水戸(みと)

みと
noun
Mito (city in Ibaraki Prefecture)
geography
1. Mito; capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture
A city northeast of Tokyo, known historically as the seat of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and today famous for 納豆(なっとう) (fermented soybeans) and the 偕楽園(かいらくえん) plum garden.
水戸(みと)に住(す)んでいる。
I live in Mito.
水戸(みと)納豆(なっとう)は全国(ぜんこく)で有名(ゆうめい)だ。
Mito natto is famous throughout the country.
春(はる)になると水戸(みと)の偕楽園(かいらくえん)は梅(うめ)の花(はな)を見(み)に来(く)る人(ひと)でにぎわう。
In spring, Kairakuen Garden in Mito bustles with people who come to see the plum blossoms.

Proper noun. Mito was the home of the Mito Tokugawa, one of the three branches (御三家(ごさんけ)) of the Tokugawa family, and is the setting of the long-running TV series 水戸黄門(みとこうもん).

Common associations

  • 水戸(みと)納豆(なっとう): Mito natto — the city is the symbolic home of natto
  • 水戸(みと)黄門(こうもん): Mito Kōmon — historical drama protagonist
  • 偕楽園(かいらくえん): Kairakuen — one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, in Mito
general
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