Kairakuen and Hitachi Seaside Park: walking through Ibaraki’s plums and flower fields
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About Ibaraki
Ibaraki sits in the northeastern Kanto region. Its capital is Mito, home to Kairakuen — one of Japan’s three great gardens.
Main walking areas in Ibaraki
Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.
- Mito (Kairakuen, Lake Senba)
- Hitachinaka (Hitachi Seaside Park)
- Tsukuba (Mt. Tsukuba)
Ibaraki trivia
Mito’s Kairakuen, alongside Kanazawa’s Kenrokuen and Okayama’s Korakuen, is one of Japan’s three great gardens, famous for some 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties.
Tips for finding smoking areas in Ibaraki
- Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
- Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
- Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
- Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone
Find efficiently with Mottosuitai
Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=ibaraki for the Ibaraki list.