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Northern Ibaraki

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Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge

4.0

184 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Keganochou 2133-6

Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge located in Okukuji Prefectural Nature Park in Ibaraki Prefecture is a suspension bridge that crosses over Ryujin Gorge and boasts the longest length in Honshu. There is a carillon called “Mori no Kane” is on the opposite bank, and it is popular among couples as it needs two people to press a button simultaneously. From the hanging bridge of a maximum height of 100 meters, you can do bungie jumping, and there are also various seasonal events such as the koinobori (a carp streamer) festival and the suifusoba festival where Hitachiaki soba noodles, a local specialty, can be enjoyed.

Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge is located in Hitachiota city, surrounded by mountains. When I went there, there weren’t anything events going on there, but there were a lot of people. It’s a place rich...
Oiwa Shrine

4.5

96 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Irishikenchou 752

This shrine in Hitachi City, Ibaraki is located on the side of the ancient Hitachi Province sacred mountain Mt. Oiwa and has recently become popular as a spiritual hot spot. While the details of its foundation are unclear it is said that Mt. Oiwa was the birthplace of ancient faiths and that generations of lords of the Mito clan would visit the shrine to pray. It is famous for being a shrine rich in Shinto and Buddhism with 188 gods enshrined throughout the mountain, including the Tangible Cultural Property of the Dainichi Nyorai Statue and the Amida Nyorai Statue. You will also find growing on the grounds a three trunked cedar estimated at over 500-years-old, which has been designated a Prefectural National Treasure.

Excellent Shinto shrines in the area. Beautifully maintained grounds. Bus access but limited times. Car is better. Plenty of parking and restaurants nearby. Lots of hiking trails in the area. Truly a...
Roadside Station Hitachi Osakana Center

4.0

68 Reviews

Transportation

Ibaraki Hitachi-shi Minatocho 5779-24

Osakana Center is fish market in Kujigawa-cho in Hitachi. In this market, seafood can be purchased at a low price. There are many kinds of seafood, and there are many things that children like, such...
Fukuroda Falls

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Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Fukuroda 3-19

One of Japan’s Top Three Waterfalls, the Fukuroda Falls in Kuji County, Ibaraki Prefecture, are 73 meters wide with a 120-meter drop over the tributaries and rapids of Kuji River. Also called “Shido-no-taki” because the falls break over four levels of rocks or because Saigyo Hoshi suggested visiting in each of the four seasons. Its icy visage in winter and the leaves of fall make for particularly inspiring views. The old lookout deck and the new one built in 2008 offer you different views to enjoy.
Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art Ibaraki

4.0

55 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Otsuchou Camellia 2083

This prefectural art museum sits on the Izura Coast—a scenic location in Ibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The interior presents materials and personal effects of Tenshin Okakura, the artist who moved the first section (painting section) of the original Nihon Bijutsu-in to Izura for work. There are special exhibits featuring modern Japanese paintings as well. You must see the Pacific Ocean from the observation lobby. Cafe and museum shop adjacent.

Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art Ibaraki is the only Art Museum in north of the Ibaraki prefecture. This museum has an observation deck as well the exhibitions of paintings. You can see the Pacific...
Roadside Station Okukuji Daigo

3.5

13 Reviews

Transportation

Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Ikeda 2830-1

A roadside station situated along National Route 118 and the bank of the Kuji River. A convenient place to take a break while enjoying driving through the scenic Okukuji region, the station's full array of facilities include a tourist information center, restaurant, and hot spring bathhouse.

The hot, crispy panko outside with a creamy, potato filling around a melting, runny egg yolk is DELICIOUS! The local chicken, Shamo, known as the Fighting Cock, is transformed into Pure Foodie...
Hitachi Civic Center, Museum of Science - Celestial Theater

4.5

35 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Saiwaichou 1-21-1 Hitachi Civic Center

興味を持って楽しみながら科学について考えられる構成になっています。体験工作コーナーもいくつかブースがありました。規模の大きなプラネタリウムもありますので、お子様がとっても楽しめる施設です。
Roadside Station Miwa

3.5

16 Reviews

Transportation

Ibaraki Hitachiomiya-shi Torinoko 272

こんな詐欺師みたいな直売所初めて。野菜の鮮度は悪いし、平気でレシートに嘘を書く。買ったほうれん草は2日で液状化するし（よそで買ったほうれん草は同じ保存方法でもこんなにならない）、レシートに「商品の返品、交換はそのレシートがあり、なおかつ3日以内であれば対応いたします。」と書いてあったためそのほうれん草を持っていったら、夏場だし葉物だから対応できないと言われた。
Rokkakudo (Izura Institute of Art & Culture, Ibaraki University)

4.0

12 Reviews

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Ibaraki Kitaibaraki-shi Otsucho Izura 727-2 Go Ura Art Bunka Laboratory

A hall in Izura, Otsu-cho, Kitaibaraki City. It was designed and used as one of his base by Okakura Tenshin, a thinker who founded the Japan Art Institute and made important contributions to the development of modern Japanese art. Visitors enjoy the beautiful scenery of the natural setting with the hexagonal vermilion structure on a steep cliff above the sea. It's lit up at night.

岡倉天心が過ごした家や六角堂を見学できます。六角堂、付近から眺める景色は美しく、飽きが来ない。天心はここで美術について想いを巡らせていたと思うと感無量だ。敷地内には展示室や実際に天心が過ごした家もあり全て回って約30〜40分程か。全体的に穏やかな雰囲気に包まれており、寺社仏閣並みに心が洗われる感じになるから不思議だ。派手さは無いけど心に残る、そんな場所だ。
Roadside Station Hitachioomiya Kawa Plaza

Transportation

Ibaraki Hitachiomiya-shi Iwazaki 717-1
Roadside Station Hitachiota

Transportation

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Shimokawaichou 1016-1

A roadside station which sells a wide array of local specialty products, including produce picked fresh that morning; rice; and Hitachi Seiryu grapes, a unique grape variety grown only in Hitachiota City. Visitors can also pick tomatoes year-round in the greenhouses on the station's grounds (advance reservation required).
Daigo Oyaki Gakkou

4.0

17 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Maginochi 2469

An activity facility and shop located in Daigo Town, Kuji County, Ibaraki Prefecture. Here visitors can watch as skilled professionals make oyaki buns, a beloved local dish made by farming families in Daigo Town, and purchase these fresh-made, tasty finger foods. The facility also offers short oyaki making classes. Made with miso and other ingredients stuffed in a buckwheat flour dough and fried on a griddle, those participating in the facility's oyaki making classes can make their very own oyaki bun. Class participants can make either an apple or a kabocha squash oyaki; no reservations are required for groups of 10 or less.

茨城県大子町にあるおやきのお店、大子おやき学校へ。こちらは廃校を利活用した場所。中では懐かしいおやきの製造販売を行っています。今回はおやきのセットと単品をいくつか。いろんな味が楽しめます。
Roadside Station Satomi

2.5

2 Reviews

Transportation

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Kosugechou 694-3

A roadside station situated in the area of former Satomi village surrounded by mountains along National Route 349. Also a popular place to take a break while en route to the Ryujin Big Suspension Bridge, the station is a perfect touring destination. The station sells local specialty products such as shimikonnyaku freeze-dried devil's tongue jelly and miso made in Ibaraki.

ここの道の駅には、お土産も農産物も、全く魅力あるものがなく、本当にがっかりさせられた最近稀に見る場所です。近くの県道沿いに数件ある農産物販売所の方が全然新鮮で良いものが見られますよ。
Home of the Hozumi Family

3.5

9 Reviews

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Ibaraki Takahagi Kamitezuna 2337-1

A historic building in Kamitetsuna, Takahagi City. The main house built in 1773 and mid-Edo period farmer’s residence with a roughly 330 square meter garden have been designated Prefectural Cultural Assets. Takahagi Saryo—a restaurant that has recently started using the facilty—is open for a limited period every year.

ランチを楽しみに穂積家住宅に期間開設される高萩茶寮に行ってきました。今季も間もなく終わり。今年は最後の食事になりそうです。魯肉飯と秋鮭飯の炊き込みをお願いし、古民家でまったりと。
The Museum of Ujo Noguchi

3.5

7 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Isoharachou Isohara 130-1

A museum adjoining the childhood home of Ujo Noguchi, known as one of Japan's three greatest children's song writers alongside Hakushu Kitahara and Yaso Saijo. The two-story wooden building standing on a hill commanding a view of the Isohara coast; was damaged by the tsunami resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake but was restored in 2013. Inside the museum, visitors can view exhibits containing rare items such as manuscripts and hanging scrolls penned in Noguchi's own hand while he was alive.

