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(Translated by Google) Mito Castle began in the 4th year of Kenkyuu (1193) when Minamoto no Yoritomo gave this land to Jito Baba Sukemoto, who was appointed as the Great Judge. After that, Mr. Daijo Baba set up a residence in the vicinity of Shimonomaru (parent) for about 240 years for the 9th generation. Next, Michifusa Edo, the descendant of Dotatsu Naka, the lord of Kawada Castle, occupied Mito Castle while Mitsumoto Daijo was away. Since then, the Edo clan ruled for 7 generations, 165 years. At that time, it consisted of three enclosures: Naijo, Shukujo, and Jokoji. In the 18th year of Tensho (1590), Yoshinobu Satake of Ota Castle defeated the Edo clan and made it his base. The era of the Satake clan lasted only thirteen years until Yoshinobu's transfer to Akita in the 7th year of Keicho (1602). During this time, the inner castle was called the old castle and turned into the main enclosure, and the inn castle was called the second enclosure. The entrance to the castle was also moved from the east side to the west side, and a Hashizume-mon gate was built. At the beginning of the 17th century, Shinkichi Takeda and Yorinobu Tokugawa of Kofu were temporarily ruled, but in the 14th year of Keicho (1609), Yorifusa, the eleventh son of Ieyasu, became the lord of the castle. After Mitsukuni, Nariaki, and Akitake, he ruled the Mito territory of 350,000 koku for about 260 years. Meiji 4 (1871) Abandoned castle. During the Tokugawa period, the Honmaru had an armory, and the Ninomaru had a three-story turret. The predecessor of our school, Ibaraki Prefectural Junior High School, was newly built and moved to the ruins of the Honmaru castle in September 1896, later becoming Mito Junior High School, and was air-raided in 1945. In 1923, it became the current Mito Daiichi High School. The remnants of the castle ruins are the dry moat, part of the earthen walls, and the restored Hashizumemon. [Excerpt from the local information board] In the past, the only highlights were the Yakuimon Gate and the huge empty moat, but in recent years, restoration work has progressed in various places from Kodokan to Honmaru, including the Otemon Gate, making it easier to experience a glimpse of the vast castle ruins. Even if you look at the map, it is easy to see the entire area of ​​the tongue-shaped plateau, and the huge empty moat that the railroad runs through makes it hard to attack. (Original) 水戸城は、建久四年(一一九三)、源頼朝から地頭馬場資幹がこの地を賜り、大掾に任ぜられたのに始まる。 以後、馬場大掾氏は九代約二四〇年間、下の丸(親) の辺りに居館を構えた。 次いで那珂道辰の子孫、河和田城主江戸道房が大掾満幹の留守に水戸城を占拠。 それ以来七代、一六五年間、江戸氏が支配した。 当時は内城、宿城と浄光寺の三つの曲輪より成っていた。 天正一八年(一五九〇)太田城の佐竹義宣が江戸氏を討伐、本拠とした。 佐竹氏の時代は、慶長七年(一六 〇二)義宣の秋田移封まで僅かに一三年。 この間、内城を古実城と称して本丸化し、宿城を二の丸とするなど曲輪を整えた。 城の出入口も東側から西側に移し、橋詰門を建て、また二の丸に大手門などを造った。 一七世紀初め、甲府の武田信吉や徳川頼宣が一時封ぜられたが、慶長一四年(一六〇九)、家康の十一子頼房が城主となり、その後、徳川氏は江戸定府ながら光圀 、斉昭を経て昭武まで約二六〇年間、三五 万石の水戸領を治めた。 明治四年(一八七一) 廃城。 德川期の本丸には兵器庫、二の丸には三階櫓があった。 本校の前身茨城県尋常中学校がこの地、本丸の城址に新築、移転したのは明治二九年(一八九六) 九月、後に 水戸中学校となり、昭和二〇年(一九四五) 空襲で全焼 同二三年に現在の水戸第一高校となる。 空堀と土塁の一部と復元された橋詰門が城址の名残りをとどめている。 【現地案内板より抜粋】 以前は薬医門と巨大な空堀のみが見所でしたが、近年弘道館から本丸に至る各所に、大手門はじめ復元整備が進み、広大な城跡の片鱗を体感しやすくなってきています。 地図で見ても、舌状台地の全域が見て取れやすく、また線路が走る巨大な空堀は攻めにくさを痛感します。

