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Oarai Hotel

Oarai Hotel

A resort inn by the waves that stands in front of the first torii gate of Oarai Isosaki Shrine. You can enjoy a variety of guest rooms, a buffet with Ibaraki flavors, and an inclusive experience will allow you to spend your time as you wish.

Hotel Oarai Marinkan

Hotel Oarai Marinkan

Japanese-style rooms designed with Feng Shui in mind, are equipped with Japanese shoji sliding doors full of traditional patterns such as cranes and peonies. Both dinner and breakfast are served in completely private rooms, allowing you to enjoy them with children or in groups.

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Satomitei Kinparo-Hontei

Satomitei Kinparo-Hontei

A long-established inn, founded by 1888. A small oceanfront inn nestled in the lapping waves of scenic Oarai. The theme of the resort is a “seaside villa” with rustic comfort, where you can spend a moment of retreat.

Kamenoi Hotel Oarai

Kamenoi Hotel Oarai

Located on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Naka River. From your room, you can savor the beauty of the sunset over the Kaimon Bridge, which connects Oarai and Nakaminato.

Oarai Seaside Hotel

Oarai Seaside Hotel

A long-established resort hotel founded in the Taisho period on the edge of the Oarai Coast. You can enjoy dinner made from fresh seafood in your room. We also host banquets and lunches in our restaurant.

Oarai Park Hotel

Oarai Park Hotel

Conveniently located for sightseeing and leisure, and a 3-minute walk to Aqua World Aquarium.
You can enjoy kaiseki cuisine using ingredients from Ibaraki Prefecture.

Ryokan Kobayashiro

Ryokan Kobayashiro

A long-established Japanese inn nestled in the lapping waves of Oarai Coast since the end of the Edo period. The newly renovated guest rooms are oceanfront, and the hot spring baths and local seafood dishes will soothe your body and mind.

Oarai Hotel Annex Gyorai-an

Oarai Hotel Annex Gyorai-an

It is a hotel with an ocean view close to Kamiiso-no-Torii Gate on the Oarai Coast, under Oarai Isosaki Shrine. Ideal for an active stay to freely enjoy Oarai at an affordable price.

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Ryokan/Restaurant Hinoji

Ryokan/Restaurant Hinoji

This Japanese-style inn boasts its location just a minute’s walk from the Kamiiso-no-Torii gate on the Oarai Coast and local seaside cuisine featuring fresh seafood. The guestrooms feature a pure Japanese style, creating a serene atmosphere where you can enjoy peaceful moments filled with emotion.

Yamato Ryokan

Yamato Ryokan

A business inn conveniently located a 5-minute walk from Oarai Station Many guests stay for long periods of time, and free Wi-Fi is available in the rooms, making it ideal for business use.

Resort Oarai Matsumoto

Resort Oarai Matsumoto

A natural hot spring inn. We take pride in the comfort of our pine garden and our cuisine, which is made with seasonal ingredients. Located near the Oarai Sun Beach, it is convenient for leisure activities such as swimming, clam digging, and fishing.

Ryotei Ryokan Oarai Yamaguchiro

Ryotei Ryokan Oarai Yamaguchiro

A ryotei ryokan nestled in a quiet pine forest on the Oarai Coast. The renowned Ushioyaki grills fresh seafood and tender meat to perfection, while in the winter, you can indulge in the original anko kaiseki course.

Hayama Ryokan

Hayama Ryokan

A compact inn with a restaurant attached, located along Oarai Kaigan-dori Street. The owner himself is proud of the seaside cuisine using fresh seafood from Oarai.

Isoya Ryokan

Isoya Ryokan

This is a small inn that has continued for three generations, standing next to the second torii gate of Oarai Isosaki Shrine. As the name “Isoya (Iso means rocky beach)” suggests, it is close to the Oarai Coast and offers sea cuisine using seasonal seafood.

Japanese Hotel Irifune

Japanese Hotel Irifune

A quiet waterside hotel with a great view of Naka River and the Pacific Ocean. The scent of the ocean, the sound of the waves, seafood, and private hot springs will refresh you. Aqua World Aquarium is a 2-minute walk away.

Matsuba Ryokan

Matsuba Ryokan

This cozy inn makes you feel like you have returned to your parents’ home.
The proprietress herself serves homemade dishes that are simple yet warm and filled with love.
Both long-term stays and business use are available.