リニューアルしました。第二展示室では北茨城の歴史関係資料や炭鉱の資料などを展示してます。入館料は一般320円です。
Nishikanasa Shrine

5.0

5 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiotashi Kamimiyakawauchichou 1915

A Shinto shrine located at the top of Mt. Nishikanasa in Hitachiota City. The shrine is dedicated to Onamuchi-no-Mikoto, Kuni-no-Tokotachi-no-Mikoto, and Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto. The shrine building was built by the High priest Hoju in 806, after which a ceremony was performed to ritually transfer a portion of the spirits of the deities enshrined at the Hiyoshi Shrine on holy Mt. Hiei here. The shrine grounds are enclosed by natural forest and visitors can view huge gingko and sawara cypress trees designated Natural Monuments by the prefectural government. The shrine's Isode Tai Sairei festival, held once only every 72 years, is one of the largest Isode festivals in the country and has been designated a National Selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

西金砂神社に到着です。階段を登って拝殿に行きました。それから石段を登って本殿に向かいました。本殿までは、結構山道をのぼりました。結構登ります。本殿は山頂にあり景色も最高です。祭神は大己貴命と国常立命と少彦名命。大同元（806）年に天台僧の宝珠上人が，社殿を造り祭壇を設けて，近江国比叡山の日吉神社の分霊を勧請・祭祀したのが始まりとされています。
Noguchi Ujo seika Museum

3.5

6 Reviews

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Ibaraki Kitaibaraki-shi Isoharacho Isohara 73

"A museum in Isohara, Isohara-cho, Kitaibaraki City. Noguchi Ujo was a poet known for writing the lyrics to folk songs and children's songs such as Shabondama (Soap Bubbles) and Nanatsunoko (Seven Little Babies). This is his childhood home and it has displays of some of his important items. It is also called “Kankaitei"" (ocean viewing house) because of its location overlooking the Isohara sea. Tokugawa Mitsukuni, of the lord of the Mito Domain, is believed to have stayed there."

ＪＲ磯原駅から徒歩少し歩いた場所にあります。駅から案内はありませんが、見つけることはできました。館内の方が簡単に説明してくれます。また、震災の津波で建物の一部分が床上浸水になったそうですが補修済みです。民謡で有名な野口雨情さんについて写真などで知ることができました〇
Fujita Kanko Apple Farm

4.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Asagawa 400

An apple orchard located in Daigo Town in the Okukuji region identifiable by its vivid scarlet sage flowers. The orchard grows over 20 varieties of apples and visitors can enjoy apple picking here from late September until the end of November. The orchard doesn't close during this period; the varieties which visitors can pick will differ depending on the time. The orchard offers all-you-can-eat apple samples as well as bags and boxes which visitors can stuff with apples to take home with them. The orchard also offers shipping within the local region. In addition, visitors can barbecue Hitachi beef while sipping wine and purchase homemade breads, apple pies, and jams made with the orchard's apples.

りんごの試食が食べ放題になっています。そのりんごを採れるので嬉しい！知らないりんごの種類が沢山あって楽しめます。ただ、試食がないりんごの味はわかりませんが。高いところのりんごは専用のキャッチ棒があるので、それで掴んで採ります。
Daigo Brewery

4.0

4 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Kamikanesawa 1653

"A brewery located a 15-minute drive from the Naka interchange on the Joban Expressway. The brewery makes and sells local beers in Daigo Town under the catchphrase, ""Local Daigo beers only drinkable in Daigo."" The quality and temperature of Daigo's spring water remains stable throughout the year, and it is used to make ""Yamizo Shinrin no Beer,"" a variety which has won much acclaim from local beer fans. The beer is offered in four types-a pilsner, weizenbier, helles, and special seasonal variety. Each is an exquisite beverage full-bodied and rich in flavor."

お店は、ログハウスのような作りで、暖かい感じのお店です。地ビールも何種類もあるので、楽しめるとおもいます。お料理もビールにあったお料理で、とても美味しかったです。
Kami No Sato Nishinouchi Washi Library of Records

5.0

3 Reviews

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Ibaraki Pref. Hitachiomiyashi Funyu 90

A long-standing shop which sells Nishinouchi washi Japanese paper, a craft designated a Prefectural and National Intangible Cultural Property. The shop sells Nishinouchi washi and finished goods and also operates as a museum with exhibits on Nishinouchi washi and handmade papers from around the world. Nishinouchi washi is a high quality, sturdy paper made with Nasu kozo (paper mulberry) and was once valued as a monopoly good of the former Mito Domain. The facility offers papermaking demonstrations and sukie paper art classes (advance reservation required), making it easy for visitors to experience the world of this traditional craft.

漉き絵を体験してその作品を後から家まで送ってもらいました。中は充実の和紙の博物館のようですが、いろいろな製品を買うこともできます。漉き絵は集中力がいりますが絵心のある人には楽しい体験です。

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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.