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Gourmet / Alcohol

Seafood and Rice Bowl Restaurant Kaisen Domburi-Tei

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8253-56

"A market and seafood restaurant located a 10-minute drive from the Mito-Oarai interchange. The facility's market area sells fresh fish from Oarai and the Kashima Sea as well as processed foods like homemade dried fish and shiokara fermented seafood paste. The restaurant portion of the facility serves an abundant array of dishes made possible thanks to the incredibly fresh seafood available from the nearby fishing port. The ""Ganbappe Oarai Teishoku"" set meal comes with deep fried local fish, fresh broiled clams, and other dishes made with an abundance of seasonal ingredients. Also including shirasu oroshi whitebait and grated daikon radish, rice, and assorted sides, this hearty set meal is sure to satisfy."

待ち時間は非常に長いです。早くから空いているので、朝食にも利用できます。前回は７時半ごろに並んで食べたのが１１時。ランチになってしまいました。今回は初めからランチ狙い。１１時に到着。ラッキーなことに２組待ちだったので、すぐ座れました。相方が食したマグロのカマ塩焼き定食は相変わらずの迫力。大量の刺身も付いているので大満腹。私はマグロステーキ定食。隣の席のマグロのテールの焼き物も気になったので、次回...
Hoshiimo Specialty store Daimaruya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Shakamachi 18-38

A hoshiimo dried sweet potato specialty shop located not far from Nakaminato Station. This long-standing shop was established in 1897 and has been making safe, healthy, additive-free hoshiimo for 120 years. The shop offers over 30 varieties of hoshiimo crafted with an emphasis on the tenderness and sweetness of the flesh. The shop also sells rakkyo pickled Japanese leek, baked sweet potatoes, and gelato-all additive free. The gelato, made to maximize the innate flavors of the ingredients used, is also created without eggs. The shop offers six varieties of sweet potato gelato; other flavors, like pineapple and matcha powdered green tea are also recommended.
Kaachan-no-Mise

4.0

88 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 8253-20

Located near “Oarai Fishing Port” in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture, this restaurant is directly operated by the fishermen’s union. It’s a popular spot for trying fresh local fish, even attracting visitors from outside the prefecture. The cooks are usually the wives and daughters of the local fishermen. There are dishes like sashimi and set meals featuring fresh fish like sea bream, flounder, and octopus. The “Nama-shirasu-don” with clear raw sardines is the most popular.

Excellent fresh fish dishes with reasonable price. Menu is written in Japanese but with photo, it should be easier for foreigners to choose. Long waiting line always. We went there at 11:30am but...
Yamasa Suisan Ichiba-zushi Restaurant

4.0

71 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Minatohonchou 21-3

A conveyor belt sushi restaurant located close to Nakaminato Fishing Port, one of the largest fishing points in the northern Kanto area. Owned and operated by Yamasa Suisan, the largest fish retailer in the Nakaminato Fish Market, the restaurant's popularity stems from both its large variety of large, fresh sushi and its excellent value. The restaurant's stunning sushi is twice the size of sushi served elsewhere. The restaurant's seasonal seafood comes from the nearby Nakaminato Fishing Port, ensuring it's impeccably fresh. Almost always bustling with customers, inside customers will find a sign indicating the day's recommendations. The restaurant also offers an all-you-can-eat with an advance reservation for a party of 10 or more people.

Next by fish market nakaminato. This sushi restaurant has good quality not only the cheap. Finally mast careful for not expected credit card on here.
Otsu Gyokyo Chokuei Ichiba Shokudo

3.5

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Sekinamichou Nida 789-3

"A Japanese seafood restaurant located a five-minute drive from JR Otsuko Station. The restaurant serves a variety of fresh dishes made with seasonal seafood just caught in the sea off northern Ibaraki. The ""Nama Shirasu-don"" rice bowl is particularly renowned-a seasonal item, it is made only with whitebait caught that day so fresh it was not even brought to market. "

