Ume (Plum) Sweets

After enjoying plum blossom viewing at Kairakuen, you can enjoy souvenirs and sweets associated with plums in Mito. There are souvenir shops around the area that are associated with plums, where you can enjoy plum sweets such as Mito's plums, plum yokan (sweet bean jelly), and plum sabure (sugar cookies), and take home memories of plums as souvenirs.