Ibaraki: Retro & Off the Beaten Track
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Ibaraki: Retro & Off the Beaten Track
Ikigai Voyage
A list of my favorite retro, quirky, abandoned, and off the beaten track locations in Ibaraki prefecture.
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Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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1. Gama Land ガマランド
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Mitsuiya Sightseeing (Gama Cave / Gamaland)
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A strange and beautiful place for lovers of retro Japan located near the Mount Tsukuba ropeway. There's a souvenir shop on the main floor, and a restaurant that is basically never open on the second floor. The entrance to the semi-abandoned theme-park on the second floor is free to enter. Here you will see a handful of retro playground items and some spaceships! They are all totally unkempt but fun to explore. You will see many frog statues around here, and if you're there at the right time you may see some real tadpoles or frogs! There's an indoor kind of horror-themed area that you have to pay to enter. Go into the souvenir shop and ask about entry to go inside!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ikigai Voyage
I've been living in Japan for the past 7 years, documenting each place I go, and I still have tons more I want to share!
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Digital Map
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12 places
12 hand-picked places with notes from the creator
7 photos
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Tsukuba
Hitachi
Mito
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Off the Beaten Track
Retro
Quirky
Abandoned
Architecture
Art
Boutique
Budget
Foodie
History
Design
Nature
People & Culture
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