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Kisarazu City

The city of Kisarazu provides excellent access to Tokyo (roughly 1 hour) and Haneda Airport (roughly 30 minutes) via the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, and also boasts plentiful nature with the ocean and mountains all around.
The city’s conference center, Kazusa Arc, features Kazusa Akademia Hall, Okura Akademia Park Hotel and a wealth of other facilities that can fulfill the various demands of international conferences, academic conferences, corporate events and more.
Participants can enjoy hot springs facilities, golf courses, outlet shopping and tours of other tourist attractions before and after conferences.

ACCESS

Narita International Airport→Kisarazu City：Bus (about 60 min.)
Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)→Kisarazu City：Bus (about 30 min.)

SUPPORT MEASURES

1. Financial Assistance for Conventions
Several types of financial assistance are available for MICE.
1. Chiba prefectural subsidy program for international conferences
Japan’s largest subsidy program for international conferences (Maximum: 20 million yen; the prefecture offers up to 10 million yen, and the total can reach up to 20 million yen with subsidies from municipalities)
● Requirements
Events must attract participants from at least 5 countries and last at least 3 days, and must not have a finalized venue, must not be sponsored by national or municipal governments, and must not have political, religious or profit-seeking objectives
2. Chiba municipal subsidy program for international conferences and large-scale conventions
3. Narita municipal subsidy program for conventions
4. Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center grant program for convention hosting
5. Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center reserve fund loan program for convention hosting
6. Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center support program for incentive tours, etc.
* Please contact CCB-IC for details.
2. Other Support Services
● Introductory information about each city (Languages: English, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean and others)
● Providing images and videos (DVDs) (Languages: English, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean and others)
● Arranging invitation letters for international headquarters, video letters from the governor of Chiba Prefecture
● Providing image data for facilities and tourist attractions in Chiba Prefecture
● Introducing PCOs, travel agencies
● Suggesting traditional performing arts (Japanese taiko drums, Noh theater, koto performances) and attractions
● Arranging volunteers

Pre-/Post-Convention Programs

Knife ceremony at Takabe-jinja Shrine in Minamiboso

Nanso Satomi Hakkenden: Puppet show

Chiba Lotte Marines: M ☆ Splash!!

Knife ceremony at Takabe-jinja Shrine in Minamiboso
Located in Chikura-cho, Minamiboso City, Takabe-jinja Shrine is the only shrine in Japan devoted to deities of cooking.
Knife ceremony is a time-honored, solemn, culinary ritual in which people in traditional garb wield knives and cooking chopsticks to prepare carp, red sea bream, butterfish and others—all without touching the ingredients with their hands. At the ceremony, visitors can enjoy refined knife skills and conduct consistent with the ways of old.
Nanso Satomi Hakkenden: Puppet show
A puppet show version of the romantic story of Boso Satomi set in Awa Province during the Warring States Period (15th/16th century).
Viewers can enjoy an impressive world portrayed by memorable puppets.
Chiba Lotte Marines: M ☆ Splash!!
Together with Chiba Lotte Marines mascots Mar-kun, Rine-chan, Zu-chan and COOL, the members of the team’s cheer performers M ☆ Splash!! storm your conference venue to deliver an excellent, exciting performance.

CONTACT

Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center (CCB-IC)

: 〒261-7114, Japan 14F WBG Marive East, 2-6 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba See the map
: +81-43-297-2751
: +81-43-297-2753
: http://www.ccb.or.jp/mice/e/