Culture Appreciating Mito City Rey Waters Mito is more than Plum trees. There are loads of well maintained historical sites throughout the city.
Culture Inaba Shuzo Sherilyn Siy Inaba Shuzo was founded in 1867 when they started brewing Minanogawa sake using high quality rice and carefully sourced pure ...
20 Culture The Miracle of Amida Buddha Elena Lisina Ushiku is made famous by its bronze Ushiku Daibutsu statue of Amida Buddha. At 120m it is one of the tallest statues in the w...
Culture A Day Trip to Yūki, Ibaraki Niaya Harper Yūki, Ibaraki - A city with a long tradition of Japanese textile and craft and the birthplace of Yūki-Tsumugi.
7 Food Kagetsurou Sherilyn Siy Tucked away in a small street a few blocks from Tsuchiura Station is a restaurant that specializes in local, regional and sea...
8 Food Tsukuba's Gourmet Handmade Soba Sherilyn Siy I always said that the best soba I have ever had is soba made from newly harvested buckwheat that you can only eat once a yea...
Culture Tsuchiura’s Kura Storehouses Elizabeth S Tsuchiura City’s preserved Edo Period storehouses are grouped around the former Mito Kaido post road. Open to the public free...
Culture Matsuri Tsukuba 2026 Elizabeth S Matsuri Tsukuba is the science city's end of summer festival, August 25th and 26th. See massive nebuta floats, try local and ...
Culture Amabiki Kannon Temple Elizabeth S Rakuhoji, also known as Amabiki Kannon, or the Rain-drawing Kannon, is reknowned for cherry blossoms in spring, and hydrangea...
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 e...
