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Ibaraki

Natural beauty from Tsukuba Geopark to Mito's Kairaku-en

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View from Mount Tsukuba summit (Photo: Tom Roseveare / JT)

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Ishioka Spring Lion Festival 2025

Ishioka Spring Lion Festival 2025

Tuesday - Apr 29th

As part of Ishioka City’s anniversary celebrations, the Spring Lion Festival returns in late April during the Golden Week holi..

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Kasama Azalea Festival 2025

Kasama Azalea Festival 2025

Apr 12th - May 6th

The Kasama Azalea Festival is an annual event held in Ibaraki Prefecture, and it dates back to the late 1960s. The residents o..

¥500
Ryujinkyo Koinobori Festival 2025

Ryujinkyo Koinobori Festival 2025

Late Apr - Mid May

During the Golden Week period, Ibaraki's Ryujin Suspension Bridge is home to a koinobori (carp streamer) festival to celebrate..

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APA Hotel Mito Ekimae

APA Hotel Mito Ekimae

Peter Sidell

Just a minute from Mito station in Japan's Ibaraki prefecture, APA Hotel Mito Ekimae is a typical business hotel, with rooms..

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About Ibaraki

ibaraki
Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kanto
Island Honshu
Capital Mito
Population 2,969,770
Area 6,096.93 km²

Easily accessible from Tokyo by the Tsukuba Express, Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県, Ibaraki-ken) is known historically for being the home of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan during the Edo Period, including the famous daimyo Tokugawa Mitsukuni, or “Mito Komon,” the subject of a popular long-running TV series in Japan.

Two of the most popular tourist destinations in Ibaraki include the majestic Fukuroda Falls (which can spectacularly freeze over in the winter), as well as Kairaku-en, one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.

Other places of note include the beaches on the coast, Hitachi Seaside Park and its pretty flower fields, and the Kashima Jingu shrine.

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