city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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Hitachi (日立市, Hitachi-shi) is a city in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.

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Hitachi Tourism and Products Association has a Japanese-only guide site.

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Hitachi is on the JR Jōban Line, which starts at Ueno station in Tokyo and goes to Sendai.

Hitachi has stations in the city at Ōmika, Hitachi-Taga, Hitachi, Ogitsu and Jūō from Ueno saide. If you use the limited express "Hitachi", you can get there in about 1 hour and 30 minutes to Hitachi station.

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Hitachi can be reached via highway bus "Hitachi and Takahagi Line" from Tokyo Station in about 2 hours and 30 minutes. This line requires seat reservations, which you can make at the counter at Tokyo Station or online.

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  • 1 Hitachi Civic Center, Saiwai-cho1-21-1 (3 minutes on foot from Hitachi station). There is a music hall and other facilities here where various events are held. Also a science museum, a celestial theater, and a library, too.  

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Routes through Hitachi
SendaiIwaki ← Takahagi ←  N   S  MitoTsuchiuraUeno
END  E   W  HitachiotaHitachiomiyaAshikaga



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