Kappo Ryokan Sakanaya Inkyo

Kappo Ryokan Sakanaya Inkyo

It takes pride in its cuisine centering seasonal local fish, making the most of the abundance of seafood. Located in Magarimatsu Shopping Street, this is a long-established kappo ryokan that has been running for six generations since the Meiji period.

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Kappo Ryokan Sakanaya Honten

Kappo Ryokan Sakanaya Honten

A long-established inn, founded in the early Meiji period. A kappo ryokan located in a port town along Magarimatsu Shopping Street, where the best seasonal fish and local specialty ingredients trustfully sourced from the region, creating authentic Japanese cuisine.

Ryokan Fukumotoro

Ryokan Fukumotoro

A historical Japanese inn founded in the Meiji period, located in the center of Oarai’s shopping district. The interior of the inn features a modern Japanese-style decor characterized by refined taste that is not only pure Japanese style with the atmosphere of a long-established ryokan.

Ryokan Minamiso

Ryokan Minamiso

This inn is a 3-minute walk from Oarai Station, with the Hinuma River flowing right in front of it.
You can enjoy seasonal dishes and creative French cuisine.
This inn is popular among anglers as it is close to the Hinuma River.

Ryokan Sawaya

Ryokan Sawaya

While located right next to the ocean and leisure facilities, it offers budget-friendly prices. The interior exudes nostalgia with a Showa-retro style, complemented by the charming personality of the proprietress, offering a homely hospitality where anyone can relax without hesitation.

Ryokan/Guest House Kurumiya

Ryokan/Guest House Kurumiya

Our Ryokan and Guest House are separate facilities, allowing you to choose the accommodation style that best fits your budget. In summer, you can enjoy fresh seafood such as funamori (assorted sushi boat) and rock oysters, while in winter, we offer anglerfish hotpot.

Oarai Onsen Tobitaso

Oarai Onsen Tobitaso

Located in the Iwaimachi district near Naka River, this guesthouse offers home-grown rice and a relaxing natural hot spring. The interior of the guesthouse is enveloped in the comfortable warmth of wood, making it perfect for business travelers and solo travelers.

Guest House Tokoen

Guest House Tokoen

This guest house boasts a cozy and relaxed atmosphere, where homemade seaside cuisine prepared with sincerity by the proprietress and her husband. Close to Oarai Coast and a 5-minute walk to Oarai Isosaki Shrine.

Guest House Katsumuraso

Guest House Katsumuraso

A cozy guest house located near the Oarai Golf Club. The dishes using fresh seafood directly from Oarai Port are excellent, and you can enjoy anko-nabe (anglerfish hotpot) in winter.

Guest House Sabayoshi

Guest House Sabayoshi

A guest house run by a former fisherman and boasts seafood cuisine with an emphasis on fresh local fish. Carefully selected ingredients caught in Oarai are prepared while they are still fresh. Enjoy a relaxing time in rooms with nostalgic tatami mats.

Guest House Shirahamasou

Guest House Shirahamasou

A guest house located on a hill overlooking the sea and fishing port of Oarai.
You can relax in the nostalgic atmosphere of the guest house.
We are proud of the seaside cuisine using fresh seafood from Oarai!

Guest House Anbaiya

Guest House Anbaiya

A guest house that also runs a soba restaurant in Oarai’s shopping district. Recommended for leisure, business and family trips! For dinner, you can order homemade soba, udon, ramen, and donburi (rice bowls), as well as meals typically included in the accommodation plan.

Inn Tabitoyo

Inn Tabitoyo

Located near Oarai Fishing Port and Mentai Park, it is a homey guesthouse run by a family. You can enjoy seafood cuisine prepared by a former fish shop owner using fresh ingredients from Oarai.

Guest House Hamanoyu

Guest House Hamanoyu

A former bathhouse guest house with a Showa-retro atmosphere. The large public bath, which was established in the Taisho period (1912-1926), has a charming atmosphere. It also serves as the Oarai branch of the Japan Shogi Federation, and camps for Shogi and Go are welcome!

Guest House of Coastal Cuisine Daikanso

Guest House of Coastal Cuisine Daikanso

A guest house that boasts seafood cuisine that focuses on seasonal delicacies throughout the four seasons. Located in the central area of Oarai, convenient for both sightseeing and business.

Guest House Hamanoya

Guest House Hamanoya

A culinary guest house that boasts of its seaside cuisine. It offers the tastes of the sea from season to season, prepared in the most delicious way.
It is also conveniently located just a short walk away from the Oarai Sun Beach.

