is a community in

Chiba City is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It sits about east of the centre of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. The city became a government-designated city in 1992. In June 2019, its population was 979,768, with a population density of 3,605 people p ...

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. It is within

Hanamigawa-ku is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward has an estimated population of 179,770 and a population density of 5,250 persons per km². The total area is 34.24 km². Geography Hanam ...

and Mihama-ku. The seaside area of Makuhari was reclaimed from the sea. The district was constructed in a span of 10 years. Steven Poole, author of ''Trigger Happy'', described it as "Japan's own vision of the future now".Poole, page not stated
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Attractions

Makuhari Messe is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...

Chiba Marine Stadium (official name: ) is a stadium in Chiba City, Chiba, Japan. It opened in 1990 and holds approximately 30,000 people. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Chiba Lotte Marines. It is also used for Rugby union. The stadium ...

Tokyo Disney Resort The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company under a licence from The Walt Disney Company, who constru ...

is a 20-minute train ride from

Kaihimmakuhari Station is a passenger railway station located in Mihama-ku, Chiba city, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kaihimmakuhari Station is served by the Keiyō Line and is the turnaround point for many loca ...

; the area's six hotels are a popular lodging spot for visitors to the resort.

Transport

Makuhari Station is a passenger railway station located in Makuharicho, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Makuhari Station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line (local service) and is located 7.6 kilometers ...

Makuharihongō Station is a railway station in Makuharihongo, Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. The Keisei section of the station is offici ...

Keisei Makuhari Station is a railway station operated by the Keisei Electric Railway located in Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba Japan. It is 4.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Chiba Line at Keisei-Tsudanuma Station. History Keisei Makuhari Station was opened on 17 ...

* Keisei Makuharihongō Station

Places

Hanamigawa Ward

Makuharicho is a district of Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 6-chōme. Transportation Railroads * JR East – Chūō-Sōbu Line ** * Keisei Electric Railway – Keisei Chiba Line ** See also * Makuhari ...

Makuharihongo is a district of Hanamigawa Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 7-chōme. History The was adopted in a part of Makuharicho on 1 March 1982 and on 1 January 1985, which was respectively renamed Makuharihongo 4 ...

Mihama Ward

Makuhari-nishi is a district of Mihama Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme to 6-chōme. The district entirely consists of reclaimed land from Tokyo Bay. In 1-chōme to 4-chōme the newer ''Jūkyo-hyōji'' (住居表示) style ...

* Hamada * Toyosuna * Wakaba * Nakase * Hibino * Utase * Mihama

Education

Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences is a public university in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2009 by integrating Chiba College of Health Science was a Public junior college in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan, established in 1981. It was merged into Ch ...

Kanda University of International Studies or KUIS is a private university located in Makuhari, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan. The university was founded in 1987 as an extension of Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages in Tokyo. KUIS is a research university specializing in learner autonomy. ...

The Open University of Japan is a distance learning university which has students from all over Japan; it accepted its first students in 1985. History Although founded by the national government initiative with a single-issue law and heavily subsidized by the government, i ...

* Tohto University *

Makuhari Junior and Senior High School is a Japanese private secondary school in the Makuhari area,School History
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Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. * Makuhari Sohgoh High School * Showa Gakuin Shuei Junior and Senior High School *

Makuhari International School is a private international school located in Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, accepting children from age 3 to 12 in grades K-6. The school caters primarily to Japanese returnee, dual nationality and foreign children moving t ...

, a private international school

References

* Poole, Steven ''Trigger Happy''. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., December 13, 2013. , 9781628722246.

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