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Where is Tsukuba ?
Tsukuba (or ''Tsukuba Science City'') is located about 60km north of Tokyo and about 40km northwest of the Narita International Airport. Tsukuba Center is in the central area of Tsukuba and about 10km south of KEK.
Connection from;
Narita Airport to Tsukuba Center
The easiest way is to take a direct bus service, called Airport Liner ''NATT'S'', from the Narita Airport through Tsukuba Center to Tsuchiura Station. Tickets are available at the ''Airport Limousine Keisei'' counter on the 1st floor in the arrival lobby, and the fare is 2,540 yen per person. The bus stop is located right outside of the terminal and number is #8 at Terminal-1, and #10 at Terminal-2). The bus leaves the Airport at 07:40, 09:05, 10:35, 12:50, 14:30, 16:15, 17:20, 18:45, and 20:10. How to ride NATT'S Bus Narita-Tsukuba.pdf (English and Japanese)
[From Narita Airport]Fare |
NATT'S Bus Stop |
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Narita Airport Terminal-2 Narita Airport Terminal-1 Shintone Ryugasaki Ushiku Eki Hitachinoushiku Eki Tsukuba Center Tsuchiura Eki |
740 745 825 843 855 900 920 940 |
905 910 950 1008 1020 1025 1045 1105 |
1035 1040 1120 1138 1150 1155 1215 1235 |
1250 1255 1335 1353 1405 1410 1430 1450 |
1430 1435 1515 1533 1545 1550 1610 1630 |
1615 1620 1700 1718 1730 1735 1755 1815 |
1720 1725 1805 1823 1835 1840 1900 1920 |
1845 1850 1930 1948 2000 2005 2025 2045 |
2010 2015 2055 2113 2125 2130 2150 2210 |
It takes about one hour and 40 minutes to Tsukuba Center. (The bus, without going through Japanese Expressways, is hardly caught in a traffic jam and thereby the schedule would be reliable.) There are six bus stops: ''Shin-Tone-Machi'', ''Ryu-Ga-Saki New Town'', ''Ushiku'', ''Hitachino-Ushiku Station'' (some of these are skipped occasionally), ''Tsukuba Center'' and ''Tsuchiura Station''; you should get off the bus at Tsukuba Center (not Tsuchiura Station).
In case your flight is not compatible with the bus schedule (leaving the Airport at 20:10 in the last), then you have to go to the Tokyo area at first by the JR line, Keisei line or Airport Limousine Bus (about two hours, 2,000-3,000 yen). The transportation from Narita to Tsukuba by taxi will cost as much as 20,000 yen.
Haneda Airport to Tsukuba
The Express bus leaves Haneda Airport (Bus Stop No.8) for Tsukuba Bus Terminal. It takes at least 100 minutes (depending on traffic). One-way ticket costs 1,800 yen per person.
Haneda Airport - Tsukuba Center
[ From Haneda Airport ]Fare |
Bus Stop |
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Haneda Airport International Terminal-1 Terminal-2 Namiki Ohashi Namiki 2(Ni)-chome Namiki 1(Ic)-chome Sengen 1(Ic)-chome Takezono 2(Ni)-chome Tsukuba Center |
820 830 835 1013 1014 1016 1017 1018 1020 |
920 930 935 1113 1114 1116 1117 1118 1120 |
1020 1030 1035 1213 1214 1216 1217 1218 1220 |
1145 1155 1200 1338 1340 1341 1342 1343 1345 |
1245 1255 1300 1438 1439 1441 1442 1443 1445 |
1445 1455 1500 1638 1639 1641 1642 1643 1645 |
1545 1555 1600 1738 1739 1741 1742 1743 1745 |
1645 1655 1700 1838 1839 1841 1842 1843 1845 |
1745 1755 1800 1938 1939 1941 1942 1943 1945 |
1920 1920 1925 2043 2044 2046 2047 2048 2050 |
2045 2055 2100 2208 2209 2211 2212 2213 2215 |
2145 2155 2200 2308 2309 2311 2312 2313 2315 |
Connection from the Tokyo area to Tsukuba Center
Take the JR Yamanote line to Akihabara station, where you will change for the Tsukuba Express ‘TX’. The entrance to the TX is located at the east side exit of the Akihabara station. It takes about 10 minutes from JR to the TX ticket gate on foot.
At TX Akihabara station, buy a ticket to Tsukuba station (1,150 yen per person) and take a Rapid train (45 minutes) or a Semi-Rapid train (52 minutes); a limited number of Local trains reach Tsukuba station (57 minutes). Take the exit A4 or A3 of Tsukuba station to the Tsukuba Center bus terminal.
TX trains leave the stations every 15 minutes; the first and last trains leave the TX Akihabara station for Tsukuba station at 05:30AM and 23:30, respectively, and the first and last trains leave Tsukuba for Akihabara at 05:07AM and 23:14, respectively. You can enjoy a short trip from Tsukuba to Tokyo easily by using the TX trains.
Local Transportation To/From KEK
From Tsukuba center bus terminal to KEK <<Local bus; Time table>>
Tsuku-Bus:
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Kantetsu-Bus:
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| Bus Stop No. 5. | |
Taxi:
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Google Map: Tsukuba Center Bus Terminal
KEK
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Local Bus stop at KEK(Koh-eh-nel-ghi-ken-cue-kikoh)
