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Chiba
Japan
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Chiba, city, capital of Chiba ken (prefecture), in east-central Honshu, Japan. It lies on the Bōsō Peninsula on the east coast of Tokyo Bay, about 20 miles (30 km) southeast of central Tokyo, and is a major component of the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. Chiba was a castle town controlled by the Chiba family in the 12th–15th century, and during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867) it served as a post-station town for several major roads. The town grew after the construction of a railway connecting it with Tokyo in the second half of the 19th century. Much of the city was ...(100 of 164 words)