Have fungaining
excitingknowledgeat
research institutes
In any era, the path to a brighter
future always beginswith curiosity
and scientific enquiry. Naturally, it is
fine to look for this inbooksandother
materials. But if you can see and
experience it for yourself, then you
canhavemore fun learning !
MUSEUMSHOPS
Each facilityhasashopwhereyoucanbuyuniquegoods
thatyoucan’tfindanywhereelse.
TsukubaExpoCenter
TsukubaSpaceCenter
TsukubaSpaceCenter
ScienceMuseumof
MapandSurvey
GeologicalMuseum
Soldonly in theAISTshoponweekdays
TsukubanoYoishinaspecialtyproduct
shop (TsukubaStation)
Tsukuba
Botanical
Garden
Naturalhistoryspecimen
studyspace
Savanna
greenhouse
Hereyou canexperiencemappingand surveying fromawide rangeofperspectives, fromdaily
life toouter space. Theuniquegoodssold in thesouvenir shoparegreat, too!
TheScienceMuseumofMapandSurvey
1
Kitasato
Tsukuba-shi
9:30-16:30 Phone:029-864-1872
Closed:Mondays (or thenextday ifMonday isaholiday),Year-endandNewyearholidays
Admission free.Reservations required forgroupsonly.
Here you can seeover 3,000 types of rareplants that growonMt. Tsukuba and in
tropical areasof theworld.
Peoplewhoenter the facility canalsovisit thenatural history specimen study space.
Thisareahousesprecioussamplesofwhales,ammonites, andother things.
TsukubaBotanicalGarden
4-1-1
AmakuboTsukuba-shi
9:00-16:30LastAdmission30minutesbeforeclosing. Phone:029-851-5159
Closed:Mondays (except fornationalholidays),nextdaysofnationalholidays (except
forSaturdaysandSundays),andYear-endandNewyearholidays.
Admission: 310 yen for adults (210 yen for groupprice). Admission is free for high
school students and younger, and adults 65 years of age and older. Reservation
required forgroupsonly.
This isahands-on facilitywhereyou canexperience industrial
technology, like that used to give real movements to a 3.5
meter-long robotdinosaur.
ScienceSquareTsukuba
1-1-1Higashi, Tsukuba-shi
9:30-17:00 Phone:029-862-6215
Closed:onMondays (nextday ifMonday fallsonaholiday),
Year-endandNewyearholidays
Admission: free, Reservation (necessaryonly in caseof aguided
tour,oragroup tour)
Geospatial InformationAuthorityof Japan
TheScienceMuseumof
MapandSurvey
NationalMuseumofNatureandScience
TsukubaBotanicalGarden
National InstituteofAdvanced Industrial
ScienceandTechnology
ScienceSquareTsukuba
Thismuseumpresents the latest research results
in thefieldsofagriculture, forestryandfisheries.
Exhibits present awealthof informationabout
such thingsas thesafetyofour food.
TsukubaAgricultureResearchGallery
3-1-1
Kannondai
Tsukuba-shi
9:00-16:00 Phone:029-838-8980
Closed:Year-endandNewyearholidays
Admission free.Reservations required forguided
toursand forgroups.
NationalAgricultureand
FoodResearchOrganization
TsukubaAgriculture
ResearchGallery
Space food
Spacepuzzles
Plasticmapsheets
“Fossil”chocolate
T-shirts (soldonlyat thespecial exhibitions)
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