Guest House Sailors

Guest House Sailors

A guest house right in front of Sun Beach. Accommodations are available for family vacations, long-term stays, and training camps. New Year’s Eve party, various banquets, and other plans to suit your budget are also available.

Guest House Sakaden

Guest House Sakaden

A guest house located in front of the fish market at Oarai Port. It has a homely atmosphere where you can stay casually. It is popular among anglers because of its proximity to Oarai Port, where they can enjoy fishing to the fullest.

Guest House Asanomaru

Guest House Asanomaru

This guest house is run by a fisherman, named after his boat “Asanomaru,” takes pride in its fresh ingredients and hearty seaside cuisine. Its convenient location and fresh, exquisite cuisine have attracted many repeat customers.

Guest House New Sakaeya

Guest House New Sakaeya

A Japanese-style guest house located 5-minute walk to Oarai Sun Beach. You can enjoy seasonal dishes. Recommended for families, friends and business travelers.

Guest House Edoei

Guest House Edoei

Located about 7 minutes on foot from Oarai Sun Beach, Wakuwaku Science Museum, Oarai Seaside Station, and Oarai Marine Tower, this guest house is popular for leisure and family trips. Great for surfing and fishing!

KIKUCHI

KIKUCHI

A relaxed Japanese-style kappo restaurant. In addition to the counter seats, there are also tatami seats on a small raised floor, providing a comfortable space for the entire family!

Sardine Restaurant OMORI

Sardine Restaurant OMORI

A Japanese restaurant serving excellent local fish and sardine dishes from Oarai. The restaurant’s interior mirrors that of a traditional Japanese restaurant with a serene atmosphere. Private rooms and tatami seating tables are available for a relaxed dining experience.

Seaside Cuisine SANSUI

Seaside Cuisine SANSUI

A seaside restaurant where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Oarai Coast. Seafood with a view of the ocean is exceptional! The popular sashimi set menus vary depending on the day’s stock.

Kappo Cuisine SAKANAYA HONTEN

Kappo Cuisine SAKANAYA HONTEN

A Kappo restaurant located in a long-established Japanese inn. You can enjoy hearty local cuisine prepared by the young master, who trained at a Japanese-style restaurant in Tokyo. Reservation required.

Restaurant KOBAYASHI (in Ryokan Kobayashiro)

Restaurant KOBAYASHI (in Ryokan Kobayashiro)

This restaurant is located in a long-established Japanese inn in the Miyashita district, in front of the Oarai Isosaki Shrine. Enjoy a relaxing meal with a view of the magnificent ocean. The omakase set meal, featuring fried fish, sashimi, miso soup, and small side dishes, is recommended!

Restaurant HINOJI

Restaurant HINOJI

A Japanese restaurant located in the Ryokan Street along the Oarai Coast, beneath the Oarai Isosaki Shrine. It offers local fish dishes from Oarai as well as affordable seafood dishes.

Restaurant HAMAYA

Restaurant HAMAYA

A restaurant located on Oarai Ryokan Street, a scenic spot of Oarai. You can enjoy seasonal seaside cuisine including anglerfish hotpot during winter. We highly recommend the anglerfish hotpot with red miso paste! A bit different from other restaurants, it has a spicy flavor that warms the body.

Tsuruchan's Washokuan

Tsuruchan's Washokuan

A Kyoto-style kaiseki restaurant where the young master serves authentic kaiseki cuisine at reasonable prices. A la carte dishes, fresh fish sashimi, and hamburger steak are also available for family enjoyment.

Ajigoyomi MIYATA

Ajigoyomi MIYATA

Authentic Japanese dining where you can enjoy local fish dishes from Oarai in a modern Japanese style space. There is no doubt that the owner, who was born and raised in Oarai, makes a wonderful dish of local production for local consumption.

Restaurant MIZUKI (in Oarai Oshotei)

Restaurant MIZUKI (in Oarai Oshotei)

A restaurant in Oarai Oshotei. Built in traditional Japanese-style restaurant, with private rooms on either side of the corridor, offering a relaxed atmosphere where you can enjoy your meal while overlooking pine trees and the sea.

Kachan no Mise is directly managed by Oarai Fishery Cooperative Association.

Kachan no Mise is directly managed by Oarai Fishery Cooperative Association.

Located next to Oarai Fishing Port, the wives of fishermen serve fresh fish dishes. Only in a port town can you taste the freshness of whitebait rice bowl.

