Tsukuba [city] - Tsukuba

Japanese: つくば[市] - つくば

A city in the southwest of Ibaraki Prefecture. In 1987, Yatabe-cho, Toyosato-cho, and Oho-cho in Tsukuba-gun and Sakura-mura in Niiharu-gun were united to form Tsukuba City. In 1988, Tsukuba-cho in Tsukuba-gun was incorporated. It is an agricultural region consisting of the Tsukuba-Inashiki Plateau and the lowlands of the Kokai and Sakura-gawa river basins. At the northern end of the region is Mount Tsukuba, which belongs to the Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park, and at the southern end is adjacent to Ushiku-numa. In 1985, the International Science and Technology Expo '85 was held, and the surrounding areas were rapidly developed. Tsukuba Science City was built in the former Sakura district in the east, and it is the largest research and development center in Japan, with 47 national research institutes including the University of Tsukuba and 8 industrial parks. The former Yatabe district in the southwest was the administrative center of the former Tsukuba district, and was the main settlement of the Hosokawa clan in the early modern period. It is also home to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, the Meteorological Agency's Aerial Observatory, and the Highway Vehicle Test Center. The former Toyosato district in the west has many grass fields and the Technopark Toyosato industrial park. The Oho district in the northwest was a purely rural area that produced brooms, but the Tsukuba North Industrial Park was developed there. The former Tsukuba district in the far north is home to Tsukuba, the shrine town of Tsukuba, Hojo, the commercial center at the foot of the mountain, and the Oda Castle ruins (historic site). Buses run from Tsuchiura Station on the Joban Line. The Joban Expressway and the Ken-O Expressway run through the southern part of the city, and in 2005 the Tsukuba Express opened, connecting Akihabara and Tsukuba (located in Agatsuma) in as little as 45 minutes. In November 2002, the city was merged with Kukizaki Town, Inashiki District. The city suffered damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. ^{283.72 km2} . 214,590 people (2010).
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茨城県南西部の市。1987年筑波郡谷田部町，豊里町，大穂町と新治郡桜村が合体，つくば市として市制施行。1988年筑波郡筑波町を編入。筑波・稲敷台地と小貝(こかい)川，桜川流域の低地からなる近郊農業地域で，北端に水郷筑波国定公園に属する筑波山があり，南端は牛久沼に接する。1985年にEXPO'85国際科学技術博覧会が開催され，周辺地区も含めて急速に開発が進み，東部の旧桜地区には筑波研究学園都市が建設され，筑波大学をはじめ47の国の研究機関，８工業団地があって，日本最大の研究開発センターとなっている。南西部の旧谷田部地区は，主集落が近世細川氏の陣屋町で旧筑波郡の行政中心地であり，国土地理院，気象庁高層気象台，高速自動車試験場がある。西部の旧豊里地区は，芝栽培畑が多く，工業団地テクノパーク豊里がある。北西部の大穂地区は，座敷箒(ぼうき)を特産した純農村であったが，筑波北部工業団地が造成された。最北部の旧筑波地区は，筑波山神社の鳥居前町である筑波と山麓の商業中心地北条，小田城跡（史跡）がある。常磐線土浦駅からバスが通じる。市域の南部に常磐自動車道や圏央道が通じ，2005年に秋葉原と〈つくば〉（吾妻に所在）間を最速45分で結ぶ〈つくばエクスプレス〉が開業。2002年11月，稲敷郡茎崎町と合併。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。283.72km²。21万4590人（2010）。
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