Hitachi

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

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

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.

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.

36°35′58″N 140°39′3″E

Map of Hitachi

• 36.59013140.6596461 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.  (updated Jun 2021)

• Takahagi
• Hitachiota
• Tokai (Ibaraki)
• Mito

Sendai ← Iwaki ← Takahagi ←	N  S	→ Mito→Tsuchiura → Ueno
END ←	E  W	→ Hitachiota→Hitachiomiya → Ashikaga