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Tsukuba Expo Center (Ibaraki): Science museum for Families – Location & Nearest Station

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Tsukuba Expo Center is a science museum in Azuma, Ibaraki Prefecture, about 55 km from Tokyo Station and 446 km from Osaka Station in a straight line.

Tsukuba Expo Center
Photo: On-chan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeScience museum
Name in Japaneseつくばエキスポセンター
LocationAzuma, Ibaraki Prefecture
Nearest station (straight line)Tsukuba Station – about 0.4 km
From Tokyo Stationabout 55 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 251 km (straight line)
From Nagoya Stationabout 309 km (straight line)
Established1986
Coordinates36.08669, 140.11061
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://www.expocenter.or.jp/

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