--- title: "Ishioka – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Ishioka, Japan: Ishioka is a Japanese city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: Hitachi Kokufu, Hitachi Kokubunji Temple, Hitachinokuni Sōshagū.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ishioka" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ishioka.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Kakioka_Magnetic_Observatory.JPG/1920px-Kakioka_Magnetic_Observatory.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Kantō, Japan · Ibaraki # Ishioka Ishioka is a Japanese city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ![Ishioka](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Kakioka_Magnetic_Observatory.JPG/1920px-Kakioka_Magnetic_Observatory.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Ishioka · Nyao148 The place Ishioka is a Japanese city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 70,124 in 28,892 households and a population density of 325 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 33.5%. The total area of the city is 215.53 square kilometres (83.22 sq mi). Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishioka%2C_Ibaraki), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Ishioka 3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Hitachi Kokufu The Hitachi Kokufu was the provincial capital of Hitachi Province in the late Nara period though Heian period. It was located in the Soja neighborhood of the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. 1.7 km · historic site in Ibaraki, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Kokufu) 2. Hitachi Kokubunji Temple Hitachi Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Fuchū neighborhood of the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon-shū Chizan-ha sect, and its honzon is an image of Yakushi Nyōrai. 1.4 km · Buddhist temple in Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Kokubun-ji) 3. Hitachinokuni Sōshagū Hitachinokuni Sōshagū is a Shinto shrine located in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. According to legend, it was founded in the Tenpyō period, c. 1.7 km · Shinto shrine in Hitachi Province, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi-no-Kuni_S%C5%8Dshag%C5%AB) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Ishioka **Airports:** Ibaraki (IBR), 11 km · Narita (NRT), 48 km · Tokyo Haneda (HND), 84 km\ **Stations:** Kandatsu Station, 8.6 km · Hatori Station, 6.3 km · Takahama Station, 3.1 km · Ishioka Station, 700 m\ - Narita → Ishioka 45 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · ¥790–1,080 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/narita-to-ishioka) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Narita&to=Ishioka) - Tokyo → Ishioka 75 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · ¥980–1,340 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tokyo-to-ishioka) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tokyo&to=Ishioka) - Niigata → Ishioka 222 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · ¥3,310–4,520 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-ishioka) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Ishioka) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Ishioka) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Ishioka Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ishioka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,225 km 2. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,241 km 3. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,656 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 2,034 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 2,224 km If you know how people move in Ishioka – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cishioka&title=Ishioka&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fishioka), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Ishioka Ishioka is 1 km from [Suginami](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/suginami), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Kasumigaura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kasumigaura) city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan 6.3 km - [Omitama](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/omitama) city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan 8 km - [Minori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/minori) dissolved municipality in Higashiibaraki district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan 8 km - [Ogawa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ogawa) dissolved municipality in Higashiibaraki district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan 7.1 km - [Chiyoda](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chiyoda) dissolved municipality in Niihari district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan 6.3 km - [Tamari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tamari) dissolved municipality in Niihari district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan (1955-2006) 5.4 km [The place page for Ishioka](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ishioka) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ishioka, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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