Intangible Folk Cultural Properties Requiring Documentation of Chiba

A pre-dawn rite at Nakajima in Kisarazu, Chiba, where young men plant bonten poles in the winter sea while practitioners pray on the shore. Selected in 1992.

Each autumn on Chiba's Boso Peninsula, shrines are carried into the sea to pray for harvest and a good catch, a coastal custom alive at Ichinomiya and Ohara.

Chiba’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.

The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.

Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.