Access & Map

The City of Tsukuba, the Science City, is located about 50km north-west of the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita. The Narita-Tsukuba-Tsuchiura shuttle bus service takes 90 minutes to reach Tsukuba from the Airport via Route 408.

The shuttle bus leaves the Airport from a desigated stop outside of the terminal buildings at the following times: 7:20 9:05 10:35 12:50 14:35 16:15 17:20 18:40 20:00. The ticket costs 2500Yen, to be purchased at the counter inside the terminal building prior to boarding.

Taxis take about 90 minutes to reach Tsukuba from the Airport and costs about 15000Yen. Taxi stands outside the terminal buildings are separated depending on destinations. Locate the stand for Ibaraki prefecture area, and tell the driver to go to Tsukuba Science City.

Within the City of Tsukuba

Within the city of Tsukuba, the landmark is the Tsukuba Center, the central bus terminal. The Center for Computational Sciences is located about 3km north of the Tsukuba Center in the central area of the campus of University of Tsukuba..

Taxis are available at the Tsukuba Center. Fare for the Center for Computational Sciences is about 1000Yen. Please click HERE to get the instruction sheet for taxi drivers (the same sheet as above).

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