TSUKUBA - The City of Science and Nature

Tsukuba City is located approximately 50km northeast of Tokyo and 40km northwest of New Tokyo International Airport in Narita. Akihabara electric town, aka the center of Japanese pop-culture, is only 45min with a local train, Tsukuba Express, Surrounded by rich greenery, lies the world-class science city. Tsukuba City is home to about 300 research facilities, among which is the Tsukuba Space Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). If you walk along the 43km path at the city center prepared for pedestrians and cyclists, you enjoy the landscape of well designed modern garden city with cutting-edge research facilities scattered around. A few minutes drive will take you into traditional beautiful rural scenery. Please visit and enjoy this intellectually stimulating and spiritually relaxing city.

	Epochal Tsukuba			Rural Tsukuba (Mt. Tsukuba)
Only 45 minutes with a local train to Akihabara, the world-famous electric and pop-culture town, located in the heart of Tokyo.