たこのから揚げを注文し、ひとつ口に入れてみたところ中が凍っていたため店員さんを呼び交換してもいましたが、出てきたものの中に先ほど口に入れ歯形のついたものが混じっていました。客が口にしたものを再調理し提供するような店です。
SEE BiRDS CAFE

4.0

84 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Asahichou 1-3-20

The bright, open atmosphere of the Sea Birds Café, with its glass wall, has the feel of a resort and is popular for its unusual open scenery and design as if the café is floating on water. The café has an extensive menu and is available for parties and wedding parties. During the day there is a space for children to play so is a great place for lunch for families. It is directly connected to JR Hitachi Station.

This little cafe at JR Hitachi Station has great panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, with a seaside highway running right in front of it. The day I went, the weather was not very good and the sky...
Saza Coffee Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Kyoueichou 8-18

Saza Coffee is a coffee shop which operates a coffee farm in Colombia and is working hard to make the delicious flavor of coffee the best by cultivating coffee beans. Such a cup of Saza coffee is top quality without doubt, but the sweets and food are also popular. The shortcake which consists of special strawberries sandwiched between Castella made from Okukuji eggs (100% natural feed) and the hot dog which is a specialty pig-farmer’s product sandwiched in homemade bread are so delicious that you will be addicted.
Ajidokoro Omori

4.5

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Higashibarakigunoaraimachi Isohamachou 3152-1

"A Japanese restaurant located in Oarai Town, Higashiibaraki County, Ibaraki Prefecture. The restaurant offers a diverse selection of dishes made with local fish, focusing in particular on pilchard served sashimi, tataki (seared), and tempura-style. The restaurant's ""Tokusen Kaisen-don"" rice bowl is particularly popular and covered with so much seafood, you can't even see the rice underneath. Another of the restaurant's pluses is that customers can enjoy seasonal Oarai flavors like rock oysters in the summer and goosefish nabe hotpot in the fall. The restaurant's ""Ryoshi no Dobujiru"" seafood miso soup, made without any water added, is limited to just one customer a day. The establishment's monthly special set meals are limited to 10 customers a day. The restaurant also offers omakase chef's choice courses perfect for important and special occasions."

Excellent raw fish dishes. They are specialized in Sardine with 6 or more different cooking style. We enjoyed Whitebait or icefish just arrived from the fishing boat. Big Oysters you can eat raw...
Hitachi Minami Drive-in

4.0

5 Reviews

Transportation

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Owadachou 2173

This roadside rest area can be reached by taking the Hitachi-minami Ota Interchange on the Joban Expressway, heading towards Hitachi, taking a right at the Owada intersection on National Route 6, and traveling a further 500 meters. Owned and operated by local marine products company Tobikan Suisan, the facility carries an abundance of fresh seafood literally just brought in at Kuji Fishing Port and other fishing ports in Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility's restaurant serves vaunted, fresh seafood; a deep fried, breaded shrimp combo meal made with huge shrimp; and, from December to February, goosefish hotpot. A variety of events are also held here, such as a monthly tuna butchering show.

平日の昼前でしたので空いていました。食券式のセルフサービスです。満腹セット大盛（海鮮丼＋ヒレカツ丼＋うどん）を食べました。どんぶりのサイズは大きくないものの、特に海鮮丼の酢飯はギッチリ盛られており、かなりの量に感じました。味は普通でしたが、このボリュームで１０００円はかなりお得だと思います。要予約ですが、完食すると無料になるチャレンジメニューもありました。
La Cote d’Azurl Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Higashiarai 19-26

"A cake shop located at the Takezono 1-Chome Nishi intersection south of Tsukuba Station, the last stop on the Tsukuba Express. The shop is notable for its abundant variety of sweets. The shop carries cakes and other baked sweets, crepes, puddings, souffles, gelato, and Japanese sweets like daifuku (rice cakes stuffed with bean jam). One of the shop's staples is its ""Hanjuku Cheese,"" small cakes made with French cream cheese and fresh milk from cows raised at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba. There are also many natural parks in the area such as Takezono Park, making the shop a great place to stop by for a snack while enjoying a nature walk. In addition, the shop has free parking and is perfect for making a quick stop while exploring the local sightseeing destinations."
Mito Sansui

