Okayama Astronomical Museum

Okayama Astronomical Museum is a museum run by the city that is located in Kamogata-cho, Asakuchi City, in the southwestern part of Okayama Prefecture.
Visitors can get up close to space with the planetarium, solar observation, and so on.
In the same compound, there is a National Astronomical Observatory equipped with the largest reflecting telescope in Japan boasting a diameter of 188cm and it is also a tour route.
Also, Asia's largest telescope that is 3.8 meters by Kyoto University was completed in the summer of 2018 and observations started in the spring of 2019.

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Telephone: 0865-44-2465

Opening Hours: 9:00～16:30

Closed: Every Monday (open on public holidays)
Other days stipulated by the museum

Address: 3037-5 Kamogatacho Honjo, Asakuchi, Okayama

Transportation: Approximately 6km north from the Kamogata IC on the Sanyo Expressway/approximately 10km north from National Route 2

Charge: 【Admission fee】
Adult 100 yen
Middle school students and younger 50 yen, etc.

Parking: Parking Available

Website: http://ww1.city.asakuchi.okayama.jp/museum/

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Okayama Astronomical Museum

Okayama Astronomical Museum

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