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Mito / Kasama

Category

Shopping

Ceramic Art Kilala-kan

4.5

16 Reviews

Shopping

Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 2258-1

A ceramics shop carrying close to 10 thousand pieces by some 500 potters. Located close to the south entrance of Kasama Geijutsunomori Park, the shop can be identified by its large, floor to ceiling windows which occupy most of the front facade of the building. Pieces by ceramics artists are on display right by the entrance and the content of this display is changed every other week. Weekly exhibitions are also held in the shop's gallery space. The shop displays pieces not only by veteran potters but young up and comers as well. In the cafe corner, you can choose your favorite cup from among the many designed by shop artists and take a relaxing coffee break.

明るく綺麗な建物内で様々な展示がありじっくり吟味したい方にはとても良いと思います。少しだけ通路に余裕があると良いかなと思いました。次は夏のネコ展に来れたらなと思いました。
Mito OPA

3.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Mito-shi Miyamachi 1-7-33 Mito South Tower 1F-12F

A large, 12 story shopping mall adjoining the south entrance of JR Mito Station. The 15 LED screens which make up the Mito OPA-vision playing advertisements and providing shop information give the mall a visually striking exterior. The mall is also connected to the Excel Minato building via a pedestrian walkway, and a passageway also connects it to the north entrance of the station, giving visitors easy access to shopping. Many of the shops in the mall are the first locations of their kind in Ibaraki. The mall is a great place for fashion-conscious young people to pick up the latest trends from Tokyo, and also makes a great date destination as well.

JR水戸駅に接続する商業施設です。改札口からは雨にぬれずに行けます。コロナのせいなのか、一部の飲食店が撤退していて寂しい感じです。
Kairo Gallery Mon

4.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 2230-1

A gallery primarily focusing on Kasama ware located on the Kasama Gallery Road a 20-minute walk from Kasama Station on the JR Mito Line. The gallery was opened in 2002 with the aim of being a space for exchange between artists in the country and around the world. Making use of a storehouse and gallery encircling a courtyard, charming wooden shelves scattered throughout the facility are covered with pottery. Harmonizing with the surrounding nature, the gallery makes use of natural lighting to show off its wares. In addition to displaying pieces by a selection of permanent artists, the facility also has a solo exhibition space whose contents changes every two weeks.

いろいろな作家さんの、陶器がたくさん置いてありゆっくりと見て回るのが、楽しい場所です。陶器だけではなく、お箸や、いろいろな小物を見て回るのも楽しいです。
Soranoeki Sol La La

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Omitamashi Yamano 1628-44

A facility dedicated to presenting local charms located near Ibaraki Airport. Soranoeki Sol La La carries a wide variety of specialty products from the area around the city of Omitama. There’s a buffet-style restaurant serving dishes made with ingredients from Omitama as well as a shop selling local foodstuffs. The lactic acid food production plant on the facility’s grounds makes dairy products with milk from local farms and sells fresh yogurt. The Challenge Shop offers light meals created by local farmers filled with experimental, creative ideas; a different “shop” operates out of the space daily, providing a variety of menu options.
Kasamayaki Kamamoto Kyohan Center

3.0

4 Reviews

Shopping

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Shimoichige 861-3

様々な品物が拝見できるのはありがたいのですが、もっと配置や導線など女性目線で考えられると良いのかなと思いました。
SPACE NICO

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kasamashi Kasama 2257-5

A gallery and boutique containing porcelain and glassware from around the country with a focus on Kasama ware and Mashiko ware. The establishment is situated across from the south promenade of Kasama Geijutsunomori Park. The establishment primarily displays pieces the owner, Junko Oshima, fell in love with at first sight. Inside, visitors will find animal-themed pieces, pieces created with novel colorings, and other rare and highly individual pieces. The establishment also holds monthly exhibitions of artists from Ibaraki and other prefectures. Carrying one of the establishment's pieces for sale in your hands will help you to experience its unique aura.
Factory of Confections and Dreams

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."
Miharashi-tei

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Mitoshi Tokiwachou 1-3-2 in the paradise paradise

