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Monday · 2026/11/02

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Museum · Ibaraki · Kanto

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History

A museum and archive of Ibaraki history in Mito, with the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family collection and a Meiji school and Edo farmhouse in its grounds.

Mito

Park & Garden · Ibaraki · Kanto

Kairakuen

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens spanning 300 hectares, built in 1842 and renowned for its plum trees and cherry blossoms that bloom seasonally.

Mito

Park & Garden · Ibaraki · Kanto

Mito Municipal Botanical Park

A Western-style botanical garden opened in 1987, with a terrace garden, display greenhouses, a rock garden and a medicinal herb garden.

Mito

Historic Site · Ibaraki · Kanto

Kodokan

The largest han school during the Bakumatsu period, established in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki with a wide-ranging curriculum, now a Special Historic Site.

Mito

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Park & Garden

Mito Municipal Botanical Park

A Western-style botanical garden opened in 1987, with a terrace garden, display greenhouses, a rock garden and a medicinal herb garden.

Mito · Ibaraki

Castle

Mito Castle Ruins

Earthwork remains of the Mito Domain's castle, with dry moats and ramparts, a rebuilt main gate and corner turret, and the Kodokan on the outer bailey.

Mito · Ibaraki

Museum

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History

A museum and archive of Ibaraki history in Mito, with the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family collection and a Meiji school and Edo farmhouse in its grounds.

Mito · Ibaraki

Historic Site

Kodokan

The largest han school during the Bakumatsu period, established in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki with a wide-ranging curriculum, now a Special Historic Site.

Mito · Ibaraki

Park & Garden

Kairakuen

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens spanning 300 hectares, built in 1842 and renowned for its plum trees and cherry blossoms that bloom seasonally.

Mito · Ibaraki

Sport & Competition

Urban Sports Fes in Kasama 2026

Skateboarding, BMX and breaking brought together for the first time at Kasama in Ibaraki, in a town that has built itself around urban sports.

7–8 Nov 2026Kasama · Ibaraki

Sport & Competition

T-rex Race

Footraces run in inflatable T-rex costumes, held in parks, on beaches and at local festivals across Japan since 2022, with adult and juvenile classes.

22 Nov 2026Omitama · Ibaraki

Festival

Ishioka Spring Shishi Festival

Ishioka's spring festival of lion dance culture, with performances by neighborhood groups, competitions by age category, food stalls and carnival games.

29 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIshioka · Ibaraki

Festival

Ishioka Festival

Around thirty lion carts and twelve tiered floats fill central Ishioka for three days each September, at one of the three great festivals of the Kanto region.

19–21 Sep 2027Exact date not confirmed yetIshioka · Ibaraki

Illumination

Night Park OARAI

A beach in Ibaraki is lit for three evenings, with the waves drawn in light, mirror tape turning the sea wind visible, and twenty food vans on the sand.

30 Oct – 1 Nov 2027Exact date not confirmed yetOarai · Ibaraki

Park & Garden

Mito Municipal Botanical Park

A Western-style botanical garden opened in 1987, with a terrace garden, display greenhouses, a rock garden and a medicinal herb garden.

Mito · Ibaraki

Park & Garden

Hitachi Seaside Park

A national government park on the Ibaraki coast where Miharashi Hill turns blue with nemophila in spring and red with kochia in autumn.

Hitachinaka · Ibaraki

Religious Site

Ushiku Daibutsu

Bronze statue of Amida Buddha in Ushiku, Ibaraki, 120 metres tall with its pedestal, with an observation floor inside at 85 metres and a Pure Land garden.

Ushiku · Ibaraki

Castle

Mito Castle Ruins

Earthwork remains of the Mito Domain's castle, with dry moats and ramparts, a rebuilt main gate and corner turret, and the Kodokan on the outer bailey.

Mito · Ibaraki

Museum

Tsukuba Space Center

JAXA's space center in Tsukuba, with a real H-II rocket outside and an exhibition hall on Japan's satellites, rockets and human spaceflight.

Tsukuba · Ibaraki

Museum

Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History

A museum and archive of Ibaraki history in Mito, with the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family collection and a Meiji school and Edo farmhouse in its grounds.

Mito · Ibaraki

Zoo & Wildlife

Aqua World Oarai

An aquarium on the Ibaraki coast whose symbol is the shark, keeping about 60 shark species among some 580 species in 60 tanks.

Oarai · Ibaraki

Amusement Park

Sylvanian Park in Komorebi Mori no Ibaraido

Ibaraki theme park dedicated to Sylvanian Families with life-sized replicas of homes, a treehouse, museum exhibits and interactive attractions.

Inashiki · Ibaraki

Historic Site

Kodokan

The largest han school during the Bakumatsu period, established in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki with a wide-ranging curriculum, now a Special Historic Site.

Mito · Ibaraki

Amusement Park

Komorebi Mori no Ibaraido

Nature park of 30 hectares near Ushiku Station, with animal encounters, craft workshops, Sylvanian Families-themed areas and outdoor adventure activities.

Inashiki · Ibaraki

Shrine

Kashima Jingu Shrine

Believed to have been founded in 660 BCE, this ancient shrine in the Kanto region is dedicated to a patron deity of martial arts and historic swordsman school.

Kashima · Ibaraki

Park & Garden