natural Monument the prefecture calls a representative climax forest
03Katsuura Morning Market is said to date from 1591, and Katsuura Lighthouse has lit the southeastern Boso Peninsula since 1917

See the town as it is now.

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

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Katsuura City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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