bohemian slapfight

I’ve decided to make semi-regular, but by no means consistent, geography posts about followers locations or visitors to this hyar tumblr. Let’s get to know each other a wee bit, shall we? First of course, was Belgium. Now let’s take a fun look at Ichikawa, Chiba in Japan. Ichikawa is a city located in the Chiba prefecture of Japan. The city was founded on November 3, 1934.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 462,249 Chiba is is a prefecture of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City. Novels set in Chiba include: Neuromancer by William Gibson (set in Chiba city), Ningen Shikkaku by Osamu Dazai (Funabashi), and Nogiku no Haka by Sachio Itō (Matsudo). We mustn’t forget to mention the local baseball team, who are the Chiba Lotte Marines. Fun Fact: Chiba is famous for peanuts.Most of Japan’s peanuts are harvested in this prefecture and are also processed into peanut oil. Learn More about Chiba, here and here (which includes a lesson on Japanese manners, thank you very much) the image above is of Ichikawa via Flickr