Naritasan’s approach and Tokyo Bay: walking Chiba’s temple town and seaside

About Chiba

Chiba sits on the Pacific side of Kanto with Chiba City as its capital, facing both Tokyo Bay and the open Pacific.

Main walking areas in Chiba

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Chiba (around Chiba Port Tower)
• Urayasu (around Tokyo Disney Resort)
• Narita (Naritasan Shinshoji, the temple approach)
• Tateyama (Tateyama Bay, Cape Sunosaki)

Chiba trivia

Naritasan Shinshoji’s approach is a temple town dating back to the Edo period, lined with restaurants famed for grilled eel.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Chiba

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=chiba for the Chiba list.