Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Tsukuba city

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Tsukuba city

つくば市筑波研究学園都市
alternative words: Tsukubashi city, Tsukubashi, Tsukuba-shi, Tsukuba shi, Tsukuba, Tsukuba academic new town
keywords: research center , town
related topics: Ibaraki prefecture
related web sites: http://www.net-ibaraki.ne.jp/tsukuba/ , http://www.info-tsukuba.org , http://www.expocenter.or.jp
explanation: Initially a quiet rural area in south-western Ibaraki prefecture, the town was created by a merger of several villages in 1987, after the government had implemented several academic institutions, in order to lighten Tokyo's population. The examples are Tsukuba University, University of Library Information and Science and National geographic survey institute. In 1985, Tsukuba International Science and Technology Exposition was held there, too. The population is 150,000.