Category Chiba

Sawara Boat Ride: Edo Canal Town Near Narita (Chiba)

A traditional flat-bottomed sappa-bune boat carrying passengers along the willow-lined Ono River canal in the Edo-era merchant district of Sawara, Katori, Chiba

Sawara in Katori, Chiba is an Edo-era canal town near Narita: a 30-minute sappa-bune boat ride (¥1,300), preserved merchant storehouses, and the home of Ino Tadataka, who drew Japan's first accurate map. Fares, access and how to fit it into a Narita layover.