(Translated by Google) Most of the existing castle-like buildings were rebuilt in the Heisei era, but the remains of the magnificent territory can still be clearly seen. Mito Castle was built by the Edo clan, greatly expanded by the Satake clan, and after the Satake clan was transferred to Akita, it became the residence of the Mito Tokugawa family. The Honmaru, which has existed since the Edo period, was not considered important, and the center of domain administration was in the Ninomaru, and the Sannomaru later housed the domain school, Kodokan. The second lord of the domain, Mitsukuni Tokugawa, also known as ``Mito Komon,'' compiled ``Dainihonshi'' and laid the foundations for Mito studies, and by the time of the ninth lord, Nariaki Tokugawa, the idea of ​​reverence for the king of Mito studies was linked to the idea of ​​expulsion. The idea of ​​``sonno, joi'' became a philosophy, and Japan was shaken. Although Mito was home to the three Tokugawa families, it later became the ideological epicenter of the movement that led to the overthrow of the shogunate, but the Mito domain was dominated by a conflict between the fundamentalist Tenguto party and the pragmatic Shoseito party. Exhausted, he was forced to leave the political situation at the end of the Edo period. Many human resources were lost for nothing, the territory was left in ruins, and much of the architecture of Mito Castle was lost. Due to the Meiji era castle abolition ordinance, Kodokan, which was the center of Mito studies, was to remain, while the palace, which was the government office, and other buildings were to be demolished. The land within the castle will be used as an army garrison, government offices, schools, etc. Of the buildings that avoided abandonment, the Yakui-mon Gate still exists, the Honmaru Sumiyagura was destroyed by arson, and the third-story turret, the symbol of Mito Castle, was destroyed in the Mito Air Raid during World War II. In the Mito air raid, Kobun-tei in Kairakuen and Mito Toshogu Shrine were also burnt down. Due to internal strife at the end of the Edo period, the Castle Abolition Order, and the triple bombing of air raids, most of the buildings of the early modern period were lost from Mito Castle and its area. However, although it is so large that it is hard to see, the excavations that exist on the east and west sides of Ninomaru are impressive. The western Karahori is the prefectural road, and the eastern Karahori is the JR Suigun Line. It doesn't have any great stone walls, so most people walk by without noticing it, but once you understand it and take a look, you can get a feel for the structure of a real castle. We also recommend the observation deck located at the end of the passageway on the premises of Mito City Daini Junior High School. You can see the flow of the Naka River, which formed a natural water moat on the north side of the castle, from the ruins of the Kuruwa. Although it lacks the obvious attractions of Wakayama Castle of the Kii Tokugawa family and Nagoya Castle of the Owari Tokugawa family, Mito Castle is also a famous castle worthy of being one of the three Tokugawa families. The problem is that there are no easy-to-understand explanations in easy-to-understand places, but the explanation for Ninomaru Kakuyagura is easy to understand. (Original) 現存するお城っぽい建物のほとんどは平成になってからの再建ですが、壮大な縄張の跡はいまなおはっきりと看て取れます。 水戸城は江戸氏が築き、佐竹氏により大幅に拡張されて、佐竹氏が秋田に転封された後に水戸徳川家の居城となりました。江戸氏時代からある本丸は重視されず、藩政の中心は二の丸にあって、三の丸には後に藩校の弘道館が置かれました。二代藩主の「水戸黄門」こと徳川光圀が「大日本史」を編纂して水戸学の基礎を築き、九代藩主の徳川斉昭の代に至って、水戸学の尊王思想は攘夷思想と結びつき、尊王攘夷思想となって日本をゆるがせます。水戸は徳川御三家のおひざ元でありながら後の倒幕へとつながる運動の思想的震源地となったわけですが、当の水戸藩は原理主義の天狗党と、現実主義の諸生党の争いにより消耗し、幕末の政局から退場を余儀なくされます。多くの人材が無為に失われ領内は荒廃、水戸城の建築物も多くが失われます。明治の廃城令により水戸学の中心地であった弘道館は存置、政庁であった御殿他の建物は解体が決まります。城内の土地は陸軍の駐屯地、役所、学校などに転用されます。棄却をまぬがれた建物のうち、薬医門は現存、本丸隅櫓は放火により焼失、水戸城の象徴であった御三階櫓は第二次世界大戦中の水戸空襲により焼失しています。水戸空襲では偕楽園の好文亭、水戸東照宮も全焼しています。幕末の内紛、廃城令、空襲の三連撃により、水戸城と水戸城下から近世期の建物はあらかた失われました。しかしながら、大きすぎてわかりづらい面はありますが、二の丸の東西に現存する掘割は圧巻です。西の空堀が県道、東の空堀がＪＲ水郡線となっています。立派な石垣があるわけでもなく、気付かずに通りすぎる人がほとんどのようですが、理解して見れば実戦的な城の構造を実感できます。水戸市立第二中学校の敷地内の通路を抜けた先にある見晴らし台もおすすめです。城の北側にあって天然の水堀を成していた那珂川の流れを、曲輪の跡から一望できます。紀伊徳川家の和歌山城、尾張徳川家の名古屋城のようなわかりやすい見どころに欠けるものの、水戸城もまた、徳川御三家に相応しい名城です。わかりにくいのにわかりやすい解説がぱっと目に付くところにないのが難点ですが、二の丸角櫓の解説がわかりやすいです。

(Translated by Google) Recently, various restorations have been made, and it is now possible to see the Ninomaru Kakuto from Mito Station. The area around the Kodokan in the Sannomaru ruins, as well as the gates and earthworks have been restored. The Ote-mon gate in front of the Kodokan has also been restored. The earthen wall has also been restored, but there are no gaps, so was it not there for a long time? I don't know if I didn't restore it. (Original) 最近になりいろいろ復元がされ、水戸駅前からでも二ノ丸角櫓を見ることができるようになりました。 三ノ丸跡内にある弘道館周辺も門や土塁も復元されている。 弘道館前の大手門も復元されています。 土塀も復元されているのですが狭間などなく、昔からなかったのかどうか？復元をしなかったのかがわかりません。

(Translated by Google) ☆ "Renkaku-shiki" A typical castle in a territory. The flank defense consists of a natural moat formed by the Naka River in the north and Lake Senba in the south. The mansions of the vassals that surround the castle play the roles of waist and obi-guruwa, and are rare among early-modern castles. ☆ During the Middle Ages, the Baba, Edo, and Satake clan had Honmaru and Shimonomaru as the center of government affairs. In the early modern Edo period, the Mito clan's Ninomaru was the center of government affairs.・There is Shokokan, etc. Sannomaru was originally a residence of a senior vassal, and later Nariaki Tokugawa opened a clan school, Kodokan. It was my first visit to the castle, but I was honestly surprised that most of the castle area was the site of schools and government agencies, except for "Kodokan" 😲 In recent years, the Otemon Gate, Ninomaru Kaku Yagura, Sugiyama Gate, and Sasamachi Sakashita Gate have been restored and maintained. It was fun 🚶 (Original) ☆『連郭式』縄張の典型的な城郭。 側面防御を北の那珂川と南の千波湖が天然の濠、河岸段丘上の曲輪を大堀切と土塁で形成、東から下の丸(東二の丸)・本丸・二の丸・三の丸と一直線の配置、周辺を囲む家臣の屋敷が腰曲輪・帯曲輪の役割、近世城郭の中では稀有な「総土造りの城」。 ☆中世の馬場氏・江戸氏・佐竹氏時代の中心は本丸と下の丸、近世江戸時代の水戸藩では二の丸が藩政務の中心、表御殿に奥御殿、御三階櫓(三重五階)・彰考館などあり、三の丸は元々重臣屋敷で後に徳川斉昭が藩校「弘道館」開設🤔 初登城ですが、城域が「弘道館」以外は本当に殆どが学校・行政機関の敷地で正直驚きました😲 何とか白壁塀で体裁整えて雰囲気作り、近年に成って大手門・二の丸角櫓・杉山門・柵町坂下門を復元整備、弘道館は江戸時代からの現存で国指定特別史跡、思いの外、見処あって楽しかったです🚶

(Translated by Google) Remains include moats and earthworks. Oborikiri has a lot to see. You should definitely go to Kodokan! ! Recently, the gate and turret have been restored, so it's good to go! (Original) 遺構は堀、土塁など。大堀切は見どころがある。 弘道館は絶対行ったほうがいいよ！！ 最近は門、櫓が復元されたから行くといいです！

