What to know
Mito (水戸) is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture. Today, it is best known for its fermented soybeans (natto) and for being home to Kairakuen Garden, one of Japan's three finest landscape gardens.
Mito rose to prominence during the Edo Period (1603–1868), when Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, chose the city as the base for one of his three most important family branches, alongside Wakayama and Nagoya. As a result, Mito became a major power center with significant influence on the politics and intellectual history of the era.
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