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Mito Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see x Nato! Yummy! Taken from: http://www.rei.org/JPN/ Mito is the perfect Japanese little, big city, close to Hitachi-naka, where I lived. Mito is situated in the southeast of Honshu Island 125 km north of Tokyo. It is the capital of Ibaraki prefecture and has a wonderful mix of old and new. It is well known for its "Natto" (A food incidentially that most foreigners hate... Took me 6 months to stomach it!). The above picture is Natto wrapped in the traditional manner. You can find it not wrapped like this easily in stores. Natto is sort of a stringy bean food. Nothing good in texture, but add some soy sauce and you might ONLY hate it. (Again... 6 months) Scenic spots worth seeing include the imperial park. It looks stunning during the cherry blossums. In the off-centre of the park lies two rather beautiful Go boards. Go is currently a very popular game within Japan. One I personally love and live for. Think of it as Chess, if Chess were complex and hard while being simple to grasp. Also within Mito is the "Art Tower". Personally, I was never really taken by it. It is merely an interesting looking building, that reminds me of the falic CN tower. In all, my second home is Mito. A beautiful city. LOTS to see and do, without the problems of a big city. The people are friends and understanding. (added on 5/1/2005 ) Mito is the largest city at the Ibaraki prefecture (population; 263,748(April 2005)), and a capital city governed by Tokugawa lords (="Mito Tokugawa ke") in the Edo era. Lord Mitsukuni Tokugawa (17th century) is a nation-wide famous person in the Japanese history and is called as "Mito Koumon". Mito has a world second largest city park called as "kairakuen". In March, there are a lot of plum blossoms ("ume") and a must see. _________Sights Edit This Kairakuen park It takes 15 min by bus from Mito station north. This park is very big in conjunction with Senba lake park. This park is counted as "Big three" in Japan (the others Kenrokuen park in Kanazawa and Kourakuen in Okayama). There are a lot of plum trees and in March there are a lot of travelers nationwide and some from foreign countries. The entrance fee is free (except Koubuntei, former Tokugawa's house inside the park) Tokiwa Shrine Neighbor of Kairakuen See:http://komonsan.on.arena.ne.jp/htm/eng.htm Koudoukan Hall Built as a Mito clan school by Mito clan lord Nariaki Tokugawa in 1841 , father of the last shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa Art Tower Mito See: http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/atm-e.html This tower is a symbol in Mito. Ibaraki Prefectual Museum of History Exhibit of the history of Ibaraki prefecture. For other information, see http://www.city.mito.ibaraki.jp/english/index.htm http://www.city.mito.ibaraki.jp/kankou/en/index.html ________Practical Information Edit This Please see the sightseeing guide in Mito city http://www.city.mito.ibaraki.jp/kankou/en/index.html |