Tsukuba, Ibaraki / 筑波山
Mt. Tsukuba
The 877 m "purple peak" rising from the Kanto plain, with twin summits reached easily by cable car and ropeway; long a mountain of worship.
Last official check
2 Oct 2026
Traveler reports
0
Reports open in Phase 2
Next scheduled check
24 Dec 2026
Decide before you go
A short summary made from the official facts below. Check the rows for details.
- Getting there
- Train / Bus / Car
Before you go
Only facts we confirmed on official sources are shown. Anything else is listed under “Not yet confirmed”.
- Opening hours
April-November: weekdays 9:00-18:00, weekends and holidays 9:00-19:00; December-March: 9:00-17:00 daily.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Getting there
About 40 minutes on the direct Mt. Tsukuba shuttle bus (stop 1) from Tsukuba Station (Tsukuba Express); about 40 minutes by car from Tsuchiura-kita IC.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Parking
Tsukubasan city car park (5:00-20:00, cars 500 yen a day) and Tsutsujigaoka car park (cars 500 yen a day, first 10 minutes free).
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Not yet confirmed
Closed, Admission, Payment, Accessibility
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Address: Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japanese address: 茨城県つくば市筑波1番地)
Official site: http://www.ttca.jp/
Location
Approximate location: this pin is a nearby facility marked on an official page (such as a tourist information centre), not the place itself.
Smaller pins are other spots nearby.
Nearby spots
Photo: Strangesnow / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Ibaraki Flower ParkIbaraki7 km away (straight line)
Photo: MChew / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)Daiho Hachimangu ShrineIbaraki11 km away (straight line)- No photo yetJAXA Tsukuba Space CenterIbaraki16 km away (straight line)
Photo: Σ64 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (cropped and resized)Lake Kasumigaura Sightseeing Boat (Lacus Marina)Ibaraki18 km away (straight line)- No photo yetShunpu Banri-soIbaraki22 km away (straight line)
Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances. Some locations are approximate, so treat these distances as a rough guide.
Crowds
- Best time to visit
Every autumn to winter, when the night air is clear, the ropeway runs at night ("Stardust Cruising"), with night views from Tsukuba and Tsuchiura as far as Tokyo (Ibaraki tourism association).
Checked 2 Oct 2026 on a tourism board site- Busiest season
From autumn to winter the ropeway runs night rides, "Stardust Cruising".
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Not yet confirmed
Crowd level, Peak time, Busiest days
no official source yet, and not enough traveler reports.
- Latest traveler report
- None yet
Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).
You can check typical busy hours in Google Maps ("Popular times" on the place's page). Open this spot in Google Maps
Visiting respectfully
- Local etiquettePets can ride the cable car and ropeway (300 yen one way) in a cage or carrier (free to borrow).Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Verification log
- 2 Oct 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.ibarakiguide.jp/spot.php?mode=detail&code=752Read from the Ibaraki tourism association.
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.ibarakiguide.jp/spot.php?mode=detail&code=752Hours, access, parking, cautions and rules and description read from a tourism organization's site.