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39-475: Narita is located in the northern center of Chiba prefecture, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the prefectural capital at Chiba and 50 to 60 kilometres (31 to 37 mi) from the center of Tokyo. Narita International Airport is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) further from the city center of Narita (the location of the city hall). Located on the Shimosa Plateau , the old town (centered on Narita-san ) and

78-512: A kokushi governor of the province, and used the area around present-day Chiba City as a power base to rule over Shimōsa Province, Kazusa Province , as well as establish himself as a military force in the Kantō region . Tsuneshige's son, Chiba Tsunetane ( 千葉常胤 ) (1118–1201) was instrumental in aiding Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) with the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate . Tsuneshige built

117-494: A government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people per km . The city has an area of 271.77 square kilometres (104.93 sq mi). Chiba City is one of the Kantō region 's primary seaports, and is home to Chiba Port , which handles one of the highest volumes of cargo in Japan. Much of the city is residential, although there are many factories and warehouses along

156-617: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Narita is 14.8 °C (58.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,498.4 mm (58.99 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C (78.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C (39.0 °F). Per Japanese census data,

195-546: A spacious residence and numerous temples in present-day Chiba City, and in the same period he transferred his power base from Ōji Castle to a mansion in present-day Chiba City. The area of present-day Chiba City became jōkamachi ( 城下町 ) , or castle town , and prospered under the Chiba clan. The clan's power extended in the region until the Muromachi period . The Chiba clan's power and influence declined because of wars around

234-446: Is a planned residential area to the west of Narita Station . It has 16,000 homes with a total population of 60,000. The area was designed in 1968 based on the new towns surrounding London in the UK, and now houses most of the city's population. Many residents of the area are airport or airline workers: the area houses corporate housing and dormitories for Japan Airlines , All Nippon Airways ,

273-525: Is a passenger railway station in the city of Narita, Chiba , operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Narita Station is served by the Narita Line , and is located 13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi) from the terminus of line at Sakura Station and 68.5 kilometers (42.6 mi) from Tokyo Station . Narita Station has a single side platform and two island platforms , connected to

312-629: Is located in the Taiei industrial estate. Although Narita's economy was historically focused on agriculture, the opening of Narita International Airport refocused the local economy on transportation, logistics and tourism. Most of the airport property is located within Narita City, but many airport hotels and airport-related logistics facilities are in the neighboring towns of Shibayama and Tomisato. Prologis , FedEx Express , Sagawa Express and several other large logistics firms have major shipping centers in

351-433: Is located on the east side of Narita in a historically agricultural area called Sanrizuka ( 三里塚 ) . The construction and later expansion of the airport led to intense civil unrest among Sanrizuka residents (see Narita International Airport's history ). Although land expropriation and poorer farming conditions due to the airport's construction have caused Narita's farming population to drop two-thirds from pre-airport levels,

390-648: Is no commercial airport within city limits. Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) are the closest major airports. The Chiba Urban Monorail runs through Chiba City. The major intercity railway stations are Chiba Station , ( Sobu Line , Sotobō Line , Uchibo Line , Sōbu Main Line , Narita Line , transfer for Chiba Urban Monorail ), Keisei Chiba Station ( Keisei Chiba Line ), and Soga Station , ( Keiyō Line , Sotobō Line , Uchibo Line ) all in Chūō-ku. Chiba has 20 public high schools operated by

429-642: The Chiba Prefectural Board of Education and two public high schools operated by the Chiba City Board of Education, including Inage Senior High School . There are also nine private high schools, including the Makuhari Junior and Senior High School . Chiba has 114 public and one private elementary school and 59 public and one private middle school. Chiba City is twinned with: Narita Station Narita Station ( 成田駅 , Narita-eki )

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468-803: The Heian period , the area was a center for the revolt of Taira Masakado . During the Edo period , the area continued to prosper as part of the tenryō within Shimōsa Province under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate . After the Meiji Restoration , the area was organized as a town under Inba District on April 1, 1889. Portions of the town were destroyed by Allied air raids in February and May, 1945. On March 31, 1954, Narita gained city status through merger with

507-555: The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau and Japan Customs . There are also several Urban Renaissance Agency and other government-subsidized housing projects in the area. Kōzunomori is a suburban area of Narita located south of the New Town, about 4 minutes by train from Keisei Narita Station. It has a population of about 12,000. Kōzunomori Station is flanked by a large Your Elm department store. Narita International Airport

546-661: The Kantō region during the Nanboku-chō and Muromachi periods . In the 16th century, the Hara clan , which were vassals of Chiba clan, took control of the region from the Chiba clan and built Inohana Castle . In the Sengoku period , the Hara clan was forcibly removed by Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利義明, not to be confused with 足利義昭 ). Then, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was also removed by the Sakai (酒井 not to be confused with

