Culture The Tourist Attraction that Isn't Todd Wojnowski The Ushiku Daibutsu is the third-tallest statue in the world, but is a bizarrely underwhelming experience for tourists and vi...
Culture Pipilotti Rist Exhibition: Ibaraki 2021 Kim A special exhibition at the Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki will look at the work of Pipilotti Rist (1962-), a Swiss visual artist ...
Culture Artists and 3.11 2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at Ibaraki's Art Tower Mito looks at the 3.11 natural disaster through the eyes of artists,...
Culture Old Noritake X Wakabayashi Collection Exhibition 2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum will explore pieces from the Wakabayashi collection, whic...
Culture Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Ibaraki 2021 Kim The Moomins are characters in a cartoon series developed by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, and they've become quite popula...
Culture Kosei Matsui and Kiyoshi Hara Exhibition 2020-2021 Kim The Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum is home to a number of works from Kosei Matsui and Kiyoshi Hara, who were designated as Living...
Culture Kasama's Nebuta Festival 2020 Tom Roseveare Kasama is home to one of Japan's three most important Inari fox shrines at Kasama Inari Shrine. The small city in northern Ib...
Culture Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival 2024 Sandra Isaka Every autumn, Ibaraki hosts the Kasama Kiku Matsuri, an amazing chrysanthemum festival in the grounds of the historic Kasama ...
Culture A Day in Tsukuba-mirai Tom Roseveare Tsukuba-mirai in south-west Ibaraki has lots of things to see and do
Culture Asahi Brewery in Moriya Tom Roseveare Free brewery tour of Asahi's newest and largest brewery in Japan.