Mito’s Plum blossom festival.
Mito is well known for Kairaku-en, one of three great Japanese parks, the others being Kenroku-en in Kanazawa prefecture and Kōraku-en in Okayama prefecture. Kairaku-en was built in 1842 by Tokugawa Noriaki, clan lord of Mito and now hosts an annual Plum festival which attracts large numbers of tourists both domestic and international.