Ibaraki directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 32 entries

• Kanefuku Mentai Park Oarai

  かねふくめんたいパーク大洗
  Ibaraki / Oarai ／ Seafood processing & mentaiko

  A mentaiko factory in Oarai. Mentaiko is cured in the port town, and the process is shown.

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• Tatsugo Miso

  たつご味噌
  Ibaraki / Takahagi ／ Miso & fermentation

  A miso brewery in Ibaraki. It handles the fermentation process.

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• Kagome Ibaraki Plant

  カゴメ茨城工場
  Ibaraki / Omitama ／ Beverages & farm product processing

  A Kagome plant in Ibaraki. It processes agricultural produce such as tomatoes.

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• Kabaya Foods Kanto Plant

  カバヤ食品関東工場
  Ibaraki / Hitachiomiya ／ Confectionery manufacturing

  A confectionery factory in Kanto.

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• Kewpie Goka Plant Open Kitchen

  キユーピー五霞工場オープンキッチン
  Ibaraki / Goka ／ Food & mayonnaise

  A Kewpie plant in Goka. It shows everything from the egg-cracking process to mayonnaise.

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• Kirin Brewery Toride Plant

  キリンビール取手工場
  Ibaraki / Toride ／ Beer & factory tours

  A beer brewery in Toride. Visitors can tour the process from brewing to packaging.

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• Super Dry Museum and Asahi Breweries Ibaraki Brewery

  スーパードライミュージアム・アサヒビール茨城工場
  Ibaraki / Moriya ／ Beer & factory tours

  A beer brewery in Moriya. Visitors can tour the production of Super Dry and taste it freshly made.

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• Takano Foods Nattoku! Factory

  タカノフーズなっとく！ファクトリー
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Natto & fermentation

  A natto factory in Omitama. Visitors can tour the process by which natto is made.

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• Yakult Honsha Ibaraki Plant

  ヤクルト本社茨城工場
  Ibaraki / Goka ／ Lactic acid drinks

  A Yakult plant in Ibaraki. It shows everything from the culturing of lactic acid bacteria to filling.

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• Yonebishi Shoyu Head Office Plant

  ヨネビシ醤油本社工場
  Ibaraki / Hitachiota ／ Soy sauce & fermentation

  A soy sauce plant in Hitachiota. It handles the fermentation process.

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• Isaka Shuzoten

  井坂酒造店
  Ibaraki / Hitachiota ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Ibaraki. It brews with local rice.

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• Yoshikubo Shuzo

  吉久保酒造
  Ibaraki / Mito ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Mito. Founded in 1790, it is known for the Ippin brand.

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• Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences JIRCAS

  国際農林水産業研究センターJIRCAS
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ International agricultural research

  The Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences. It researches agriculture in developing regions.

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• Kowa Shoko Hitachi Sake Brewing Plant

  宏和商工日立酒造工場
  Ibaraki / Hitachi ／ Sake & local brewing

  A sake brewing plant in Hitachi. It makes the area's sake.

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• Omitama Furusato Food Corporation

  小美玉ふるさと食品公社
  Ibaraki / Omitama ／ Dairy products & local foods

  A food corporation in Omitama. It makes dairy products from local raw milk.

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• Okabe Gomei Kaisha

  岡部合名会社
  Ibaraki / Hitachiota ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Ibaraki. It continues as a general partnership company.

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• Nipponham Factory Ibaraki Plant

  日本ハムファクトリー茨城工場
  Ibaraki / Chikusei ／ Meat processing

  A meat processing plant in Ibaraki. It makes ham and sausages.

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• Meiri Shurui Besshunkan

  明利酒類別春館
  Ibaraki / Mito ／ Sake & plum liqueur

  An alcoholic beverage maker in Mito. It makes sake and umeshu and has exhibits at the Besshunkan.

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• Meiji Naruhodo Factory Moriya

  明治なるほどファクトリー守谷
  Ibaraki / Moriya ／ Dairy products & food education

  A dairy products plant in Moriya. While showing production, it also provides food education.

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• Tsukinoi Shuzoten

  月の井酒造店
  Ibaraki / Oarai ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Oarai. It brews in a seaside location.

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• Kiuchi Brewery

  木内酒造
  Ibaraki / Naka ／ Sake & craft beer

  A sake brewery in Naka. It makes both sake and craft beer and sends Hitachino Nest Beer overseas.

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• Cedar Oribako Boxes

  杉折箱
  Ibaraki / Mito and other areas ／ Woodwork & food packaging

  Oribako boxes made of bent thin cedar boards. They are made as containers for wrapping food.

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• Nemoto Shuzo

  根本酒造
  Ibaraki / Hitachiomiya ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Hitachiomiya. Said to have been founded in 1603.

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• Morishima Shuzo

  森島酒造
  Ibaraki / Hitachi ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Hitachi. It brews in a place close to the sea.

