Makuhari

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Makuhari (幕張) is a community in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is within Hanamigawa-ku and Mihama-ku.^{[citation needed]}

It was reclaimed from the sea. The district was constructed in a span of 10 years. Steven Poole, author of Trigger Happy, described it as "Japan's own vision of the future now".^[1] Poole added that is a "shrine to techno-optimism" that "looks just like a city out of a video game".^[1]

Attractions

Makuhari Messe

Transport

Education

Makuhari Junior and Senior High School, a private school operated by Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen, opened in 1983 as the Makuhari Senior High School.^[2]
Makuhari International School, a private international school

References

Poole, Steven Trigger Happy. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., December 13, 2013. ISBN 162872224X, 9781628722246.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Poole, page not stated (PT141 in Google Books). Starts: "Usually to the south, to Makuhari, Japan's own vision of the future now. Makuhari is a coastal district reclaimed[...]"
↑ "School History." (Archive) Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.

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