12 Facts About Tsukuba

Tsukuba is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Tsukuba is located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo and about 40 kilometers from Narita International Airport.

Except for the area around Mount Tsukuba, the city is a part of the Kanto Plain with an altitude of 20 to 30 meters.

Tsukuba has a Humid continental climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall.

Mount Tsukuba has been a place of pilgrimage since at least the Heian period.

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Tsukuba has become one of the world's key sites for government-industry collaborations in basic research.

Local economy was traditionally based on rice production, and Tsukuba still has the largest area under paddy fields in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Tsukuba has 29 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government, and four public high school operated by the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education.

Tsukuba Science City is a center for research and education in the city of Tsukuba, located northeast of Tokyo.

The Tsukuba Express travels from Tokyo to the Science City in 45 minutes.

The reasons behind the expo were to establish a positive national image of Tsukuba Science City and to gain international recognition that Tsukuba was a place of science.

Tsukuba's presidency marked a new era of reform for the Tsukuba Science City.