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Tsukuba / Tsuchiura / Ushiku / Kashima

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Hobikibune Sailboat Cruises

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Kawaguchi 2

Hobikibune are traditional fishing vessels which operate on Lake Kasumigaura close to JR Tsuchiura Station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Visitors can watch the boats plying their trade from cruise ships which depart from and return to the Port of Tsuchiura. This style of fishing was invented in Dejima Village in 1880. With the emergence of trawling boats around 1965, hobikibune disappeared, but today they have been brought back for tourists to watch as an important cultural legacy. Powered by a billowing white sail nine meters tall and 16 meters wide, the sight of these boats traveling crosswise to the wind is stirring. Note that the boats are operated from summer through fall.
Ushiku Swamp

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Ryugasakishi Ushikunuma

A swamp located on the southwest side of Ushiku City, on weekends it bustles with large numbers of people come to enjoy fishing.
Shiki no Sato Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Moriyashi Midori 2-37

A public park located in an industrial park district in Moriya City. Some 31,000 Japanese iris plants grow on the grounds and come into beautiful bloom each year in June.
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.
Renkonya

4.5

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Ushikushi Kamiya 1-6-8

A restaurant serving creative cuisine created by a chef who trained in Ginza and the United States located a 15-minute walk from the east exit of Ushiku Station on the JR Joban Line. The restaurant serves hasamiage lotus root fill-and-fry made with fresh, crisp lotus root from a specially contracted farm; sweet potato buns; and harihari nabe hotpot made with Mizuna greens and Shurei pork raised in Ibaraki Prefecture. Diners can also taste fresh fish personally stocked by the owner at the market served sashimi style and grilled with yuzu. The restaurant also offers a variety of courses for a girls night out, going away event, or other party.

This is one of the famous place in this location. They use pretty fresh seasonal vegetables, raw fish and seasonal recommended Sake they surve. Food and sake matching is sofisticated.
Komatsuya

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Yamatomachi 5-3

A boxed lunch shop selling eel and tsukudani foods boiled and preserved in soy sauce. Established in 1916, the shop is located a three-minute walk from the west exit of Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line. The shop's kabayaki, made only with eel from trusted sources, is deep steamed and grilled by an experienced chef, resulting in meat that is plump, tender, and clean-tasting. In addition to kabayaki, the shop also offers Unaju (grilled eel and rice boxes) and bento box lunches, as well as anago (garden eel) bento box and chirashi sushi crafted with the skills of a long-standing eel cuisine purveyor. Other selections include Yawatamaki rolls made with burdock from Ibaraki and kimoyaki grilled liver, plus foods sold in sealed vacuum packs like tsukudani perfect for giving as a gift. The shop also has a space where customers can eat top quality, fresh-grilled Unaju during lunchtime.

家族でうなぎをと土浦に遠征。以前にも訪れたことのある小松屋さんへ。特上、並をお願いし、じっと待つ。この時間もまた良いのです。
Ogawa Usen Kinenkan Ungyotei

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Ushikushi Jouchuchou 2690-3

"A memorial museum dedicated to Ogawa Usen located not far from the last stop on the Kanto Railway Bus bound for the Mikazukibashi Shogai Gakushu Center. Usen was a painter and poet who was active from the Meiji to the Showa periods. Usen painted the farmers who lived and worked around him. He also frequently depicted kappa, a mythical water-dwelling creature, and was known as ""Kappa no Usen."" The museum is housed in the home and studio Usen built for himself in his later years and displays reproductions of his paintings as well as items the artist used as part of everyday life. A stone memorial depicting a kappa also stands nearby."
Sobadokoro Komachian

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Ono 491

A soba noodle restaurant adjoining Komachi no Yakata located a 30-minute drive from Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line in Ibaraki Prefecture. The restaurant's aromatic, slippery noodles are made by hand using local Hitachi Aki buckwheat. In addition to standard mori soba chilled noodles, the restaurant also offers soba with seasonal vegetable tempura, hot kake soba noodles in broth, and soba with mushrooms. At the adjoining Komachi no Yakata, visitors can learn about the local legend concerning the famous ancient poet Ono no Komachi, try making soba noodles themselves, and purchase farm-fresh produce.
Tsukuba Agricultural Research Hall

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Kannondai 3-1-1

"A science museum located a five-minute walk from the ""Norindanchi Chuo"" bus stop on Kanto Railway Bus and Tsukuba Bus lines in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The museum is divided into two areas, one which introduces the results of the facility's research into agriculture and marine products in Japan, and one which presents the history and development of agriculture. The research results hall contains informational panels which present the facility's research on stable food supply and solutions of environmental issues. The agriculture history hall contains informational panels and actual agricultural tools which illustrate the evolution of farming equipment and cultivation methods."
Manabe Cherry Trees

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Manabe 4-3

These commemorative cherry trees were planted when Manabe Elementary School was dismantled and moved. They are 100 years old, and they have been designated a Natural Monument by the prefecture and each year in spring they come into spectacular bloom.
Yoshoku Okawa

4.0

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Sakuramachi 3-11-14

"A ""yoshoku"" Japanese-style Western food restaurant located not far from the west exit of Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban Line. The restaurant's decor gives it a retro atmosphere. The establishment is so popular, it quickly becomes filled with customers after opening for lunch. The restaurant's demi-glace, the foundation of any ""yoshoku"" restaurant,"" is lovingly prepared over a full month. The ""Delux Lunch"" meal is particularly popular and comes with a juicy hamburg steak and plump deep fried, battered shrimp. The restaurant's simple omelet rice-a fluffy egg omelet served over ketchup rice-is also a customer favorite."

Loved this place. The crab croquettes were creamy and tasty. The tonkatsu was well fried with crispy batter. The hamburger was juicy and not too salty.
Tsukuba Yabusoba

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Furuku 544-1

"A soba noodle restaurant located an eight-minute drive from the Tsuchiura-kita interchange on the Joban Expressway. Here diners can enjoy Tokyo-style soba noodles lovingly prepared using select ingredients. The buckwheat flour the restaurant uses to make its noodles is specially ordered and has a faintly sweet and fragrance. Tsuyu dipping sauce is the foundation of any soba noodle restaurant, and this establishment offers two varieties-a strongly flavored karajiru sauce made with high grade katsuobushi (dried bonito) and natural konbu, and a more lightly flavored amajiru sauce made with a blend of standard katsuobushi (dried bonito) and dried top quality katsuobushi (dried bonito). The ""Hirame Tenzaru"" set, which includes crispy flounder tempura and chilled zaru soba noodles, is one of the restaurant's most popular menu selections."

Ive been to this restaurant for 25 years. This is one of the best Soba restaurants in Tsukuba. Not only its Soba noodle is great but also their Tempura is wonderful as well.
Tenshi no Oyatsu

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Ushikushi Chuou 5-11-3

"A Western confectionary shop fun for children and adults located a three-minute walk from Ushiku Station on the JR Joban Line. The shop is dedicated to being a place where a child can come by themselves to purchase sweets. White walled, with large, floor-to-ceiling windows, the shop is bright and airy, and its many colorful, attractive sweets fill its display cases. The shop's ""Meromero Kumacchi, limited to just 50 children a day, and its illustrated cookies available in a variety of designs are particularly popular. The shop also offers an abundant array of other choice sweets like tarts made with domestically grown strawberries and ""Queen"" decorated cakes perfect for a special day."

９月初旬、レジ袋有料になって初めてお店へ。ビニール袋は有料、保冷材は30分まで無料、保冷袋持参お勧めと入口にありました。「30分で大丈夫ですか？」と念を押されました。大きな保冷剤、保冷袋も積んで準備万端してたので大丈夫でした。今年はお誕生日は果物と言ってたので、予定外のケーキに孫も大喜びでした。甘さ程よいケーキで美味しかったです。
Fukuraiken

3.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Chuou 1-12-23

"A Chinese restaurant located southwest of the ruins of Tsuchiura Castle. Known for its dishes made with Tsuchiura-grown lotus root, the restaurant serves lotus root ramen, lotus root tsukemen dipping noodles, and lotus root curry ramen. The restaurant's carefully crafted noodles are made with a unique three flour blend and are aged for more than a day. The restaurant also serves a variety of curry dishes, including ""Fukuraiken Zeppelin Curry Croquettes,"" which won the top prize in the C-1 Grand Prix creative dish division at the Tsuchiura Curry Festival."

