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Bōsō Peninsula

3 quiet, car-free day trips in Bōsō Peninsula — no rental car needed.

The Nihon-ji Daibutsu, a large stone Buddha carved into the cliff face of Mount Nokogiri, with plum blossoms below. — © Dandy1022 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Kururi, Chiba: A Quiet Castle Town of Free-Flowing Wells, Local Sake, and a One-Carriage Railway

Half Day Chiba Bōsō Peninsula Train Only

Kururi may be the least-touristed castle town within reach of Tokyo.

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Nokogiriyama (Mount Nokogiri): Ropeway, the Giant Stone Buddha, and a Quiet Escape Across Tokyo Bay

Half Day Chiba Bōsō Peninsula Train Only Ropeway

Nokogiriyama — "Saw Mountain" — rises straight from the Tokyo Bay coast in southern Chiba, its ridge cut into jagged teeth by centuries of stone quarrying.

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Yoro Valley (Yoro Keikoku): Waterfalls, a Slow Country Railway, and Kanto's Last Autumn Colors

Full Day Chiba Bōsō Peninsula Train Only

Yoro Valley — Yōrō Keikoku in Japanese — hides in the middle of Chiba's Boso Peninsula, at the end of a one-track country railway where trains come once an…

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