585-485: The Meiji Restoration in 1868, Chiba Prefecture was established in 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture. The border between Kisarazu and Inba was the location of Chiba Town and was thus chosen as the location of the prefectural government. With the opening of the Sobu Main Line , Chiba developed rapidly, becoming the political, economic, and cultural capital of Chiba Prefecture. The town of Chiba

624-790: The Sakai clan in Mikawa ) clan, which was one of the servants of the Satomi (里見) clan. Finally both the Chiba and Sakai clans were annihilated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi . In the Edo period , the Oyumi ( 生実氏 ) , Morikawa ( 森川氏 ) clan, and the Sakura ( 佐倉氏 ) clans governed the area now occupied by the city. A part of the area was also governed directly by the Tokugawa Bakufu . The Oyumi clan governed their territory stably. On

663-621: The Chiba Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Chiba 10th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Central Narita is roughly defined as the area between Narita Station , Keisei Narita Station and the Narita-san Temple. The main road in central Narita is Omotesandō ( 表参道 ) , which is lined with about 150 small shops and has been extensively renovated in recent years. Narita New Town

702-522: The Pacific War, and the aerial bombing of Chiba in 1945. The city was almost completely destroyed by the end of the war. Post-war industrialization led to the city becoming a major part of the Keiyō Industrial Zone . Chiba became a Designated City of Japan on April 1, 1992. Per Japanese census data, Chiba's population has expanded significantly over the past 70 years. As of February 2016,

741-496: The area immediately surrounding the airport remains lightly populated by farmers. There are two main industrial zones in Narita: Nogedaira ( 野毛平 ) and Toyosumi ( 豊住 ) . Both zones were laid out in the 1960s to take advantage of Narita Airport and the ability to quickly import and export goods by air. An aircraft part repair plant operated by JAL ( Japan Airlines ) and Pratt & Whitney , called Japan Turbine Technologies ,

780-528: The area of the prefecture until the Azuchi–Momoyama period . The name "Chiba" was chosen for Chiba Prefecture at the time of its creation in 1873 by the Assembly of Prefectural Governors ( 地方官会議 , Chihō Kankai Kaigi ) , an early Meiji-period body of prefectural governors that met to decide the structure of local and regional administration in Japan. The first records related to the city of Chiba record

819-487: The city had an estimated population of 972,861 and a population density of 3,580 persons per km . The total area of the city is 271.76 km (104.93 sq mi). There were 19,135 registered foreign residents in the city as of March 31, 2007, constituting about 2% of the total population. It is the 13th most populous city in Japan as of 2022. Chiba was governed by Keiichi Tsuruoka , an independent (elected with support of LDP and Kōmeitō ), until May 1, 2009. He

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858-600: The city. Nippon Cargo Airlines and Vanilla Air are headquartered on airport property within the city. Spring Airlines Japan is headquartered in the Kozunomori area of the city. JALways was headquartered in the JAL Operations Center at the airport before merging into JAL in 2010. Narita has 24 public and one private elementary schools, one public combined elementary/junior high school, and nine public and one private junior high school. The public schools are under

897-451: The city. The Narita City Loop Bus, operated by both companies, operates on two circular routes around the city, stopping in major commercial areas and at all major hotels. Narita is twinned with: Chiba (city) Chiba ( 千葉市 , Chiba-shi , pronounced [tɕiꜜba] ) is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture , Japan. It sits about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay . The city became

936-478: The coast. There are several major urban centres in the city, including Makuhari , a prime waterfront business district in which Makuhari Messe is located, and Central Chiba, in which the prefectural government office and the city hall are located. Chiba is famous for the Chiba Urban Monorail , the longest suspended monorail in the world. Some popular destinations in the city include: Kasori Shell Midden,

975-1034: The control of the Narita City Board of Education. The city has four public high schools operated by the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education . Private schools: The City of Narita operates the Narita Public Library. In addition each community center includes a library branch. JR East Narita Express trains and Keisei Skyliner trains connect Narita Airport to central Tokyo. [REDACTED] JR East – Narita Line [REDACTED] JR East – Narita Line (Abiko branch line) [REDACTED] JR East – Narita Line (Airport branch line) [REDACTED] Keisei Electric Railway : Keisei Main Line [REDACTED] Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Higashi-Narita Line [REDACTED] Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Narita Airport Line The Higashi-Kantō Expressway connects Narita to Tokyo and Chiba City. Chiba Kotsu and Narita Kuko Kotsu provide bus service through

