Mito Station 水戸駅
Mito Station, Ibaraki Prefecture
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Mito Station in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture has trains on the Joban, Suigun and Oarai Kashima lines. Ueno Station is just over an hour by express.
JR East Lines
Mito Station is on the following JR East lines: the Joban Line and Suigun Line.
The Joban Line is a train line operated by Japan Rail East that runs from Tokyo 350 km up the east coast of Honshu to Sendai. From Ueno Station it is 1 hour and 5 minutes to Mito.
Tsuchiura is 30 minutes by express.
The 137.5 km Suigun Line connects Mito Station with Asaka-Nagamori Station in Fukushima Prefecture. This is the line to take to get to the beautiful Fukuroda Falls. Asaka-Nagamori Station is also on the Tohoku Line to Utsunomiya Station, Omiya Station in Saitama and Ueno in Tokyo.
Oarai Kashima Line
The Oarai Kashima Line runs from Mito Station to Kashima Soccer Stadium Station in Kashima. It is operated by Kashima Rinkai Railway (KRT). Take the JR Kashima Line one stop from Kashima Soccer Stadium to reach Kashima Jingu.
Mito South Tower, Mito Station, Ibaraki Prefecture
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Buses from Mito Station
Highway buses run from just outside the station to various destinations in the Kanto region and beyond: including Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo Station, and Ishioka in the Kanto. There are also highway buses to Nagoya, Haneda, Narita and Ibaraki airports as well as Sendai.
Local buses also run from the station to close to Art Tower Mito, Mito Castle and to Kairaku-en Garden from bays 4 and 6. An Ibaraki Kotsu bus operates from the station to Aqua World (40 minutes).
Station Facilities
The station includes a Tourist Information Office with leaflets in a variety of languages, convenience stores, local souvenir shops (selling Mito's signature natto among other things) and several banks of coin lockers. The modern station building contains a fairly large mall, Excel Mito, with a branch of Bic Camera, Muji and several cafes and restaurants.
Mito South Tower is another mall close to the main Mito Station building containing a large Labi store.
Mito Station is barrier free.
There is both a View Plaza and Midori-no-Madoguchi at the station. The Midori-no-madoguchi ticket office is open from 4.30 am - 11.50 pm.
Accommodation
There is a cluster of hotels around Mito Station. These include the Holiday Inn Mito Hotel, the Plaza Hotel Mito, the Hotel Terrace The Garden Mito, Daiwa Roynet Hotel Mito and the Smile Hotel Mito.
Mito Station in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture has trains on the Joban, Suigun and Oarai Kashima lines. Ueno Station is just over an hour by express.
Entrance to the Joban Line, Mito Station, Ibaraki Prefecture
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Address, timetable & access
Address
1 Chome Miyamachi
3100015
Japan
