Chiba

Tokyo Bay prefecture

Chiba is a prefecture in Japan, located east of Tokyo on the Boso Peninsula.

It contains Narita International Airport, Japan's main gateway for international flights.

The name also refers to the prefecture's capital city.

In William Gibson's cyberpunk novel *Neuromancer*, Chiba City appears as a lawless zone for black-market technology and illicit surgery.

prefecture

Tokyo

Japan's capital city

  • NaritaTokyo's main international airport
  • HonshuJapan's primary island
  • SakuraJapanese given name

Kanto · Disneyland

cyberpunk

Neuromancer

Cyberpunk AI antagonist

  • GibsonInstrument brand or cocktail
  • sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
  • MollyFeminine name, often nickname

cyberspace · dystopia · neon · megacity · hacker · implants · black-market · underworld

Opposites
capital vs non-capital status

ChibaTokyo

Japan's capital city

Kyoto · Nara · capital city · capital cities · Washington D.C.

eastern kanto vs western japan

ChibaOsaka

Japanese port metropolis

Kobe · Hiroshima · Fukuoka · Nagasaki · Yamaguchi

geographic position in greater tokyo

ChibaKanagawa

Japanese coastal prefecture

Yokohama · Kawasaki

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G