Pickled Fish WAKYU

Pickled Fish WAKYU

A Japanese restaurant directly managed by a seafood processing company that distributes ingredients to famous hotels and supermarkets. The chef’s skill shines through the seafood rice bowls made mainly from local products. Handmade side dishes such as Saikyo fish pickles and simmered sea bream head are also available.

Oarai Cuisine TSUKASA

Oarai Cuisine TSUKASA

An itamae-kappo restaurant where you can casually enjoy fresh seafood, local vegetables, and other high quality food from Hitachinokuni. The restaurant’s carefully selected dishes are exquisite, with fresh “fish” purchased by the owner himself. Using seasonal ingredients, you can enjoy dishes suitable for a variety of occasions.

SUDAAN

SUDAAN

This Japanese restaurant specializes in Hitachi-Aki soba noodles and anglerfish hotpot. It also boasts a winter-only anglerfish hotpot, prepared with a secret broth and abundant anglerfish liver. With set menus including seasonal sashimi, this restaurant is a great place to stop by and enjoy fresh food.

Crab and Seafood Bowl KAJIMA

Crab and Seafood Bowl KAJIMA

A restaurant near the Fishing Port offering excellent crab dishes. Set meals, rice bowls, and daily specials are provided. It boasts reasonable prices, quality of ingredients and volume! The snow crab croquette has won the top prize in Japan.

SHICHIRIN

SHICHIRIN

A restaurant where you can enjoy meat and seasonal seafood dishes. In addition to our famous motsuni stew and various set meals, the fresh seafood caught from our own boat promises to be a delectable treat.

ASAHIDO

ASAHIDO

A creative cuisine restaurant that offers everything from authentic French to simple Japanese dishes, with a focus on seasonal vegetables and fish. This restaurant places particular emphasis on fresh vegetables and seafood, sure to impress even the most discerning female customers.

Kamaya

Kamaya

A Japanese restaurant serving sushi, tempura, kamameshi, and anglerfish hotpot. You can taste delicious local Oarai seafood.

Osakana Tengoku Iki Iki Store

Osakana Tengoku Iki Iki Store

There are plenty of things you can only taste here! Direct from the market! Market price! A truly heavenly conveyor belt sushi restaurant. In winter, you can also enjoy the famous anglerfish hotpot. There is also a seafood Japanese restaurant.

Uochu Shoten / Chushin

Uochu Shoten / Chushin

Directly managed by Uochu, a long-established live fish restaurant. A long-established seafood restaurant where you can enjoy sushi and seafood dishes seasoned with special sauce. Enjoy the fresh seafood caught in Oarai and Nakaminato.

Unagi Matsunobu

Unagi Matsunobu

A famous restaurant of fresh eel dishes. We cook live eels to order, allowing customers to enjoy their taste and texture to the fullest. The taste, color, gloss, and aroma are outstanding.

Handmade Soba HITACHIYA

Handmade Soba HITACHIYA

A local soba restaurant using Ibaraki brand “Hitachi-Aki soba” as an ingredient. The buckwheat is slowly ground on a stone mill and carefully handcrafted using a blend of three buckwheat flours with 10 percent serving as the base. Enjoy our signature soba noodles.

ANBAIYA

ANBAIYA

A traditional soba restaurant that has continued for four generations. The homemade soba, udon and ramen that the owner makes every day are delicious! We recommend Curry Nanban Soba and Nihon Gomoku Soba.

Restaurant WISTALIA (in Oarai Seaside Hotel)

Restaurant WISTALIA (in Oarai Seaside Hotel)

A hotel restaurant where you can enjoy from Western cuisine to fresh fish dishes while overlooking the sea of Oarai. Relax your mind and body with beautiful scenery and delicious food.

Trattoria J Marina

Trattoria J Marina

An authentic Italian restaurant serving oven-baked pizzas and a menu featuring fresh local seafood. Pets are allowed on the terrace seats. You can spend a luxurious time in a resort atmosphere.

Girls und Panzer Cafe Panzer Vor

Girls und Panzer Cafe Panzer Vor

The theme of this cafe, approved by the anime company, is “Girls und Panzer,” which is set in Oarai. The Girls und Panzer goods are scattered throughout the store, including cushions used by the main characters in the anime and wallpaper illustrations featuring the mascot characters.

FUJINOYA

FUJINOYA

A Chinese restaurant where you can enjoy authentic hometown cuisine, featuring homemade noodles and Sichuan cuisine. In addition to standard Chinese dishes such as Mapo Tofu and chili shrimp, ramen and set menus are available.

