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JAPAN

Planetarium
Anjo Culture Center
17-11 Sakura-machi
Anjo-shi, Aichi 446-8501
JAPAN

+81 80 9733 5546
+81 566 77 6065 fax

Opened 1981
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

15m, installed 1981
  Capacity 200, epicentric
   GOTO INC GM II-AT, installed 1981
     Custom, installed 2018

Planetarium, Kariya City
Hands-On Science Museum
1-39-3 Kanda-cho
Kariya-shi, Aichi 448-0851
JAPAN

+81 566 24 0311
+81 566 25 8494 fax

Opened 1981
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

15m, installed 1981
  Capacity 180, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II, installed 2015
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2015

Planetarium, Noritake Garden
3-Chome-1
Noritakeshinmachi, Nishi Ward
Nagoya, Aichi 451-0051
JAPAN

Opened 2021
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

15.0m , installed 2021
  Capacity 170, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Media Globe Sigma SE, installed 2021
        8K LED Dome
        Sky Explorer

Brother Earth Planetarium
Nagoya City Science Museum
2-17-22 Sakae, Naka-ku
Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-0008
JAPAN

+81 52 201 4486
+81 52 203 0788 fax

www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/en/planetarium/index.html

Opened 1962
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

20m, installed 1962
Capacity 450, concentric
Zeiss IV, installed 1962

35m, installed 2011
  Capacity 400, concentric
   Zeiss Universarium IX, installed 2011
   Konica Minolta Media Globe Sigma SE, installed 2021
        16x JVC
        SkyExplorer

Prof. Keiji Higuchi, Museum Director
Masao Suzuki ,
Keiko Ishida
Masako Kitahara

Planetarium, Toyohashi
Audio-Visual Education Center
19-16 Hiuchizaka, Ohiiwa-cho
Toyohashi-shi, Aichi 441-3147
JAPAN

+81 532 41 3330
+81 532 41 3378 fax

Opened 1974
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

15m, installed 1990
  Capacity 170, epicentric
   GOTO INC PANDORA HYBRID, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2011

Planetarium
Toyokawa Geo-Space Hall
1-63 Suwa
Toyokawa-shi, Aichi 442-0068
JAPAN

+81 5338 5 5536

Opened 1972
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

15.2m tilt, installed 1999
  Capacity 137, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Infinium Beta2, installed 1999
   Konica Minolta Mediaglobe Sigma SE, installed 2020

Planetarium, Toyota
Industrial and Cultural Center
1-25 Kosakahon-machi
Toyota-shi, Aichi 471-0034
JAPAN

+81 565 33 1531
+81 565 33 1535 fax

www.toyota-kagakutaikenkan.jp/shisetsu/planetarium-new.html

Opened 1985
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

19.5m 15° Konica Minolta, installed 1985
  Capacity 160, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Geministar, installed 2008
   Konica Minolta SkyMax, installed 2008

Planetarium, Akita Prefectural
Museum for Children
Aza-Nakazima, Kawajiri-cho
Akita-shi, Akita 010-0955
JAPAN

+81 188 65 1161
+81 188 65 1110 fax

Opened 1980
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

7.5m, installed 1995
  Capacity 44, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Cosmoleap 8, installed 1995
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-III, installed 2014

Planetarium
Noshiro City Children's Museum
10-1 O-machi
Noshiro-shi, Akita 016-0803
JAPAN

+81 185 52 1277

Opened 1987
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

10m, installed 1987
  Capacity 100, epicentric
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM Solo, installed 2018
        Barco WQXGA 1ch fisheye

Kamakura Theater
in Akita Furusato Village
62-46 Aza-Tomigasawa, Akasaka
Yokote-shi, Akita 013-0064
JAPAN

+81 182 33 8800

Opened 1994

23m tilt Konica Minolta, installed 1994
  Capacity 277, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Infinium, installed 1994
   Konica Minolta Media Globe Sigma SE, installed 2021
        JVC DLA-VS4010, 4k

Mr. Tekehiro Sato, General Manager

Planetarium
Chiba City Museum of Science
4-5-1 Chuou, Chuouku
Chiba, Chiba 260-0013
JAPAN

+81 433 08 0517
+81 433 08 0520 fax

www.kagakukanq.com/floor/facilities_pla.html

Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

23m 10°, installed 2007
  Capacity 200, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2007
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007

Planetarium
Mobara City Hall
1 Doubyo
Mobara, Chiba 297-8511
JAPAN

+81 475 23 2111

Opened 2004
GOVT/MUNICIPAL

4m, installed 2004
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2004

Planetarium, Shiroi
Community Cultural Center
1148-8 Fuku
Shiroi, Chiba 270-1422
JAPAN

+81 474 92 1125
+81 474 92 8016 fax

www.center.shiroi.chiba.jp/planet/

Opened 1994
PRIVATE/COMML

12m GOTO INC, installed 1994
  Capacity 86, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II, installed 2015
   GOTO INC Stella Dome Pro, installed 2015

Takayo Hasegawa

Planetarium, Ehime
Prefectual Science Museum
2133-2 Daishoin
Niihama-shi, Ehime 792-0060
JAPAN

+81 897 40 4100

www.i-kahaku.jp

Opened 1994
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

30m 15°, installed 1994
  Capacity 300, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS HELIOS, installed 1994
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010
        SXRD

Seiren Planet
Fukui City Museum of Astronomy
5F Happiring, 1-2-1 Chuo
Fukui, Fukui 910-0006
JAPAN

www.fukui-planet.com/

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

17m Spitz Nano-Seam, installed 2016
  Capacity 160, unidirectl
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2016
        8K

Planetarium
Tsuruga City Children's World
42-2-1 Kushikawa
Tsuruga-shi, Fukui 914-0821
JAPAN

+81 7702 5 7879
+81 7702 5 7877 fax

www.city.tsuruga.lg.jp/about_city/c...