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• Morinaga Milk Industry Tone Plant

  森永乳業利根工場
  Ibaraki / Joso ／ Dairy products & beverages

  A dairy factory in Tone. It makes yogurt, desserts and tofu.

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• Shiina Shuzoten

  椎名酒造店
  Ibaraki / Hitachi ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Ibaraki. It brews local sake.

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• Isokura Shuzo

  磯蔵酒造
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Kasama. It brews with the water of Inada.

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• Inaba Shuzo

  稲葉酒造
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Sake & Mt. Tsukuba water system

  A sake brewery in Tsukuba. It brews with water from the Mount Tsukuba water system.

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• Noguchi Kumataro Chaen

  野口熊太郎茶園
  Ibaraki / Sakai ／ Tea & farm product processing

  A tea farm that grows and processes tea. Okukuji is a tea-producing area close to the northern limit.

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• Megmilk Snow Brand Ami Plant

  雪印メグミルク阿見工場
  Ibaraki / Ami ／ Dairy products

  A dairy factory in Ami. It makes processed cheese and margarine.

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• Sudo Honke

  須藤本家
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Sake & long-established brewing

  A sake brewery in Kasama. Said to have been founded in 1141, it is regarded as the oldest sake brewery in Japan.

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• Kurosawa Soy Sauce Shop

  黒澤醤油店
  Ibaraki / Hitachinaka ／ Soy sauce & fermentation

  A soy sauce shop in Ibaraki. It handles the fermentation process.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 18 entries

• Tsukubane Ware and To Umeda

  つくばね焼・陶梅田
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Pottery

  A pottery studio for Tsukubane ware.

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• Kagami Crystal

  カガミクリスタル
  Ibaraki / Ryugasaki ／ Crystal glass

  Crystal glass from Ryugasaki. It carries on the techniques of Edo kiriko cut glass.

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• Izura Tenshin Ware

  五浦天心焼
  Ibaraki / Kitaibaraki ／ Pottery & local culture

  Izura Tenshin ware from Kitaibaraki. The ceramics of the place where Okakura Tenshin was based.

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• Yamizo-nuri and Kijian

  八溝塗・器而庵
  Ibaraki / Daigo ／ Lacquerware & local timber

  Lacquerware of Yamizo. Local wood is used for the wooden base.

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• Oho Brooms

  大穂のほうき
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Brooms & plant crafts

  Brooms from Tsukuba. Broomcorn is grown and woven.

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• Iwase Stone Sculpture Exhibition Hall

  岩瀬石彫展覧館
  Ibaraki / Sakuragawa ／ Stone & stone carving

  The stone sculpture exhibition hall in Sakuragawa. It displays works carved from Inada stone.

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• Hitachi Lion Heads

  常陸獅子
  Ibaraki / Ishioka and other areas ／ Wood carving & festival crafts

  Lion heads from Hitachi. Heads used in Ibaraki's festivals, such as the Gogyo no Mai, are carved.

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• Honba Yuki Tsumugi and Tsumugi no Yakata

  本場結城紬・つむぎの館
  Ibaraki / Yuki ／ Silk textiles & jibata loom weaving

  The Yuki tsumugi hall. Thread spun by hand from silk floss is woven on a backstrap loom. A nationally designated Important Intangible Cultural Property.

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• Kurino Shunkei Lacquerware

  栗野春慶塗
  Ibaraki / Shirosato ／ Lacquerware & woodwork

  Shunkei lacquerware from Shirosato. Transparent lacquer is applied thinly to show the figured grain of the wooden base.

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• Katsura Hina Dolls

  桂雛
  Ibaraki / Ishioka ／ Seasonal festival dolls & costume craft

  Hina dolls from Katsura. They are finished by dressing them in costumes.

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• Suifu Lanterns

  水府提灯
  Ibaraki / Mito ／ Bamboo and paper crafts & lighting

  Suifu lanterns. Sturdy lanterns in which thin bamboo strips are formed into rings and joined one by one.

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• Makabe Stone Lanterns

  真壁石燈籠
  Ibaraki / Sakuragawa ／ Stonework & traditional craft

  Makabe stone lanterns from Sakuragawa. Granite is carved to make lanterns. A nationally designated Traditional Craft.

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• Ishikiri Sanmyaku

  石切山脈
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Quarrying & Inada stone

  A former quarry site in Kasama. The vertical rock walls from which Inada stone was cut remain, and the site is open to the public.

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• Kasama Ware Cooperative and Kasama Craft Hills

  笠間焼協同組合・笠間工芸の丘
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Pottery & hands-on experience

  A hill run by the Kasama ware cooperative. Works from the kilns are displayed, and visitors can try the potter's wheel.

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• Yuki Cocoon Crafts

  結城まゆ工芸
  Ibaraki / Yuki ／ Cocoons & decorative crafts

  Cocoon craft from Yuki. Cocoons are split to make flowers and other ornaments.

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• Yuki Region Paulownia Geta and Kirinohana Workshop

  結城地方の桐下駄・桐乃華工房
  Ibaraki / Chikusei ／ Paulownia woodwork & footwear

  Paulownia geta from Yuki. They are made by hollowing out paulownia.

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• Nishinouchi Paper

  西ノ内紙
  Ibaraki / Hitachiomiya ／ Washi paper & paper mulberry

  Nishinouchi paper from Hitachiomiya. Made from kozo alone, it is strong and resistant to water. Edo merchant houses used it for their account books.

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• Komamura Seimeido

  駒村清明堂
  Ibaraki / Ishioka ／ Incense sticks & incense culture

  An incense maker in Hitachiomiya. Cedar incense, made from ground cedar leaves, is kneaded by hand.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 8 entries

• FPCO Kanto Recycling Plant

  エフピコ関東リサイクル工場
  Ibaraki / Yachiyo ／ Containers & resource circulation

  A plant that collects food trays and turns them into trays again. Used containers are returned to raw material.

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• Nippon Steel East Nippon Works Kashima Area

  日本製鉄東日本製鉄所鹿島地区
  Ibaraki / Kashima ／ Steel & steelmaking

  A steelworks in Kashima. It has an excavated harbor, and iron ore is brought right into the works.

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• Somay-Q Technology

  染めQテクノロジィ
  Ibaraki / Goka ／ Coating & surface modification

  A company with coating and surface modification technology. It deals in techniques for coating materials to which paint adheres poorly.

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• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology National Metrology Institute of Japan

  産業技術総合研究所計量標準総合センター
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Measurement standards & precision measurement

  AIST's base for measurement standards. It maintains Japan's standards for quantities such as length and mass.

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• University of Tsukuba Gallery

  筑波大学ギャラリー
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ University research & history of education

  The University of Tsukuba's gallery. It exhibits the history of the university's research and education.

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• Tsukuba Botanical Garden

  筑波実験植物園
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Plant diversity & conservation techniques

  Tsukuba Botanical Garden. It conserves plant diversity and grows endangered species.

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• Kao Kashima Plant

  花王鹿島工場
  Ibaraki / Kamisu ／ Chemicals & daily goods

  A chemical plant in Kashima. It makes raw materials for detergents and daily goods.

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• Fukuroda Falls Tunnel and Waterfall-Viewing Infrastructure

  袋田の滝トンネル・観瀑インフラ
  Ibaraki / Daigo ／ Tourism civil engineering & local access

  The tunnel leading to Fukuroda Falls. Civil engineering for tourism that brings people to the viewing platform.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 5 entries

• J-PARC

  J-PARC
  Ibaraki / Tokai ／ High-intensity proton accelerator

  A high-intensity proton accelerator facility in Tokai Village. It accelerates protons to produce neutrons and muons.

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• Rapoppo Namegata Farmers Village

  らぽっぽなめがたファーマーズヴィレッジ
  Ibaraki / Namegata ／ Sweet potatoes & sixth-sector industry

  A sweet potato facility in Namegata. Using a closed school, it handles everything from growing to processing to selling in one continuous operation.

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• National Institute for Materials Science NIMS

  物質・材料研究機構NIMS
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Materials science & nanotechnology

  The National Institute for Materials Science. A national institution that researches metals and nanomaterials.

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• Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History and Former Mitsukaido Elementary School Main Building

  茨城県立歴史館・旧水海道小学校本館
  Ibaraki / Mito ／ Architecture & history of industry and daily life

  The prefectural museum of history. The pseudo-Western-style schoolhouse of the former Mitsukaido Elementary School has been relocated and stands here.

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• High Energy Accelerator Research Organization KEK

  高エネルギー加速器研究機構KEK
  Ibaraki / Tsukuba ／ Accelerators & elementary particles

  The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization. It collides elementary particles to investigate the makeup of matter.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 5 entries

• Makabe Stone Lanterns

  真壁石燈籠
  Ibaraki / Sakuragawa ／ Sculpture / Crafts & pottery

  Lanterns cut from Tsukuba granite by a town of stonemasons working since the Edo period.

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• Kasama Ware

  笠間焼
  Ibaraki / Kasama ／ Crafts & pottery

  A pottery town with no house style: over 300 potters live here, each working their own way.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Yuki Tsumugi

  結城紬
  Ibaraki / Yuki ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Silk floss drawn into thread by hand without twisting, then woven on a back-strap loom; UNESCO Intangible Heritage.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nishinouchi Washi

  西ノ内和紙
  Ibaraki / Hitachiomiya ／ Crafts & pottery

  Paper so strong it was used for ledgers and firemen's coats, once reserved for the Mito domain.

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• Nishinouchi Papermaking

  西ノ内紙の紙漉き
  Ibaraki / Hitachiomiya ／ Crafts & pottery

  Paper is still made in midwinter, when cold water makes the fibres bind best.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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