Mito
Population 270,445 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
- January: 9 h 56 of daylight
- February: 10 h 51 of daylight
- March: 11 h 54 of daylight
- April: 13 h 06 of daylight
- May: 14 h 05 of daylight
- June: 14 h 37 of daylight
- July: 14 h 25 of daylight
- August: 13 h 35 of daylight
- September: 12 h 27 of daylight
- October: 11 h 19 of daylight
- November: 10 h 16 of daylight
- December: 9 h 42 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- 柳崎貝塚 Archaeological site · 300 m
- 安神車 Attraction · 870 m
- 藤田東湖像 Memorial · 730 m
- 日中不再戦之碑 Memorial · 890 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Kōmon Festival
August
This summer festival was started in 1961 (Showa 36), and it is held every year on the first full weekend in August.
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Mito); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
More train stations: Hitachi-Aoyagi 2.5 km, Higashi-Mito 4.4 km, Hitachi-Tsuda 4.4 km, Akatsuka 4.9 km, 工機前 5.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.