12 Historic Structures of Makabe Sandra Isaka With over 250 historic structures, the town of Makabe, Ibaraki Prefecture, is the perfect setting for a fantastic month-long ...
Activities The Sumo’s Apprentice Martin Giles A great alternative to paying huge prices to see Sumo Wrestling tournaments in Japan is to join a tour to visit one of the ma...
Activities Flowering 2025 Kim Bergström Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture is welcoming the season with Flowering 2025, a spring festival running from the be...
Activities TeamLab Future Park 2022 Kim Bergström An upcoming event from the TeamLab collective in Ibaraki brings the digital art concept to the younger crew, allowing kids to...
Activities TeamLab Kairakuen Light Festival 2022 Kim Bergström The TeamLab Kairakuen Light Festival will run throughout February and March, and intends to enhance the immense natural beaut...
Culture Old Noritake X Wakabayashi Collection Exhibition 2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition taking place at the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum will explore pieces from the Wakabayashi collection, whic...
Culture Artists and 3.11 2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition taking place at Ibaraki's Art Tower Mito looks at the 3.11 natural disaster through the eyes of artists,...
Culture Pipilotti Rist Exhibition: Ibaraki 2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition at the Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki will look at the work of Pipilotti Rist (1962-), a Swiss visual artist ...
Culture Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Ibaraki 2021 Kim Bergström The Moomins are characters in a cartoon series developed by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, and they've become quite popula...
Culture Kasama's Nebuta Festival 2020 Tom Roseveare Kasama is home to one of Japan's three most important Inari fox shrines at Kasama Inari Shrine. The small city in northern Ib...
