Best Spots With Great Nature In Ibaraki
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Shiomidaki Bridge at Hananuki Valley. It's well known for the fresh greens from spring to summer, and autumn colored leaves. You can enjoy beautiful nature changing with seasons around here. Now, in early summer, the fresh leaves smell sweet, and the refreshing air fills up the valley.◎25 min by taxi from Takahagi Station of JR Joban Line. 20 min by car from Takahagi IC of Joban Speedway.
Name
Hananuki Valley
Address
Ono, Takahagi-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 25 min from JR Takahagi Station, or 60 min from Mito city. Parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
When I walked into a forest, I could find the hydrangeas spreading to the whole valley! For the forest is humid and you'll sweat, don't forget towel and something to drink.
Name
Hinuma Nature Park
Address
2263 Kanaishizaki Ibaraki-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min by car from Mito city. Free parking area is available.
Japanese hydrangea season is mainly June, but I could see them even in July here. I felt like being in maze of hydrangeas.
Name
Hydrangea Forest
Address
1138 Azuhata Hanakawa-cho, Kitaibaraki-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min by taxi from JR Isohara Station. 60 min by car from Mito city. Parking area is available.
Mt. Oiwa is said to have the strongest spiritual power in Kanto Region because there're 188 objects of worship. The wonderful scenery commanded from the mountain top is worth as a gift to someone who succeed to climb.
Name
Kabire Mountains
Address
752 Irishiken-cho, Hitachi-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
50 min by car from Mito city, and 30 min walk from the parking area.
You can walk around the empty fishery port, then if you get hungry, enjoy seafood at a dinner of fishermen's cooperative. It's a place make us feel relaxed.
Name
Ōtsu Fishery Port
Address
789-3 Niida Sekinami-cho, Kitaibaraki-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 5 min from Otsuko Station, or 70 min from Mito Station.
Roses of all over the world, 800 kinds and 30000 trees are planted here. Other than rose, seasonal flowers like hydrangea and dahlia you can enjoy seeing throughout a year.◎Regular holiday: Mondays (but opens on national holidays and closes the next day). The admission fee changes by season.
Name
Flower Park Ibaraki
Address
200 Shimoaoyagi, Ishioka-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
0299-42-4111
Hours
9:00-17:00 9:00-16:00
Closed
Mon
The sail ship was once used for smelt fishing, it plies for tourism now. At Kasumigaura, the second biggest lake in Japan, the ship with white sails plies grandly.◎You can't take this ship. You can see this from the other ship.
Name
Kasumigaura
Address
2-13 Kawagushi, Tsuchiura-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
I visited Oiwa Shrine in heavy rain. Any way, it's beautiful, isn't it? I enjoyed the spiritual power in the healing atmosphere.
Name
Oiwa Shrine
Address
752 Irishiken-cho, Hitachi-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
35 min by bus from Oiwa Shrine. By car or taxi, 20 min from Hitachi Station, or 50 min from Mito city. Parking area is available.
It's a torii arch of Oarai Isosaki Shrine. I went there to see the first sunrise of the year, and I could see the perfect one. But, you need to arrive very early morning to get better position for good photos.
Name
Oarai Isosaki Shrine
Address
6890 Isohama-cho Oarai-machi, , Higashiibaraki-gun, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
029-267-2637
How to get there
Bus:15min from Oarai Station, get off at 'Oarai Isosaki Shrine'. Car: 15min from Mito Oarai IC
Parking
Parking area is available
