# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Kairakuen Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kairakuen-garden): Ibaraki, Garden. One of Japan's Three Great Gardens, Kairakuen is known for its collection of over 3,000 plum trees representing 100 varieties.
- [Hitachi Seaside Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hitachi-seaside-park): Ibaraki, Park. Hitachi Seaside Park draws visitors with sweeping hillsides of blue nemophila in spring and fiery red kochia in autumn across its 350-hectare grounds.
- [Tsukuba-san Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsukuba-san-shrine): Ibaraki, Shrine. Tsukuba-san Shrine sits at the base of Mount Tsukuba, one of Japan's most famous mountains, where twin peaks represent male and female deities in an ancient fertility worship. A cable car and ropeway carry visitors to the summit for panoramic views across the Kanto Plain, particularly spectacular at night and during autumn.
- [Kashima Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kashima-shrine): Ibaraki, Shrine. Kashima Shrine is one of Japan's oldest and most venerated shrines, dedicated to the deity of martial arts and thunder, with a sacred forest and ancient cedar trees.
- [Oarai Isosaki Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/oarai-isosaki-shrine): Ibaraki, Shrine. Oarai Isosaki Shrine features one of Japan's most photogenic views: a torii gate perched on rocks in the Pacific Ocean, where waves crash around the sacred gate during sunrise creating an unforgettable scene. The shrine itself sits on the shore and is dedicated to deities who protect against misfortune.
- [Fukuroda Falls](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fukuroda-falls): Ibaraki, Attraction. Fukuroda Falls is considered one of Japan's three great waterfalls, its 120 meters of cascading water divided into four distinct tiers that create an ever-changing spectacle throughout the seasons. Winter freezes the falls into dramatic ice formations, summer surrounds them in lush green, and autumn sets the gorge ablaze with color.
- [Michi-no-Eki Kasama](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-kasama): Ibaraki, Michi no eki. Opened in 2021 on Route 355, about 2 km from Tomobe IC, as the gateway to Kasama. Chestnuts are the reason to stop: raw nuts in autumn and the La Kuri cafe’s Mont Blanc all year.
- [Michi-no-Eki Tamatsukuri](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-tamatsukuri): Ibaraki, Michi no eki. A lakeside station at the eastern end of the Kasumigaura Ohashi bridge, next to the 60 m Rainbow Tower. Buy simmered carp and smelt from the lake, then look out over the water toward Mt. Tsukuba.
- [Kodokan Mito Domain School](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kodokan-mito-domain-school): Ibaraki, Historic site. A former Mito domain school with surviving historic buildings and plum trees near Mito Station.
- [Ryujin Suspension Bridge](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryujin-suspension-bridge): Ibaraki, Landmark. A pedestrian suspension bridge with a 375-meter main span, hung 100 meters above the lake behind Ryujin Dam in northern Ibaraki. People bungee jump from the middle of it, and around Golden Week about 1,000 carp streamers fly over the gorge. There is no train: the bus from Hitachi-Ota Station runs three times on weekdays and five times on weekends and holidays, and the bus must be booked in advance.
- [Kasama Inari Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kasama-inari-shrine): Ibaraki, Shrine. An Inari shrine at the heart of Kasama, with shrine buildings and a shopping approach known for inari sushi.
- [Ushiku Daibutsu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ushiku-daibutsu): Ibaraki, Temple. A monumental bronze Amida Buddha with interior worship spaces and observation windows, set in grounds outside Ushiku.
- [Michi-no-Eki Hitachi-Omiya Kawa Plaza](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-hitachi-omiya-kawa-plaza): Ibaraki, Michi no eki. A riverside station on Route 118 that opened in 2016 beside the Kuji River. The farm shop draws on about 270 registered growers and is known for organic and Western vegetables you rarely see at rural markets.

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Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?prefecture_id=8)
Last updated: 2026-11-02