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Hitachi Seaside Park

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Mawatari Onuma 605-4

A national park located in Hitachinaka City in Ibaraki Prefecture. The spacious grounds, totaling some 200 hectares, are filled with huge flower gardens. The nemophila in summer and bassia in autumn are particularly attractive seasonal plants. When in bloom, the park’s 4.5 million blue nemophila seem to bleed into the sky, creating a stunning sight. The fluffy bassia in autumn turning the area scarlet. The park also has a cycling course and barbecue area, making a perfect place for the whole family to enjoy an entire day together.

Its a self service cafe. I went there to have a cup of Nemophila tea. Nemophila by name but its blue butterfly pea tea in fact. The most of cakes were sold out @2:30 on Monday and the tea was in a...
Mentai Park Oarai

4.0

95 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8255-3

Located in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture, this is a theme park focusing on mentaiko (seasoned cod roe) and run by Kanefuku Co.—a well-established mentaiko shop. The interior includes a mentaiko plant that you can observe through glass, and a wholesaler where you can buy mentaiko directly. A great place for kids and adults to spend the day with mentaiko. The food corner has popular eats like “mentaiko onigiri” and “mentaiko ice cream.”

簡単な工場見学と販売所、ちょっとした食事スペースがある感じで、30分ぐらいの滞在でした。先にここで買い物をすると明太子を持ち歩くのが大変なので後の方が良いと思います。周りには港があったり、海鮮の市場のようなところがあるのでついでに行くような感じで良いと思います。
Tsukuba Wanwan Land

3.5

80 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Numata 579

Tsukuba Wanwan Land is a large-scale interactive zoo where you can pat the animals. A landmark is Mokkun, an 11-meter high wooden statue which is a dog-shaped observatory. Dogs are the main attraction, and there are about 500 dogs from 90 breeds. You can pat your favorite dog as well as experience walking with it. In addition to dogs, there is a building which houses cats only and an area which you can pat small animals so you can experience interacting with a wide range of animals. Entry with your pet dog is available. Your dog can use a dog run, and there are events in which it can participate.

初めて伺いました。我が家はマンションで犬が飼えないので犬と戯れられるとこはないか…と探してここが見つかりました。行ってみてよかったところはいろいろな犬たちと触れ合えるところ。さまざまな種類のわんちゃんと触れ合えて、お散歩ができるというのはとてもうれしかったです。ペットショップでは出来ない体験ですね。ただ、衛生環境が心配です。暑い中わんちゃんたちはみんなバテていて、臭いもすごい...
Ibaraki Nature Museum

4.5

72 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Bandoushi Osaki 700

Ibaraki Natural Museum, opened in 1994, is a new type of natural science museum. In addition to the normal exhibitions of natural history materials there are also outdoor facilities in the area covering 15.8 hectares, including trampolines, and water parks to keep children happily amused. The mini aquarium displaying creatures from Ibaraki’s rivers and sea is also popular.

Good ride for those who enjoy history, human history, the evolution of species on the Jurassic era, in short, a good outing for the family.
Tsukuba Expo Center

4.0

103 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Aduma 2-9

At this science museum you can see, touch, and enjoy leading edge science. Along with displays that let you learn and experience the mysteries of science you can view miraculous videos and gorgeous starry skies in one of the world’s largest planetariums. With regular events including science shows and lectures you’re sure to make a new discovery every time you visit.

It is very conveniently located, a short walk from the Tsukuba Center train and bus station. Great for a cold or rainy day, or on a leisurely weekend. The original planetarium program can be enjoyed...
Iias TSUKUBA

4.0

21 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Tsukuba-shi Kenkyu-gakuen 5-19

During my recent business travel to Japan I was staying in Tsukuba and had a chance to visit the Iias Mall several times. The mall is huge and has so many choices for places to eat at great value. I...
Aqua World-Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium

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Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8252-3

This aquarium is located along the coast of Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture, and is among the largest in the country. Sea mammals and oceanic/freshwater fish from around the world and Oarai Sea are kept here. Exhibits are divided into nine zones, like “The Encounter Sea” and “Seas of the World.” You can watch a variety of living creatures, like popular penguins and sunfish, or see the impressive shark tank. The dolphin and sea lion shows are particularly lively and popular.
Art Tower Mito

4.0

103 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Gokenchou 1-6-8

The Art Tower Mito is a joint art facility located about 10 minutes by car from Mito Station. It has an art museum with mainly modern art exhibits, a concert hall complete with pipe organ, and a stage for musicals and traditional arts like rakugo. Uniquely composed of equilateral triangular panels, the Symbol Tower features a lookout deck with a view of Mito City and vicinity. You can get a tour of the interior (includes the tower) even as an individual.

