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 t ...

, Japan. It is within Hanamigawa-ku 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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in Google Books). Starts: "Usually to the south, to Makuhari, Japan's own vision of the future now. Makuhari is a coastal district reclaimed .. Poole added that is a "shrine to techno-optimism" that "looks just like a city out of a video game".

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 *

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 const ...

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 * Makuharihongō Station *

* Keisei Makuhari Station * Keisei Makuharihongō Station

Places

Hanamigawa Ward

* Makuharicho * Makuharihongo

Mihama Ward

* Makuhari-nishi * Hamada * Toyosuna * Wakaba * Nakase * Hibino * Utase * Mihama

Education

* Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences *

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, ...

* 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, a private international school

References

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

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