Opened 1980
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
PUBLIC SHOWS

15m , installed 2015
  Capacity 195, unidirectl
   GOTO INC PANDORA, installed 2015
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2015

Planetarium
Round 1 Fukuoka-Tenjin
2-6-12 Tenjin, Chuo-ku
Fukuoka, Fukuoka 810-0001
JAPAN

+81 92 720 8101

Opened 2004

3m, installed 2004
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2004

Planetarium, Fukuoka ????
Children's Culture Center
2-5-27 Maizuru, Chou-ku
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0073
JAPAN

+81 92 771 8861
+81 92 771 8863 fax

Opened 1981
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12.4m, installed 2001
  Capacity 140, concentric
   GOTO INC URANUS, installed 2001
     Custom Fisheye

Goya Kitagawa

Planetarium
Fukuoka City Science Museum
4-2-1 Ropponmatsu, Chuo-ku
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-0044
JAPAN

+81 92 731 2525
+81 92 731 2530 fax

www.fukuokacity-kagakukan.jp/dome_theater/about.html

Opened 2017
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

25.0m , installed 2017
  Capacity 220, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Infinium Sigma, installed 2017
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Sigma, installed 2017
        2 projectors, 8K

Planetarium
Fukuoka Science Museum
1713 Higashi-Kushihara-cho
Kurume-shi, Fukuoka 830-0003
JAPAN

+81 942 37 5566
+81 942 37 3770 fax

www.science.pref.fukuoka.jp

Opened 1990
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

23m 30°, installed 1990
  Capacity 263, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS II, installed 1990
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2006
        LASER

Astrovision 70

Munakata YURIX Planetarium
Munakata Civic Center
400 Kubara
Munakata-shi, Fukuoka 811-3437
JAPAN

+81 940 37 2394
+81 940 37 1359 fax

http://hosizora.com/planetarium

Opened 1988
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 1988
  Capacity 100, epicentric
   GOTO INC GX-AT, installed 1988
     Custom, installed 2007
        Hakoniwa

Osamu Kato, Planetarium Director
Yoshiaki Kakuda, Associate Curator , +81 940 37 2394
Tatsuo Kawano

Planetarium
Stars Cultural Center
10828-1 Hoshino-mura
Yame-gun, Fukuoka 834-0201
JAPAN

+81 943 52 3000
+81 943 52 3001 fax

www.hoshinofurusato.com/information/constellation/index.html

Opened 2004
OBSERV/ASTRO

5m, installed 2004
Capacity 45
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2004

Planetarium
Children's Cultural Center
1-1 Wase-cho
Fukushima, Fukushima 960-8044
JAPAN

+81 24 524 3131
+81 24 524 3130 fax

www.comcom-fukushima.jp

Opened 2005
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

15m GOTO INC, installed 2005
  Capacity 120, unidirectl
   GOTO INC SUPER-URANUS HYBRID, installed 2005
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2005

Makoto Suginaka

Planetarium
Koriyama Fureai Science Center
2-11-1 Ekimae
Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8002
JAPAN

+81 24 936 0201
+81 24 936 0089 fax

www.space-park.jp/lang/english/index.html

Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

23m tilt, installed 2001
  Capacity 234, unidirectl
   GOTO INC SUPER-HELIOS, installed 2001
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2011
        JVC

Toshiyuki Itoh

Planetarium, Lifelong Study
Center - Hartpia Anpachi
30 Kooritori, Anpachi-cho
Anpachi-gun, Gifu 503-0198
JAPAN

+81 584 63 1515
+81 584 63 1516 fax

www.town.anpachi.gifu.jp/heartpia/tenmon/planeta.htm

Opened 2003
SCHOOL/DIST

5m tilt, installed 2003
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2003

Planetarium, Maebashi
Children's Culture Center
5-8 Nishikatakai-cho
Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0013
JAPAN

+81 272 24 2548
+81 272 43 8361 fax

Opened 1969
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 2011
  Capacity 80
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II HYBRID, installed 2011
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2011
        SP2 HD

Planetarium
Round 1 Hiroshima
3-11 Tatemachi
Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0032
JAPAN

+81 82 545 8910

Opened 2003

3m, installed 2003
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2003

Planetarium, New Asahikawa
Science Center for Youth
Miyamae-Douri-Higashi
Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8829
JAPAN

+81 166 31 3186
+81 166 31 3310 fax

www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/file...

Opened 2005
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18m, installed 2005
  Capacity 170, concentric
   Zeiss ZMP, installed 2005
     Sky-Skan SkyVision, installed 2005

Kiyohiro Ishikawa, Chief of Astronomy
Ryoko Kuriyama
Kayoko Kawabata
Shinobu Hatayama

Planetarium
Kushiro Childrens Play Hall
Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido 085-0017
JAPAN

+81 154 32 0122
+81 154 32 2033 fax

www.kodomoyugakukan.jp

Opened 2005
SCHOOL/DIST

15m, installed 2005
Konica Minolta Geministar 2, installed 2005
Konica Minolta Mediaglobe Sigma SE, installed 2020

Planetarium
Sapporo Starlight Dome, 4-1-11
Teine-honmachi-nijyo, Teine-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0022
JAPAN

+81 11 691 2325
+81 11 699 2037 fax

www.ssdome.co.jp

Opened 1999
UNCLASSIFIED

15m, installed 1999
  Capacity 160, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta MS Sakubougetsu, installed 1999
     Sky-Skan Definiti

The Jewels Restaurant
Mount Moiwa Vieing Point
Kita no Zawa 1995, Minami Ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido
JAPAN

+81 037 6169 1089

www.tgn.co.jp/hall/jwl

PRIVATE/COMML

6.0m, installed 2011
Ohira Tech Digital, installed 2011

Planetarium, Sapporo Municipal
Science Museum, 5-2-20
Chuohichijyo, Atsubetsu-ku
Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 040-0051
JAPAN

+81 11 892 5001
+81 11 894 5445 fax

www.ssc.slp.or.jp

Opened 1981
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m GOTO INC, installed 1997
  Capacity 250, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON III, installed 2016
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2016

Planetarium
Yoichi Space Memorial Center
6-4-1 Kurokawa-cho
Yoichi-cho, Yoichi-gun
Hokkaido 046-0003 JAPAN

+81 135 21 2200
+81 135 21 2203 fax

www.spacedome.jp

Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

5m, installed 2002
Capacity 30
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2002

