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Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Coastal entertainment island near Tokyo combining a major aquarium with an amusement park and waterfront shopping.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Tateyama
Chiba, Japan · Asia
About Tateyama
Tateyama sits on the route: 15 minutes from Minamibōsō, 44km from Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise.
Tateyama is in Chiba, Japan, with about 50,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Minamibōsō, about 8 km away.
Tateyama Castle (館山城, Tateyama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan.Read more
The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城).
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What is there to see near Tateyama?
Within an hour or so of Tateyama: Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise (44 km), Pacific Drive-In Enoshima (48 km), Great Buddha of Kamakura (48 km), Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Tateyama?
The nearest famous roads are Yabitsu Pass and Hakone Turnpike.
Where is Tateyama?
Tateyama is in Chiba, Japan, about 8 km from Minamibōsō.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 50,064
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Chiba
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 34.9833, 139.8667
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Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
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Worth the detour from Tateyama
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Pacific Drive-In Enoshima
A beachfront cafe on the Shonan coast road near Enoshima popular with Japanese car and motorcycle enthusiasts cruising the Pacific Coast route from Tokyo.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Great Buddha of Kamakura
A monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha standing over 13 meters tall, one of Japan's most iconic images.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
A 14 km highway crossing Tokyo Bay via the world's fourth-longest undersea road tunnel, surfacing at the Umihotaru rest-island. Drive under the bay, then sip coffee mid-ocean with skyline views.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Daikoku Parking Area
Legendary Yokohama expressway rest stop beneath the Bayshore Route ramps, the world's most famous JDM car-meet spot. On weekend nights it fills with supercars, drift builds and kaido racers.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Tateyama
- 53 kmTokyo Bay Aqua-LineA 14 km highway crossing Tokyo Bay via the world's fourth-longest undersea road tunnel, surfacing at the Umihotaru rest-island. Drive under the bay, then sip coffee mid-ocean with skyline views.
- 77 kmYabitsu PassA tight, tree-walled climb over the Tanzawa mountains west of Tokyo, long a favourite of motorcyclists and cyclists for its relentless switchbacks. The narrow western descent to Lake Miyagase is single-track in places.
- 78 kmMount Taikan ViewpointThe summit lay-by on the Hakone Turnpike, looking across Lake Ashi to Mount Fuji from 1,011 m. A long-standing gathering point for drivers on one of Japan's best-known toll driving roads.
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