Yakiniku Restaurant CHUEN

Yakiniku Restaurant CHUEN

A yakiniku restaurant popular among locals. Various menus such as tongue salt, ribs, and stone-roasted bibimbap are offered. We recommend the rib yakiniku set meal! It will undoubtedly be delicious.

Okonomiyaki HANAWA

Okonomiyaki HANAWA

An okonomiyaki restaurant where you can taste Oarai’s local food “Tarashi.” There are many menus such as Oarai’s specialty Tarashi, okonomiyaki, and teppanyaki dishes.

Shiosai-no-Yu

Shiosai-no-Yu

A hot spring facility with an open-air bath with a spectacular view overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The hot spring, rich in salt and known as ancient fossil seawater, called ancient fossil seawater, warms your body from the core.

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ARISE CO-WORKING

A luxurious co-working space with ocean views. Would ypu like to work in the rich environment of Oarai Town?

Oarai Umikaze Yoga Studio

Oarai Umikaze Yoga Studio

A yoga studio offering a wide variety of yoga classes.
We welcome those who are interested in yoga, those who want to get a good workout, and visitors to try our classes. First-timers or tourists are also welcome!

Yellowsands

Yellowsands

A beach front surf store, 0 minutes walk to the beach. Wetsuits and surfboards are available for rent, and the school is popular for its gentle and attentive instruction, starting with the basics.

Surf Shop WEDGE

Surf Shop WEDGE

A wedge surfing & snowsurf pro shop near Oarai Coast. We hold daily classes where anyone, regardless of age or gender, can participate without needing to bring anything.

Kanemaru Fishing Tackle Store

Kanemaru Fishing Tackle Store

The closest fishing tackle store from Oarai Port.
The rod rental service is highly popular, allowing you to enjoy fishing without needing to bring anything.

Kanefuku Mentai Park Oarai

Kanefuku Mentai Park Oarai

A theme park specializing in mentaiko (seasoned cod roe) operated by Kanefuku, a long-established mentaiko maker. The mentaiko factory that offers free tours, a direct store selling freshly made mentaiko, a food court, and a kids’ land provide fun for everyone from adults to children.

Moritora Himono Kan

Moritora Himono Kan

This store is popular for handmade dried fish from the adjacent factory. The beautifully packaged dried fish makes for a delightful souvenir.

Iiokaya Suisan Main Store

Iiokaya Suisan Main Store

A long-established seafood store with a hundred-year history. This store offers a wide selection of dried fish, whitebait, seasoned abalone, boiled clams, boiled salmon, and more! The prices are reasonable, too.

Oarai Seafood Market

Oarai Seafood Market

Right in front of Oarai Fishing Port, this fish shop is marked by a huge yellow sign. In front of the shop, you will find an array of dried fish and fresh fish, and they also offer grilled clams, scallops, shrimp, and more.

Iiokaya Suisan Sea & Mountain Direct Sales Center IKI IKI

Iiokaya Suisan Sea & Mountain Direct Sales Center IKI IKI

A branch of a long-established dried fish store “Iiokaya Suisan.” Our fresh fish, dried fish will make excellent souvenirs. The anglerfish soup and roasted octopus, perfect for eating on the go, are highly popular.

Tsukinoi Sake Brewery

Tsukinoi Sake Brewery

A long-established sake brewery founded in 1865. As “the sake given to Oarai,” the brewery dares not to design sake quality, but pursue sake brewing with individuality in the climate of Oarai.

Vintage Club Murai

Vintage Club Murai

A liquor store and bar with jazz music in the unique building featuring a protruding yacht. The interior has an antique atmosphere inspired by the interior of a ship. Draft beer and wine served by the owner can be enjoyed at reasonable prices.

JA Mito Oarai Sea & Mountain Direct Sales Center

JA Mito Oarai Sea & Mountain Direct Sales Center "IKI IKI"

A direct shop for agricultural products selling freshly harvested vegetables produced by local farmers. You can enjoy cheap and delicious Oarai vegetables. Other items include rice cakes and rice balls handmade by Oarai mothers, and local specialties are available.

Lunch Box MANNENYA

Lunch Box MANNENYA

Speaking of Oarai Bento box, this is the place. We produce everything from boxed lunches to ekiben (lunch box sold at train stations). The popular “Mihama Octopus Rice Lunchbox” is sold at the kiosk in the Oarai Station Building of the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line and at the Aqua World Food Court. Other Bento boxes are sold at Oarai Maiwai Market.