(Translated by Google) Home of the Mito Tokugawa family, one of the three Tokugawa families. Mito Castle, also known as Baba Castle, Mizufu Castle Format: Renkakushiki Hirayama Castle Tenshukaku Gosankai Yagura (independent layered tower type, 3-storied, 5-floor) *No longer exists. ・Specifications of Mito Castle The center of Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. It is a multi-story flat mountain castle built on a hill on one side of Mito Station. The Naka River flowing in the northern part of Mito City and Senba Lake in the southern part are used as natural moats. Arranged in three enclosures, each divided by dry moat, the castle is mainly composed of earthen walls and dry moat, a typical battle specification castle of the Sengoku period. While many castles in the Edo period usually put a lot of emphasis on defense and castles that show authority, Mito Castle is a unique existence. ·history The history of Mito Castle is quite old, and there was a mansion of Mr. Baba, a powerful family who ruled this area in the Heian period. In the Sengoku period, the Edo clan seized the Baba clan, and after the Satake clan, who later became the lord of the Akita clan with 200,000 koku of rice, overthrew the Edo clan. A total of 540,000 koku for Hitachi Province (now Ibaraki Prefecture), parts of Shimotsuke Province (now Tochigi Prefecture), and parts of Mutsu Province (now Aomori, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefectures). I will put it in. Mito Castle was built by Mr. Satake, and the castle town was maintained and developed. After that, the Satake clan, who belonged to the Western Army at the Battle of Sekigahara, was reduced to 200,000 koku by the Akita clan, and became the castle of the Tokugawa family after serving as the key to defending Edo (present-day Tokyo), the feudal lord of the Tohoku region. . At first, Yorinobu Tokugawa, the 10th son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, who would later become the founder of the Kishu Tokugawa family, entered the domain with 200,000 koku, but was soon transferred to the Sunpu Domain in Suruga Province (now Shizuoka Prefecture) with 500,000 koku. transfer. Then, Tokugawa Ieyasu's 11th son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, entered the castle with 250,000 koku (later increased to 350,000 koku). As a result, the three Tokugawa families became the castles of the Tokugawa Mito clan, along with Owari Domain (present-day Aichi Prefecture) and Wakayama Domain, Kishu Province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture), and the castle town developed further. Since the lord of the Mito Domain was a daimyo who was a daimyo of Edo Jofu, an exception to the sankin-kotai system (that is, a daimyo who always lives in Edo, and is known as the vice-shogun of the world), Mito Castle was used as the residence of the lord. It is said that the interior of the castle was simple for a feudal lord's castle. The government office of the Mito clan was located near Ninomaru, and there was a vast palace straddling the Ibaraki Prefectural Third High School and the elementary school attached to the Faculty of Education, National Ibaraki University. The reason for this is that the castle tower, which should have been originally located in Honmaru, is located near Ninomaru. There was also a palace in the Sannomaru, but Nariaki Tokugawa, the 9th lord of the Mito Domain, was influenced by Chinese literature, martial arts, various sciences, and various studies, and Nariaki was influenced by Mitsukuni Tokugawa, the 2nd lord of the Mito Domain. Kodokan, a clan school, was constructed as a place for education and research on Mitogaku. ·castle tower A castle tower that existed in Ninomaru, not Honmaru. Officially called Gosankai Yagura, the interior has a three-tiered five-story structure. Normally, 90% of castle towers are built on stone walls, but Mito Castle was a rare type of independent tower type tower that was built directly on the ground instead of on stone walls. ・Huge moat One of the highlights is that there is still an empty moat that divides the Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, and it is quite spectacular. There is a bridge over the line. Actually, this is the dry moat that separates the Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, and the difference in elevation from the prefectural road and JR line that runs directly under the castle is very spectacular, so I definitely want you to see this when you come to Mito Castle. ・Restore 2015 (Heisei 27) Sugiyama Gate 2020 (Reiwa 2) Otemon In 2021 (Reiwa 3), the Ninomaru corner turret and earthen walls were restored. ・Mito Tokugawa family's wise ruler Tokugawa Mitsukuni: Born in 1628 as the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, the first lord of the Mito domain, he became the second lord of the Mito domain. Character (Azana), Shiryu, Go, Umezato. Takayuzuru Umashimichi no Mikoto, the god name, is the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and promotes Confucianism, compiling the history of Great Japan and laying the foundation for Mitogaku. He was born in the residence of the chief retainer Miki Noritsugu, not in the castle, but in the residence of the Edo domain. Before Yorifusa officially got married to his lawful wife, she was the child that his concubine gave birth to. Originally, his older brother Yorishige, who was the second son (the legitimate son died in infancy), was supposed to succeed the Mito Tokugawa family, but Yorifusa appointed Mitsukuni, and the young Mitsukuni left his older brother, Yorishige. When he was young, he became the leader of a gang of delinquents and went out in flashy clothes. I often went to Yoshiwara, a red-light district in Edo. At the age of 18, he was deeply impressed by Sima Qian's "History" Hakuiden and began to study hard. Then, in order not to leave any trouble for his elder brother Yorishige, his family and descendants later, he adopted his own child to Takamatsu Domain in Sanuki Province (now Kagawa Prefecture) of his older brother Yorishige, and adopted his older brother Yorishige's child. After adopting himself, he adopted the eldest sons of the Mito Domain and the Takamatsu Domain to each other so as not to leave any trouble behind. This process continues for the next four generations. After four generations, there was a period when there were no sons of the Mito Tokugawa family, and the lord of the Takamatsu domain, a branch family, was adopted by the Mito Tokugawa family, and the younger brother of the lord of the Takamatsu