Spots in Ibaraki

Each spot shows when its facts were last checked against official sources.

By prefecture:

TohokuAomori (30)Iwate (30)Miyagi (40)Akita (30)Yamagata (30)Fukushima (30)

KantoIbaraki (15)Tochigi (30)Gunma (15)Tokyo (15)

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Not on the map (location not confirmed on an official source yet): Aquaworld Ibaraki Oarai Aquarium, Fukuroda Falls, Hananuki Gorge, Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki Flower Park, Kairakuen Garden, Kasama Inari Shrine, Kashima Jingu Shrine, Kodokan, Mito Domain School, Mt. Tsukuba, Oarai Isosaki Shrine, Otsu Fishermen's Co-op Market Restaurant, Ryujin Suspension Bridge, Shunpu Banri-so, Ushiku Daibutsu

No photo yetOarai, IbarakiAquaworld Ibaraki Oarai AquariumA large aquarium on the Oarai coast, open all year including New Year, with lifts, braille maps and sign-language support.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: t.kunikuni / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized)Daigo, IbarakiFukuroda FallsOne of Japan's three great waterfalls, 120 m high and 73 m wide, falling in four tiers; it freezes white in severe winters.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACTakahagi, IbarakiHananuki GorgeA valley of autumn leaves along the clear Hananuki River, best seen from the Shiomitaki suspension bridge; leaves usually peak from mid to late November.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Hitachinaka, IbarakiHitachi Seaside ParkA national government park famous for seasonal flowers, with a car park for 4,350 cars; admission 450 yen, rising to 700 yen in the spring and autumn peak seasons.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetIshioka, IbarakiIbaraki Flower ParkA flower park at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba, reopened in 2021, where you can meet 900 varieties of roses on terraces and in a rose tunnel.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Raita Futo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Mito, IbarakiKairakuen GardenOne of Japan's three great gardens, opened in 1842 by the Mito lord Tokugawa Nariaki for his people, with about 3,000 plum trees of 100 varieties that bloom from mid-February.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKasama, IbarakiKasama Inari ShrineOne of Japan's three great Inari shrines, founded in 651 and visited by 3.5 million people a year; two wisteria trees, one a prefectural Natural Monument, bloom in early May.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKashima, IbarakiKashima Jingu ShrineThe head shrine of about 600 Kashima shrines across Japan, said to date back to 660 BC and one of only three shrines long called "Jingu", enshrining the warrior god Takemikazuchi.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetMito, IbarakiKodokan, Mito Domain SchoolJapan's largest domain school, founded in 1841 by the Mito lord Tokugawa Nariaki, where the last shogun Yoshinobu studied as a boy; a Japan Heritage site paired with Kairakuen.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetTsukuba, IbarakiMt. TsukubaThe 877 m "purple peak" rising from the Kanto plain, with twin summits reached easily by cable car and ropeway; long a mountain of worship.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetOarai, IbarakiOarai Isosaki ShrineA shrine in Oarai, 5 minutes by taxi from Oarai Station on the Kashima Rinkai Railway.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACKitaibaraki, IbarakiOtsu Fishermen's Co-op Market RestaurantA harbour restaurant run by fishermen's wives near Otsu Port, serving thick-cut sashimi, seafood bowls and, in season, anglerfish hotpot.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetHitachiota, IbarakiRyujin Suspension BridgeA 375 m pedestrian suspension bridge, one of Japan's longest, 100 m above the Ryujin dam lake in a V-shaped gorge; in May about 1,000 carp streamers fly over the valley.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetKasama, IbarakiShunpu Banri-soThe thatched farmhouse where Kitaoji Rosanjin lived, moved from Kita-Kamakura to Kasama and open to visitors, with a large garden; about 20 minutes on foot from Kasama Station.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
No photo yetUshiku, IbarakiUshiku DaibutsuA 120 m bronze Buddha, listed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest bronze standing statue, with a garden, petting zoo and flower fields around it.Official check: 25 Sept 2026