Kajima Delicatessen

Kajima Delicatessen

A delicatessen with an 80-year history of direct sales from a crab processing factory. You can buy side dishes, bento boxes, hors d’oeuvres, as well as snow crabs and red king crabs. The snow crab-filled croquette won the National Croquette Festival!

Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium

Aqua World Ibaraki Prefecture Oarai Aquarium

One of Japan’s largest aquariums, boasting the highest number of captive sharks in the country. The 68,000 living creatures of 580 species housed across 60 tanks of various sizes, will immerse you in the dynamic and exciting “New World Sea.”

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Oarai Golf Club

A prestigious golf course overlooking the Pacific Ocean right in front of you. The Seaside Course is the largest course in the East, spanning a total area of 86,256 square meters, with 18 holes and a length of 7,200 yards.

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Taiheiyo Club Oarai Sherwood Course

This golf course is named after the imagery of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest. The clubhouse overlooks a large, beautiful pond by the water. It looks exactly like an American type course.

Kamiiso no Torii

Kamiiso no Torii

The torii that stands at Kamiiso, the place where two gods descended, is one of the torii of Oarai Isosaki Shrine.
The moment when the torii is illuminated in the morning sun and the rough waves of the Pacific Ocean break white on the reefs is a divine sight.

Oarai Isosaki Shrine

Oarai Isosaki Shrine

Ancient shrine built in the Heian period overlooking the vast ocean. The Worship Hall and thatched main shrine, surrounded by Shrine Groves, were rebuilt by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the Edo period, and reflect the style of the Mito domain.

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Daihonzan Gannyu-ji Temple

This temple, located in Furudono-machi, Ishikawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture, was founded during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) by Nyoshin, a grandson of Shinran. Initially, it was called Oami Gobo, but two generations later, in the reign of Kunyo, the name was changed to Gannyu-ji. Until the early Edo period, it was located outside Oarai Town, but after the Enpo period (1673-1681) when Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yoshikimi) served as the lord of the Mito Domain, it was relocated to Iwai-cho in Oarai. The Main Hall and the Kaikido Hall of Gannyu-ji Temple house the standing statue of Amida Nyorai, a portrait of the holy priest Shinran, incense bowls, and other prefecture-designated cultural properties. In and around the grounds, there is a ginkgo tree said to have been hand-planted by Tokugawa Mitsukuni, a statue of Chikurakubo, who worked to popularize the Isobushi folk song, and a hall dedicated to Narutaki Mansuke, who was killed in a revenge attack during the Edo period.

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Oarai Museum of Art

A private art museum located along the Oarai Coast. Among them, the “Scenic window painting,” which is framed on a large window, depicting the scenery of the Oarai Coast and Kamiiso, is a must-see.

Marukin Rice Crackers KOBAITEI

Marukin Rice Crackers KOBAITEI

A rice confectionery shop that produces and sells rice crackers made from domestically grown Uruchi rice, with a focus on ingredients. They are particular about soy oil with deep richness, aroma, and mildness that has been prepared over many years!

Ume cafe WAON

Ume cafe WAON

Japan’s first cafe specializing in plums, run by Yoshidaya, a long-established manufacturer and seller of pickles such as umeboshi.
You can enjoy rice and sweets made with a wide variety of plums.

Ume Sonare Oarai

Ume Sonare Oarai

Japan’s first plum experience park, run by Yoshidaya, a long-established manufacturer and seller of pickles such as pickled plums.
You can enjoy the experience of making plum syrup and plum wine.

Umino Seaweed Shop

Umino Seaweed Shop

A long-established seaweed shop founded by the first generation from Sanriku around 1945. They handle high-quality seaweed such as wakame seaweed and kelp. Direct online sales also available.

Sunset Village MATSUKAWA

Sunset Village MATSUKAWA

A nature exchange experience facility located on the shores of Hinuma, which is a Ramsar Convention registered site.
It can be used as a barbecue and campground, as well as a direct-sale shop for local vegetables and clams.

Oyashio

Oyashio

In winter, this restaurant offers an exquisite anglerfish hotpot, which is the owner’s specialty, and from spring to autumn, it offers various set meals using seasonal ingredients. Reservation required.

Maruto BBQ Barbecue Garden

Maruto BBQ Barbecue Garden

An all-weather outdoor barbecue garden, just a 5-minute walk from Oarai Sun Beach. A barbecue site directly managed by Maruto, a meat wholesaler. You can enjoy fresh meat as well as seafood.

