North drift again: local trains, ferries, and the wanderings of Ibaraki Oarai Port, and sometimes luxury rooms

On the day of escaping from Tokyo, I accidentally encountered a heavy rain. After walking out of the gate of the hostel, the game of hide and seek never stopped. Obviously, I deliberately went out one step earlier than the rainfall time in the weather forecast.

In other words, because I participated in a certain travel website and co-organized with the Merchant Marine Mitsui フェリー to arrange the itinerary and send tickets , I actually won the biggest award under the unintentional play. Maybe it was because I peeked at the list of winners and knew where I was going to take the boat. It was in Oarai Port in Ibaraki Prefecture, so it rained in advance. I wanted to wash me out of Edo and run towards Mito first with rainwater. some time.

Passed the manual change gate of Ueno Station, and left a date stamp for the ticket grid of Youth 18. Hiding in the station and successfully avoiding the rain, but being crowded by JR Ueno Tokyo Lane, I was dizzy before I squeezed onto the train. Can this be washed over and over again?

Stopped at Toride Station, took the JR Joban Line, far away from the metropolitan area, and the train finally decreased from full to sparse. However, near noon, until arriving at Mito, rain was seen outside the car window.

Say hello to Mito Huangmen for me!

In fact, the first stop of Mito is Kairakuen. It is pleasant to visit the garden when it is raining, but it is embarrassing to visit the garden when it is raining heavily. I happened to encounter a heavy rain that would be embarrassing to go to the garden, and the humidity that I got while escaping from Tokyo was still not dry. My friend asked me to greet the Mito Huangmen in Kaiyuan, which is definitely difficult to convey.

Missing the first meeting with Mito Huangmen and continuing to change the letter to Oarai seems to be the only option. Looking to the north from the outside of the restaurant, it seems that there are not too thick clouds. Maybe when it comes to the big wash, there is no longer a chance to be washed once.

After leaving the wet first half of the day, we finally got out of Daarai Station, and the afternoon was cloudy and cloudy, and the road was still dry. If you're not in a hurry, you don't mind the bus schedule, so you can walk around Oarai-cho in the direction of the pier.

Ibaraki Prefecture is always at the bottom of the "Prefectural Attractiveness ランキング" held by the Japanese Institute of Brando Harmony. So, in addition to the regular air route connecting Hokkaido, what else is there to say, Oarai in Ibaraki Prefecture?

According to my superficial knowledge of Japanese history and the impression I got from Japanese dramas, this place belonged to the Hitachi Kingdom before the Meiji Restoration and the implementation of the abolition of the feudal lords. In the peak period, the Oarai Festival (大白んこう Festival) will also be held; there is a Kamiso Torii located on the coast; in recent years, it has become a pilgrimage site due to the anime "Girls and Chariots" (ガールズ&パンツァー).

Others such as aquariums, museums, historical sites, there should be no less. In addition, apart from the tourist element, there are many research units related to nuclear energy here.

The biggest and straightest きらめき通り, which has just been completed, let me rely on it to complete the half-day scatter, leaving no room for the road madness syndrome, which is a must for newcomers.

Although it is not in a hurry, but the afternoon is not too short, you can only use the surrounding area of Kamiji Torii as a key area to see things on foot and see the sea. After walking up the ramp, there is still a long distance between people and gods at the foot of the exquisite steps of the Oaraiso Shrine.

Legend has it that Daji Guiming (the main life of a great country) and Shaoyan Mingming came together to save people and animals from suffering. The former is widely known in the old sayings to help the "Inaba White Rabbit" get rid of the pain of being stripped of its fur; the latter is the ancestor of medical treatment for intractable diseases in the world. In the middle of the ninth century, two gods descended on the coast, so the Kamiso Torii on the sea and the Oaraiso Shrine where the two gods were enshrined were established.

It's the time of low tide. When the tide is high, the waves are surging and beat the torii. However, walking down the shoal of the rocky shore, straddling the huge rock, and walking step by step, from far and near, sometimes high and sometimes low, watching the sea torii is also a sight to behold. Let the wind from the Oarai coast blow away the moisture that was chased by the rain for the first half of the day.

The intellectual pilgrimage is over, followed by tourist time. In the Mentaiko store near the pier, I found a rare Mentaiko flavored ice cream. Who can understand that once I miss it, it will no longer be missed. How can I let it go? Other tourists who will also have to go through the boat procedures are also staffed.

Transfer to the pier, ready to unpack tonight's luxury guest room, the ferry can be seen parked at the harbour in the distance. Director Kazuya Shiraishi directed the family ethics movie "That Night" (ひとよ) , which will be released in theaters in 2019. One of the main scenes was shot in Oarai-cho, and Oarai Port can be seen from time to time in the play, especially in a certain scene. The chase and fight scenes were filmed near the ferry stop.

There is a free boat ticket to open a room at sea, two beds are rolled in turns, and the sofa is replaced after rolling. The room supplies are fully furnished, and there is a small balcony where you can enjoy the air, all for one person, what could be more cool than this Woolen cloth? It seems that the fatigue of the morning was washed by the rain. After entering the cabin in the evening, I felt that everything was worth it. Just after setting sail, I was slightly seasick for 18 hours and drifted on the route to Hokkaido for the second time.

I fled with the water vapor on my back, and I turned to break the waves and continue to go north.

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