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Ibaraki PrefectureWindows above a gallery carry reliefs.
Mito City Teiku Water Tower01 ／ Burial mound
Yoshida Kofun has a horizontal stone chamber built of slabs. Its rear wall bears an incised mural centered on weapons: yuki, tosu knives and spears. The city says its date is thought to be the mid-7th century. Recent surveys confirmed an octagonal mound. The photo shows a replica of the mural.
02 ／ Waterworks
The Kasahara Waterworks was ordered in 1662 to bring water to a lower town short of drinking water, and was completed the next year. A stone-conduit tunnel carried it from Kasahara, and a copper pipe crossed the Bizen-bori. It runs about 10 km. The photo shows a restored conduit.
03 ／ Folk craft
Daikon mukibana is a folk craft long handed down in Moto-Ishikawa-cho. From one daikon and a single knife, makers carve peonies, chrysanthemums, irises and camellias. It is said that water-peeling takes 3 years and flowers 8. A votive plaque offered to Tegosaki Shrine in 1888 is the clue to its start.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot April 2022)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
Mito Station is 65 minutes from Ueno Station and 72 minutes from Tokyo Station by the fastest Limited Express Hitachi, with no change. The times are the fastest of the daily trains, counted from the October 2026 JR East timetable.
0% since 2015
262,603 → 270,685
184.96km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
9.9 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-02-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の時刻表（2610版）『常磐線 下り』の平日（timetable-v/240d1）と土曜・休日（240d2）の列車ごとの停車時刻で、上野・東京の発から水戸の着までを数えた（下り＝都市→町）。 (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
18.2km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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