Access

For more details, please see Routes to NIES on the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Website.

access map

From Tokyo

By train

  • JR Joban Line from Ueno: Get off at Hitachino Ushiku Station
    → Take a bus bound for Tsukuba Center or University of Tsukuba (“Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo”) and get off at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (“Kankyo Kenkyusho”) bus stop (approximately 15 min.)
  • TX Tsukuba Express from Akihabara: Get off at Tsukuba Station
    → Take a taxi to National Institute for Environmental Studies (“Kankyo Kenkyusho”) (approximately 10 min.)

By highway bus

From Tokyo Yaesu South Exit take the highway bus bound for Tsukuba Center/University of Tsukuba (approximately 65 min.) and get off at Tsukuba Center
→ Take a taxi to National Institute for Environmental Studies (“Kankyo Kenkyusho”) (approximately 10 min.)

From Narita International Airport

Take the express bus from Narita International Airport bound for Tsukuba/Tsuchiura (approximately 100 min.) and get off at Tsukuba Center
→ Take a taxi to National Institute for Environmental Studies (“Kankyo Kenkyusho”) (approximately 10 min.)