Chiba Prefecture JAPAN
The WORLD GUIDE says:
"Nippon, Japan’s native name, literally means ‘origin of the sun’ or commonly ‘land of the rising sun’. And just half an hour from Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture in the east of Honshu – the largest of four main islands in this 4000-strong archipelago – is about as east coast as it gets: the mountainous interior can often disrupt the wind, and groundswell is reliant on the tail end of winter storms or the occasional summer typhoon. But adopt some Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ – relishing the simple beauty of transient imperfection, epitomised by the celebrated falling of cherry blossom in spring – and ..."
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