Kijo Park

Kijo Park is a park in Japan. Kijo Park is situated nearby to Tsuchiura Castle, as well as near the wayside shrine Tsuchiya Shrine.

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Park
Description: park in Japan
Also known as: “Kijō Park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsuchiura Castle and Tsuchiya Shrine.

Tsuchiura Castle

Castle

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Tsuchiura Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Tsuchiura, southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tsuchiura Castle was home to the Tsuchiya clan, daimyō of Tsuchiura Domain. The castle was also known as "Ki-jō".

Tsuchiya Shrine

Wayside shrine

Photo: Yorunooni, Public domain.

Tsuchiya Shrine is a wayside shrine.

Tsuchiura City Tsuchiura Elementary School

School

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Tsuchiura City Tsuchiura Elementary School is situated 150 metres southwest of Kijo Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tsuchiura and Shishitsuka.

Tsuchiura

Photo: Grialte, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tsuchiura is a city located in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture. Tsuchiura faces Lake Kasumigaura, the second largest lake in Japan.

Shishitsuka

Quarter

Photo: 土浦大学, Public domain.

Shishitsuka is a quarter, which is situated 3 km west of Kijo Park.

Ami

Town

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Ami is a town located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 47,927 in 20,279 households and a population density of 671 persons per km2. Ami is situated 6 km south of Kijo Park.

Kijo Park

Categories: urban park, castle ruin in Japan, and recreation area
Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

36.08462° or 36° 5′ 5″ north

Longitude

140.19823° or 140° 11′ 54″ east

Open location code

8R8235MX+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 471506729

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q11370806

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kijo Park” goes by many names.

Japanese: “Kijō kōen”
Japanese: “亀城公園”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tsuchiura City Museum and Kijo Plaza.

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