Tsukuba City

Tsukuba City and Tsukuba International Congress Center Tsukuba City is the largest academic city in Japan, and is a world-renowned city of science comprising more than 300 public experimental and research facilities, higher educational institutions, and privately owned research facilities. Its location at the foot of majestic Mt. Tsukuba attracts people because of its graceful scenery that changes from season to season. It has a modern urban design with luxurious use of open spaces, trees and parks, providing a happy blend of natural beauty and modern urban landscaping. Tsukuba City houses well over 12,000 Japanese researchers as well as 5,000 foreign researchers and students, and offers them not only an inspiring study environment but also a place of relaxation. Ibaraki Prefectural Government is constructing "Tsukuba International Congress Center", a new project which is to be undertaken jointly by the Science and Technology Agency and the Japan Science Technology Corporation. The Center, which is scheduled to be completed and opened in 1999, is to house a variety of facilities that can meet the requirements of an international congress hall, ranging from a large congress hall with a seating capacity of 1250, and a more than twenty conference rooms of different sizes equipped with the latest projectors, to a multi-purpose hall and salon for social gatherings. The Center is designed to cope with a variety of events and activities including international conventions, academic society meetings, gatherings, exhibitions, and trade fairs, as well as concerts and plays. "Acid rain 2000" will be an inaugural congress which will celebrate the opening of the Tsukuba International Congress Center.

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Tsukuba International Congress Center