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Purpose
Location and Area Covered
Structure of the New Town
Outline of Town Building Scheme
Research and Education District
-TRAFFIC NETWORK
-SERVICE FACILITIES
-NEW FACILITIES IN THE CITY
-City center
-The plan of the City Center
-The complete plan diagram
-PARKS and WALKWAYS
-LANDSCAPE
-HOUSING
-URBAN FACILITIES
Surrounding Suburban District
The Future of Tsukuba Science City
History

都市づくり

Research and Education District
URBAN FACILITIES

The residential district is made of a number of neighborhood community clusters. Facilities which support daily life such as parks, schools, kindergartens, public halls, medical offices and shops are placed in each cluster within a walking distance and are connected by walkways.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
Educational facilities, i.e. kindergartens, elementary schools, junior and senior high schools, are built taking the population increase and the changing family structure into consideration. 9 kindergartens, 10 elementary schools and 7 junior high schools were built anew or expanded, and 3 new senior high school opened. Those educational facilities, administered by the municipality, were constructed by UD and transferred to the city on long-term low-interest loans.
Ninomiya Elementary School
Azuma Junior high School
Ninomiya Elementary School

Azuma Junior high School

PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES
Tsukuba Central Police Station, Tsukuba-Gakuen Post Office and Tsukuba Telephone and Telegram Office are open. There is a branch police station and a branch post office in each community of Namiki and Matsushiro, and a branch post office in Takezono. The Tsukuba Fire Department has the Head Quarters and 2 branch stations, the North,and South.
Tsukuba Central Police Station
Tsukuba-Gakuen Post Office
Tsukuba Central Police Station

Tsukuba-Gakuen Post Office

WELFARE AND HEALTH FACILITIES
WELFARE AND HEALTH FACILITIES8 nursery schools and 10 children's halls were built in Takezono, Namiki, Matsushiro, and other communities. For medical facilities, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba Medical Center are in the city, and medical offices for internists, dentists and other specialists are in each community.

SOCIAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
SOCIAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIESIn TSC, the following centers for cultural activity have been established; Tsukuba Center building, Tsukuba Culture Center "ARS" and civic Friendship Center "Tsukuba CAPIO" and Tsukuba International Congress Center(Epochal Tsukuba) . Public halls serving as social education facilities have been built in Takezono, Namiki, Azuma, Matsushiro, Ninomiya and Kasuga.


COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
There is a big shopping center (CREO) in the City Center Zone and are shops for daily life in each residential community.
Shopping Center"CREO"
Takezono Shopping Center
Shopping Center"CREO"

Takezono Shopping Center


 Type of facilityConstr. agencyPresent status
Educational facilityElementary schoolCity & UD8 new schools (Takezono-higashi, Takezono-nishi, Namiki, Teshirogi-minami, Matsushiro, Azuma, Ninomiya, Higashi)
2 new schools outside the district (Ohnan, Yatabe-minami)
Jr. high schoolCity, UD & private6 new schools (Takezono-higashi, Namiki, Yatabe, Teshirogi, Meikei (private), Azuma)
1 school outside the district (Oho)
KindergartenCity, UD & private9 new schools (Takezono-higashi, Takezono-nishi, Namiki, Ohnan, Teshirogi-minami, Azuma, Ninomiya, Higashi, Matsushiro)
1 private (Academia)
Sr. high schoolPrefecture & private 4 new schools (Takezono, Namiki, Meikei (private),
Tsukuba Shuei(private),etc)
Civil service facilitiesFire departmentCity1 head quarters & 3 branch stations
Police stationPrefectureTsukuba Head Quarters & 2 branches (Namiki, Matsushiro)
Health clinicPrefectureTsukuba Health Center
General administration building Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport Tsukuba Government Building
Welfare
& health facilities
Nursery schoolCity, UD & private7 new schools (Takezono, Namiki, Ohnan, Teshirogi-minami, Azuma, Ninomiya, Matsushiro)
Children's hallsCity & UD9 new halls (Takezono-higashi, Takezono-nishi, Namiki, Ohnan, Teshirogi−minami, Matsushiro, Azuma-nishi, Azuma-higashi, Ninomiya)
Medical facilities
General hospital (Univ. of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba Medical Center), Clinics (Takezono, Namiki, Matsushiro)
Social education
& cultural facility
Culture centerPrefecture, City & UDTsukuba Culture Center "ARS"
Civic friendship centerCity & UDTsukuba CAPIO
Public hallsCity & UD6 new halls (Takezono, Namiki, Teshirogi, Azuma, Ninomiya, Kasuga)
International Congress Center City  
Commercial facilityLarge scale shopping centerTsukuba New Town Development Corp.Shopping center "CREO" (Seibu Dept. Store, Jusco, etc.; total 55,500m2)
Zonal shopping centerTsukuba New Town Development Corp.Shopping centers at Takezono, Matsushiro, Namiki, Amakubo
Tsukuba Center BuildingUDNova Hall, Azuma public Hall, Tsukuba Information Center, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba etc. (total floor area 32,900m2)
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