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Navel Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kogashi Komahane 620

Navel Park located in Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture is a park as well as a leisure facility. It has a camping site equipped with log cabin-style cabins and a barbeque area where equipment is for lease. It also includes a free-of-charge athletics playground, a colorful day lily garden, a grass area, an underground maze with an entry fee, and a pony ranch. At the craft building, you can also experience painting and pottery making and have lunch at a soba noodle restaurant or a bakery so it can be enjoyed as a day trip as well as overnight.
Onogo Tenmangu Shrine

2.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Jousoushi Onogoumachi 1234

Tenmangu Shrine of Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture is one of Japan’s Top 3 Tenjin Shrines, and constructed by Sugawara Michizane’s third child, Kageyuki, it enshrines the deity of academics. On the grounds are figures of bulls, and many plum blossom crests, both emblems of the Shinto faith. The shrine houses many cultural artifacts, including the Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property Omiki Tenjin painting of the sacred ‘sake’ deity. Every year visitors pray for successful completion of their examinations here.

入り口がよくわかりませんでしたが。小高い丘に鎮座する天満宮です。天満宮につきものの撫で牛さんは新しく見えました。さざれ石。社務所には老夫婦。暖かく迎えていただきました。
Yuki Sake Brewery

3.5

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 1589

A sake brewery established in the Edo period located a 10-minute walk from the north exit of JR Yuki Station. The brewery building was originally built in the Ansei era; this and the large brick chimney added on in the Meiji period are designated a National Tangible Cultural Property. Visitors can enjoy food along with Fukufuku, a traditional and renowned sake which has been brewed since the Edo period, served at various temperatures. Yuiyui, another of the brewery's famous sakes, is decorated with a design created by a local calligrapher depicting a thread ring surrounding the character for good fortune. Made with underground water from the Kinugawa River system, this sake is characterized by its mild flavor.

結城市木町交差点近くにあり、井戸水を使った昔ながらの製法でお酒を造っている[結城酒造]さんになります。好適米「山田錦」を自家栽培して仕込んだ大吟醸酒『富久福』が、平成14年の全国新酒鑑評会で金賞を受賞しました。酒蔵は江戸時代に建てられたもので老舗の趣があり、常時見学できます（要予約）。
Sakasai Castle Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Bandoushi Sakasai 1262

A park designated a Prefectural Historic Site encompassing the site of Sakasai Castle, a plains castle constructed in the late Warring States period. Built in 1577 by the Later Hojo clan to serve as a base for their expansion into northern Kanto, the castle was destroyed by the mighty samurai lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590 and abandoned. Today, the outer moat and portions of the castle base still remain in an untouched state. Castle facilities such as the main gate, bridge, walls, main building, and two-tier tower have been reconstructed in based on archeological excavations, showing what the castle looked like in its heyday and giving visitors the chance to feel like they've gone back in time. Some 200 cherry trees grow on the grounds, including Beni Sashima cherries, an endemic Ibaraki variety, and the park is a top local destination for viewing cherry blossoms in the spring.
Nagatsuka Takashi Childhood Home

3.5

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Joso-shi Kossho 1147-1

"A historic building in Kossho, Joso City. Designated a Prefectural Historic Site, it was the childhood home of poet and novelist Nagatsuka Takashi. Born into a Kossho Village wealthy farming family, he wrote ""The Soil,"" a well-known novel and part of a genre depicting rural Japanese life. The facility preserves many of his personal items. Just 36 years old when he passed away, many people still visit, keeping his memory alive."

数日前、長塚節さんの生家に行きました！が生家内部にいれませんでした。でも、私が若い頃、この中に入り、見学した事が有ります。この中に書斎が有り、トラの毛皮が大きく敷かれてました。これが、当時の私にショックを与えました！。何故だと言う疑問が有り、当時読んでいたヨガの本（大阪大学の佐保田鶴治先生）の扉に、ここに有るトラの毛皮の上に結跏趺坐し、指導しているヨガ、マスターの姿が描かれてました。心とその機能...
Gyoza no Maruman Main Restaurant

4.0

45 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Koga-shi Honcho 1-2-39

A gyoza pot sticker restaurant established in 1964 located close to the west entrance of JR Koga Station. Highly popular with locals, the restaurant has also been featured several times on television and in other media. The restaurant's distinctive gyoza are ball shaped. One of the restaurant's draws is the fact that you can eat your gyoza however you like using the provided soy sauce and mayonnaise based sauces. In addition to standard gyoza, the restaurant also offers boiled gyoza and other a la carte dishes. One the second floor, the restaurant serves okonomiyaki savory pancakes and other teppanyaki dishes, and this area can also be used for banquets, girls' nights out, and other parties.

古河と言ったら丸満餃子と聞き行ってきました。土曜日の午後1時過ぎに行くと先客2組待ちで店内にてレジ横にある用紙に名前と人数を書いて待ちました。車での来店の場合、携帯番号も記入すると車内で待っていれば電話で入店を知らせてくれます。焼き餃子は一人前で8個あります。皮が厚いので一人前の量でも充分です。私は皮の薄い餃子が好みなので焼き餃子のリピートはないかと思います。逆に水餃子ならありかな。オススメ...
Isobe Sakuragawa Park

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Sakuragawashi Isobe 740-2

"A renowned destination for cherry blossom viewing which is also famously known as the setting of Zeami's Noh song ""Sakuragawa."" Some 30 varieties of cherry trees come into beautiful bloom on the park's grounds in spring, including many rare varieties, and the park has been designated a National Natural Monument."
Kokaigawa Fureai Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Shimotsumashi Horigome 1650-1

"A park dedicated to ""nature and people"" which is divided into seven zones, including a nature watching zone, children's area, and barbecue ground. Each year in May, some two million poppy plants carpet the grounds with their flowers."
Yachiyo Green Village Keiyukan

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Ibaraki Pref. Yukigunyachiyomachi Matsumoto 592

An outdoor and relaxation center located on the west side of Yachiyo Town a 20-minute drive from the Sakai-Koga interchange. Outdoor facilities include a campground and walking paths. There's also a rest and relaxation hall and a hot spring bathhouse to the right of that where visitors can enjoy bathing in natural hot spring waters. The bathhouse' sodium chloride hot spring is said to benefit such ailments as nerve pain, joint pain, and sensitivity to cold. It also warms the body down to the core, preventing post bath chills, and is said to beautify the skin. Bathers can enjoy both an open-air bath and a jacuzzi bath.
Bando Folk Muse (Bando City Sashima Library and Bando City Museum)

3.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Bando-shi Yama 2726

A complex facility in Yama, Bando City. The museum has displays related to the history of the region from primitive times to the present day, as well as materials related to Sashima Tea, a specialty product. They also exhibit the work of artists with ties to the region, such as Goseda Horyu ll and Yokoyama Taikan. There is also a library, a media hall, and an astronomical observatory.

年に数度は訪れる。その理由は，特別展。地域に根ざしたテーマで，十分に調査を尽くした展示。ここにくるとますます地域を誇れるようになる。図書館も利用しやすく，すばらしい。
Shimodate Koubou

3.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Chikuseishi Midorimachi 2-8-19

A facility where visitors can learn about, make, and purchase Nipponham products located a 15-minute walk from the south exit of Shimodate Station on the JR Mito Line in Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility sells bockwurst, weisswurst, and other sausages; roast ham and other ham varieties; and bacon. The facility also sells exclusive Nipponham products sold no place else, like roast pork, boneless ham, and curry sausage. The facility offers homemade sausage making classes which can be reserved from one person up. The adjoining restaurant serves dishes made with original ham and sausage varieties alongside beers and wines.

下館工房、とても良かったです。事前に予約をすると手作りソーセージの体験ができます。結構人気があるので予約もたいへんでした。ひき肉をスパイスと混ぜてこねる部分から、ソーセージの肉を羊の肉に詰めて、ソーセージの形を作るところまで終わると、あとは工房側でスモークをしてくれます。最後に袋詰めして持ち帰りです。スモークの待ち時間中に工房内のレストランでランチセットのサンドイッチを食べました...
Yuki Kura Mi

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Yuki-shi Yuki 1330

I came to Yuki Museum in Yuki, Ibaraki to visit the imitation spear it houses. The spear is an imitation of Otegine, one of the Three Great Spears of Japan, the original being lost in World War 2...
Tsumugi-no-Sato

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Yukishi Yuki 2515

An activity workshop located in Yuki City, famous for its Yuki-tsumugi pongee, situated on the grounds of Yuki Castle 20 minutes from the Sakuragawa-Chikusei interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway and 30 minutes from the Sano-Fujioka interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. Located in a quiet area surrounded by greenery, here visitors can try hataori loom weaving and aizome indigo dyeing. Using a rebuilt takabata loom, visitors can weave a coaster using threads in the colors of their choice in about 30 minutes. Visitors can also tie-dye a handkerchief or bandana using traditional aizome indigo dyeing techniques, or even bring in their own cloth or T-shirt to dye (an advance reservation is required to bring your own item for dyeing).

