Look! You can see the
Chiba City emblem at
the top of the arch. I
didn’t know it had
over a hundred years
of history!

I wonder why it’s
shaped like that?

'Tis based on one of our
family crestes ─ the
tuskihoshi-mon (moon and
star crest) ─ combined with
the letter for "chi"(千), the
first letter of “Chiba”(千葉).
The sweeping strokes of the
“chi” (千) also form the star,
and the curved lines on
either side represent a
crescent moon.