Narashino

Travel Guide
Narashino featuring signage
Explore a charming seaside city and its renowned rose garden, which lies next to a protected wetlands area visited by numerous migratory birds.

Narashino is a Tokyo Bay city with a fascinating waterfront area. A regional commercial center, Narashino features exciting shopping, dining and entertainment a short distance from the bigger metropolises of Tokyo and Chiba. The city’s waterfront industrial area is built on a large tidal flat, making it an interesting place to spot migratory birds and other wetland creatures.

Explore Narashino’s city center to visit department stores and shopping malls, such as Aeon Tsudanuma. Enjoy a recital or performance at the Narashino Bunka Hall, which primarily hosts classical music concerts.

Amid Narashino’s commercial and industrial areas are scenic parks and wetlands overlooks. Check out Yatsu Bara-en, a magnificent rose garden with thousands of flowers blooming from May through October. Stroll around this European-style garden and under beautiful trellised pergolas. In spring, a mass of blossoms unfurls throughout the garden, creating a beautiful kaleidoscope of color.

The rose garden extends to meet the tidal flats in the bay and a protected area called Yatsu-higata. Learn about the importance of wetlands ecosystems in this designated “Ramsar Site” tidal flat at the on-site information center. Informative signs, binoculars and helpful staff will help you to identify the different bird species, some of which have stopped at Narashino on their way to eastern Australia’s coastal wetlands. Look for black-winged stilts, ducks, gulls and myna birds. In spring and summer, small crabs and jellyfish appear with tide changes in the wetlands.

See the fascinating waters of Tokyo Bay from a different perspective by getting your scuba license at Narashino’s dive school, Coconut. From here, join a dive tour of Chiba prefecture’s coastal areas and meet some of the area’s captivating aquatic creatures, such as the Asian sheepshead wrasse.

Reach Narashino by rail from Tokyo Station within 50 minutes. Chiba Station is a 20-minute train ride away. The best times to visit Narashino are spring and fall, when the weather is mild and roses are in bloom.

Where to stay in Narashino

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Tsudanuma

While Tsudanuma isn't home to many top sights, Former Osawa House and Funabashi Racecourse are some notable places to visit nearby.

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APA Hotel & Resort Ryogoku Eki Tower
3 out of 5
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4 out of 5
1-19-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo-to
The price is NT$5,217 per night from Apr 24 to Apr 25
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8.8/10 Excellent! (1,279 reviews)
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Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku
Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku
3 out of 5
2-3-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Tokyo-to
The price is NT$5,947 per night from Apr 25 to Apr 26
NT$5,947
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Apr 25 - Apr 26
Stay at this 3-star spa hotel in Tokyo. Enjoy free WiFi, 2 restaurants, and a full-service spa. Our guests praise the breakfast and the helpful staff in our ...
9/10 Wonderful! (1,117 reviews)
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Rhodes Kagurazaka Hotel
Rhodes Kagurazaka Hotel
3 out of 5
1-17 Saikumachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo
Stay at this 3-star apartment in Tokyo. Enjoy free WiFi, laundry facilities, and a hair dryer. Popular attractions Tokyo Dome and Tokyo Tower are located nearby. ...
6.8/10 (51 reviews)
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4 out of 5
4-1-5 Nihonbashi Honmachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo
Stay at this 4-star aparthotel in Tokyo. Enjoy free WiFi, onsite parking, and a 24-hour front desk. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in ...
9.2/10 Wonderful! (192 reviews)
"Excellent week-long stay at this property-- the front desk reception staff was very helpful. The access to multiple train/metro stations was ideal for our family."

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MONday Apart Premium Ueno
MONday Apart Premium Ueno
4 out of 5
1-7-6 Kitaueno, Tokyo, Tokyo
Stay at this 4-star aparthotel in Tokyo. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast, and onsite parking. Popular attractions Ueno Park and Sensō-ji Temple are located nearby. ...
8.8/10 Excellent! (103 reviews)
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