We were pleased to see the tower, and the whole art centre complex, but it was very quiet with not a lot going on. The tower was closed, as was the contemporary art gallery. The foyer with the...
Ibaraki Prefectural Doho Park

4.0

78 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Ninomiya 2-20

Ibaraki Prefectural Doho Park located in Tsukuba City is a prefectural urban park. Seasonal trees spread out around the Doho Pond. In addition to an athletics field and a gymnasium, which is available for a fee, it is equipped with a year-round heated pool and tennis courts with night lighting. There is also an athletic facility which is free of charge and families can also enjoy it together. It holds sports classes such as tennis and swimming, events such as ground golf competitions, and orienteering.

The park has a quite lake. Good hiking path around the lake. A café shop is on the shore of the lake. With a large window of the lake view. It is quite and peaceful. A lecture room is on the top...
National Museum of Nature and Science (Tsukuba Botanical Garden)

4.5

57 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Amakubo 4-1-1

Located in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, this botanical garden is a part of the National Museum of Nature and Science, fully utilizing its position amid the rich nature at the southern base of Mt. Tsukuba, 7,000 species of plants—tropical and temperate—from Japan and around the world are cultivated here. General visitors can see roughly 3,000 of them. The garden is divided into nine sections, like evergreens, shrubs, aquatic plants, etc., and features three greenhouses recreating environments like the savannah and the tropical rainforest. You can see many rare foreign plants here.

It is a gem of a place. Located near to Tsukuba University,bit is quiet and serene. If you plan to eat/picnic here, you need to bring your own food.
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art

4.5

52 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 978-4

"An art museum located a three-minute walk from the ""Nichido Bijutsukan Iriguchi"" bus stop on the Kasama Loop bus in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The museum's large collection of artwork by domestic and international artists includes Renoir's ""Girl at the Fountain"" and ""Venus Victorious,"" Ryusei Kishida's ""Maruyama-kun,"" and Hiroshi Okutani's ""Fusei."" In addition to the museum's standing exhibition of French artists and a special exhibition hall, the museum has more unique facilities, such as an outdoor sculpture garden, and a palette exhibition which presents palettes used by various painters."

Kasama Nichido Museum of Art is a quiet museum surrounded by nature. There are many buildings on the grounds of the museum, and you can enjoy it without getting bored. You can see the works of...
Comorebi Ibaraido Forest

3.5

30 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Inashikishi Kamikimiyama 2060-1

Located in natural environs in Inashiki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, this interactive theme park is popular with families. This park is filled with outdoor activities for children including a field athletic course suspended through the trees, and a small animal petting zoo. Families can try their hand at cooking and craft making, from any of the extensive workshops. On site is a restaurant, a hall, and barbecue facilities where homemade sausage, and the park’s original pizza can be enjoyed.

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Ibaraki Prefectural Archives and Museum

4.0

58 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Midorichou 2-1-15

"A facility which serves as both an archive and museum located a two-minute walk from the ""Rekishikan Kairakuen Iriguchi"" bus stop on the bus leaving from Mito Station on the JR Joban Line. The facility presents the results of research into materials and artefacts connected to the history of Ibaraki. The facility's spacious grounds also enclose an Edo period farmhouse and Meiji period Western-style school house which were dismantled and moved here. The facility's standing exhibit focuses on the history of Ibaraki. Easy to understand videos, graphic panels, and other exhibits present the prehistoric, ancient, near-modern, and modern history periods of the prefecture. The facility also holds lectures and activities for elementary and junior high school aged children."

If you are interested in Japan history, this place is not a bad place. Though Japan is not very big islands, it has long and complex history. Every place has every history. I had not known history in...
Hitachi City Kamine Zoo

4.0

31 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Miyatachou 5-2-22

This zoo is located inside the Hitachi Kamine Park overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Popular for its elephants, giraffes, capybara beavers, and lesser pandas, this zoo nurtures around 500 creatures of 70 varieties. The Petting Square, where one can touch the smaller animals and the python and observe the animals up-close is one of the main attractions. The Elephant Cafe is also popular where one can watch the elephants while enjoying a snack.

