2025 Naka Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in April)

We went to Kiuchi Sake Brewery in Ibaraki. You can even enter the brewery. The inside is a cafe restaurant. The old-style Japanese-style atmosphere is outstanding!! ◎ We had soba noodles and plum wine sweets. It was very popular and crowded with people. #photogenicspot

A stylish sake brewery in Ibaraki Prefecture. We visited Kiuchi Sake Brewery. First of all, the exterior has a retro and stylish atmosphere! It had the image of an old folk house. From there, there are many places that make you want to take photos 📸 It's also recommended for girls' trips. #photogenic spot

#springwander The centre of the cherry blossoms planted in the vast 12ha park is about 10 types of 2,000 double cherry trees, including Sekiyama, Ichiba, and Matsugetsu. There are about 200 other Somei Yoshino trees, and the double cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the time when the Somei Yoshino begins to fall, so it is reputed that you can enjoy the cherry blossoms that are at their best twice in spring alone. In particular, from mid to late April, which is the flowering season of Yae cherry blossoms, "Yae Cherry Blossom Festival" is held in the park. On the day of the event, in addition to stage events such as dance and drum performances, food and beverage stalls are also lined up, and it is crowded with many cherry blossom viewing visitors every year. During some periods, night cherry blossoms are also lit up, and you can enjoy a fantastic atmosphere that is different from the daytime.

Founded by the monk Kaihan in 1386, this temple is the 25th of the 36 Fudoson sacred sites in northern Kanto. The main image is Acala, a statue that was the principal image of the 540,000 koku Satake clan. Other statues enshrined here include a seated Yakushi Nyorai statue made in the Muromachi period, which was said to have been given to the temple by Mito Mitsukuni, a standing statue of Prince Shotoku, and a Bishamonten statue said to have been made by the Buddhist sculptor Unkei in the mid-Kamakura period. The temple grounds also contain the largest Bishamonten statue in Japan, the Seven Lucky Gods, and wishing stones that can be taken home to make wishes. #IbarakiPrefecture #NakaCityIbarakiPrefecture #NakaCity #Japan'sLargestBishamontenStatue #IchijoIn #NakaCityIchijoIn

#cherryblossom2024 Two thousand trees Shizumine Furusato Park is one of the best places in Ibaraki Prefecture where you can see cherry blossoms in the middle of spring. It is included in the list of the 100 best places to admire sakura and is known for trees of the variety "yaezakura" ("eight-layered sakura") with double flowers. It is interesting There are more than two thousand sakura trees in the park During the Yaezakura Festival, the trees are illuminated How to get there The park can be reached from the train station. It takes 25 minutes on foot from Shizu Station on the Suigun Line to Shizumine Furusato Park. From Tokyo Ueno Station, you can take the JR Joban Line with a transfer to the Suigun Line at Mito Station. Picnic under the sakura tree There are many open spaces in the park where you can spread a blanket and have a picnic near a cherry blossom. There are paths all over the park so that you can walk around and get a better look at the flowers. One of the best places to admire sakura There are many double cherry trees in Shizumine Furusato Park. The Japanese consider them especially beautiful. The large, lush pink flowers look much brighter than those of the Somei Yoshino variety, the most common in Japan. Yaezakura Festival This terry variety blooms later than the usual sakura. The Yaezakura Festival in Shizumine Furusato Park runs from the end of April to the beginning of May. Everything turns pink, and the evening lighting turns the local places into a fabulous world.