VOLUME 12
CHIBA
Naritasan Temple, Mount Nokogiri & Kujukuri Beach
The Boso peninsula hangs from the Kanto plain like a thumb pressed into the Pacific. Tokyo Bay forms its western edge, the open ocean its eastern, and a quiet agricultural interior fills the space between. The book traces that shape. Start at the bay side, where the Aqua-Line lifts off the water on concrete piers and the chimneys of Kisarazu and Ichihara stack the horizon. Mount Nokogiri rises behind in a sawtooth ridge of quarried stone, the great Nihon-ji Daibutsu seated below it and the Hyakushaku Kannon carved into the cliff face above. Walk inland and the prefecture softens. Rice terraces step down toward Otaki. Peanut fields dry in low pyramids near Yachimata. The Mother Farm's sheep graze the slopes above Kimitsu, and the Yoro gorge cuts a slow path through the hills. Sawara holds its black kura warehouses along the Ono river, and Katori Jingu stands in its grove of cedars. The eastern coast belongs to the Pacific. Kujukuri runs ninety-nine kilometres of surf, fishermen drawing jibiki nets onto the sand. Cosmos line the Isumi railway in autumn. Past Katsuura's morning market the coast turns to basalt. Choshi sits at the far cape, where the Inubo lighthouse marks the first place on Honshu the new year's sun reaches. Forty pages. One peninsula. From the bay's iron edge to the lighthouse at the cape.
“From the bay's iron edge to the lighthouse at the cape.”
- 40 original Chiba Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Chiba
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its culture, and its coastal prefectures
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Chiba coloring book is Volume 12 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Chiba. It draws on Naritasan Temple, Mount Nokogiri, and Kujukuri Beach, alongside the everyday scenes Chiba considers its own.
You will find Naritasan Temple, Mount Nokogiri, and Kujukuri Beach, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Chiba its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 12 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Chiba sits in the Kanto region of Japan.
