Proper noun
ちば
かれは千葉県人です。
He’s from Chiba.
わたしの母は、千葉県さんの落花生が大すきです。
My mom loves peanuts made in Chiba.
ここから千葉までだと、片道1時間30分から2時間はぐらいかかりますね。
It usually takes an hour and a half to two hours for a one way trip from here to Chiba.
There is only one place in Japan that has a thousand leaves and that's Chiba. Picture all of those leaves swirling around you on your vacation to Chiba. Beautiful.
This is a place name and it uses the kun'yomi. You haven't learned kun'yomi for 千 yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you remember it:
While you're admiring all of the leaves in Chiba, you realize you're craving something. What goes well with watching leaves? Why, cheese (ち) of course. Delicious Chiba cheese.