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- Aqua World Ibaraki Ōarai (アクアワールド茨城県大洗水族館) 55 species of shark, a record for Japan: the largest manta ray tank in the country.
- Fukuroda Falls 120 metres in four drops: Saigyō said you have to see it in every season to know it.
- Hitachi Seaside Park On Miharashi Hill 5.3 million blue nemophila bloom together, in April–May.
- Kairakuen Tokugawa Nariaki opened it for the townspeople in 1842: today 3,000 plum trees of 100 varieties.
- Kamine Shrine (神峰神社) Its 15-metre float opens every April; all four together every seven years.
- Kasama Inari Shrine (笠間稲荷神社) One of the three great Inari shrines of Japan, founded according to tradition in 651. The red two-storey rōmon, the chōzuya, the stone…
- Kashima Shrine (鹿島神宮) The Kaname-ishi, tradition says, holds down the head of the earthquake catfish.
- Kōbuntei On the third floor, the Rakuju-rō was the view Nariaki kept for himself and his guests.
- Kōdōkan The largest domain school in Japan (1841): today 800 plum trees of 60 varieties.
- Lake Senba Promenade The path round Lake Senba, three km long, passes at the foot of the statue of Mitsukuni.
- Miyashita Ginza Below the Tōshōgū stood Mito's amusement park: the 60s signs now host new venues.
- Mount Tsukuba The 1925 ropeway, the second in Kanto after Hakone, climbs to the 877 m female peak.
- Nakaminato Fish Market At the market, on three days at the end of December from 6:30, you can watch a whole tuna being cut up.
- Ōarai Isosaki Shrine and the Kamiiso torii At the winter solstice the sun rises framed by the torii on the rocks of Kamiiso.
- Oiwa Shrine Three metres above the ground the trunk of the Sanbon-sugi splits into three, and has done for five hundred years.
- Ryūjin Suspension Bridge 375 metres: for 12 years the longest pedestrian bridge in Japan; 100 m bungee jumps since 2014.
- Sakuragawa Embankment, Tsuchiura 25,000 fireworks in one night since 1925: three categories in competition, first Saturday of November.
- Shumpū Manrisō Kitaōji Rosanjin's thatched house, moved from Kita-Kamakura in 1965 with his works.
- Super Dry Museum — Asahi Ibaraki Factory 5.9 million bottles a day are produced here; the tour ends with a tasting.
- Tsukuba Expo Center Outside, a full-size H-II: 50 metres, like the real rocket that was never launched from here.
- Tsumugi no Yakata (Yūki-tsumugi) The thread is spun by hand from raw silk, never twisted: a technique on the UNESCO heritage list since 2010.