Primitive Hut

Primitive Hut

This accommodation facility offers a guest house, rental space, and garden area where guests can enjoy BBQs and camping. All rooms have ocean views, and the garden where you can feel the sea breeze allows you to spend your free time away from the hustle and bustle of daily life.

Villa Subscription OURoom

Villa Subscription OURoom

You can easily have a vacation home in Oarai! Villa subscription service. Monthly expenses are minimal due to a pay-as-you-go system where you only pay for the time you use your vacation home. Experience lodging without the hassle of subscription registration!

Capsule Hotel Oarai no Nedoko

Capsule Hotel Oarai no Nedoko

Conveniently located near recommended sightseeing spots and popular spots featured in the anime Girls und Panzer. It is also suitable for single travelers. Bicycle rental plans are also available.

Oarai Marina

Oarai Marina

A core facility of a marine resort city that aims to become the Shonan of northern Kanto. The offshore area is equipped with a pier capable of accommodating boats up to 70 feet in length, along with a 40-ton crane to accommodate larger boats.

Oarai Seaside Station

Oarai Seaside Station

A seaside shopping facility with all the charm of Oarai. You can enjoy shopping and dining while feeling the sea breeze.

HELTEC Oarai Marine Tower

HELTEC Oarai Marine Tower

A symbol of Oarai. From the observation deck, approximately 60 meters above the ground, you can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean below. On a clear day, behold Mt. Fuji, the Nikko Nasu Mountain Range, and Mt. Tsukuba.

Oarai Wakuwaku Science Museum

Oarai Wakuwaku Science Museum

This is a hands-on facility allows you to enjoy the “sea” with the heart of science and foster a sensibility and dreams for science.

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Oarai Museum of Bakumatsu and Meiji History

This museum exhibits artifacts related to the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Emperors and the Imperial Families, as well as calligraphy and Japanese paintings from late Bakumatsu and Meiji period patriots.

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Oarai Maritime Museum

A museum exhibiting marine creatures caught in Oarai, tools and skeletons related to whaling

Oarai Town Health and Welfare Center YUKKURA KENKOKAN

Oarai Town Health and Welfare Center YUKKURA KENKOKAN

A day spa facility where you can enjoy a sodium chloride hot spring, a gym, and an indoor heated pool. There is also a restaurant, “Yukkuratei KAJIMA” available for dining. You can spend a whole day relaxing in the facility.

Oarai Camp

Oarai Camp

A camping facility in Oarai, surrounded by lush pine forests and abundant nature, with over 200 sites. It has been selected as one of the 100 best places for forest bathing, and nature experiences are also held. It is also important to note that pets are allowed!

Oarai Sun Beach Camp Ground

Oarai Sun Beach Camp Ground

A campground where you can feel the sea. The sunrise emerging over the horizon and the moon road unfolding at moonrise are also attractive. This campground offers year-round enjoyment: clam digging in spring, swimming in the sea in summer, various events in autumn, and the first sunrise of the year in winter.

Oarai Fishing Port

Oarai Fishing Port

A fishing port where fresh seafood from Oarai, a region blessed with abundant seafood, is landed.
Next to the fishing port, there are restaurants and souvenir shops featuring fresh seafood line the streets.

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Isohama Kofun Group

Oarai Park / Oarai Shore

Oarai Park / Oarai Shore

Scenic park where visitors can enjoy the beautiful and abundant sea nature of the reefs and pine forests of Meisho Oarai. A variety of sea plants thrive here, marine life can be observed on the rocky shore, and from spring to summer, visitors can enjoy playing on the rocky shore.

Oarai Sun Beach

Oarai Sun Beach

A beautiful beach with vast sandy shore and shallow water. Gathering shellfish and surfing are popular, and it is growing a new beach culture involving sports, music, and art.

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Oarai Museum of Art

A private art museum located along the Oarai Coast below the Oarai Isosaki Shrine. The “Scenic window painting,” which is framed on a large window, depicting the scenery of the Oarai Coast and Kamiiso, is a must-see.

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Oarai Beach Tennis Club

A tennis facility in Oarai. Rental courts are available and anyone can use.

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Hot Spring Stand

A hot spring product sales stand where you can easily buy “Oarai Onsen.” The Oarai hot spring is a sodium-chloride spring with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius, beneficial for relieving neuralgia, muscle pain, and stiff shoulders.

