12227 ／ うらやすし
Chiba PrefectureThree six-mat homes, one building.
Urayasu Three-Unit Row House01 ／ Shipwright tools
Urayasu boats were built from cedar with tight growth rings, using only the red heartwood at the center. In a sea where fresh and salt water mix, the outer sapwood rots. The 632 shipbuilding tools are a prefectural tangible folk cultural property.
02 ／ Horie Nekozane
In 1856 Hiroshige painted the villages of Horie and Nekozane, on either side of a river, for his Famous Places of Edo (Tokyo National Museum). The name Nekozane is said to come from pines planted on a bank in the Kamakura period, in the hope that waves would not top their roots.
03 ／ Merchant house
The former Udagawa residence in Horie 3-chome was built in 1869. It has a shop section on the street and a living section behind, and served as a rice shop, oil shop, general store and draper's. The city designated it a tangible cultural property in 1982.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot June–November 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
On the JR Keiyo Line, the fastest daily rapid takes 16 minutes from Tokyo Station to Shin-Urayasu Station (October 2026 timetable; 17 minutes in the daytime). Urayasu Station in the old town is on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and City Hall is about 6 minutes from it by Keisei Bus. In 1889 the three villages of Horie, Nekozane and Todaijima merged to form Urayasu Village.
+4.5% since 2015
123,654 → 171,362
17.25km² of it habitable
2024
2.1 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.5 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）『京葉線 下り（東京→蘇我・海浜幕張ほか）』の平日（https://timetables.jreast.co.jp/2610/timetable-v/624d1.html）と土曜・休日（624d2.html）。東京の発時刻と新浦安の着（発）時刻の差を列車ごとに数えた。2026-10-22 取得（2610版＝2026年10月ダイヤ） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.2km
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