Places to Visit near Oarai (Ibaraki): Top 25 of 76 places to visit within 25 km
There are 76 places to visit within 25 km of central Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture in a straight line. The closest is Saifuku-ji Temple, about 1 km away. The one English-speaking readers look up most is Hitachi Seaside Park.
| Name | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Seaside Park 国営ひたち海浜公園 | Park | 10 km |
| Kairaku-en 偕楽園 | Garden | 13 km |
| Aqua World アクアワールド・大洗 | Park | 3 km |
| Mito Castle 水戸城 | Castle | 11 km |
| Kōdōkan 弘道館 | Museum | 11 km |
| Lake Senba 千波湖 | Lake | 12 km |
| Ōarai Isosaki Shrine 大洗磯前神社 | Shinto shrine | 1 km |
| Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History 茨城県立歴史館 | Museum | 13 km |
| Mito Tōshō-gū 水戸東照宮 | Shinto shrine | 11 km |
| Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki 茨城県近代美術館 | Museum | 12 km |
| Ōgushi Shell Mound 大串貝塚 | Park | 3 km |
| Tokiwa Shrine 常磐神社 | Shinto shrine | 13 km |
| Mito Botanical Park 水戸市植物公園 | Park | 14 km |
| Ibaraki Botanical Garden 茨城県植物園 | Park | 22 km |
| Satake-ji Temple 佐竹寺 | Buddhist temple | 24 km |
| Saifuku-ji Temple 西福寺 | Buddhist temple | under 1 km |
| Ōarai Marine Tower 大洗マリンタワー | Tower | under 1 km |
| Gokoku-ji Temple 護国寺 | Buddhist temple | 1 km |
| Ōarai Museum of Bakumatsu-Meiji History 幕末と明治の博物館 | Museum | 1 km |
| Saikō-in Temple 西光院 | Buddhist temple | 2 km |
| Gannyū-ji Temple 願入寺 | Buddhist temple | 2 km |
| Kezō-in Temple 華蔵院 | Buddhist temple | 3 km |
| Shusse Inari Shrine 出世稲荷神社 | Shinto shrine | 6 km |
| Fukudō-ji Temple 福道寺 | Buddhist temple | 6 km |
| Rokujizo Temple 六地蔵寺 | Buddhist temple | 7 km |
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- Distances are straight-line figures from the centre of Oarai, calculated from map coordinates. Real travel time depends on the route and transfers.
- The list shows the places English-speaking readers look up most (by English Wikipedia page views), not simply the nearest ones.
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