Outdoor facilities of the Ibaraki Nature Museum are situated east of the museum next to Sugao Marsh. These facilities provide opportunities for active, experiential learning. Within the 15.8 hectare full advantage of the environment has been taken by preserving and utilising the geography and the natureal forests in their original state. Visit Ibaraki Nature Museum and walk along the park's nature trails. You will experience the wonders of Planet Earth and appreciate more than ever the fact of being a part of one global environment. Outdoor Activities Outdoor Guided Tour Fossil Cleaning Nature Trail Grass and Tree Observation Course Birds and Insects Observation Course Rock Course Water Course Nature Discovery Tool Course Bird Watching Searching for Shell Fossils

	Nature Center The Nature Center on the South Plateau serves as a base for outdoor activities, independent, creative study and research. This area is particularly popular with young visitors. It is eco-friendly, equipped with a solar energy water heater, a windmill generator and water reservoir which purifies and makes use of rainwater.
	Dream Square Dream Square is a playground with large-scale facilities designed to let young vistors experience being part of nature - what it is like be a spider and drift in the air; to crawl like a small animal; to realistically observe what the world looks like from a bird's eye point of view.
	Flower Meadow In Flower Maedow, sandwiched between Ivy Forest and Insect Sanctuary, flowers bloom throughout the year. The cherry blossom grove is in full bloom in the spring. The Meadow stretches all the way down to Sorimachi Komon Bridge.
	Sugao Marsh Friendship Bridge