A local specialty products shop carrying renowned sweets, liquors, and other goods from Ibaraki Prefecture which adjoins the east gate of Kairakuen Park a 20-minute drive from the Mito interchange on the Joban Expressway on National Route 50. The single-story shop is housed in a wooden building modeled after a tea ceremony arbor (sukiya style). In addition to the product floor, there's also a rest space and a pamphlet corner where visitors will find an abundance of information on the area. The shop also serves as a base camp for sightseeing in Ibaraki and the Mito area. In addition, there's a corner displaying the most popular items as well as a corner which displays local crafts for sale. The shop's selection of over 700 items includes seasonal selections of specialty products and sweets.
GRUYERES

4.5

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Shimoichige 285

A Western sweet shop in front of Kasama Station in Shimoichige, Kasama City. They make Western-style Kasama confectionery with local ingredients, including the area's famous chestnuts. Besides their chestnut-packed Kasama Hagi-no-Hime pound cake, they also sell Gokoku Roll Cake and Kasama-no-Kuri Hiroi roll cake. There's also a cafe area on-site.

五穀ロールが有名な洋菓子店。今回はホールのシンプルないちごケーキを購入しました。スポンジがふわふわ、生クリームもあっさり。甘さ控えめで一人で半分くらい食べられそうです。お誕生日ケーキにもおすすめです。
Futatsugi Walnut Inari-zushi

Shopping

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Kasama 1343

An inari-zushi (deep-fried tofu pockets filled with rice) shop on Monzen-dori Streetin Kasama, Kasama City. The veteran store has been in business for over 100 years. Its famous Kurumi Inari-zushi with walnuts is a local favorite. It was inspired by the name of a local shrine, Kurumigashita Inari.
Glass Gallery SUMITO

Shopping

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Kasama 2192-35

A gallery on Gallery Road in Kasama, Kasama City. It regularly displays and sells glass work including tableware, vases, object art, and interior decor from about 130 glass artists. In addition to space for holding regular solo exhibits and planned exhibits, there's a second-floor hands on experience space that offers glass painting and glass etching programs (reservations required).
Mori no Ishigama Panya-san

4.0

17 Reviews

Shopping

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Kasama 2286-1

This bakery is located along Gallery Road, in Kasama, Kasama City. The bread is made using homemade natural yeast from Kasama strawberries, and baked in a Spanish stone kiln. In addition to selling Kasama natural yeast bread, filled with a generous helping of fresh cream, French bread, sweet bread, cooking bread and sandwiches, the bakery also has an eat-in space on the second floor.

売り切れになること多いとの噂をきいて心配したが、無事パンを買えました。ウインナーパンのウインナーは上質。カレーパンのまわりは油っこくなくサクサク。ほうれん草パンはふわふわ。どれも美味しかった。価格は都心よりも2割くらい安い。次々焼きたてパンが並べられ、並べるそばから売れていく。建物もオシャレ。近くに行ったら是非！
Sashirosan no Tofu-ya

4.0

18 Reviews

Shopping

Ibaraki Kasama-shi Kasama 2810

A tofu shop in Kasama, Kasama City. They sell handmade tofu using natural brine and two kinds of locally grown soybeans: Fukuyutaka and Tachinagaha. In addition, they use Tanokuro bean, a rare Ibaraki variety for their Ibaraki Zairai Tofu, fresh yuba, sweet natto, and inaka miso.

