The Chiba Prefectural Government has appointed foreign students and residents living in the prefecture as "CHI-BA+KUN Ambassadors" since 2011 to offer the charms of Chiba to the rest of the world in association with the prefecture's mascot character CHI-BA+KUN. CHI-BA+KUN Ambassadors have used personal blogs, Facebook and other media to spread information in their native languages on Chiba's charms in such areas as tourism, cuisine and daily life.

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In 2016, 20 CHI-BA+KUN Ambassadors took part in four tours that took them around Chiba Prefecture. Awards were given in honor of activities reported by the ambassadors. Yu Chi Hsuan of Taiwan received the highest award for writing her articles. Rendy of Indonesia and Le Thi Truc Quynh of Vietnam also received the excellence award each for writing their articles. Please visit the following sites to explore the charms of Chiba, as seen by CHI-BA+KUN Ambassadors.

Yu Chi Hsuan of Taiwan (Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/pg/PhoebeinChiba/photos/?tab=album&album_id=723226554500001

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CHI-BA+KUN Ambassadors (Chiba Prefecture's official website)

- English-language version (for Malaysia)

http://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/kokusai/english/information/residents/ambassadors.html

- Thai-language version (for Thailand)

http://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/kokusai/thai/chibakunambassadorsthai.html

Ambassadors' blogs and other accounts (by country and area)

(1) Common blog for ambassadors: http://chiba-ambassadors.blogspot.jp/

(2) Thailand

Thailand 01 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/biew.nattakan

(3) Taiwan

Taiwan 02 (blog): http://flyinjp.pixnet.net/blog

Taiwan 01 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1651545920

Taiwan 03 (Facebook): http://facebook.com/PhoebeinChiba/

(4) China

China 02 (Weibo): http://www.weibo.com/u/2787394182

China 05 (Weibo): http://www.weibo.com/823506799

China 03 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/niki.cheng.50

China 05 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/ding.shan.52

China 06 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/lu.fu.7545

China 01 (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tesan1992Tesan

(5) Indonesia

Indonesia 01 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/tamma.aditya

Indonesia 02 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/rendy.bahri.1

Indonesia 01 (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/tamma_aditya

Indonesia 01 (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tamma_aditya

(6) Vietnam

Vietnam 01 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/to.phuong.7

Vietnam 02 (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/TranHaVi

Vietnam 02 (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/quynhlee16/

(7) South Korea

South Korea 01 (blog): http://blog.naver.com/eyy0415

(8) Philippines

Philippines 01 (blog): https://universalchiba.wordpress.com/

Philippines 01 (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/moses_masato/

(9) United States

United States 01 (blog): http://livingintheboso.blogspot.jp/