Saza Coffee is a famous coffee shop which began with its flagship store in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, and has now opened stores in Tokyo and elsewhere. The Tsukuba Station store is located on the 1st floor of the BiVi Tsukuba shopping complex in front of Tsukuba Station, which also incorporates a tourist information center and bus ticket center. The store stocks an uncompromising range of coffee beans, including those from Saza's own plantations in Colombia, and those purchased from other overseas plantations that produce high-quality beans. It also offers a selection of food and desserts.

Ton-Q is a specialist tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant chain, established in 1983, which now has 10 restaurants in Ibaraki and its nearby prefectures. The chain has a good reputation for its use of Yamato Pork-a Japanese brand of pork that has been awarded the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize-with its fine meaty texture and sweet-tasting fat. Diners at Ton-Q can enjoy this high-quality pork in its prime state, with a faintly pink tinge. The chain also takes an uncompromising attitude to its selection of other ingredients, such as rice and vegetables. By ordering a set meal, diners can also enjoy unlimited extra helpings of rice, cabbage and pickled vegetables.

La Cote d'Azurl is a renowned patisserie, selected by Tsukuba city's "Tsukuba Collection," which accredits excellent locally-produced specialty goods. The brand is famous to the extent that virtually every local resident knows it. The store is reminiscent of a house in Southern France, with an extensive selection of desserts on display inside. Another appealing feature of the brand is that it uses carefully selected ingredients, such as eggs from Nasu and butter produced in Kushiro, Hokkaido. One recommended item to take home as a gift is the soft-textured Hanjuku Cheese cheesecake, made with a combination of fresh milk and French cream cheese.

The Science Museum of Map and Survey is the official museum of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI). Through the museum's diverse range of exhibits, visitors can discover the secrets behind the history of maps and how they are made. Visitors can see a range of exhibits that can rarely be seen elsewhere, including a spherical model of the Japanese archipelago, 3D maps and historical survey instruments. The museum also has an extensive range of activity corners where visitors can learn while enjoying map symbol quizzes and sensory games, including an "eye measurement" experience where visitors attempt to measure distances using their naked eyes alone.

Tsukuba Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Ueno, Tokyo, established by the National Museum of Nature and Science. With expansive grounds cover an area of 14 hectares, the gardens boast an extensive array of over 3,000 varieties of plant species (in addition to those not currently on display) collected from both within Japan and overseas and planted in the gardens. Visitors can also see numerous rare plant species, including carnivorous bug-eating plants, critically endangered species, and plant species that had live for almost 1000 years in desert environments.