結城紬の体験が出来るとHPで知り訪問しました。民家に併設された工房は、ほっとするような暖かな空間。年配の先生に教えて頂きながら小一時間、無撚糸の生糸を使った素敵な作品が出来ました。先生は始終にこやかで、仕上げを担当して下さった娘さん？も話好きで楽しかったです。本格的にやりたい方は、帯や男性用の角帯を一本丸ごと自分の好きな色やデザインで織ることも出来るそうで、日本中から泊りで訪ねてくる方も多いとか...
Regional Exchange Center (Toyoda Castle)

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Jousoushi Shinishige 2010

A 10-minute walk from Ishige Station on the Kanto Railway Joso Line or a five-minute drive from the Joso Interchange on the Ken-O Expressway. This five tiered, seven floor pseudo-castle tower serves as a symbol of Joso City. A regional exchange center, floors one and two are occupied by a hall and library; floors three through six contain exhibition rooms; and floor seven is an observation deck with a fantastic view of Mt. Tsukuba, Mt. Fuji, and the Nikko Mountain Range from 40 meters above the ground. The site is originally believed to have been occupied by a thatch roof estate fortified with a moat and earthen wall, and a stone monument to the site stands on the Kokai River embankment.
Sanuma Koiki Park Cherry Blossom Gardens

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Shimotsuma-shi Shimotsumahei 175

This is one of the areas of the Sanuma Koiki Park, in Shimotsuma, Shimotsuma City. In addition to being a famous cherry blossom viewing spot where 350 trees of around 50 types have been planted, it is also home to the Iris Garden, which is at its best from late May to mid-June, and the Sanuma-an, which is a multipurpose training hall with a Japanese garden. It is also connected to the opposite side of Samuma agricultural irrigation pond by the longest bridge, the Sanuma Ohashi Bridge, which is a Y-shaped bridge with a total length of 395 meters.
FP Corporation Kanto Recycling Plant

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Yukigunyachiyomachi Hiratsuka 4448

A recycling plant located along the Live Line connecting Prefectural Routes 125 and 56. Visitors can tour the plant and watch as plastic trays from supermarkets and other materials and separated and recycled. After the tour, visitors can watch a DVD explaining the plant's workings and ask a representative question, making the facility an excellent place to learn how recycling is actually carried out. Tours are reservation only; applications are accepted over the Internet and via fax machine. Two tours are offered every weekday starting at 9:00 and 13:00. Tour-goers can also have a bento box lunch from the plant sold at cost.
Ocha no Marutaen

Shopping

Ibaraki Pref. Kogashi Higashimorokawa 7

This Eco-Farmer-certified farm engages in green tourism utilizing Japanese chestnut, green tea, and bamboo plantations handed down for generations. The farm is located along National Route 125 on the way to the Koga City Sanwa Branch Office. Here visitors can try Japanese chestnut and gingko nut gathering from summer through fall. The farm also offers a tea making class during which participants can enjoy sweet kurikinton homemade with the farm's own chestnuts. In addition, the farm offers senbei making, lip cream making using tea seed oil, grass toy crafting, and nature engagement programs. Surrounded by natural beauty, the farm is a great place to unwind.
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."
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Ibaraki Factory

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Sashimagungokamachi Kawatsuma 1232-2

Located a seven-minute drive from Kurihashi Station on the JR Utsunomiya Line, visitors to the factory can learn about the production process involved in making the products which bear the Yakult name, a company founded in 1955. The facility makes use of easy to understand videos, ensuring visitors of all ages can have fun and learn. Yakult products have long been a favorite of Japanese households, and the strict safety standards employed here as well as the overwhelming scale of the facility also make the factory an excellent topic for a child's summer vacation school research project. Tours are offered from Monday through Saturday and take around one hour. Tour-goers can view production processes up close and also sample Yakult products.
Uenonuma Yasuragi no Sato Campground

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Sakuragawashi Uenoharachishinden 48

A campground surrounded by forest sprawling on the shore of Ueno-numa Pond a 10-minute drive from Iwase Station on the JR Mito Line in Ibaraki Prefecture. In addition to standard caravan campsites, the campground also has sites with AC electricity and cabins with refrigerators and showers. At the campground's barbecue ground and barbecue house, campers can rent equipment such as steel plates and colanders for barbecuing. The campground also has a multipurpose ground and tennis courts and can be used for Kids' club and workplace retreats in addition to family camping trips.

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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.