It’s an old zoo with tiny concrete cages. The money habitat is okay, but the rest is rather sad. I would skip it.
Kijo Park

3.0

66 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Chuou 1-13

The grounds of this public park enclose the inner citadel of Tsuchiura Castle, the symbol of Tsuchiura City, as well as a portion of the castle's outer citadel. The park also features a natural grass lawn and beech trees designated Prefectural Natural Monuments, and the park serves as a space for relaxation and refreshment to the residents of the city.

土浦で時間があったので土浦城址に行ってみました。市立博物館に車を停めて、本丸跡と二の丸跡を整備した公園を一周しました。建物としては東西の櫓と霞門が残っているだけで広い公園として利用されています。子供を遊ばせる広場やひょうたん池の周りの日本庭園を散歩するのもよいでしょう。西櫓の中には展示物もあります。ブラタモリでも紹介されていました。
Kogakubo Park

4.0

45 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Kogashi Kounosu 399-1

"A large park with spacious grounds spanning 25 hectares. The park encloses several historic structures, including the Nakayama Residence, a large farmhouse built in the mid-Edo period; and the Tobita Residence, the oldest ""magariya""-style building in the prefecture. The park is also a renowned destination for flower viewing, and some 1,500 flowering peach trees spanning five varieties grow on the grounds, in addition to a lotus pond in which grow Oga lotuses, an ancient lotus variety. The Koga Peach Festival is held at the park each year when the trees are in bloom, attracting many visitors who come to enjoy the beauty of the flowers."

3月は桃と桜が満開で見頃です。土日はとても混みますが平日はゆっくり見れますよ！ Good season is March! Becose fulled bloom on March. This place best recommend!
Kashimanada Seaside Park

4.0

28 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Hokotashi Otake 390

Facing to Kashima Bay, in Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, this seaside park is split in to two sections, the seaside area with its beautiful scenery of a pine forest running along the beach front and the plateau area with a selection of shops. Inside the park you’ll find a large field and children’s playground equipment as well as seaside picnic areas and a boardwalk perfect for strolling making this a popular place for families and couples.

They have a small market, clean washrooms and playgrounds for the kids. You can see the water but hard to get to it directly. At the entrance go left instead of right into the park. It will take...
Mito City Forest Park

4.0

34 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Abotsukechou 588-1

A park enclosing pine forest, mixed tree groves, and ponds. The numerous life-sized models of dinosaurs are popular with children. There's also large playground equipment and a petting zoo where children can play with goats and rabbits.

Forest Park is a very natural place located in the town of Abokke in Mito city. First of all, there are many playgrounds for children there. It is also a place where you can come in contact with...
Tsukuba Expo ’85 Memorial Park

4.0

38 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Miyukigaoka 6

A park erected on the site of the Expo '85 international exposition. The 10-meter tall Kagaku no Mon gate commemorates the expo; modeled after the symbol tower of the Japanese government's exposition hall, it was built to one fourth scale of the original. The silver balls suspended inside the gate depict the faces of four famous scientists, depending on the angle of the viewer. The park is also a renowned destination for cherry blossoms, and in spring some 300 Yoshino cherries come into bloom on the grounds.

A quiet hi-tech industrial zone with a nice garden for few hours leisure! It is nice place to visit once to see how the Expo in 1985 was organized. There is an interesting map that shows which...
Geological Museum

4.5

51 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Higashi 1-1-1

A museum located 10 minutes from the Sakura-tsuchiura interchange on the Joban Expressway. The only comprehensive museum in the country dedicated to the earth sciences, here visitors can view exhibits on minerals and fossils for free. Visitors can have fun while learning about the history of the earth through exhibits like a replica of the fossilized skeleton of a Desmostylus, a mammal which lived along the North Pacific coast during the Neogene period; and three-dimensional geological models such as cross-sectional views of Mt. Fuji and the Mt. Hakone volcano complex.

Free to park and entry Friendly staff Geology dream plenty to look and lots of interactive display . Some awesome Crystals Lift to all floors Lack some information in English but overall an...

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Just a stone's throw from Tokyo, Ibaraki is a coastal prefecture that has mastered juxtapositions, where old shrines meet new scientific discoveries and traditional gardens are frequented by the inventors of some of the newest technology. Head to Mito City's Kairakuen - one of Japan's Three Great Gardens - in spring to experience the cellestial blooming of fantastic cherry blossoms at the annual sakura festival.