domain succeeded the Takamatsu domain. Lord Mitsukuni was a scholarly feudal lord with a strong curiosity, and was the first in Japan to produce ramen, dumplings, milk, cheese, natto, and meat-eating meat was prohibited during the Edo period, but beef, pork, sheep, dog meat, etc. He liked to eat meat, completely ignoring the "Edict of Mercy for Living Things" promulgated by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth Tokugawa shogun, and enjoyed eating meat. I also wore Dutch socks, drank wine for the first time in Japan, cultivated Korean ginseng, and raised parrots. * Great Japanese History: When talking about Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the great Japanese history cannot be left out. It is the original draft of the period drama Mito Komon. This is because Prince Mitsukuni dispatched Confucian scholars who were members of the historical bureau to various parts of Japan to prepare materials for the compilation of national history. Mitsukuni himself visited Kamakura when he was young and traveled from Edo to Mito, which he experienced during his time as a feudal lord. So, although he moves on foot during the work, it seems that he actually moved on a horse or a basket. Mitsukuni already had a reputation as a wise ruler in the Edo period and was well known among the common people. This is the reason why it became a work as if Lord Mitsukuni was traveling around the country. Let's take a look at Kaku and Suke's models. The actual model of Kakunoshin Atsumi, also known as Kaku-san, is Asaka Kakubee Protein, with a kokudaka of 300 koku. A feudal retainer who assumed the role of editor-in-chief of the Shokokan History Museum, he was generous, honest, not particular about details, drank a lot of sake, and had a hobby of growing chrysanthemums. The actual model for Sukesaburo Sasaki, also known as Suke-san, is Sasasuke Saburo Munekiyo, who has a kokudaka of 300 koku. She was the great-granddaughter of Narimasa Sasa, a military commander in the Sengoku period. She became a monk at Myoshinji Temple of the Rinzai sect at the age of 15, returned to secular life in 1673 at the age of 34, and served the Mito clan as a gift manager and history museum. Become an editor. In 1688, he became president of the history museum, and later became a close apprentice of Prince Mitsukuni, and went to Seizanso, a retirement residence, with Prince Mitsukuni. Tokugawa Nariaki: Born in 1800 as the third son of Tokugawa Harutoshi. At first, he called himself Toshinori MATSUDAIRA. He became the lord of the domain and changed his name to Nariaki. In the battle for succession to the shogun, he was defeated in a political dispute with Naosuke Ii, the lord of the Hikone domain and a chief retainer, and was confined to house, but achieved great results in various fields through the domain administration reforms and became one of the great rulers of the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. ・There are 18 chief elders!? Nakayama Bizenkami (15,000 koku), Yamanobe Yoshikata (10,000 koku), and Suzuki Shigemasa (5,000 koku) led 18 senior vassals with more than 4,000 koku. In addition, it seems that there were quite a few senior samurai in the 800-4000 koku class. access An 8-minute walk from JR Joban Line, JR Suigun Line, Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line, and Mito Station. (Original) 徳川御三家、水戸徳川家の本拠地。 水戸城、別名馬場城、水府城 形式、連郭式平山城 天守閣　御三階櫓（独立式層塔型３重５階）※現在は無い。 ・水戸城の仕様 茨城県水戸市中心部。水戸駅片側にある丘陵部に築かれた連郭式平山城で、水戸市北部を流れる那珂川と南部にある千波湖を天然の堀として、台地東部を東二の丸、西に向かって本丸、二の丸、三の丸と配置され、それぞれに空堀で仕切り、城郭は主に土塁と空堀で構成された典型的な戦国期の戦闘仕様の城。普通江戸時代の城は守りを重きに入れた城や、権威を示す城が多い中、水戸城は特異な存在です。 ・歴史 水戸城の歴史は、かなり古く平安時代にこの辺りを治めた豪族の馬場氏の館がありました。戦国時代に突入すると、その馬場氏を江戸氏が奪い、さらに後に秋田藩２０万石の藩主となる佐竹氏が江戸氏を滅亡させた後に安土桃山時代に天下統一した豊臣秀吉公の命により、常陸国（現在の茨城県）、下野国（しもつけ・現在の栃木県）の一部、陸奥国（むつ・現在の青森県、宮城県、福島県）の一部合わせて５４万石で入封します。水戸城は佐竹氏により築城され、城下町が整備、発展します。その後関ヶ原の合戦で西軍に属した佐竹氏は秋田藩に２０万石に減封され、東北地方の外様大名の江戸（現在の東京）の守りの要として以降、徳川家の城となります。 最初は徳川家康公の１０男で、後に紀州徳川家の藩祖となる徳川頼宣公が２０万石で入封しますが、すぐに駿河国（現在の静岡県）駿府藩に５０万石で移封します。そして徳川家康公の１１男の徳川頼房公が２５万石で入封します（後に３５万石に加増される）。 これにより、徳川御三家は尾張国（現在の愛知県）尾張藩、紀州国（現在の和歌山県）和歌山藩と並ぶ徳川の水戸家の居城となり、城下町もさらに発展しました。 水戸藩の藩主は参勤交代制の特例の江戸定府の大名（つまり、常に江戸に住んでいる大名　だから天下の副将軍という異名があります。）であったため、水戸城が藩主の居城として使われることが少なく、城内は大名の城にしては質素なものであったと伝わっています。 水戸藩の政庁は、二の丸付近にあり現在は茨城県立第３高等学校と国立茨城大学教育学部附属小学校に跨がる形で広大な御殿がありました。その関係上本来は本丸にあるはずの天守閣が二の丸付近にあるのが、その理由です。三の丸にも御殿が存在しましたが、水戸藩第９代藩主徳川斉昭公が漢文学、武道、諸科学、諸学問、そして斉昭公が水戸藩第２代藩主徳川光圀公の大日本史から影響を受けた水戸学の教育、研究の場として、藩校となる弘道館を建設しました。 ・天守閣 本丸ではなく二の丸に存在した天守閣。正式には御三階櫓と称して内部は３重５階構造。 普通、天守閣というと石垣の上に建てられているのが９割を占めますが、水戸城は石垣の上ではなく地面の上に直接建つ独立式層塔型の櫓という珍しいものでした。 ・巨大な堀 見どころの一つですが、本丸と二の丸、三の丸を仕切る空堀が現在もあり、かなり壮観なものなので水戸城に来た時は観て欲しいのですが、水戸城内には県道２３２号線とＪＲ水郡線に架かる橋があります。実は、これが本丸、二の丸、三の丸を仕切る空堀で城の直下を走る県道とＪＲ線からの高低差が大変壮観ですので、是非水戸城に来た際はこれを観て欲しいです。 ・復元 ２０１５年（平成２７年）杉山門 ２０２０年（令和２年）大手門 ２０２１年（令和３年）二の丸隅櫓、土塀が復元されました。 ・水戸徳川家の名君 徳川光圀公…寛永５年（１６２８年）初代藩主徳川頼房公の三男として産まれ、水戸藩第二代藩主となる。字（あざな）、子龍、号、梅里。神号、高譲味道根之命（たかゆずるうましみちのみこと）徳川家康公の孫にあたり、儒学を推奨し、大日本史を編纂し水戸学の基礎を作る。産まれは城内でも江戸藩邸でなく、家老三木之次（みき・のりつぐ）の屋敷で産声をあげる。なんと頼房公が正室と正式に結婚するまえに、側室に産ませた子だったので。 本来、二男である兄頼重公（嫡男は幼世で他界）が水戸徳川家を継ぐはずだったが、頼房公から指名されたのが光圀公で、若き光圀公は兄頼重公を差し置いて藩主になってしまったことにより情緒不安定になり、若年の頃は不良集団のリーダーとなり派手な格好で出歩き、相撲で仲間が次々敗れたことに腹をたて、刀を振り回したり、江戸の遊郭である吉原に頻繁に繰り出したりをしました。 １８歳になり、司馬遷の「史記」伯夷伝に感銘を受け勉学に励むようになります。 そして、後で兄頼重公や家族、子孫に禍根を残さないように、自身の子を兄頼重公の讃岐国（現在の香川県）高松藩へ養子にし、兄頼重公の子を自身の養子して、以降水戸藩、高松藩の嫡男を相互に養子にして禍根を残さないようにしました。この取り組みは以降４代まで続きます。４代後に水戸徳川家の男子が産まれない時期があり、分家の高松藩藩主自身が水戸徳川家に養子に入り、その高松藩藩主の弟が高松藩を継いでいます。 光圀公は学者肌の藩主で非常に好奇心が強く、日本で初めて、ラーメン、餃子、牛乳、チーズ、納豆、江戸時代当時は肉食を禁じていましたが、牛、豚、羊、犬肉等、肉食を好み、徳川第５代将軍徳川綱吉公が発布した「生類憐れみの令」をも完全に無視して肉食を楽しんでいました。ほかにオランダ製の靴下を履き、日本で初めてワインを飲み、朝鮮人参の栽培をしたり、鸚哥（インコ）を育てたりしました。 ※大日本史…徳川光圀公を語る上で外せないのが大日本史。時代劇水戸黄門の原案です。 これは、光圀公が国史編纂のために史局員の儒学者達を日本各地に派遣して資料を作らせました。光圀公自身も若年時代に鎌倉や、藩主時代に経験した江戸〜水戸までの往来や領内巡察をしましたが、時代劇のような諸国漫遊の記録は一切なく、時代劇水戸黄門は完全なフィクションで、作中は徒歩移動していますが、実際には馬や籠で移動していたそうです。光圀公は江戸時代に既に名君としての名声があり、庶民の知名度が高かったため、その人徳にあやかり、水戸黄門漫遊譚たる水戸黄門人徳録が成立しました。これであたかも光圀公が諸国を漫遊しているかのような作品になった訳です。 では、作中の格さん、助さんのモデル 格さんこと、渥美格之進の実際のモデルは、安積覚兵衛澹泊（あさか・かくべえ・たんぱく）で石高３００石。彰考館史館編纂総裁という役に就く藩士で、性格はおおらかで、正直で、細かいことにこだわらなく、酒をよく飲み、菊づくりが趣味だった。 助さんこと佐々木助三郎の実際のモデルは、佐々介三郎宗淳（さっさ・すけさぶろう・むねきよ）で石高３００石。戦国武将佐々成政の実姉の曾孫にあたる人物で、１５歳の時に臨済宗妙心寺の僧で、延宝元年（１６７３年）に３４歳の時に還俗し、水戸藩に仕官して進物番兼史館編纂員となる。元禄元年（１６８８年）に史館総裁となり、その後光圀公の近習となり、光圀公とともに隠居所の西山荘に赴く。 徳川斉昭公…寛政１２年（１８００年）、徳川治紀（はるとし）の三男と産まれる。当初は松平利教（としのり）と名乗る。藩主になり斉昭と改名する。将軍後継者争いで彦根藩主で大老の井伊直弼と政争に敗れ、蟄居となるも、藩政改革で多方面に大きな成果をあげ幕末の名君の一人になる。 ・家老が１８人⁉ 中山備前守（１５０００石）、山野辺義堅（１００００石）、鈴木重政（５０００石）を中心に４０００石以上の重臣が１８人いました。 他にも、８００石〜４０００石クラスの上級武士が相当数いたそうです。 アクセス ＪＲ常磐線、ＪＲ水郡線、鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線、水戸駅から徒歩８分です。