Pension SIOSAI

Pension SIOSAI

A pension specializing in stays with no meal attached to Shiosai-no-Yu. Enjoy a restful night’s sleep after bathing in Shiosai-no-Yu.

Restaurant SHIOSAI (in Shiosai-no-Yu)

Restaurant SHIOSAI (in Shiosai-no-Yu)

A large panoramic restaurant that can accommodate 230 people. It offers authentic flavors using plenty of freshly caught seafood unique to Oarai. Banquet reservations are available. Dining-only admission is also available.

Osakana Tengoku Oarai Hamakko Shokudo

Osakana Tengoku Oarai Hamakko Shokudo

An affiliate of “Osakana Tengoku” near Oarai Fishing Port. Seafood rice bowls, set menus and a la carte dishes are also available. There is also a terrace where pets can eat and drink together.

Kaisen Donburi-tei

Kaisen Donburi-tei

A restaurant attached to the Oarai Seafood Market. You can enjoy fresh seafood unique to Oarai, such as seafood rice bowls, set meals, and anglerfish hotpot in winter.

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Yottemippe! Sakaten Park

Sakaten Park consists of Sakaten Market and Sakaten Restaurant. In addition to shopping for fresh fish and dried fish, you can enjoy a variety of seafood dishes made with fresh fish and seafood rice bowls.

Nami to Tsuki (KURAGE)

Nami to Tsuki (KURAGE)

Neo-Chinese dining on the first floor of the retreat house “Nami to Tsuki.”
Chinese cuisine with a modern twist using ingredients from Ibaraki Prefecture isexquisite.

Nami to Tsuki (Lodging)

Nami to Tsuki (Lodging)

A private house renovated from an old liquor store, limited to one group per day. An outdoor sauna (tent sauna) is available for guests only.

Miyashita ryokan area

Miyashita ryokan area

Historic ryokan area formed on the shore below Oarai Isosaki Shrine in the Meiji period so people can relax with Western-style sea bathing.
Oarai’s representative accommodation area, where the reefs of Meisho Oarai stretch out.

Magarimatsu shopping district

Magarimatsu shopping district

A shopping district symbolized by a bent pine tree standing in the ryokan Sakanaya Inkyo.
The area was once a seaside shopping district, and it has flourished as the central area since the end of the Edo period.

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Hana Eko

Hana Eko

A flower shop mainly dealing in dried flowers located in Oarai Seaside Station. In addition to dried flowers, it also carries a wide range of fresh flowers, interior decorations, and accessories.

BEACH LIFE

BEACH LIFE

Based at Oarai Sun Beach, it offers surfing, bodyboarding, and SUP schools. Active professionals will teach you carefully. Beginners welcome!

Green Traffic Travel Co., Ltd.

Green Traffic Travel Co., Ltd.

The largest taxi group in central Ibaraki Prefecture.
In addition to regular taxis, we recommend using a sightseeing taxi, which can be rented by the hour.

Kimono Made Sennariya

Kimono Made Sennariya

You can explore sightseeing spots in a kimono, making your outing a little more special. A wide variety of items, from kimono and yukata to accessories, are available for rental, and dressing plans are popular.

Beach Culture Brewing

Beach Culture Brewing

Speaking of craft beer in Oarai! The brewery taproom is located in the Oarai Seaside Station, serving fresh craft beer.

Zenseimaru

Zenseimaru

We offer seine fishing at Oarai Sun Beach. Fee: ¥110,000. Seine fishing requires a large number of people to pull up the nets, so only groups are accepted. (Approx. 30 people or more)

Maiwai Market

Maiwai Market

Opened in July 2009, this is a direct sales shop for products in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
We sell Ibaraki souvenirs, dried sweet potatoes, local vegetables, dried fish, and local sake.
There is a corner where you can take out soft serve ice cream and juice.

Girls und Panzer Gallery

Girls und Panzer Gallery

The exhibit is full of “love” and “playfulness,” including Girls und Panzer goods and the trajectory of Oarai and Girls und Panzer.

Umimachi Terrace

Umimachi Terrace

A tourist information base located next to Oarai Station. To assist visitors in discovering the attractions of Oarai Town, we provide tourist information, bicycle and car rental services, and sales of souvenirs carefully selected by our tourism concierge.

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

Aji-no-mise TAKAHASHI

Aji-no-mise TAKAHASHI

Soul food for Oarai residents. Wheat-based dumplings with plenty of sweet honey