Tsukuba Center Plaza
The plaza of the Tsukuba Center Building, completed in 1983 at the heart of Tsukuba Science City. Designed by Arata Isozaki, it inverts Rome's Piazza del Campidoglio: an oval plaza sunk a level below its surroundings, with a fountain at its center. Enclosed by stone steps and walls, the plaza turns very still on weekday mornings without events or on rainy nights, as if you had been left alone on a stage prepared for someone else.
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Nearby liminal spaces
- Matsushiro 4-chome Housing, Tsukuba (Disused Housing Complex) (2.2 km)
- Former Yokota Clinic (6.6 km)
- Former Makabe Station, Tsukuba Railway (22 km)
- Ishiyama Jidosha Shokai (Former Auto Repair Shop) (25 km)
- Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel ("Underground Temple") (29 km)
- Tokiwadaira Housing Estate Star House (35 km)
LIMap is a map for finding and sharing liminal spaces: places emptied of people that feel eerie and nostalgic at the same time. Many of these places are private or off-limits, so please follow the notes above and view them only from where you are allowed.