家庭的な感じで、地元の人に愛されているラーメン屋さんボリューミーで、お値段お安く、また地元ならではのレンコンを使った、メニューがあります。レンコンコロッケもおいしかったです。
Toyosato Yukari no Mori

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Tohigashi 676

A nature park boasting 12-hectare grounds and red pine and sawtooth oak plains forest. Visitors can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities here such as insect collecting and observation and bird watching. Park facilities include a playground, tennis courts, craft hall, campground, barbecue ground, and lodges.
Yaguchi Orchards

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kasumigaurashi Shimotsuchida 477

A tourism-oriented fruit farm located close to the Chiyoda-ishioka interchange on the Joban Expressway. Sweet Japanese pears, grapes, Japanese chestnuts, and persimmons are grown organically on the farm's spacious 50 thousand square meter grounds, and visitors can enjoy the tastes of fall. The farm grows Kosui, Hosui, and Nitaka Japanese pears from around August 10 to September 30. The farm grows huge Kyoho grapes from August 20 to September 28. Chestnuts are grown from early September to mid-October, and persimmons from mid-October to late November. The farm offers all-you-can-eat Japanese pears, grapes, and persimmons. There's also a farm-fresh shop and visitors can enjoy fruit picking with their pets, as well.
Takahashi Nikuten

Shopping

Ibaraki Pref. Ryugasakishi Sunamachi 5131

"A meat and handmade side dish shop on the Ryugasaki Shotengai shopping street in Ryugasaki City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The shop's famed ""Ryugasaki Croquettes"" are made with panko breadcrumbs containing rice flour and are known for their excellent texture and surprising lack of oiliness. The shop sells eight croquette varieties in all, including the old-fashioned ""Ba-chan Croquette"" and the ""Okome no Cream Croquette"" made with lotus root grown in Ibaraki Prefecture and rich cream made with Ryugasaki rice flour. The flavorful, aromatic miso used to make the shop's miso marinated pork ""Ryugasaki-zuke"" whets the appetite even before you take a bite."
Hobikisen Cruising Sailboat

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Kasumigaurashi Saka 4784 (boarding reception place)

These sailboats known as hobikisen ply Lake Kasumigaura. They were used for fishing on the lake from the Meiji to the Showa periods. The tour boats sail from the lakeside at Kasumigaura City, Tsuchiura City, and Namegata City. Visitors on the tour boats are easy to watch the sailboats moving across the lake with their large, billowing sails. The traditional net fishing done with these boats has been selected as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Takasaki Natural Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Tsukuba-shi Takasaki 1078-1

A lush park whose vast grounds are covered in trees located a 10-minute drive from the Yatabe Interchange. The park is divided into six areas - a seasonal forest zone, fun forest zone, cherry tree forest zone, wild bird forest zone, waterside forest zone, and family friendly square. Seasonal trees and plants bloom in each of the areas, and many visitors are attracted to the park during peak sightseeing seasons. In spring, there's a tunnel of double-flowered cherries and weeping cherries; in autumn, Japanese maples color the grounds. The park provides many opportunities for coming in contact with nature and visitors can also view plants and animals like the many wild birds and water lilies found in the wild bird forest and waterside forest areas.
Yasato Kanko Kaju Kumiai

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Ishioka-shi Kakioka 5680-1

The Yasato area is blessed with a warm climate perfect for growing fruit and around 50 tourist farms can be found in the area. These farms grow strawberries, grapes, blueberries, Asian pears, persimmons, mandarin oranges, and a variety of other fruit, and visitors can enjoy fruit picking here year round.

Ibaraki Tsukuba / Tsuchiura / Ushiku / Kashima

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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.