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Mito-shi Izumicho 2-2-40
Mizuho no Muraichiba Sobaya Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Yagihashi 496

At the Mizuho no Muraichiba Sobaya Restaurant visitors can taste Japanese soba buckwheat noodles made exclusively from Hitachiaki soba flour, painstakingly produced by local farmers. The noodles come in an additive-free soup, accompanied by fresh wasabi horse radish and spring onion condiments. The gathering of Misoka Soba performs hand making soba on the last Saturday night of each month right in front of you and the restaurant is crowded with many fans and soba lovers.
Shichino Tsuchiura Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Tenomachi 60-3

The main location of a dorayaki Japanese-style pancake sandwich shop which has been in business for over 60 years. The shop is situated on National Route 354 along the way to the Kasumigaura Bridge in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The shop's standard dorayaki consists of sweet adzuki beans from specially contracted farms mashed into a paste and enwrapped in two moist pancakes whose recipe is changed daily as appropriate to local humidity and temperature. Other dorayaki varieties include the highly popular chestnut dorayaki made with candied Japanese chestnuts, and the unusual and spicy curry dorayaki. The shop also sells a Kijo-no-matsu dorayaki made by image of pine trees in the Tsuchiura Castle and Hasu-dora dorayaki made with candied lotus seeds only offered here in Tsuchiura.
Ibaraki Public Hotel Unomisaki

4.5

83 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Juouchouishi 640

This government operated hotel is located in Ishi, Juocho, Hitachi City. Its scenic hot spring baths, which offer sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, use sodium sulfate hot spring water from Unomisaki Onsen said to help with recovery from fatigue as well as conditions such as nerve pain, muscle soreness, frozen shoulder, chronic digestive diseases, and sensitivity to cold. At the restaurant, visitors can enjoy views of the ocean along with their meal. It offers a variety of lunch options such as their tairyodon (raw seafood on rice) set meals and their Hitachigyu beef sukiyaki set meal. Visitors attending events held at the lodge can use the baths even if they are not staying overnight.

Tucked away at a remote site of Hitachi-Kita, but worthwhile to visit for its great view of the Pacific Ocean and indoor onsen on the 7th Floor. The only minus is there was no outdoor onsen...
Saint Amour Confectionery Store

4.0

30 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Moriya-shi Kubogaoka 2-17-1

This patisserie is located in 2-chome, Kubogaoka, Moriya City. It sells a variety of western-style confectionery, such as tenshi no tamago, which is a popular Madeleine, baked with fresh eggs and fermented butter, as well as various baked and soft-baked confectionery, over 30 types of petite gateau and whole cakes. Customers can enjoy freshly baked pies and Baumkuchen, and there is also a cafe space with free drinks.

このお店の近所の住宅街にお住まい方から頂いた焼菓子が美味しかったので、行ってみました。20台程度の駐車場がありますが、次々と車が入れ替わる人気のケーキ屋でした。残念ながら、喫茶部門は休業中だったので、焼菓子だけでなく、列に並んでケーキを買って帰りました。ケーキの種類は多く、味は焼菓子同様に期待通りの味で遠方から行った甲斐がありました。
Boulangerie encuit

4.5

6 Reviews

Shopping

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Inarimae 33-1

A popular bread bakery located south from the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center on Prefectural Route 244 heading towards the Joban Expressway. In addition to standard Japanese shokupan bread and sweet buns, the bakery's diverse selection of over 60 bread varieties includes French bread, bagels, rusks, and tarts. The bakery's skilled owner, Hiroki Ogawa, worked at famous Tokyo hotels such as the Tokyo Prince Hotel and has won awards in numerous bakery competitions. Ogawa also likes a challenge, as is revealed by his choice to set up shop in Tsukuba City, a hotly contested market home to many delicious bakeries.