1014-462: The emigration of Taira Tsuneshige (1083?–1088), a powerful bushi warlord of the late Heian period, to Shimōsa Province , which historically occupied the north of Chiba Prefecture. Tsuneshige was appointed as gunji administrator of Sōma District , but was transferred to the same position in Chiba District two years later. Here he proclaimed himself Chiba Tsuneshige ( 千葉常重 ) , became

1053-523: The largest shell mound in the world at 134,000 m (160,000 sq yd), Inage Beach, the first artificial beach in Japan which forms part of the longest artificial beach in Japan, and the Chiba Zoological Park , popular on account of the standing red panda Futa . The name of Chiba in the Japanese language is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 千 , means " thousand " and

1092-401: The neighboring villages of Habu, Nakago, Kuzumi, Toyosumi, Toyama, and Kozu. Growth in the area began in earnest in 1966, when Prime Minister Eisaku Satō laid out the plan for Narita International Airport . The development of the airport and accompanying access to central Tokyo led to widespread residential, commercial and industrial development in the city. However, construction of the airport

1131-481: The new town are in the southwestern part of the city, and Narita International Airport is in the hills in the southeast. Agricultural areas take water from the Tone River , which runs through the border between Imba-numa in the western part of the city and Ibaraki prefecture on the north. Most of the city is between 10 and 40 metres (33 and 131 ft) above sea level. Chiba Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Narita has

1170-496: The other hand, according to the Sakura clan, from the beginning of the Edo period , changed governors frequently, including Takeda Nobuyoshi , Matsudaira Tadateru , Ogasawara Yoshitsugu ( 小笠原吉次 ) , and Doi Toshikatsu . Finally the Hotta clan stabilized the governance of their territory. Chiba prospered in this period as a shukuba ( 宿場 ) post-town of the Tokugawa shogunate . After

1209-591: The population of Narita has recently plateaued after several decades of growth. The area Narita has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period. Archaeologists have found stone tools dating to some 30,000 years ago on the site of Narita Airport. Numerous shell middens from the Jōmon period , and hundreds of burial tumuli from the Kofun period have been found in numerous locations around Narita. Place names in

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1248-495: The second, 葉 means "leaves". The name first appears as an ancient kuni no miyatsuko , or regional command office, as Chiha no Kuni no Miyatsuko ( 千葉国造 ) . The name was adopted by a branch of the Taira clan , which moved to the area in present-day Chiba City in the late Heian period . The branch of the Taira adopted the name and became the Chiba clan , which held strong influence over

1287-469: The station building though footbridges to a common concourse. Track 4 is not served by a platform, and is used by non-stop Narita Express and Ayame limited express services. The station used to have a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Narita Station opened on 19 January 1897 as a terminal station on the Narita Railway Company for both freight and passenger operations. The line

1326-555: The vicinity of Narita appear in the Nara period Man'yōshū (although the name “Narita” does not appear in written records until 1408). As Narita is located roughly equidistant from the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay , around a number of small rivers, it was a natural political and commercial center for the region, and gained importance as a pilgrimage destination with the foundation of the noted Buddhist temple of Shinsho-ji in 940 AD. During

1365-643: The year, but is somewhat lower in winter. One of the many points of interest is the Experimental Station for Landscape Plants . Chiba plays host to the annual International Chiba Ekiden and the Chiba International Cross Country takes place just outside the city. Chiba Velodrome is located within the city. It also hosts the Bridgestone Open golf tournament. Chiba is home to several professional sports teams, most notably: There

1404-630: Was arrested in April 2009 during a corruption investigation by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. He was succeeded by Toshihito Kumagai of the DPJ , who won election in June 2009. The city assembly has 54 elected members. Chiba has six wards ( ku ): Chiba has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with hot summers and cool to mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout

1443-479: Was established within Chiba District with the creation of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Chiba City formed on January 1, 1921. Numerous small villages and towns were merged into the previous town of Chiba ( 千葉町 ) , a process that continued until 1944. Large-scale land reclamation added to the area of the city throughout the 20th century. The city was a major center of military production leading up to

1482-648: Was extended to Ajiki in 1902. The Chiba Prefectural Tako Line began operations on 1 July 1911, connecting Narita with Tako, Chiba . The Narita Railway was nationalised on 1 September 1920, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), and on 1 April 1927, the Chiba Prefectural Tako Line was renamed the Narita Railway Company Tako Line. This line stopped operations on 11 January 1944 due to wartime conditions, and

1521-436: Was widely opposed, and violent demonstrations occurred through the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, which delayed the opening of the airport until May 20, 1978. On March 27, 2006, the towns of Shimofusa and Taiei (both from Katori District ) were merged into Narita. Narita has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 30 members. Narita contributes two members to

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