Author: Shaney Crawford, Issue: July 2006 Topic: Buses, Tourism Location: Tsukuba City

The City of Tsukuba operates a Science Tour Bus on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. Buy the bus pass at the Kantetsu Office in Tsukuba Center (at the bus terminal). The pass costs 500 yen for adults and 250 yen for children (elementary school age). Infants are free. The pass allows you to ride the bus all day.

The bus runs from 8:30am to 4:30pm. There are 8 buses that run a short course and 5 buses that run a short course. The buses do not run on December 30, 31 or Jan 1.

Schedules

Short Course

	Bus 1	Bus 2	Bus 3	Bus 4	Bus 5	Bus 6	Bus 7	Bus 8
Tsukuba Center	9:00	10:00	11:00	13:00	14:00	15:00		16:30
Expo Center	9:02	10:02	11:02	13:02	14:02	15:02		16:32
Matsumi Park	9:04	10:04	11:04	13:04	14:04	15:04		16:34
Botanical Garden	9:08	10:08	11:08	13:08	14:08	15:08		16:38
Geographical Survey Institute	9:16	10:16	11:16	13:16	14:16	15:16		16:46
Tsukuba Center	9:25	10:25	11:25	13:25	14:25	15:25	16:00	16:55
JAXA	9:32	10:32	11:32	13:32	14:32	15:32	16:07	17:02
AIST	9:35	10:35	11:35	13:35	14:35	15:35	16:10	17:05
Doho Park	9:42	10:42	11:42	13:42	14:42	15:42	16:17	17:12
Tsukuba Center	9:50	10:50	11:50	13:50	14:50	15:50	16:25	17:20

Long Course

.	Bus 1	Bus 2	Bus 3	Bus 4	Bus 5	Bus 6
Tsukuba Center		9:50	11:20	13:50	15:20	16:50
Geographical Survey Institute		9:59	11:29	13:59	15:29	16:59
Botanical Garden		10:07	11:37	14:07	15:37	17:07
Matsumi Park		10:11	11:41	14:11	15:41	17:11
Expo Center		10:13	11:43	14:13	15:43	17:13
Tsukuba Center	8:50	10:15	11:45	14:15	15:45	17:15
Research Gallery	9:11	10:36	12:06	14:36	16:06
Doho Park	9:23	10:48	12:18	14:48	16:18
AIST	9:30	10:55	12:25	14:55	16:25
JAXA	9:33	10:58	12:28	14:58	16:28
Tsukuba Center	9:40	11:05	12:35	15:05	16:35

Maps

Short Course

Long Course

More information (in Japanese):

• http://www.i-step.org/tour/
• http://www.i-step.org/tour/bustour/index.htm

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