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Ibaraki
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- 150 km north east of Tokyo.
- diverse mix of agriculture, high-tech R&D, and industry.
- Mito City: the administrative capital.
- Tsukuba university: famous for robotics.
- 60km-long beach: popular hangout for surfers from Tokyo, and includes gay beach.
Things to see and do
Art Tower Mito (ATM) - a spectacular, super modern cultural complex built in Mito City in 1999. Crowned with a spiraling, 100 meter high titanium tower, it includes an art gallery, a church-like Entrance Hall with a massive pipe organ, an acoustically fine-tuned Concert Hall for classical music performances, the ACM Theater, a Contemporary Art Gallery, a Conference Hall, "Centerpoint" Museum Shop (11:30am-3pm - last order 2.30pm; 5-10pm - last order 9pm), Restaurant "Vert et Blancher," and a Coffee Lounge.
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum - a large modern museum opened in 2000, showcaseing both traditional crafts and avant-garde creative arts. Great Masters of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Art in Gallery 1, and Ceramic Art in Ibaraki in Gallery 2.
2345 Kasama, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture
9:30am-5pm (admission until 4:30pm)
Closed Mondays and New Year (If Monday falls on a national holiday, the museum is open that day, but closed on the following day.)
Kairaku-en Park near Mito for plum blossom in February-March;
hiking on Mount Tsukuba Kashima Jingu, an ancient Shinto shrine near the center of Kashima.
Kashima Stadium - home of the Kashima Antlers.
From Tokyo: take the Japan Rail (JR) Sobu Line rapid train from Tokyo to Kashima-jingu Station (approx. 2hrs 15mins).
From Narita Airport: JR Narita Line to Sawara Station and change to the Kashima Line for Kashima-jingu Station. From Kashima Jingu Station take Oarai-Kashima Line (operated by Rinkai Tetsudo Railway) to Kashima Soccer Stadium Station, then a 5-minute walk.
Surfing beaches: From Kita-Ibaraki all the way down the coast - about 130km - to Choshi, the west-facing coast of Ibaraki is a surfer's paradise, easily accessible from Tokyo. The coast offers variety, with waves all year round at the northern end, and reef breaks in certain places. Best overall is Oarai with its strong breaks. Kyochigama is recommended for its long, shallow beach breaks. The beach near the Hirai district of Kashima City is recommended for beginners. The stretch of beach just a little north of Kashima Soccer Stadium is recommended for those with a certain degree of experience.
Gay beach: at Ohtake, in Hokota City.
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Access
Train Japan Rail (JR) Sobu Line rapid train from Tokyo
to Kashima-jingu Station (approx. 2hrs 15mins). From Narita Airport take
the JR Narita Line to Sawara Station and change to the Kashima Line for
Kashima-jingu Station.
Bus JR Tokyo Station (Yaesu South Exit) to Kashima-jingu Station
bus terminal on the Joban and Higashi-Kanto expressways (2hrs).
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