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Our guide
Makuhari, in Chiba City's Hanamigawa and Mihama wards, has a seaside district built on land reclaimed from the sea in about ten years. The writer Steven Poole called it “Japan's own vision of the future now” — a “shrine to techno-optimism” that “looks just like a city out of a video game”.
Kaihin-Makuhari Station on the Keiyō Line is about 650 m from the point this page is mapped to. Yatsu-higata is about 4.3 km away in a straight line. We have not checked what is on at the time of your visit.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Makuharicity2 — Xser21 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Makuharikita — Ibaraki101c · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Makuhari station(cropped) — ヒタチギ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Konyo akiba shrine — Yamato-i · Public domain · source · resized
- Kaihin-Makuhari Sta. 20131201-1 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kaihin-Makuhari-Chiba-Japan 034 — RuinDig/Yuki Uchida · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- JR Makuharihongo sta 001 Rev — 東京特許許可局 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Beach of Makuhari, with Apa-hotel — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Makuhari Messe, North hall 2 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- View of Makuhari Messe from Messe-Ohashi Bridge — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Makuhari (幕張) is a community in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is within Hanamigawa-ku and Mihama-ku. The seaside area of Makuhari was reclaimed from the sea. The district was constructed in a span of 10 years. Steven Poole, author of Trigger Happy, described it as "Japan's own vision of the future now". Poole added that is a "shrine to techno-optimism" that "looks just like a city out of a video game".
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What to expect at this type of place: Landmark
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kaihimmakuhari (Keiyō Line), about 650 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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