Traveling
Northern Ibaraki

Kodo-kan was Mito Domain's official educational institution for samurai who belonged to the domain during the Edo period. The part that survived a civil war in 1868 and WWII remains.

Kairakuen is a Japanese stroll garden famous for its Japanese apricot blossom. It has been open to the general public ever since the garden was founded by the then domain lord of Mito in 1842. Kobun-tei is the post-war reconstruction of its villa building. (For some reason it is called one of the three greatest gardens of Japan but this claim seems baseless.)

There are several old or reconstructed buildings in the garden of this museum. As for the indoor exhibition, opening hours are 9:30am-5pm and the fee for its permanent exhibition is 150yen.

Mito Hachimangu retains a fine shrine complex built in the Edo period.

Keiganji is a Shingon Buddhist temple with brightly-colored buildings. Howaen, a small stroll garden next to the temple, used to be the garden of the temple.

Shinganji is a Shin Buddhist temple near the Prefectural Museum of History. If you are visiting the museum, take a look at it.

This is a shrine dedicated to the war dead soldiers who went to war from Ibaraki Prefecture. Its shrine complex survived WII.

Yoshida Jinja is a Shinto shrine with well-maintained precincts.

Yakuoin is a Tendai Buddism temple not far from Yoshida Shrine.