Mike's Blender - Japan Reviewed - Food - Places - Strangeness - Japangrish - Lifestyle - Mike Beddall

Kairakuen is a park located in the city of Mito, in the prefecture of Ibaraki. The first thought that might enter your head upon reading that is: 'Kairakuen? Mito? Ibaraki? What are these places of which you speak?' Even in Japan, most people would be hard pressed to locate Ibaraki on a map, or know anything about it. It's both too far from Tokyo and too close, if that makes any sense. Too far i