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Chōshi (銚子) is a city in Chiba Prefecture. Its fishery port is one of the largest in Japan in terms of amount of fish caught. Choshi City Tourism Association has an office in JR Choshi station and maintains a Japanese only guide site.

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35.729167140.82751 Chōshi Station is the terminus of the JR Sōbu Main Line from Tōkyō and Chiba via Narutō, and also is the terminus of some trains on the JR Narita Line from Chiba via Narita and Katori. Limited express Shiosai (しおさい) trains from Tōkyō on the Sōbu Main Line cost ¥3,510 for an unreserved seat or ¥3,820 for a reserved seat, and take about 1 hr 40 min for the whole trip. The last Shiosai leaving Chōshi at 18:40 does not stop at Tōkyō Station, but terminates in Shinjuku at 20:42. Missing this will require taking several local trains, most likely transferring at Chiba. The entire trip by local train costs ¥2,210, but takes about 2½ hours. All services mentioned above are fully covered by the Japan Rail Pass and the JR East Pass. There is Intercity Express bus leaving from Tokyo Station Yaesu Bus Terminal. One-way costs ¥2,210 and takes 2 hours and 20 mins. From the Tokyo area, you can take Keiyou Highway or Bayshore route to Miyanogi junction....

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Choshi is the starting point of the great Pacific Cycling Road spanning six prefectures to Wakayama.

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an aerial view of a beach with waves crashing on the shore

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A picture of a sign that says shirokshi city

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Chaos chalk art

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Shinbashi street sign with japanese characters.

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a black and white photo of a subway station

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an aerial view of a beach with waves crashing on the shore

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A picture of a sign that says shirokshi city

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Chaos chalk art

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Shinbashi street sign with japanese characters.

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a black and white photo of a subway station

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an aerial view of a beach with waves crashing on the shore

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A picture of a sign that says shirokshi city

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Chaos chalk art