旧JARI（谷田部） 45度バンク

When I was a kid, I took a test drive of this test course on the public day. That's nostalgic.

I came touring!

Thank you for leaving some of the legendary high-speed test site. The control line was the place where the Tsukuba Express Research Institute Station is located.

It is a part of the high-speed circuit that elderly car lovers know. Currently it has moved to Shirosato, but it used to be active in the fastest attacks. You can't enter the facility unless you have something to do, so if you have a chance, please do.

Near the current Gakuen Station, there is a viaduct of a viaduct with a longer span than others without passing through anything. Below this was once the straight part of the high-speed circuit. I think it was a direction where Mt. Tsukuba could be seen in front. In addition, some traces remain in the current cityscape division.

I passed near the time of release. Personally, I was a little surprised that this area remains. I am deeply moved because it is a facility that has contributed to the technological development of automobiles.

When I was young, I worked part-time here and went to see motocross. Thanks to the circuit around the Japan Automobile Research Institute, this area was not developed when the school city was established, and with the opening of TX later, the test course was moved to Shirosato-cho, and the site of the test course was this. Is it the place where the district became the cornerstone of what it is today? Please let me know if you have any details.

This facility is part of a test course built in the former Yatabe Town, which was merged with Tsukuba City. Used by car magazines to test performance such as top speed for sports cars such as the Skyline and Fairlady Z. The main business is a foundation established with the investment of a Japanese automobile manufacturer, but with the rise of the automobile industry, each manufacturer has come to secure its own test course, and as mentioned above, it is used mainly by automobile magazines from manufacturers. It seems that it became. It seems that the president of the foundation is appointed by the rotation of the automobile manufacturer, and I have heard from the foundation staff that Toyota President Akio Toyoda also came to our office when he took office. When I was a junior high school student in the city, I was in class on the 3rd floor of the school building, and when I opened the window in the hot summer, I remember hearing a faint exhaust noise. In the prefecture, there is a "Tsukuba Circuit" in Shimotsuma City, west of Tsukuba City, which contributes to the development of motor sports in the metropolitan area in combination with the test course. The circuit also hosts bicycle sports such as the 8-hour endurance race, and is also a base for promoting cycle sports. I heard that the site used to be huge and covered with forest, so it seems that mushrooms were well harvested in the fall, so I entered without permission and picked up hattake. Also, it seems that a large pond was formed, and during the winter hunting period, there was a hunter aiming for a duck returning to the pond as a roost, and a shotgun ball made a noise on the roof of a private house and complained. Was in the town hall.