[Ibaraki] Recommended day trips to Ibaraki by car🚗

This article is mainly about sightseeing, but I hope you will find it useful when you visit Ibaraki 😇 ⁡ --------- ■Hitachi Seaside Park 📍 605-4 Onuma, Umawatari, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture 🚗About 2 hours from Tokyo ⁡ 🎟 Fees 💁‍♀️Adults 450 yen, Seniors (65 years and older) 210 yen ※Free for junior high school students and younger!!! ※An additional 250 yen will be charged only during the Nemophila and Kochia season!!! Spring: Saturday, April 8, 2023 - Friday, May 5, 2023 (National Holiday) Autumn: Approximately 10 days in October 2023 ⁡ OPEN 9:30-17:00 ※The above hours are for the opening period from March 1 to July 20! Please check the official website's opening calendar as it varies depending on the season!!! ※During the best viewing season, the park may open from 7:00am on Saturdays and Sundays👀 ⁡ This park is famous for its nemophila in spring and kochia in autumn! It is recommended to go before or just before opening during the best viewing season! --------- ■Oarai Beach Hinoharu 📍 6879-6 Isohama-cho, Oarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture, inside Hinoharu Ryokan 🚗About 20 minutes from Hitachi Seaside Park ※ Park your car in the parking lot (free) of Oarai Isosaki Shrine. ⁡ 🎟You can eat lunch for around 1,500 yen per person! ⁡ OPEN 11:00 - 15:00 17:00 - 21:00 (Last order 20:00) ⁡ Recommended for lunch after visiting Oarai Isosaki Shrine! The seafood bowls and fried shrimp are very delicious 🦐 In winter, you can also eat monkfish hotpot 👀 --------- ■Oarai Isosaki Shrine⛩ 📍 6890 Isohama-cho, Oarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki Prefecture 👣 Located about 1 minute walk from Hinoharu on Oarai Beach. ⁡ OPEN (Opening hours) April to September 5:30 to 18:00 October to March 6:00 to 17:00 ⁡ The torii gate in the sea is famous for its luck and good fortune, and it is said to be very beautiful to see with the sunrise🌅 --------- ■Kodokan 📍1-6-29 Sannomaru, Mito City 🚗About 30 minutes from Oarai Isosaki Shrine ⁡ OPEN February 20th to September 30th: 9:00 to 17:00 October 1st to February 19th: 9:00 to 16:30 ※Closed December 29th to December 31st ⁡ 🎟 Adults 400 yen Elementary and junior high school students 200 yen Silver (70 years old and over) 200 yen ※Free for children under elementary school age ⁡ The Last Shogun It is the largest feudal school in Japan where Tokugawa Yoshinobu studied, and the building is built like a temple, so it is also recommended for those who like to visit temples and shrines in Kyoto 🖋 --------- ■Mito Castle Ruins (Otemon Gate) 📍 ※It is located right in front of the Kodokan. About 1 minute walk. ⁡ OPEN ※There was no time listed, but it is probably open at the same time as the Kodokan 👀 If you are going, please check before going!!! ⁡ 🎟Free ⁡ You can see the restored Otemon Gate and Ninomaru Corner Tower. There are no stone walls or castles, but the gates of kindergartens and junior high schools are stylish and designed like castle gates 🏯 --------- #Tourist Spot #Ibaraki #ibaraki #Nemophila #Hitachi Seaside Park