Planetarium (private)
Tanigawa Observatory
Hikami-gun, Hyogo 666-0000
JAPAN

Opened 2002
PRIVATE/COMML

6m, installed 2002
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2002

Planetarium
Inagawa Observatory
1-1 Kashi-hara, Inagawa-cho
Kawabe-gun, Hyogo 666-0204
JAPAN

+81 90 5894 2599
+81 727 69 0770

www.town.inagawa.hyogo.jp/~etc/Astropia/index.htm

Opened 2002
OBSERV/ASTRO

5m, installed 2002
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-III, installed 2011

Planetarium, Bando Kobe Youth
Science Museum,7-7-6
Minatojima Nakamachi, Chou-ku
Kobe-shi, Hyogo 650-0046
JAPAN

+81 78 302 5177
+81 78 302 4816 fax

www.kobe-kagakukan.jp/english/index.html

Opened 1984
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

20m, installed 1981
  Capacity 300, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Infinium Sigma, installed 2023
   Konica Minolta Media Globe Sigma SE, installed 2023
        2x Sony VPL-GTZ380

Planetarium, Terra Dome
Nishiwaki Earth Science Center
334-2 Kamihinobe-cho
Nishiwaki, Hyogo 677-0039
JAPAN

+81 795 23 2772
+81 795 23 3110 fax

http://www5.city.nishiwaki.hyogo.jp/Nishiwaki/kagakukan/kagaku1.jsp

Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4m, installed 2002
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2002

Planetarium, Ibaraki Prefect.
Credit Union Training Inst.
2-3-12 Ohmachi
Mito, Ibaraki 310-8822
JAPAN

+81 29 231 2131

Opened 2003

6m, installed 2003
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2003

Cosmic Hall
Tsukuba Expo Center
2-9 Azuma, Sakura-mura
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0031
JAPAN

+81 298 58 1100
+81 298 58 1107 fax

www.expocenter.or.jp

Opened 1985
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

25.6m 20°, installed 1985
  Capacity 334, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Infinium A, installed 1985
   Konica Minolta Mediaglobe Sigma SE, installed 2020
        6x JVC DLA-VS4600, 4k

Mitsuo Sasaki

Planetarium
Cosmo Isle Hakui
25 Metta, Tsuruta-cho
Hakui-shi, Ishikawa 925-0027
JAPAN

+81 767 22 9888
+81 767 22 1947 fax

www.hakui.ne.jp/ufo

Opened 1996
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

12m, installed 1996
  Capacity 97, unidirectl
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar II, installed 1996
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2008

Yoshito Matsuda

Ishikawa Yanagida Star
Watching Hall (MANTENBOSHI)
Ro 1-1, Kanmachi, Noto-cho
Housu-gun, Ishikawa
JAPAN

+81 768 76 0101

http://mantenboshi.jp

OBSERV/ASTRO

12m, installed 2011
  Capacity 100
   GOTO INC PANDORA HYBRID, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2011

Planetarium, Milky Way Village
Kigoyama Comm. Training Center
13-1, Minamoto-machi
Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1141
JAPAN

Opened 2018

10m , installed 2018
  Capacity 80, unidirectl
   Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-Neo, installed 2018
     Custom Stelladome Pro, installed 2018

Planetarium, Ishikawa
Central Children's Hall
11-8 Houshima-cho
Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa
921-8101 JAPAN

+81 762 43 6501
+81 762 43 6774 fax

Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

15m  GOTO INC, installed 1978
  Capacity 220, epicentric
   GOTO INC GM II-T, installed 1978
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2012
        JVC 4k

Planetarium
Science Hills Komatsu
2 Komatsunomori
Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-8610
JAPAN

+81 761 22 8610

http://science-hills-komatsu.jp/

Opened 2023
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

16m tilt, installed 2023
  Capacity 200, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Sigma, installed 2023 3D
        2ch,4K Sony VPL-GTZ380

Planetarium
Neagari Learning Center
111 EP Taisei-cho
Nomi, Ishikawa 929-0113
JAPAN

+81 761 55 8560
+81 761 55 8573 fax

Opened 2004
SCHOOL/DIST

6m, installed 2004
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2004

Planetarium, Morioka
Municipal Science Museum
13-1 Aza-hebiyashiki, Motomiya
Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-0866
JAPAN

+81 196 34 1171

http://kilkhor.cc.iwate-u.ac.jp/e-haku/kokabou

Opened 1983
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m, installed 1983
  Capacity 170, epicentric
   GOTO INC SUPER-URANUS HYBRID, installed 2004
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2004

Masami Onodera

Planetarium
Play Park Gold Tower
8-1 Hama ichiban-cho
Ayaka-gun, Kagawa 769-0111
JAPAN

+81 877 49 7070
+81 877 49 8860 fax

www.goldtower.co.jp/item01.html#ch06

ATTR/PARK

6m, installed 2004
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2004

Planetarium, Sanuki Kodomono
Kuni Children's Park,
Hanaori Asa Yusa, Kounan-cho
Kagawa-gun, Kagawa 761-1402
JAPAN

+81 878 79 0500
+81 878 79 0396 fax

www.sanuki.or.jp/~kodomo/index.html

Opened 1995
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

20m tilt, installed 1995
  Capacity 200, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS HELIOS HYBRID, installed 2010
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010
        DILA

Astrovision 70/10 projector.

Space Theater, Kagoshima
Municipal Science Hall
31-18 Kamoike 2-Chome
Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima
890-0063 JAPAN

+81 992 50 8511
+81 992 56 1319 fax

http://k-kb.or.jp/kagaku/index.html

Opened 1990
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

23m 30°, installed 1990
  Capacity 286, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2007
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007
        LASER

OMNIMAX

Planetarium, Kanoya City
Citizen Community Center
1-1 Oote-town
Kanoya, Kagoshima 893-0009
JAPAN

+81 994 35 1002
+81 994 43 0744 fax

www.kanoyashimin.jp

GOVT/MUNICIPAL

6.5m, installed 2007
  Capacity 26
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007
        SP

Planetarium
Nakatane-cho Jr. High School
5198 Nakataneko-cho-Noma
Kumage-gun, Kagoshima 891-3604
JAPAN

+81 9972 7 1281

Opened 2003
SCHOOL/DIST

5m, installed 2003
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2003

Planetarium, Atsugi
Children's Science Center
1-1-3 City Puraza Nakamachi
Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0018
JAPAN

+81 462 21 4152
+81 462 44 9666 fax

www.city.atsugi.kanagawa.jp/acsc

Opened 1985
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 1984
  Capacity 120, epicentric
   Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-IIB, installed 2009
     Custom, installed 2009
        AstroArts StellaDome Pro

Ken Sugawara

Planetarium
Shonan-dai Cultural Center
1-8 Shonan-dai
Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa
252-0804 JAPAN

+81 466 45 1500
+81 466 45 1503 fax

www.kodomokan.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp

Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

20m 25° GOTO INC, installed 1989
  Capacity 163, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2009
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2009

Astrovision 70

Reiko Funayama, Director
Yuki Nakamura
Minoru Miwa
Kaede Takeno

Planetarium
Hiratsuka Municipal Museum
12-41 Sengen-cho
Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa
254-0041 JAPAN

+81 463 33 5111
+81 463 31 3949 fax

www.hirahaku.jp/planetarium/index.html

Opened 1976
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

10m, installed 1989
  Capacity 86, epicentric
   GOTO INC G1014SI, installed 1989
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2011
        DILA

Mr. Hiromichi Gan, Educator
Yasuhiko Sawamura

Planetarium, Isehara City
Science Hall for Children
76-1 Tanaka
Isehara-shi, Kanagawa 259-1142
JAPAN

+81 463 92 3600
+81 463 92 3601 fax

Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m 25°, installed 1989
  Capacity 139, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS II, installed 1989
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2010
        JVC Cove

Planetarium, Kawasaki
Municipal Science Museum
7-1-2 Masugata, Tama
Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-0032
JAPAN

+81 44 922 4731
+81 44 934 8659 fax

www.nature-kawasaki.jp

Opened 1971
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m, installed 2012
Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-III, installed 2012
Ohira Tech MEGASTAR Fusion

Takanori Wakamiya, Director
Sumito Hirota
Osamu Nagashima

Planetarium
Kyarando Plaza Higashi-Totsuka
537-1 Shinano-cho, Totsuka-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa 244-8534
JAPAN

+81 45 828 2412
+81 42 828 2487 fax

Opened 2001

3m, installed 2001
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2001

Planetarium, Science Center
1 Chome-2-2-15
Nishi-ku, Takashima
Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0011
JAPAN

Opened 2022
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

15.0m , installed 2022
  Capacity 170
   Konica Minolta Media Globe Sigma SE, installed 2022
        8K LED Dome
        Sky Explorer

Planetarium, Astronomy Section
Yokohama Science Center
5-2-1 Yokodai, Isogo-ku
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
235-0045 JAPAN

+81 45 832 1166 voice
+81 45 832 1161 fax
+81 45 832 1177 astro BBS

www.city.yokohama.jp/yhspot/ysc/ysc/ysc.html

Opened 1984
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

23m 30°, installed 2001
  Capacity 300, unidirectl
   GOTO INC SUPER-HELIOS HYBRID, installed 2001
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007

Multi-slide projectors, 16mm, video projector, OMNIMAX, hot-line service for astronomy/space news astro BBS. YSC is operated by an affiliate of the municipal government of the city.

Miyuki Toyama, Chief of Astronomy
Yoshiro Yamada, Astronomy Instructor ,
Akiko Izumo, Astronomy Instructor
Hideo Watanabe, Astronomy Instructor

Planetarium
Kumamoto Municpal Museum
3-2 Furukyo-cho
Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto
860-0007 JAPAN

+81 96 324 3500
+81 96 351 4257 fax

Opened 1977
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

16m GOTO INC, installed 1992
  Capacity 180, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II HYBRID, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2011
        DLP

Hideo Hara

Planetarium, The Kid's
Science Museum of Photons
1 Umemidai 8-Chome
Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-02150
JAPAN

+81 774 71 3180

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

16m tilt, installed 2001
Capacity 120, unidirectl
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2011

Planetarium, Municipal Science
Center for Youth, 13 Fuka-
gasaikenouchi-cho, Fushimi-ku
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-0031
JAPAN

+81 75 642 1601

Opened 1969
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

16m, installed 1996
  Capacity 225, epicentric
   GOTO INC ORPHEUS HYBRID, installed 2020
        4K

Minoru Inada, Museum Engineer

Planetarium
Playing Space with Stars
1-14 Hirotani Ohkouchi
Nantan, Kyoto 662-0065
JAPAN

+81 771 65 5001

www.rurikei.jp/star.html

OBSERV/ASTRO

5m, installed 2006
Capacity 30
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2006

Planetarium, Mie Prefectural
Children's Castle, Chuubudai-
kouen-nai, 1291 Tatsuno-cho
Matsusaka, Mie 515-0054
JAPAN

+81 598 23 7735
+81 598 23 7792 fax

www.mie-cc.or.jp/map/index.html

Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

22m 20°, installed 1989
  Capacity 250, unidirectl; annual attendance: 100,000
   Konica Minolta Infinium A, installed 1989
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II

Omni-U

Ken-ichi Sakuno +81 90 6571 6739

Planetarium, GingaPort 401
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum
3-16 Yasujima, 1-chome
Yokkaichi-shi, Mie 510-0075
JAPAN

+81 593 55 2700
+81 593 55 2704 fax

www.city.yokkaichi.mie.jp/museum/gingaport.html

Opened 1993
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18.5m 20°, installed 1994
  Capacity 164, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON 401, installed 2015
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2015
        8k

Planetarium
Osaki Lifelong Study Center
111-1 Kamenoko Inama Aza
Furukawa-shi, Miyagi 989-6135
JAPAN

+81 229 91 8611
+81 229 91 8264 fax

Opened 1998
SCHOOL/DIST

18m tilt, installed 1997
  Capacity 160, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON III, installed 2017
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2017

Planetarium, Sendai Municipal
Astronomical Observatory
9-29-32 Nishikigaoka, Aoba-ku
Sendai, Miyagi 980-0823
JAPAN

