--- title: "Tsuchiura – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Tsuchiura, Japan: Tsuchiura is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: University of Tsukuba, Ushiku Daibutsu, National Institute of Advanced…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tsuchiura" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tsuchiura.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hidakaya_Tsuchiuranishiguchi.jpg/1920px-Hidakaya_Tsuchiuranishiguchi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Kantō, Japan · Ibaraki # Tsuchiura Tsuchiura is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ![Tsuchiura](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hidakaya_Tsuchiuranishiguchi.jpg/1920px-Hidakaya_Tsuchiuranishiguchi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Tsuchiura · 財団エックス The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchiura), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. University 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tsukuba) 2. Ushiku 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushiku_Daibutsu) 3. National 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Advanced_Industrial_Science_and_Technology) 4. Tsukuba 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukuba_Botanical_Garden) 5. National 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Materials_Science) 6. Geological 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_Museum_(Japan%29) 7. Tsukuba 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukuba_Capio) 8. Yokaren 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokaren_Peace_Memorial_Museum) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Tsuchiura **Airports:** Ibaraki (IBR), 23 km · Narita (NRT), 37 km · Tokyo Haneda (HND), 68 km\ **Stations:** Kandatsu Station, 7.4 km · Tsukuba Station, 8.2 km · Hitachino-Ushiku Station, 7.5 km · Arakawaoki Station, 5.1 km · Tsuchiura Station, 1.4 km\ - Tokyo → Tsuchiura 65 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · ¥900–1,230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tokyo-to-tsuchiura) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tokyo&to=Tsuchiura) - Makinohara / Shimada → Tsuchiura 232 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · ¥3,110–4,250 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/makinohara-shimada-to-tsuchiura) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Makinohara+%2F+Shimada&to=Tsuchiura) - Niigata → Tsuchiura 229 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · ¥3,590–4,890 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/niigata-to-tsuchiura) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Niigata&to=Tsuchiura) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Tsuchiura) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,236 km 2. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,239 km 3. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,641 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 2,020 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 2,211 km If you know how people move in Tsuchiura – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ctsuchiura&title=Tsuchiura&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Ftsuchiura), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Tsuchiura Tsuchiura is 17 km from [Suginami](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/suginami), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Ami](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ami) town in Inashiki district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan 4.2 km - [Niihari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/niihari) dissolved municipality in Niihari district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan (1955-2006) 8.3 km [The place page for Tsuchiura](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/tsuchiura) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tsuchiura, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt