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Mito

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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About Mito

Mito is the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kanto district of Japan. As of September 2015, the city has an expected populace of 270,953, and a populace thickness of 1,250 people for every km2. The Yamato individuals settled in Mito around the fourth century CE. Around the finish of the Heian time frame, Baba Sukemoto, a warlord of the Heike family, moved to Mito and fabricated a manor there.

Mito Castle changed hands a few times after that; a daimyo named Satake Yoshinobu won it in the mid-sixteenth century, however he was compelled to surrender it to Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 after the Battle of Sekigahara. Ieyasu's child Tokugawa Yorifusa was then given Mito Castle, getting to be head of one of the three "gosanke" parts of the faction met all requirements to give another shogun should the fundamental family line come up short. The capital of Edo was specifically associated with Mito by the Mito Kaido. The Tokugawa ruled Mito until the Meiji Restoration. Mito is situated in focal Ibaraki Prefecture.

Neighborhood attractions:
• Mito is the site of the Japanese patio nursery Kairaku-en which is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. Built by Tokugawa Nariaki in 1842, the recreation center is known across the nation for its ume trees. Numerous individuals go to the recreation center in spring to see the blooms, especially amid the Ume Festival. In summer, Mito additionally holds the Mito Koumon Festival.
• Workmanship Tower Mito
• Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art
• Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
• Kodokan School
• Lake Senba
• Mito Castle
• Mito Municipal Botanical Park
• Tokugawa Art Museum
• Tokiwa Jinja

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