味、コスパは、つくばでダントツ１位だと思います。特に食パンは、私の中では、乃が美より上です！ただ残念なことが１つ。本日行ったら、フランスパン？の上にハエがとまっていました。大したことはないですが、衛生面だけはしっかり管理してもらいたいです。
montblanc

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Kashimashi Hirai 1051-1

A Western confectionary shop easily identifiable by its white, Western-style building and cute triangular roof. The shop is situated along Prefectural Route 255 not far from Hirai Beach. The shop's signature item is obvious from the shop's name-Mont Blanc. The shop's roll cakes, choux cremes, and other baked sweets are also very popular. In addition, because of its location in the city home to the Kashima Antlers J1 League team, the shop sells a soccer ball-shaped cake perfect for giving as a present or for taking a picture to upload to an SNS. The shop has a restaurant which serves pastas, curry, and stewed Western-style dishes for lunch at reasonable prices.
Sova Tea Koshiji

4.5

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Inagichou 1395-4

"A soba noodle restaurant located on the west side of Yamabuki Sports Park notable for the elegant atmosphere of its building, which incorporates classy hinoki cypress wood. The restaurant is also situated in a scenic area; the ""Yamaderabansho"" one of the traditional Eight Views of Mito scenic sights, is located on the mountain behind the restaurant; and the Seizanso, said to have once been the home of Tokugawa Mitsukuni of ""Mito Komon"" fame, is located nearby. The restaurant makes its vaunted noodles with flour stone milled on the premises using primarily Hitachi Aki buckwheat. The ""Gentei Seiro"" noodles are particularly popular. Made by hand using manually harvested, sun dried heirloom Hitachi Aki buckwheat from Kanasago, only 20 servings are made a day. The restaurant's cafe space is particularly popular with women; here you can enjoy a cup of Japanese tea and a sweet like soba zenzai sweet azuki bean soup with buckwheat."

秋晴れの土曜日に、久しぶりに訪れました。常陸秋蕎麦の新蕎麦を味わうために、今回は限定せいろ(つなぎ1割、毎日限定20食、1,200円)だけを頂きました。始めは水だけで食べる「水そば」で、新蕎麦の微かな甘味・香りを楽しみます。また3枚の小さな短冊が付いていて、塩だけで食べることもできます。因みに大盛りには出来ません。何回かこの限定せいろを味わっていますが、上質な蕎麦もさることながら、蕎麦つ...
Factory of Confections and Dreams

3.5

15 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Migawachou 2139-5

"An all-weather amusement facility adjoining the head office of Kamejirushi, a long-standing confection company. Here visitors can tour the company's factory and see how popular Mito-born confections like ""Mito no Ume"" and ""Yoshiwara Denchu"" are made. Confections fresh from the factory are also delivered to the facility and made available for sale to the public. In addition, various events are held here throughout the year such as live demonstrations of kintsuba flour dough sweet bean cakes being made by a seasoned pro. Lastly, the facility has free parking able to accommodate 250 vehicles and can be used as a rest area for visitors exploring the area by car."

宿泊の際に、夜のスイーツとして購入しました。ホテル内にある出店です。既に売り切れ商品が２-３種類ありましたが、いちご大福をお部屋でおいしく頂きました。
Gallery & Cafe Ichinokura

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 12-2

"A cafe and gallery operating out of a renovated shop and storehouse built in the early Meiji period. Situated between the Yuki-tsumugi Kyodokan and the Yuki Kurabikan art museum, the establishment's old-fashioned exterior blends in well with the surrounding townscape. There's chair seating on the first floor and Meiji period-style tatami mat seating on the second floor. The cafe offers coffee and sweets like homemade cheesecake, as well as Yuki's famous ""yude manju"" boiled manju buns. Authentic Yuki-tsumugi pongee and art pieces are positioned around the customer seating areas, and patrons can take in their beauty and craft."

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Ibaraki Areas

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.