お豆腐が、とってもおいしい。やはり冷奴でいただくのが最高。がんもどきはさっと焼いても、甘辛く煮てもおいしいです。豆乳ソフトは、甘さ控えめでさっぱりしています。笠間に行ったときは必ず立ち寄ります。
Suganami Fujiya (Omitama Ogawa Shop and Cigogne Bakery)

Shopping

Ibaraki Omitama-shi Nakanobe 556-1

A Western confectionery shop on Prefectural Route 59 in Nakanobe, Omitama City. In addition to manufacturing and selling cakes, pastries, and roll cakes made with milk and eggs from Omitama, the store also has a bread shop and cafe. Their Omitama custard made with locally produced non-homogenized milk and free-range eggs is also popular.
PLUM MITO

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Mito-shi Miyamachi 1-1-1

A souvenir shop on the second floor of Excel Plum Street in Mito Station's Excel Station Building, Miya-machi1-Chome, Mito City. They sell Ibaraki specialty products and famous sweets, including Sweet Ume from the veteran dried plum dealer Yoshidaya and Mito-chan Natto fermented beans from Daruma Foods.
KAMEJIRUSHI HONPO (Mito Excel Minami Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Mito-shi Miyamachi 1-7-31 Mito Excel Minami 3F

A Japanese sweet shop located on the third floor of Excel Minami in Mito Station's Excel Station Building, Miyamachi1-Chome, Mito City. The veteran store was founded in 1852 and even served Mito's feudal lord. They sell famous Mito sweets like Mito-no-Ume (white bean paste and gyuhi rice cake wrapped in red shiso leaves soaked in the special syrup using Fukuyui Mito-born plum), as well as Miyabi no Ume (syrup-soaked aoume plums covered in white bean paste and wrapped in gyuhi rice cake).
Torobisen Honpo Miwa Store

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Mito-shi Miwa 1-311-3

This Japanese confectionery store is located along Prefectural Route 30, in 1-chome, Miwa, Mito City. It sells confectionery mostly centering on okaki mochi and rice crackers. The store's most popular items include Mito-man, which are fried dough cookies filled with the finest koshian bean paste, as well as freshly baked dango dumplings, made with mochi made every morning, and raisin cream cookie sandwiches. There is also a cafe room in the store, which displays and sells Kasama-yaki pottery.

値段がリーズナブルで美味しいおせんべいが沢山あります。また、買い物したお客様は奥でコーヒーや緑茶がいただけます。驚いたのは甘いお菓子が美味しいこと。生菓子(レーズンサンドなど)は151円ですがケーキ屋さんのもののような美味しさ。フロランタン(129円)も美味しくて、奥でコーヒーとともにいただきました。すごく得した気分になるお煎餅やさんです。
Tengu Natto Sasanuma Goro Shoten

Shopping

Ibaraki Mito-shi Sannomaru 3-4-30

This specialist natto store is located along Sakumachi Joto-dori, in 3-chome, Sannomaru, Mito City. It is directly managed by a long-established natto producer, founded in the Meiji period, and sells various types of natto, including the traditional waratsuto natto, as well as processed goods and confectionery which are made using natto. In addition to an exhibition hall where visitors can learn about the history of Mito natto, there is also the adjacent natto factory, which is open to visitors.
Cafe Patisserie Miloro

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Mito-shi Chuo 1-8-8

A Western sweet shop in Chuo1-Chome, Mito City. They make and sell cakes, pies, pastries, etc. while taking great care with the flavors of the ingredients. Their popular Nama Pie features plenty of cream in a crispy crust. The cafe has a cake buffet available with a reservation.
Kimuraya (Main Store)

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Mito-shi Minamimachi 1-2-21

A confectionery with both Japanese and Western sweets on National Route 50 in Minami-machi1- Chome, Mito City. They make their sweets with local ingredients like fruit grown in the prefecture. Their fresh cake is made with carefully selected local strawberries, and their Kotei Daifuku bean jam-stuffed sweets are made with an ancient variety of mochi rice. They also have pastries, mochi rice cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves, and more. The shop's atmosphere is a fusion of Japan and the West as well.

水戸市内観光で水戸駅に車を止めて周辺部を歩きましたら、老舗らしい佇まいの和菓子屋を発見しました。何か吸い寄せられるようにお客さんが入っていきます。これは入ってみなければと思い、「水戸の梅」に目が止まりました。普段、土産物店で並んでいるものと違う！小さなサイズの試食ができました。味も違う！これが本物かと思いました。これも試食できた「わらび餅」と購入決定です。よく見ればお客さんは地元に人の方が多いみた...

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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.