茨城(いばらき)

いばらき
noun (proper)
Ibaraki (prefecture)
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. Ibaraki (prefecture)
A prefecture in the northeast of the Kanto region, on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Mito.
茨城(いばらき)は納豆(なっとう)で有名(ゆうめい)だ。
Ibaraki is famous for natto.
筑波山(つくばさん)は茨城県(いばらきけん)にある。
Mount Tsukuba is in Ibaraki Prefecture.
水戸(みと)の偕楽園(かいらくえん)では、毎年(まいとし)春(はる)に梅(うめ)まつりが開(ひら)かれる。
A plum blossom festival is held every spring at Kairakuen in Mito.

Known for Mito natto, the research city of Tsukuba, and the Kairakuen plum garden.

Common expressions

Watch out

The reading is いばらき, not いばらぎ, a common mistake that residents notice. 茨木(いばらき) (written with 木(き)) is a different place, a city in Osaka Prefecture.

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