+81 22 391 1300
+81 22 391 1301 fax

www.sendai-astro.jp

Opened 1955
OBSERV/ASTRO
PUBLIC SHOWS

16m, installed 1986
Capacity 208, concentric
GOTO INC GM II SPACE, installed 1986

25m, installed 2007
  Capacity 289
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007
   GOTO INC CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2007

Akira Watanabe, Director ,
Mrs. Hiroko Takahashi

Planetarium, Miyazaki Museum
of Science and Technology
38-3 Miyazaki-cho
Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki
880-0877 JAPAN

+81 985 23 2700
+81 985 23 0791 fax

www.city.miyazaki.miyazaki.jp/cul/cosmoland

Opened 1987
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

27m 15°, installed 1987
  Capacity 280, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS I, installed 1987
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2004

Planetarium
Iida City Art Museum
2-655-7, Ote-machi
Iida-shi, Nagano 395-0034
JAPAN

+81 265 22 8118

www.iida-museum.org/planetarium

Opened 1988
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 1988
  Capacity 120, epicentric
   Konica Minolta MS-10(N)AT, installed 1988
   Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2011

Planetarium, Matsumoto
Educational Cultural Center
2930-1 Oaza-satoyamabe
Matsumoto-shi, Nagano 390-0221
JAPAN

+81 263 32 7600
+81 263 32 7604 fax

www.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp/tiiki/...

Opened 1983
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 1983
Capacity 120, epicentric
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2006

Planetarium
Vegetaball With Nobeyama
412-1 Nobeyama
Minamimakimura, Minamisaku-gun
Nagano 834-1305 JAPAN

+81 267 91 1771

www.star-nobeyama.com

UNCLASSIFIED

16m tilt, installed 1997
Capacity 134, unidirectl
GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM I, installed 1997

Planetarium
Saku Children's Museum
1931-1 Iwamurata
Saku-shi, Nagano 385-0022
JAPAN

+81 24 936 0201

Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

16m  GOTO INC, installed 2001
  Capacity 165, epicentric
   GOTO INC ORPHEUS, installed 2018
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2018
        2x Sony 4K laser

Planetarium
Nagasaki City Science Museum
7-2 Aburagi-machi
Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8035
JAPAN

+81 95 842 0505
+81 95 842 2082 fax

www.nagasaki-city.ed.jp/starship

Opened 1997
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

23m tilt, installed 1997
  Capacity 280, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON II HYBRID, installed 2014
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5, installed 2012
        JVC doubled

Planetarium
Sasebo City Education Center
12-31, Hotate-cho
Sasebo, Nagasaki
JAPAN

+81 956 76 7330

GOVT/MUNICIPAL

8.0m, installed 2010
  Capacity 68
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010
        HD

Planetarium
Kashiwazaki City Museum
8-35 Midori-cho
Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata
945-0841 JAPAN

+81 257 22 0567
+81 257 22 0568 fax

Opened 1986
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m GOTO INC, installed 1986
  Capacity 124, unidirectl
   GOTO INC ORPHEUS, installed 2018
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2018

Planetarium, Niigata
Natural Science Hall, 2010-15
Onnaike hasugata higashi
Niigata, Niigata 950-0948
JAPAN

+81 25 283 3331
+81 25 283 3336 fax

www.sciencemuseum.jp/niigata/4-1.ph...

Opened 1981
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m GOTO INC, installed 1981
  Capacity 204, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II EX, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2011
        HD

Planetarium
Okayama Astronomical Museum
Oaza-honsho, Kamokata-machi
Asakuchi-gun, Okayama 719-0232
JAPAN

+81 865 44 2465
+81 865 44 2465 fax

Opened 1990
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

10m, installed 1990
  Capacity 50, epicentric
   Konica Minolta MS-10(N)AT, installed 1990
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2012
        JVC

Planetarium, Life Park
Kurashiki Science Center
940 Fukuda-cho
Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8046
JAPAN

+81 86 454 0300
+81 86 454 0305 fax

www.city.kurashiki.okayama.jp/kuracity/lifepark/ksc

Opened 1992
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

21m 25°, installed 1993
  Capacity 210, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON III, installed 2019
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUMX, installed 2019

Toru Kusuhara

Ocean Expo Park
Oceanic Culture Museum
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho
Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 905-0206
JAPAN

+81 98 048 3339

http://oki-park.jp/en/inst/planetarium.html

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18m, installed 2011
  Capacity 189
   GOTO INC CHRONOS HYBRID, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2011
        DILA

Makishi Monorail Station
Hoshizora Citizen's Hall and
Library, 1-1, Asato 2-chome
Naha, Okinawa
JAPAN

+81 98 891 3443

12m, installed 2011
  Capacity 84
   GOTO INC CHRONOS-II HYBRID, installed 2011
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2011
        HD

Kitashin Planetarium, Ibaraki
Cultural and Childcare Complex
Onikuru, 3-chome-9-45 Ekimae
Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0888
JAPAN

www.onikuru.jp/kitashin-planetarium/

Opened 2023
GOVT/MUNICIPAL

8.0m , installed 2023
  Capacity 40, epicentric
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-Sigma, installed 2023
        1ch, fisheye, 4k

Planetarium & Science Theater
Osaka Science Museum
4-2-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku
Osaka, Osaka 530-0005
JAPAN

+81 6 6444 5656
+81 6 6444 5657 fax

www.sci-museum.jp

Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

26.5m 20° Konica Minolta, installed 1989
  Capacity 320, unidirectl; attendance: 240,000 (2005)
   Konica Minolta Infinium Sigma Osaka, installed 2004
   RSA Cosmos SkyExplorer, installed 2021
        6x Sony GTZ380

7m, installed 2007
Capacity 50, portable
CUBEX A20, installed 2007

Operating IMAX-Dome in same theater. 2-4 kinds of programs per day.

