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Tsukuba (Japanese: つくば市 Tsukuba-shi) is a planned city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 195,686 and a population density of 688.87 persons per km². Its total area is 284.07 km². Tsukuba is sometimes considered part of the Greater Tokyo Area. A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ...
Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県; Ibaraki-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The Greater Tokyo Area (æ±äº¬éƒ½å¸‚åœ TÅkyÅ-toshiken), also the Tokyo-Yokohama area, is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the metropolis of Tokyo and the prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama. ...
Mt. Tsukuba, particularly well-known for its toad-shaped Shinto shrine, is located near the city. Also found there is Tsukuba Circuit a popular short racetrack which hosts the D1 Grand Prix and other motorsports events. Mt. ...
Families At least 9, see article. ...
A Jinja (Japanese: 神社) is a Shinto shrine including its surrounding natural area but it is more common to refer to buildings as a jinja. ...
The Tsukuba Circuit is a famous race track located in Tsukuba, Japan. ...
Alternative use: Race track Racetrack is a pencil and paper game, nominally for two players. ...
Current D1 Grand Prix Logo The D1 Grand Prix (Japanese: D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri in katakana, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift) is a production car drifting series from Japan. ...
Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
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The city was founded on November 30, 1987 as a "science city." It is home to more than 60 research institutes, including the University of Tsukuba, the KEK high-energy research center, and the main research center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba (ç‘波大å¦;Tsukuba Daigaku), located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kanto region, is one of Japans most prestigious national universities. ...
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (高エãƒãƒ«ã‚®ãƒ¼åŠ é€Ÿå™¨ç ”ç©¶æ©Ÿæ§‹ KÅ EnerugÄ« Kasokuki KenkyÅ« KikÅ), commonly known as KEK, is the high-energy physics research organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ), or JAXA, is Japans national aerospace agency. ...
Tsukuba hosted the Expo '85 world's fair in 1985. A full-scale rocket in the city park commemorates the event. A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program The traditional definition of a rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. ...
Transportation On August 24, 2005, the Tsukuba Express, rail service operated by the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, opened, providing a rapid connection with Akihabara Station in Tokyo. It takes 45mins between Tsukuba Station and Akihabara Station. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Trains of Tsukuba Express (Type TX-2000) The Tsukuba Express (Japanese : ã¤ãã°ã‚¨ã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒ—レス) is a railway line of the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都åœæ–°éƒ½å¸‚鉄é“, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi TetsudÅ) that links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda ku, Tokyo, and Tsukuba Station in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...
The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō) is a third sector railway company. ...
Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅; -eki) is located in Tokyos Chiyoda ward. ...
Tokyo , literally Eastern capital) is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ...
The bus center, in the same area as the Express, offers intracity transport as well as travel to stations in nearby towns and to major stations throughout Kanto. Tsukuba is located on the Joban Expressway between Tokyo and Mito. Kanto can mean: The Kanto region of Japan. ...
The Joban Expressway (常ç£è‡ªå‹•è»Šé“ JÅban-jidÅshadÅ) is an expressway connecting Tokyo and Iwaki, Japan. ...
, Mito (水戸市; -shi) is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...
The closest major airport is Narita International Airport; Tokyo International Airport is also accessible from the city via bus that carries people daily from the airport to the city's center. Narita International Airport ) (IATA: NRT, ICAO: RJAA) is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...
Tokyo International Airport ) (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT), located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. ...
Research institutes in Tsukuba The Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, abbreviated GSI (Japanese: 国土地ç†é™¢, Kokudo Chiri-in) is the national institution responsible for surveying and mapping the national land of Japan. ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ), or JAXA, is Japans national aerospace agency. ...
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (高エãƒãƒ«ã‚®ãƒ¼åŠ é€Ÿå™¨ç ”ç©¶æ©Ÿæ§‹ KÅ EnerugÄ« Kasokuki KenkyÅ« KikÅ), commonly known as KEK, is the high-energy physics research organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (産æ¥æŠ€è¡“ç·åˆç ”究所, 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. ...
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Name in kanji Tsukuba is one of a small number of hiragana cities in Japan whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji (Chinese characters). Within the city of Tsukuba, there is a district called Tsukuba whose name is written in kanji, and the name of the nearby mountain Mount Tsukuba is also written in kanji as 筑波山. The local university, the University of Tsukuba, also writes its name using the kanji, as 筑波大学. Hiragana cities The hiragana cities of Japan are cities whose names are written in hiragana rather than kanji. ...
Japanese writing Kanji æ¼¢å— Kana ä»®å Hiragana 平仮å Katakana 片仮å Uses Furigana 振り仮å Okurigana é€ã‚Šä»®å RÅmaji ãƒãƒ¼ãƒžå— Hiragana ) are a Japanese syllabary, one of the four Japanese writing systems, along with katakana, kanji and rÅmaji (i. ...
Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana ManyÅgana Uses Furigana Okurigana RÅmaji Kanji (Japanese: ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮å), katakana (片仮å), and the Hindu-Arabic numerals. ...
University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba (ç‘波大å¦;Tsukuba Daigaku), located in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture in the Kanto region, is one of Japans most prestigious national universities. ...
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