(Translated by Google) With the Naka River on the north side and Lake Senba on the south side, it is a moderately high hill, making it a natural fortress. At that time, Lake Senba was so large that people could take a boat from Mito Castle to Kairakuen. When you look at Mito Castle's vast moat, you can see that it seems impossible to attack. There is a free parking lot in front of Kodokan, although it is not very large. The road is one-way from the direction of the station. Cross the Otebashi Bridge, go through the Otemon Gate (which was under construction the last time I visited), and continue on until you reach the Ninomaru Exhibition Hall, albeit a mini-sized one. Continuing along the path with white walls on both sides, there was an entrance to the path leading to Ninomaru Kakuyagura. If you pass the viewing platform and Sugiyama Gate and cross the Honjo Bridge, you will reach the remains of Mito Castle's Honmaru, with only the Yakuin Gate (existing) currently standing. The Suigun Line ran under the bridge. It felt like a vast castle. (Original) 北側に那珂川、南側に千波湖があり、ほどよい高さの丘陵となっており、まさに天然の要害です。当時の千波湖は大きく水戸城から偕楽園まで船で渡ったとのこと。その広大な水戸城の堀を見るととても攻め上れそうにないのが分ります。駐車場は弘道館前に無料ですがそれほど大きくありませんがあります。道は駅の方面からの一方通行となっています。大手橋を渡り大手門(前回訪れた時は工事中だった)をくぐり、進んで行くとミニサイズですが二の丸展示館があります。両サイド白壁の道をさらに進んで行くと二の丸角櫓へ通じる小道入口ができていました。見晴台、杉山門を過ぎて本城橋を渡ると水戸城本丸跡となり、現在は薬医門(現存)のみが建っています。橋の下には水郡線が通っていました。広大な城だったことが感じられました。

