12234 ／ みなみぼうそうし
Chiba PrefectureAn octagonal tower, a round lamp room.
Nojimazaki Lighthouse01 ／ Picture scroll
Three Tenjin engi scrolls are held by a Tenjin shrine in Minamiboso. The first two use hishi paper made mainly from gampi; the last uses local paper, handmade from kozo and mitsumata and produced here until about the Taisho era.
02 ／ Farmhouse
A large farmhouse of the Awa region, designated an Important Cultural Property. The main house and the earthen-floor building stand as separate structures, and a 1971-72 dismantling survey found ink inscriptions on a pillar. The prefecture notes that an L-shaped “ima” room is rare in Chiba.
03 ／ Festival
Performed at the festival of Kamo Shrine held each August, called Hassaku Matsuri. In the Kamo Sanbaso, boys play the three roles of Chitose, Okina and Sanbaso; in the Kamo Hanaodori, eight girls dance in white robes and scarlet hakama. Both are Prefectural Intangible Folk Cultural Properties.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
2017 (shot FY2017)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（年度別空中写真（2017年度）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
The city’s gateway is Tomiura Station on the Uchibo Line. The Boso Nanohana bus leaves the Yaesu South Exit of Tokyo Station at 6:20 and reaches the Tomiura Biwa Club stop at 7:57. From Busta Shinjuku, the Shinjuku Nanohana takes 107 minutes. Counted from the timetable revised on 12 December 2025, for buses running every day.
−8.2% since 2015
42,104 → 35,831
106.47km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
7.3 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 日東交通・ジェイアールバス関東の共同運行。『房総なのはな号』時刻表（2025年12月12日改正・【全日】）の下り：東京駅八重洲南口 6:20 発 → とみうら枇杷倶楽部 7:57 着＝97分（毎日運転の最速）。『新宿なのはな号』時刻表（同改正・全日）の下り：バスタ新宿 8:50 発 → とみうら枇杷倶楽部 10:37 着＝107分（全便が同じ所要） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
25.6km
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