Cemetery of Mito Tokugawa Family
A cemetery which contains the remains of generations of the Mito Tokugawa family located in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Unusual for such a place in Japan, the cemetery was created in a unique shape based on Confucian principals and runs 360 meters east-west, 500 meters north-south, and spans 65 to 134 meters above sea level. In 2007, the cemetery was designated a National Historic Site.