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Understand
[edit]Tourist office
[edit]- 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.
Tourist information sites
[edit]- Funabashi Style is the city's official multilingual guide site.
- The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]From Tokyo station, Funabashi can be reached by the JR Sobu Line. From Tokyo Narita Airport, take Keisei Line.
Get around
[edit]See
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Map of Funabashi
- 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.
Do
[edit]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).
Buy
[edit]- 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.
Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]- HUB, 4-4-50 Honcho, ☏ +81 47-460-8682. 17:00-01:00.
Sleep
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Funabashi |
| Tokyo ← Kinshicho ← Ichikawa ← | W  S
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→ Tsudanuma → Chiba → Narita Airport |
| Akihabara ← Ryogoku ← Kinshicho ← | W  S
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→ Tsudanuma → Makuharihongo → Chiba |
| Shim-Matsudo ← Higashi-Matsudo ← | N  S
|
→ END |
| Tokyo ← Kasai Rinkaikoen ← Maihama ← | W  E
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→ Kaihin-makuhari → Soga |
| Kashiwa ← Shin-Kamagaya ← | N  S
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→ END |
| Keisei Ueno ← Aoto ← Keisei Yawata ← | W  E
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→ Tsudanuma → Sakura → Narita |
| Nihonbashi ← Monzen-nakacho ← Gyotoku ← | W  E
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→ END |
Kinshicho ← into  ← Shinozaki ← Ichikawa ←
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W  W
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→ Makuhari → into  → Kisarazu
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