Dr. Tadao Nakano, Director
Dr. Hidekazu Kikuoka, Chief Curator
Ken-ichi Kato, Chief Curator
Yoshiya Watanabe, Curator of Astronomy www.sci-museum.kita.osaka.jp/~yoshiya
Kenji Hanaoka

Planetarium
Round 1 Kita-Shinsaibashi
3-6-18 Minami-Senba, Chuo-ku
Osaka, Osaka 542-0081
JAPAN

+81 6 4704 2212

Opened 2003

3m, installed 2003
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2003

Planetarium, Sakai City
Education & Culture Center
1426 Shimizu-cho, Fukai
Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-8273
JAPAN

Opened 1994
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18m tilt, installed 1994
  Capacity 170, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Infinium B, installed 1994
   Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2012

Saga Planetarium, Prefectural
Space Science Museum
16351 Nagashima, Takeo-cho
Takeo-shi, Saga 843-0021
JAPAN

+81 954 20 1666
+81 954 20 1620 fax

www.yumeginga.jp/museum_guide/pla/index.php

Opened 1999
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18m, installed 1999
  Capacity 200, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Geministar 2, installed 1999
   Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2012

Takashi Shimoyamada

Planetarium
Kawaguchi Science World
3-12-18 Kamiaoki
Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama
333-0844 JAPAN

+81 48 262 8431
+81 48 262 8481 fax

www.kawaguchi.science.museum

Opened 2003
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

20m, installed 2003
  Capacity 170, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Geministar Beta2, installed 2003
   Konica Minolta SkyMax, installed 2003

Planetarium
Niiza Children's Center
1-3-10, Honda
Niiza-shi, Saitama 352-0022
JAPAN

+81 484 79 8822

www.city.niiza.lg.jp/05institution/welfare/childrens_center.php

Opened 1983
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

10m, installed 1983
  Capacity 97, epicentric
   Konica Minolta MS-10AT, installed 1983
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2009

Planetarium
Omiya Space Theater
682-2 Nishiki-cho
Omiya-shi, Saitama 331-0851
JAPAN

+81 486 47 0011 office
+81 486 47 0066 fax
+81 486 41 1999 info

Opened 1987
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

23m 29°, installed 1987
  Capacity 300, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON III, installed 2017
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2017

OMNIMAX

Planetarium, Saitama City
Space Science Hall For Youth
2-3-4 Komaba
Urawa-shi, Saitama 336-0908
JAPAN

+81 48 881 1515
+81 48 882 9702 fax

www.kagakukan.urawa.saitama.jp

Opened 1988
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

23m 22°, installed 1988
  Capacity 260, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHIRON, installed 2008
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2008

Astrovision 70 film projector

Star Light Hall
Hotel LaForet Biwa Lake
2876-1 Aza-jukkeny,Imahama-cho
Moriyama-shi, Shiga 524-0101
JAPAN

+81 775 85 3811

www.laforet.co.jp/lfhotels/biw/index.html

Opened 1986
PRIVATE/COMML

18m tilt, installed 1986
  Capacity 180, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Infinium, installed 1986
   Konica Minolta SkyMax, installed 2006

Planetarium
Otsu Science Hall
6-50 Honmaru-cho
Otsu-shi, Shiga 520-0814
JAPAN

+81 775 22 1907
+81 775 28 2033 fax

Opened 1992
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

12m, installed 1992
  Capacity 105, epicentric
   Konica Minolta Infinium G, installed 1992
   Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2012

Makoto Kondo

Planetarium
Izumo Science Center
1900-2 Imaichi-cho
Izumo, Shimane 693-0001
JAPAN

+81 853 25 1500
+81 853 24 8383 fax

www.izumo.ed.jp/kagaku

Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4m, installed 2002
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2002

Planetarium
Matsue Terrsa
Asahi-machi 487-18
Matsue, Shimane 690-0003
JAPAN

+81 852 31 5550

www.sanbg.com/terrsa/floor/theater.html

UNCLASSIFIED

18m tilt, installed 2000
Capacity 160, unidirectl
GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM I, installed 2000

Planetarium
Sanbe Nature Museum
1121-8 Sanbechotane
Oda, Shimane 694-0003
JAPAN

+81 854 86 0500

www.nature-sanbe.jp/sahimel/move.html

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

20m tilt, installed 2010
  Capacity 171, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Sigma SE, installed 2023
        2 Sony VPL-GTZ380, 4k
   Konica Minolta Infinium Beta, installed 2010

Planetarium, Road Station
Fujikawa-rakuza
1488-1 Iwafuchi
Fujikawa-cho, Ibara-gun
Shizuoka 421-3305 JAPAN

+81 454 81 5555

www.fujikawarakuza.co.jp

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

14m tilt, installed 2000
  Capacity 80, unidirectl
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM I, installed 2000
   Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-IIB, installed 2010

Planetarium
Hamamatsu Children Center
100-1 Kaji-machi
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-0933
JAPAN

+81 53 450 9111
+81 53 458 0300 fax

Opened 2001
SCHOOL/DIST

4m, installed 2001
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2001

Planetarium
Hamamatsu Science Center
256-3 Kitaterashima-cho
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
430-0923 JAPAN

+81 53 454 0178
+81 53 454 0184 fax

www.hamamatsu-kagakukan.jp/top.htm

Opened 1975
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

20m 20°, installed 1986
  Capacity 240, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Geministar III, installed 2006
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2005

Planetarium, Iwasaki
Kazuaki Space Art Museum
9-638 Ohmuro Kogen
Ito, Shizuoka 413-0234
JAPAN

+81 557 51 9600
+81 557 51 9601 fax

http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~kisag/english/index.html

Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4m, installed 2001
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2001

Planetarium
Yaizu Discovery Park
2968-1 Tajiri
Yaizu-shi, Shizuoka 425-0052
JAPAN

+81 54 625 0800
+81 54 625 1997 fax

www.discoverypark.jp/map/plane.asp

Opened 1997
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m 15°, installed 1997
  Capacity 180, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Geministar III, installed 2011
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2010

Masao Imahashi
Kaoru Ishikawa
Ayumi Matsunaga
Tsuyoshi Munemasa

Miraikan Planetarium, Science
and Technology Corp., National
Museum of Emerging Science
2-41, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
135-0064 JAPAN

+81 3 3570 9151
+81 3 3570 9150 fax

www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html

Opened 2001
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

  installed 2001
  Capacity 112
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2009 3D
   Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-II Cosmos, installed 2004

Planetarium, Children's Future
Creation Hall, Galaxcity
Culture Hall, 1-3-1 Kurihara
Adachi-ku, Tokyo 123-0842
JAPAN

+81 3 5242 8161
+81 3 5242 8165

Opened 1993
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

23m 27°, installed 1994
  Capacity 261, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS HELIOS, installed 1994
   Konica Minolta Mediaglobe Sigma SE, installed 2019

Planetarium, Synra Dome
Science Museum
2-1, Kitanomaru-koen
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0091
JAPAN

+81 3 3212 8544
+81 3 3212 8443 fax

www.jsf.or.jp/eng

Opened 1964
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

10m, installed 2008
Custom, installed 2008
Molecular Dynamics

Kaoru Kimura, Astronomy Educator +81 3 3212 8506
Tokshiyuki Takahei
Hikaru Okuda

Time Dome Akashi, Chuo-ku
Historical and Astronomical
Facility, 12-Akashi-cho
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
JAPAN

+81 3 3546 5537

Opened 2005
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

12m, installed 2005
Capacity 86
GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2005

GOTO INC
4-16 Yazaki-cho
Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8530
JAPAN

+81 42 362 5312
+81 42 361 9571 fax

www.goto.co.jp/english

PRIVATE/COMML

18m 25° Goto
  Capacity 10
   GOTO INC CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2007
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2007
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2011
        JVC

Nobutaka Goto, President
Masao Yoshiga, Section Chief
Taro Emoto, General Manager,Overseas Sales
Yuka Sato, Customer Sales and Support +81 42 362 4376
Hirotaka Kobayashi

Planetarium, Fuchu Municipal
Museum, Kyodo-no-mori
6-32 Minami-cho
Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0026
JAPAN

+81 423 68 7921
+81 423 60 8217 fax

www.fuchu-cpf.or.jp/museum/1000077/index.html

Opened 1987
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

23m  GOTO INC, installed 1987
  Capacity 300, epicentric
   GOTO INC CHIRON III, installed 2018
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2018
        Sony GTZ280x2, 4K

AstroVision 70

Kazuyuki Ono, Director

Planetarium, Hachioji
Municipal Science Hall
9-13 Oyoko-cho
Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0062
JAPAN

+81 426 24 3311
+81 426 27 5899 fax

www.city.hachioji.tokyo.jp/kyoiku/gakushu/sciencedome/index.html

Opened 1988
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

21m 15°, installed 1988
  Capacity 260, unidirectl
   Konica Minolta Geministar III, installed 2009
   Konica Minolta SkyMax, installed 2008

Omni-U

Planetarium
Katsushika City Museum
3-25-1, Shiratori
Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0063
JAPAN

+81 3 3838 1101
+81 3 5680 0849 fax

www.museum.city.katsushika.lg.jp

Opened 1991
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

18m 15° Konica Minolta, installed 1991
  Capacity 165, unidirectl; attendance: 50,000 (2017)
   Konica Minolta Infinium Sigma, installed 2018
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2018
        Dark Matter

Omni-U, SPICE automation, Interactive, Laser, All-sky

Tatsuyuki Arai, Planetarium Director

Planetarium, Incorporated
Educational Institution
6-1-1 Tamagawakuen
Machida, Tokyo 194-8610
JAPAN

+81 42 739 8712

Opened 2005
SCHOOL/DIST

12.2m, installed 2005
Capacity 93, epicentric
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2005

Planetarium
Sony ExploraScience
1-7-1 Daiba
Minato-ku, Tokyo 135-8718
JAPAN

+81 3 5531 2186

www.sonyexplorascience.jp

PRIVATE/COMML

8m
  Capacity 20, unidirectl
     Custom
        Sony

Planetarium
Minato Science Museum
3-6-9 Toranomon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001
JAPAN

+81 3 6381 5041

http://minato-kagaku.tokyo/eng

Opened 2020

15m , installed 2020
Capacity 121, epicentric
GOTO INC ORPHEUS HYBRID, installed 2020

4D2U Theater
Nat. Astro. Observatory Japan
2-21-1 Osawa
Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588
JAPAN

+81 422 34 3688 voice info
+81 422 34 3810 fax

http://4d2u.nao.ac.jp/english/index.html

Opened 1988
OBSERV/ASTRO

10m 10° Astro-Tec, installed 2007
  Capacity 20; attendance: 4,000 (2011)
     Custom, installed 2007 3D
        NAOJ 4D2U Project

8 frames cover full dome, 5 frames overlay to provide stereoscopic images using Infitech filters and glasses. Mitaka Viewer software including 3D Atlas of the Universe performed live. Audiences can also see supercomputer- generated 3D movies calculated and visualized by NAOJ reaserchers.

Shoichi Itoh, Public Outreach Official

Planetarium
Unoki Kindergarten
2-19-3 Minami
Ota-ku, Tokyo
JAPAN

+81 337 50 3530

www.geocities.jp/unoki1934

Opened 2007
SCHOOL/DIST

7m, installed 2007
Capacity 40
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2007

Planetarium Starry Cafe, Intl.
Flight Passenger Terminal, 6-5
Haneda Airport 2-Chome
Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-041
JAPAN

+81 3 6428 0888

PRIVATE/COMML

10m tilt, installed 2010
  Capacity 50, movable
   GOTO INC PANDORA HYBRID, installed 2010
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010
        HD

Setagaya Planetarium
Setagaya Educational Center
3-16-8 Tsurumaki
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0016
JAPAN

+81 3 3429 0811
+81 3 3429 2844 fax

www.city.setagaya.tokyo.jp/030/d00007490.html

Opened 1988
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

16m 5° GOTO INC, installed 1988
  Capacity 140, epicentric
   GOTO INC GM II SPACE, installed 1988
   GOTO INC GSS CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2010
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010

Takehiko Aoki

Planetarium
Tamarokuto Science Center
5-10-64 Nishi-cho
Shibakubo, Tokyo 188-0014
JAPAN

+81 42 469 6982
+81 42 469 7575 fax

www.tamarokuto.or.jp

Opened 2012
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

27.5m, installed 2012
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, installed 2012
JVC double

Planetarium
Gotanda Culture Center
6-5-1 Nishigotanda
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031
JAPAN

+81 3 3492 2451
+81 3 3492 2235 fax

Opened 1982
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
PUBLIC SHOWS

12.0m, installed 1982
  Capacity 86, epicentric
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2010
        HD

Skytree Planetarium Tenku
1-1-2 Oshiage
Sumida-ku, Tokyo 131-0045
JAPAN

+81 3 5610 3043

www.planetarium.konicaminolta.jp/tenku/introduction

Opened 2012
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
GIFT SHOP

18m 15°, installed 2012
  Capacity 212, epicentric; attendance: 490,000 (2017)
   Konica Minolta Infinium S, installed 2012
   Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2017
        2x JVC DLA-SH4K

Planetarium, National
Museum of Nature and Science
7-20 Ueno Park
Taitou-ku, Tokyo 110-8718
JAPAN

+81 3 3822 0111

www.kahaku.go.jp/english

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

12.8m, installed 2006
GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2006
SPHERE

Planetarium
Tama Rokuto Science Hall
5-10-64 Shibakubo-cho
Tanashi-shi, Tokyo 188-0014
JAPAN

+81 424 69 6100
+81 424 69 4152 fax

www.tamarokuto.or.jp

Opened 1993
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

27.5m 27°, installed 1994
  Capacity 254, unidirectl
   GOTO INC CHIRON II HYBRID, installed 2012
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2012
        4x JVC 4K

Konica Minolta Planetarium
Tokyo, Yurakucho Mullion Bldg.
2-5-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, Tokyo
JAPAN

http://planetarium.konicaminolta.jp/planetariatokyo/foreigner/

Opened 2018
PRIVATE/COMML

  installed 2018
  epicentric
   Konica Minolta , installed 2018
        8k

  installed 2018
   Konica Minolta Cosmoleap, installed 2018
   Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Sigma, installed 2018

Sunshine Planetarium ????
Sunshine Kogyo Co., Ltd.
3-1-3 Higashi-ikebukuro
Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8630
JAPAN

+81 3 3989 3546 staff off.
+81 3 5351 8817 fax
+81 3 3983 3010 show info

www.sunshinecity.co.jp/sunshine/planetarium/index.html

Opened 1978
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

17m, installed 1993
Capacity 290, epicentric; annual attendance: 230,000
Konica Minolta Geministar III, installed 2011

Tsuneyoshi Fujii, Assistant Director

Konica Minolta Planetarium Co.
3-1-3 Higashikebukuro
Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8630
JAPAN

+81 3 5985 1700
+81 3 5985 1701 fax

http://www2.konicaminolta.jp/english/kmpl/index.html

PRIVATE/COMML

   Konica Minolta
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2004

Hiroaki Ueda, Ph.D, President
Kenshi Ito, Assistant General Manager
Minoru Yamada, Assistant General Manager
Kazunori Kitabatake ,

Planetarium, Yonago
Children's Culture Center
133 Nishi-machi
Yonago-shi, Tottori 683-0826
JAPAN

+81 859 34 5455
+81 859 34 5455 fax

Opened 1982
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

12m, installed 1982
Capacity 130, epicentric
GOTO INC ORPHEUS HYBRID, installed 2020

Planetarium
Toyama Science Culture Center
1-8-31 Nishinakano-cho
Toyama-shi, Toyama 939-8084
JAPAN

+81 764 91 2123
+81 764 21 5950 fax

www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp

Opened 1979
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18m GOTO INC, installed 1994
  Capacity 242, epicentric
   GOTO INC GSS HELIOS, installed 1994
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM II, installed 2009
        SXRD

Planetarium
Wakayama University
930 Sakedani
Wakayama, Wakayama 640-8441
JAPAN

+81 73 457 7007

UNIV/COLLEGE

5m, installed 2009
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2009

3m, installed 2009
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2009

Big-U Planetarium, Center for
Information Exchange, Aza-
higashi Uchinoura, Shinjyo-cho
Tanabe-shi, Wayakama 646-0011
JAPAN

www.big-u.jp

Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6m
Capacity 40
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE, installed 2005

Planetarium, Sahato Benibana
Kahoku Civic Cultural Center
3-1-10 Yachitokorooka
Kahoku-cho, Nishimurayama-gun
Yamagata 999-3513 JAPAN

www.sahato.jp/

Opened 1995

15m tilt
  Capacity 128, unidirectl
   GOTO INC PANDORA II HYBRID, installed 2016
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2016

Planetarium, Mogami
Wide Regional Education Center
17-26 Senmon-cho
Shinjo, Yamagata 996-0079
JAPAN

+81 233 22 1033
+81 233 22 1735 fax

www.mkc.jp/sub031.htm

Opened 2004
SCHOOL/DIST

6m, installed 2004
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2011

Planetarium
Yonezawa Children's Hall
1-15-2 Marunouchi
Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata
992-0052 JAPAN

+81 238 23 0161

Opened 1983
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

10m, installed 1983
  Capacity 90, epicentric
   GOTO INC PANDIA II, installed 2015
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2015

Planetarium
Library and Science Center
2-1-1
Kochi, Yamanashi 780-0842
JAPAN

+81 88 823 7767
+81 88 824 8224 fax

http://otepia.kochi.jp/

Opened 2018
GOVT/MUNICIPAL

12.0m , installed 2018
  Capacity 82, epicentric
   GOTO INC ORPHEUS, installed 2018
   GOTO INC VIRTUARIUM X, installed 2018

Planetarium, Yamanashi
Prefectural Science Center
358-1 Atago-cho
Kofu-shi, Yamanashi 400-0023
JAPAN

+81 552 54 8151

www.kagakukan.pref.yamanashi.jp

Opened 1998
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

20m tilt, installed 1997
  Capacity 200, unidirectl
   GOTO INC GSS HELIOS, installed 1997
   Ohira Tech MEGASTAR-IIA, installed 2010
     Custom, installed 2010
        AstroArts StellaDome Pro

Ultra 70/10.

Takumi Inoue

Planetarium
Yurihonjo Science Center
Yurihonjo
JAPAN

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

  installed 2010
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3, installed 2010
        SP2 HD