Origin of Ibaraki prefectural name
IBARAKI – Thorny Castle èšćç The name “Ibaraki” has been around as the name of a district even before the old Hitachi Province was established in the 7th century in…
Monkfish in Kita-Ibaraki, tastier than it looks
The coast of Kita-Ibaraki (pop. 42,000), the northernmost city in Ibaraki Prefecture on the border with Fukushima Prefecture, is one of Japan’s prime fishing grounds for monkfish, a type of…