Katori

Katori (香取市) is a city in Chiba, Japan.

Understand
In 2006 the city of Sawara (佐原) and the towns of Omigawa (小見川), Yamada (山田) and Kurimoto (栗源) merged to form the city of Katori.

Tourist information site
The city has an official multilingual guide site.

Get in

 * Plane - Narita Airport is quite near.
 * Train - Sawara station is on the Narita Line line, about 30 or 40 minutes from Narita City, heading away from Tokyo. Omigawa station is a little farther away.  Roughly 1 train an hour travels between Narita and Sawara station.
 * Bus - Numerous buses travel to all of the former towns that make up Katori. There are direct buses between Tokyo (departing from near Tokyo station) and Sawara and Omigawa.  The Sawara to Tokyo Bus stop is behind Sawara station (take the walkway over the tracks, it's at the edge of the parking lot).  Travel time to Tokyo is about 2½ hours and costs ¥3000 or ¥4000. There are also several buses a day between Sawara station and Katori Jingu.
 * Car - Routes 51 and 356 pass through Katori and the highway has an interchange point in the city.

Get around
Katori is not set up like a normal city that starts at a single spot and spreads out. It is several population spots that merged their local governments, so all of the parts are spread out. The only easy way to travel between all the parts is to drive. You can get around each part easily by bike. A bike rental shop is a two-minute walk from the train station.

Drink
There are 2 sake factories near the historial road area with free tours and free samples.

Sleep
There are 2 business hotels in Sawara.

Connect




Go next

 * Tonosho
 * Choshi
 * Narita
 * Tako
 * Itako
 * Kashima
 * Kamisu
 * Inashiki
 * Asahi