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You can tour the world's largest bronze statue, the Ushiku Daibutsu, and Japan's largest aerospace development facility, the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center. Additionally, you can enjoy shopping at Ami Premium Outlets, where many popular brand shops are gathered. This is a one-day bus tour to Ibaraki Prefecture, about 70 km from Tokyo and a travel time of about 70 minutes. This tour will be accompanied by a guide and interpreter. This is a tour that you can safely take with small children. This is a...
The course is 1 day and 0 nights, and takes approximately 10 hours and 20 minutes.
●Departure time MIMARU TOKYO STATION EAST (8:10)
MIMARU Tokyo Ueno EAST (8:50)
●Take a break at Moriya parking area (downhill) (9:30-9:45, stay for about 15 minutes)
The official name is Ushiku Amida Daibutsu. The height is 120m (statue height 100m, pedestal 20m), named after the twelve lights of Amida Nyorai. It is so huge that you can fit the Great Buddha of Nara (statue height 14.98m) in the palm of your hand. It is the third tallest standing statue in the world, the world's largest bronze statue, and is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. You'll be surprised at how powerful it is.
Ushiku Daibutsu is three times larger than the Statue of Liberty in the United States, and its size is comparable to a 30-story building. It's more powerful than you can imagine. Furthermore, you can take a tour inside the Ushiku Daibutsu, and the view from the floor at the chest (85 meters above ground) of this giant Ushiku Daibutsu is spectacular! If the weather is good, you can see Mt. Fuji.
"Ami Premium Outlets" is located right next to Ushiku Daibutsu. Approximately 160 stores from popular domestic and international brands are housed in a building inspired by the American West Coast! Enjoy shopping at great outlet prices every day. Of course, there is also a restaurant available!
●Fashion brand
81 stores including Coach/Gap/Brooks Brothers/Beams
●Brands for kids
33 stores including Columbia Sportswear/Adidas/Gap/Lego
●Sports/outdoor brands
21 stores including Adidas/Aigle/Honma Golf/New Balance
There are 20 restaurants. You can choose from ramen, tonkatsu, pizza, Indian food, Korean food, etc.!
Ami Premium Outlets has 20 restaurants.
Enjoy your favorite lunch at a variety of restaurants including ramen, udon, tonkatsu, pizza, sushi, Indian cuisine, Korean cuisine, takoyaki, and cafes.
Tsukuba Space Center was established in 1972 as a base for Japan's space development project. We carry out research and development and development testing of artificial satellites and rockets, track and control launched satellites, operate and control the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station, and train astronauts.
There is also a tour facility where you can see, feel, and learn about space development, and a real H-II rocket with a total length of about 50 meters is on display in the rocket plaza.
The exhibition hall ``Space Dome'' has many test models of rocket engines and artificial satellites that were actually used, and you can also see a full-scale model of the Japanese Experiment Module on the International Space Station ``Kibo.''
Audio guides in Japanese and English are also available for each exhibit.
If you have a smartphone, you can read the QR code posted at each exhibition corner and listen to the audio guide.
●Arrival time MIMARU Tokyo Ueno EAST (scheduled for 18:00)
MIMARU TOKYO STATION EAST (scheduled for 18:30)
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