Culture Asahi Brewery in Moriya Tom Roseveare Free brewery tour of Asahi's newest and largest brewery in Japan.
Culture Yasumidokoro Sakacho Elizabeth S Yasumidokoro Sakacho in Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture provides a warm welcome to the city and introduces its history and produce...
Culture Food Discoveries in Oarai Niaya Harper Ibaraki Prefecture is home to a number of artisanal factories that still use traditional methods for producing food and drink products...
9 Festivals Plum Blossom Festival in Mito Nicole Bauer Kairakuen is a large park in Mito, Ibaraki and it's famous for its over 3,000 plum trees of different kinds and colours.
Culture The Tourist Attraction that Isn't Todd Wojnowski The Ushiku Daibutsu is the third-tallest statue in the world, but is a bizarrely underwhelming experience for tourists and visitors...
Culture Mito Okushi Kaizuka Fureai Park Peter Sidell In the suburbs of Mito in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, Okushi Kaizuka Fureai Park is a small, pleasant park, but with an unusual..
Culture A Day in Tsukuba-mirai Tom Roseveare Tsukuba-mirai in south-west Ibaraki has lots of things to see and do
7 Culture Tsuchiura City’s “Turtle Castle” Elizabeth S Tsuchiura Castle in Ibaraki Prefecture, is also known as “Turtle Castle”, once appearing as a floating turtle surrounded by ex..