(Translated by Google) I visited twice this year. The parking lot was clearly empty. The restored gate is terrifyingly splendid and worth seeing just for that reason. The area behind the main enclosure is now a high school, but some parts are open to the public and can be visited. As expected, there are a lot of foreign tourists here as well. I highly recommend that you take a tour of Kodokan. There were various materials on display and I learned a lot. Although it is located in the middle of Mito city, it is a little difficult to find. Google Maps will accurately guide you to the parking lot. (Original) 今年2度訪問しました。駐車場がわかりやすく空いていました。復元された門は、恐ろしく立派で、それだけでもみる価値あり。本丸後などは、高校になっているが、一部は一般開放されており見学可能です。やはりここも外国人観光客がかなりいらっしゃる。弘道館は、ぜひぜひ見学してほしい。いろんな資料が展示されており、大変勉強になった。水戸市街地の真ん中にあるが、少しわかりにくい場所にある。Google マップは正確に駐車場まで案内してくれます。

(Translated by Google) Gosanke Mito Castle. This area is also used as elementary, junior high and high school land, so I have mixed feelings about it. A castle of this level should be preserved and maintained as a castle, but it is sad that everywhere in Ibaraki Prefecture is half-heartedly maintained like this. It looks like it's been kept clean at first glance, but there are a lot of things that are fake, making it look a little suspicious like a theme park in China. However, the turret gate of Otemon Gate was majestic and magnificent, giving us a glimpse of the power at the time. (Original) 御三家水戸城。 ここも小中高と学校用地になってしまっており、複雑な気分。 このレベルの城であれば城として保存、整備されていて良いはずだが、茨城県はどこもこのような中途半端な整備で悲しい 一見綺麗にしてあるように見えるが見せかけのものが多く、少し怪しい中国のテーマパークのよう ただ大手門の櫓門だけは当時の権勢を垣間見るがごとく雄大で立派でした

(Translated by Google) It is known as the residence of the Mito Tokugawa family, one of the three Tokugawa families. Its history is old, dating back to the Heian period. It is said to have been built during the Kenkyu era by Baba Momotoki, a descendant of Taira Kunika, who was the great ruler of Hitachi Province. It is said that it was also called Baba Castle because it was the residence of the Daijo clan (Baba clan). In 1416 during the Muromachi period, the Uesugi Zenshu Rebellion broke out. Daijo Mitsuki joined forces with Zenhide Uesugi, but was defeated by Michifusa Edo, who sided with the Muromachi shogunate, and the Edo clan took over as the lord of the castle. The Edo clan was often at odds with its master, the Satake clan. During Toyotomi Hideyoshi's conquest of Odawara in 1590, Edo Shigemichi sided with the Hojo clan. Yoshishige Satake and Yoshinobu Yoshinobu supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi. When the Satake clan was given 540,000 koku from Hitachi Province, they attacked Baba Castle, which was held by the Edo clan, and defeated Shigemichi. Yoshinobu moved his base from Ota Castle to Mito Castle, but because he maintained de facto neutrality during the Battle of Sekigahara, he was transferred to Akita by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu had his fifth son, Takeda Shinkichi, enter Mito with 150,000 koku, but since he died without any children, he had his tenth son, Tokugawa Yorinobu, enter Mito with 200,000 koku. However, Yorinobu left for Sunpu, and Ieyasu's eleventh son, Yorifusa, entered the castle with 250,000 koku. From then on, it became the residence of the Mito Tokugawa family until the Meiji Restoration. Yorifusa lived in Ninomaru and expanded the castle and castle town, but due to fear from the shogunate, he did not install a castle tower and instead built a huge third-story turret in Ninomaru. Mito Castle is characterized by its simplicity, with as few turrets and tamon (rowhouses) as possible and frequent use of walls. Another reason why Mito Castle was so simple was that the Mito Tokugawa family was a feudal lord of Edo who did not practice sankin kotai, so it was rarely used as a residence for the feudal lord. After that, Nariaki Tokugawa, the 9th lord of the domain, founded Kodokan in 1841 and Kairakuen, which was later called one of Japan's three great gardens, the following year. In the Mito domain at the end of the Edo period, there was a conflict between the reformist Tenguto and the conservative Shoseito, and the Tenguto raised an army at Mt. Tsukuba (Tenguto Rebellion). After a battle with the shogunate and the Mito domain, the Tenguto were defeated and 352 people were beheaded. The conflict continued until the Meiji Restoration, and in 1868, the Tenguto attacked the Shoseito, who had barricaded themselves in Kodokan. At that time, many of the buildings within the castle were destroyed. Mito Castle was abandoned in 1871. This is the 4th branch of Tokyo Chindai. During the Mito air raid in 1945, the Gosankaiyagura turret was destroyed. Since the beginning of the Heisei era, plans have been put forward to improve the Otemon Gate and the Ninomaru Kakuyagura, with the Otemon Gate being restored in 2020 and the Ninomaru Kakuyagura being restored the following year. When you think of a castle, you think of a castle with a castle tower, but Mito Castle doesn't have a castle tower in the first place, and the third-story turret that replaced it was also destroyed by fire, so it's not as flashy as Kumamoto Castle or Himeji Castle, but it has a lot of depth. You can tell from the moat that this was a large castle. It's very spacious and has a feeling of openness, and you can feel the scale of the castle. Please note that there are educational facilities clustered around the castle ruins, so there are some places you can tour and some places you can't. (Original) 徳川御三家・水戸徳川家の居城として知られています。 その歴史は古く、平安時代に遡ります。常陸国の大掾であった平国香の子孫である馬場資幹によって建久年間に築かれたと言われています。大掾氏(馬場氏)の居城となったことから馬場城とも呼ばれていたそうです。 室町時代の1416年に上杉禅秀の乱が勃発。大掾満幹は上杉禅秀に加担しましたが、室町幕府側についた江戸通房に敗れ、城主は江戸氏に替わりました。江戸氏は度々主家である佐竹氏と対立します。 1590年の豊臣秀吉の小田原征伐の際、江戸重通は北条氏側に加担。佐竹義重・義宣親子は豊臣秀吉に加担しました。佐竹氏は常陸国54万石を与えられると、江戸氏の籠城する馬場城を攻め、重通を破りました。義宣は太田城から水戸城へ拠点を移しますが、関ヶ原の戦いで事実上の中立を維持したことから徳川家康によって秋田へと転封されました。 徳川家康は五男の武田信吉を15万石で水戸に入場させましたが、子がいないまま没したため、十男の徳川頼宣を20万石で入城させました。しかし、頼宣は駿府に去り、家康の十一男・頼房が25万石で入城。それ以降、明治維新まで水戸徳川家の居城となりました。 頼房は二の丸に居住し、城と城下町を拡充させますが、幕府に憚って天守は置かず、巨大な御三階櫓を二の丸に建造しました。櫓や多聞(長屋)を極力少なくして塀を多用する質朴さが水戸城の特徴です。また、水戸徳川家は参勤交代を行わない江戸定府大名なので藩主の居城として使われる機会が少なかったのも水戸城が質素だった理由の一つに挙げられます。 その後、9代藩主の徳川斉昭は1841年に弘道館を、翌年には後に日本三大庭園と称せられる偕楽園を創設しました。 幕末の水戸藩では改革派の天狗党と保守派の諸生党の対立が起き、天狗党は筑波山で挙兵(天狗党の乱)。幕府・水戸藩らとの戦闘の末に敗れた天狗党は352人が斬首されました。対立は明治維新まで続き、1868年に弘道館に立て籠もる諸生党を天狗党が攻撃。そのときに城内の建物の多くが消失しました。 水戸城は1871年に廃城。東京鎮台の第4分営となります。1945年の水戸空襲では御三階櫓が消失してしまいました。平成に入ってからは大手門や二の丸角櫓などの整備計画が出され、2020年に大手門が、翌年には二の丸角櫓が復元されました。 お城といえば天守閣のあるお城を思い浮かべますが、水戸城にはそもそも天守閣がありませんし、代わりの御三階櫓も焼失しましたので、熊本城や姫路城と比べると派手さはありませんが、深いお堀などからここが大きなお城であったことが分かります。とても広々としていて開放感があり、お城のスケールの大きさも感じられるのではないでしょうか。 城跡には教育施設が集まっているので見学できるところとできないところがありますのでご注意を。

