Yasaka Park

A nature museum of Ibaraki Prefecture, located on the banks of Sugao-numa, one of the largest natural environment conservation areas in Ibaraki Prefecture, in a vast and rich nature of about 160,000 square meters. In the hall, we use dioramas and images to explain the mechanism and environment of the universe, nature and life, including the birth and biological evolution of the earth 4.6 billion years ago. It also displays a whole-body skeletal specimen (replicated) of a Songhua Mammoth with a body length of 9m and a Nuoerosaurus with a body length of 26m. There are outdoor facilities where you can observe nature, such as a dragonfly pond, a barnfield, an acorn forest, and a nature discovery workshop.

A complex with a library, a museum of materials, an audio-visual hall and a celestial telescope. In addition to the permanent exhibition of local history and culture, there will be art exhibitions by artists related to Ibaraki, focusing on works by Yoshiyanagi Goseda, a pioneer of modern Japanese Western paintings. From time to time, it also holds a story party, a celestial viewing party, a free family concert and a movie festival.

Sakaii Castle, which was built as the Hōjō clan's base for advancing to the Hokukan East at the end of the Sengoku period. It was left in ruins by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's defeat of Odawara, but the outer walls and earthworks remain today. It seems that the park, where the main temple and the two-tiered temple are located, slipped back in time to the Warring States period, such as restoring the main gate, which was then called the second floor gate, to the original excavation. In the garden, in addition to Yoshino Yoshino in the spring, you can also enjoy the local cherry blossoms, which are single and have dainty pink petals.