Funabashi, Chiba

Infobox City Japan
Name = Funabashi
JapaneseName=船橋市
Prefecture=Chiba Prefecture
Region=Kantō
Area_km2=85.64
Population=582,411
PopDate=2007
Density_km2=6628.46
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 35
LatitudeMinutes= 42
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 139
LongtitudeMinutes= 59
LongtitudeSeconds=
Postal code=273 or 274
Area code=047-4
Mayor = Koshichi Fujishiro
Tree =
Flower =Camellia sasanqua
Bird =
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CityHallPostalCode =273-8501
CityHallAddress= Funabashi-shi,
2-10-25 Minatocho
CityHallPhone=047-436-2111
CityHallLink = [http://www.city.funabashi.chiba.jp/ Funabashi City]
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nihongo|Funabashi|船橋市|Funabashi-shi is a city located in Chiba, Japan. It was founded April 1, 1937. As of 2007, it has a population of 582,411 people, 7th most populous city in Greater Tokyo.

Funabashi is the sister city of Hayward, California, Odense in Denmark and Xi'an in China

Transportation

*Route 14, to Tokyo or Chiba
*Route 296, to Yokaichiba via Sakura
*Route 357, to Tokyo or Chiba
*Tokyo Subway Tozai line, to Tokyo at Nishi funabashi Station.
*Keiyo Road, to Tokyo or Chiba (toll)
*Sobu Main Line (rail), to Tokyo or Choshi
*JR East Musashino Line (rail), to Fuchu
*Keiyo Line (rail), to Tokyo or Chiba
*Keisei Electric Railway Main Line (rail), to Tokyo or Narita
*Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Shin-Keisei Line (rail), to Matsudo
*Hokusō Railway Hokusō Line (rail), to Inba
*Tobu Railway Noda Line (rail), to Saitama
*Tōyō Rapid Railway Tōyō Rapid Line (rail), to Yachiyo

Notable structures

*Funabashi Auto Racing
*Funabashi Racecourse
*Nakayama Racecourse
*LaLaPort shopping mall, the largest in Japan
*SSAWS indoor ski slope (closed and demolished in 2003)
*Japan's first large-format IKEA store, built on the site of SSAWS

Notable places　

*Funabashi Shrine
*Ninomiya Jinja
*Narashinohara
*Kūtei-kan
*Meiji Tennō Chūhitsu no Tokoro no Hi
*Gyōda Musen
*Cultural Assets

External links

* [http://www.city.funabashi.chiba.jp/koho/eng/index.htm Funabashi official website]