(Translated by Google) Mito Castle, a chain-style flat castle located in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, was the residence of Tokugawa Kosanke and the Mito Tokugawa clan. Karabori is characterized by an earthen rather than stone construction and a moat with no water. This is said to be because it is located in the Kanto region, which did not require defense during the Edo Peace Era. Mito Castle is the largest mound castle in Japan. Although it was built with earthen walls, it had a solid defense network, including multiple moats. There were several plans to build stone walls, but they never came to fruition. Kodokan, an educational institution of the domain in Sannomaru. Nationally designated historic site (Original) 이바라키현 미토시에 있는 연곽식평산성 미토성은 도쿠가와 고산케, 미토 도쿠가와씨의 거성이었습니다. 석축이 아닌 토성 그리고 해자에 물이 없는 가라보리의 특징이 있는데 에도 평화시대에 방어가 필요없는 간토에 위치해서 그렇다고 합니다 미토성은 일본에서 제일 큰 토루성입니다. 흙벽으로 쌓았지만 다중 해자등 견고한 방어망을 갖췄습니다. 석축을 쌓을려는 계획은 몇 번인가 있었지만 이뤄지지는 않았습니다 산노마루에있는 번의 교육기관 고도칸. 국가지정사적

(Translated by Google) Mito Castle Ruins is one of Japan's top 100 castles. It seems that the Otemon Gate and Ninomaru Kakuyagura were restored in Reiwa. The inside of Kodokan is now a museum. The Ninomaru site has schools and other educational facilities. This time, I came to see the Otemon Gate, so I'm glad I was able to take a tour. (Original) 日本100名城の「水戸城跡」です。 大手門、二の丸角櫓は令和に復元されたようです。 弘道館内部は現在は資料館になっています。 二の丸敷地は学校等教育施設があります。 今回、大手門を見に来たので、見学出来て良かったです。

Amazing place~ Has loads for kids to learn, library so that kids can dig into info. The meteorite, rocks, and mineral collection is amazing! The have live dinosaurs roaring and moving which blows kid's mind and the aquarium is not so small and saw the crabs fight each other! There is other great stuff like the outdoor experience but you will have to go for yourself 😉

Was pretty good. I only saw the indoors and only very less of outdoors so I know only know a little bit about the outdoors-it was out seasoned. I recommend you to not go outdoors/ buy the “Only Outdoor” ticket in winter. Please buy this ticket in any season but winter. The indoors was amazing. There were dinosaur bones, rocks, fossils, whatnot. Overall rating-4.3/5star. Other seasons but winter-4.8-9/5star Recommendation to come here-75%/100%. Other seasons but winter-95%/100%.

Very nice museum! Weekends elementary kids get In free, check webpages for changes!

Great place to take elementary school students and younger children. There are many exciting events always happening. The dinosaurs on display are huge. Facilities are clean. Staffa are friendly. It’s possible to spend the whole day there.

Such a fabulous museum full of engaging exhibits! My 4 year old and I spent a longer time at the museum than we originally expected, as there was just so much to explore…and we didn’t even make it to the outdoors space. Couldn’t recommend more!

I strongly recommend here to family with small children. My daughter (3 y/o) who likes Jurassic Park are really excited to see dinosaurs though younger daughter cried with that. I think this is more interesting for children who start to learn about earth science. We can enjoy not only indoor, but also outdoor space. We visited here beginning of April. At that time, we could see really beautiful cherry blossoms and children enjoyed playing on the filed. It's only 1 hour from center of Tokyo by car. Strongly recommended.

Nice park and very educational museum. Lovely day out for kids. Entry to park only yen 200 for adults. For museum, yen750 for adults. Don't take balls or other sports equipment into the park, they are not allowed because of possible damage to sensitive flora. Note you can carry food and a picnic basket. Hotdog stand inside pay area. Plenty of packing. Stones throw away from Noda City across Tone river so plenty of good restaurants in Noda.

It’s big inside the museum,so much to see.Nice staffs.The park around it was si nice.You can eat outside and have a picnic.There’s a place where you can eat your lunch too inside.kids and adults too can enjoy this place.The trampoline is closed but it’s ok.kids can play outside.

Many dinosaurs, very special museum, also many interesting information about the local area of Ibaraki. In addition, there is a large outdoor area. All the people can have a lot of fun to get close to nature.

Nature museum suitable for adults and for children age 5 and over. Astronomy, space research, biology, currently living animals, geology, moving dinosaurs and more. Some of the computer screen games are a bit old, but they are still pedagogical, relevant and interesting. The games are also good for Japanese language learners that are interested in nature, since they are simplified for children. Restaurant and a big parking lot.

Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival Kasama Inari Shrine About 5,000 pots of chrysanthemums are in bloom and they are so beautiful.

We visited this place while it was chrysanthemum festival. Despite the large number of people, you can freely move around. The street just outside the entryway resembles a window into the past and old Japan.

