[2025 Kitaibaraki Attraction] Travel Guide for Izura Coast (Updated May)

📍Goura Beach Goura, Otsu-machi, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki 《Access》 About 38 minutes on foot from the Otsu Port Station exit ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ Goura Beach has five inlets: Kogoura, Ogoura, Tsubakiiso, Nakaiso, and Hashiiso. This group of strange rocks is a series of 50m high cliffs and has been selected as one of Japan's 100 best beaches. Natural rock art created by the rough waves of the Pacific Ocean I felt that this was a place loved by Okakura Tenshin, a master of modern art. It is also said to be the Matsushima of the Kanto region. #Ibaraki #Kitaibaraki #Goura Beach #Goura #Okakura Tenshin #0 yen trip

📍Okakura Tenshin's former home Goura, Otsu-machi, Kitaibaraki City 《Access》 [Car] 15 minutes from Kitaibaraki IC on the Joban Expressway [Train] Approximately 5 minutes by taxi from Otsuko Station on the JR Joban Line ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ Okakura Tenshin's home remains within the Ibaraki University Goura Institute of Art and Culture. When Tenshin moved to this area, he initially lived in an old restaurant. It is said that Tenshin's home was built using old materials from that restaurant. Although the main house is Japanese-style, the front yard is Western-style with grass brought from Boston... The view from the house is spectacular. The house is befitting of a Japanese art thinker. #Ibaraki #Kitaibaraki #Okakura Tenshin #Art thinker #Home #0 yen trip

Goura Coast is a famous tourist spot in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, and the "Rokkakudo" built on the edge of the coastline is the place where the famous Japanese painter Okakura Tenshin created his works. Rokkakudo was directly damaged in the 311 Great East Japan Earthquake. Now it has been rebuilt and is waiting for tourists to visit again.