Tsuchiura
Tsuchiura is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Tsuchiura is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2024, the city has an estimated population of 142,181 people in 66,629 households, and a population density of 1,157 persons per squate kilometre. The proportion of the population aged over 65 was 29.7%. The total area of the city is 122.89 square kilometres (47.45 sq mi). About 3,000 residents are non-Japanese, a large proportion of whom are Filipino, Chinese, or Brazilian.
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Worth seeing in and around Tsuchiura
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Tsukuba
The University of Tsukuba is a national research university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Chartered in October 1973 as Japan's first "new concept university" with the Tokyo University of Education as its parent institution, it traces its origins to the first normal school in Japan, established in Tokyo in 1872, which gives it one of the oldest institutional lineages of any Japanese university.
9.7 km · university in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Ushiku Daibutsu
Ushiku Daibutsu is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres tall, including the 10 m base and 10 m lotus platform.
9.5 km · statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo, and most of the workforce is located in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and in several cities throughout Japan. The institute is managed to integrate scientific and engineering knowledge to address socio-economic needs.
5.8 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia - 04Geological Museum
The Geological Museum of the Geological Survey of Japan opened in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan in 1980. The collection totals some 150,000 rock, mineral, and fossil specimens, amassed during the activities of the Survey since its establishment in 1882, of which around 2,000 are on display at any one time.
6.1 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 05Tsukuba Botanical Garden
The Tsukuba Botanical Garden is a major botanical garden and research institute located near the University of Tsukuba campus in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
8.8 km · botanical garden located near the University of Tsukuba, Japan · Wikipedia - 06National Institute for Materials Science
National Institute for Materials Science is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan.
7.2 km · research institute in Japan · Wikipedia - 07Tsukuba Capio
Tsukuba Capio is an arena in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is the former home arena of the Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.
7.7 km · arena in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum
The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum opened in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 2010. The museum preserves and displays materials relating to the young Naval Aviator Preparatory Course trainees, Yokaren for short, including photographs by Ken Domon.
3.2 km · museum in Ami, Ibaraki, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tsuchiura
- Airports
- Ibaraki (IBR), 23 km · Narita (NRT), 37 km · Tokyo Haneda (HND), 68 km
- Stations
- Kandatsu Station, 7.4 km · Hitachino-Ushiku Station, 7.5 km · Tsukuba Station, 8.2 km · Arakawaoki Station, 5.1 km · Tsuchiura Station, 1.4 km
- Tokyo → Tsuchiura65 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · ¥900–1,230
- Makinohara / Shimada → Tsuchiura232 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · ¥3,110–4,250
- Niigata → Tsuchiura229 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · ¥3,590–4,890
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tsuchiura
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tsuchiura. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Tsuchiura
Tsuchiura is 17 km from Suginami, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.