City in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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- 1 Funabashi Tourist Association, Funabashi City hall 1-19-7 Minatocho, ☏ +81 47-436-2473, fax: +81 47-436-2466. M-F 09:00-17:00.
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- Funabashi Style is the city's official multilingual guide site.
- The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.
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From Tokyo station, Funabashi can be reached by the JR Sobu Line. From Tokyo Narita Airport, take Keisei Line.
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- 1 Funabashi Sanbanse seaside park (ふなばし三番瀬海浜公園), 40 Shiomicho (from Funabashi Station Take a bus), ☏ +81 47-435-0828.
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Incredibly, the city has two racecourses: Nakayama allows betting on weekends and Funabashi on weekdays.
- 1 Nakayama Horse Race Course (中山競馬場), 1-1-1 Kosakucho (JR Musashino Line take Funabashi-Hoten Station.), ☏ +81 7-334-2222. One of the four major JRA racecources. Famous for Arima Kinen, the highest betting horserace in the world and steeplechase races. Adults ¥200 (meeting day only).
- 2 Funabashi Racecourse (船橋競馬場), 1-2-1 Wakamatsu, Funabashi. NAR racecourse run by Chiba Prefecture. Meet on weekdays. \100 (meeting day only).
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- 1 LaLaport Tokyo-Bay (ららぽーとTOKYO-BAY), 2-1-1 Hamacho (near Minami-Funabashi station; route buses bound for Keisei Funabashi Station, JR Minami-Funabashi Station and JR Tsudanuma Station are available), ☏ +81 47-433-9800. It features 2 department stores, and 440 shops.
- 2 Tōbu department store Funabashi (東武百貨店船橋店), 7-1-1 Honcho, ☏ +81 47-425-2211. 10:00-19:30.
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- HUB, 4-4-50 Honcho, ☏ +81 47-460-8682. 17:00-01:00.
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Routes through Funabashi |
Tokyo ← Kinshicho ← Ichikawa ← | W S | → Tsudanuma → Chiba → Narita Airport |
Akihabara ← Ryogoku ← Kinshicho ← | W S | → Tsudanuma → Makuharihongo → Chiba |
Shim-Matsudo ← Higashi-Matsudo ← | N S | → END |
Tokyo ← Kasai Rinkaikoen ← Maihama ← | W E | → Kaihin-makuhari → Soga |
Kashiwa ← Shin-Kamagaya ← | N S | → END |
Keisei Ueno ← Aoto ← Keisei Yawata ← | W E | → Tsudanuma → Sakura → Narita |
Nihonbashi ← Monzen-nakacho ← Gyotoku ← | W E | → END |
Kinshicho ← into ← Shinozaki ← Ichikawa ← | W W | → Makuhari → into → Kisarazu |