Chrysanthemum festival was truly amazing. Colors and smell of the flowers are really nice. During the festival period there are lot of event are being held, worth watching if you are interested in Japanese culture. While enjoying the chrysanthemum you can taste Japanese street foods because there are so many small restaurants and Souvenir shops are there around the shrine. Parking your vehicle is not a big problem too, so many car parking are available for just around ¥500 per day.

This shrine is known as one of the three largest Inari shrines in Japan. They did not have a lot of 🦊 foxes around the shrine at all. They were doing some maintenance to the trees, shrubs and really not much happening.

Amazing Inari Shrine. Large and famous shrine in Ibaraki. Bicycle parking available. Lots of explanations in English. Crowded even on a weekday. Toilets available. Definitely worth a visit. This place is super crowded durning New Years holiday.

Flower festival until 26 Nov 2023

A peaceful shrine with two 400 year old Fuji (wisteria) trees. Famous shrine events include yabusame (horse archery), inari sushi and kiku festival in autumn. The town is full of quaint little pottery shops with traditional kasamaware (kasama yaki). After visiting the shrine in spring, people can also enjoy Himatsuri (pottery festival) at the Geijutsunomori Park and azalea (tsutsuji) festival at the kasama azalea park. Highly recommended!

This shrine is one of the three biggest INARI shrines in Japan. The god is a god of agriculture and foxes are messanger of this god. The shrine itself is instagenic.

Another lovely visit to a surprisingly good art gallery. Nichido is well worth visiting and has some amazing pieces on display. Some of the lighting is not correct and the building interior could do with a revamp. Still, loved seeing the great artwork on display here.

Small but interesting permanent collection in a beautiful location.

Amazing!

(Translated by Google) It was the first museum I visited. The garden was a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the bamboo grove, flowering maples, and stone camphor flowers that could be admired from various angles from inside the museum. Since it was a weekday, it wasn't crowded and I was able to enjoy the show in peace. This is an art museum that I would like to visit again. (Original) 初めて訪れた美術館でした。庭園も竹林や花もみじ、石楠花が咲いていて美術館の中からいろんな角度で観賞できゆっくりも出来る素敵なところでした。 平日とあり混雑もなく落ち着いて鑑賞出来ました。 またゆっくり訪れたい美術館です。

(Translated by Google) It's an art museum in Kasama City, but this time there was a cat photo exhibition by animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago, so I changed my fishing plans. The photo exhibition was a special exhibition, and I was very satisfied with the regular exhibition as well as the many first-class items such as Bikaso and Van Gogh. There is also a coffee shop☕ in the building which is good✌️🎉💐🌸 (Original) 笠間市にある美術館ですが今回は動物写真家の岩合光昭氏猫の写真展があり釣りの予定を変更して来てしまいました。 写真は特別展で通常の展示もビカソやゴッホなど一級品も沢山で大満足でした。館内に喫茶店☕もありgood✌️🎉💐🌸

(Translated by Google) This museum has been a place I've wanted to visit for a while. This is because of Van Gogh's ``Road of Saint-Remy''. The museum has a special exhibition hall, a permanent French pavilion, and a Japanese pavilion, and the journey through the bamboo forest gives it a calming atmosphere. Since it was a weekday, I was able to see the masterpieces in a private room. Since there are many works that cannot be photographed, I have only uploaded some of them. The used palettes of famous painters are also on display, so you'll need plenty of time to take in all of them. (Original) この美術館は前から訪れたい場所だった。 ゴッホの「サン=レミの道」があるからだ。 館内は企画展示館や常設のフランス館そして日本館などがあり、移動途中には竹林の中を通るなど落ちついた趣がある。 平日だった事もあり貸切状態で名画を鑑賞できた。 撮影不可の作品が多いので一部だけアップした。 有名画家たちの使用後のパレットも展示されており、全てをじっくり鑑賞するには時間をたっぷり取る必要がある。

(Translated by Google) I went to Mitsuaki Iwago's photo exhibition. There are three buildings on a large site, and you can move around while looking at the outdoor exhibits. The beautifully maintained garden is also very atmospheric. If you go on a sunny day, I think you will feel very refreshed and refreshed❗️ (Original) 岩合光昭氏の写真展に行きました。 広い敷地に建物が３棟、屋外展示を、見ながら移動します。キレイに整備されたお庭も趣があります。お天気の良い日に行けばとても気持ち良くリフレッシュできると思います❗️

(Translated by Google) I went to see Mitsuaki Iwago's cat photo exhibition. Similar photo exhibitions have been held at various places in the past, and I have gone to see them each time, and this time I went without hesitation. I have a number of cats myself, and I take a lot of pictures of them, but cats are so grumpy that I don't go as far as Mr. Iwago. Mr. Iwago's photos are used as references for decisive moments, unique cat placements, angles, etc. In addition to special exhibitions, the Nichido Museum of Art has a French pavilion, a Japanese pavilion, a cafe, and a shop, so if you like art, you can spend an hour or two there. I would like to go again if there is a good exhibition. (Original) 岩合光昭さんのネコの写真展を観に行ってきました。この写真展は同様なものが過去に色んな所でやってるのですが、その都度観に行ってます、今回も懲りずに行きました。自分もネコを何匹も飼っていて、写真を沢山撮ってるのですが、ネコはキマグレなので岩合さんのようには行きません。岩合さんの写真は決定的な瞬間や、ユニークなネコの配置、アングル、等々参考にさせてもらってます。 日動美術館は、企画展の他にフランス館や日本館、カフェや売店が有って、美術鑑賞が好きな人なら1~2時間の時間を過ごすことができます。 良い企画展があったら又行きたいと思います。

Enjoying a bunch of beautiful Irises and Hydrangeas at the Kitayama park, Higashi Murayama, Tokyo. It’s a good place to visit for relaxation and breathe easy.

Worth to visit this place ! The end of March -April : Cherry trees May- June : Iris Autumn : fallen leaves

My family love this park... it is the nearest park in our house that is why!, my kids really enjoyed playing here...💕💕💕

Nice view of Hachikoku-yama, the setting for ghibli movie "my neighbor totoro". All the nature and country-side feeling is nice even though the area is a part of Tokyo. Would appreciate more if they had a car park.

Every year this place host iris exhibition, and it’s very popular among photographers and families.

Great atmosphere and lots of pretty flowers. Small kids will enjoy looking at the passing trains too.

Autumn