2026 Full-Day Course: Stargazing at Sendai Astronomical Observatory

Sendai Astronomical Observatory (仙台市天文台), located in Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, is a public observatory equipped with the 1.3m-diameter reflecting telescope “Hitomi Telescope.” It holds public stargazing sessions every Saturday night (according to the facility's official website; may be cancelled due to weather). Admission to the exhibition room and planetarium is 610 yen each (adult). There is free parking for 125 vehicles; regular hours are 9:00-17:00, but it stays open until 21:30 on Saturdays. Access is by bus from Ayashi Station on the JR Senzan Line, or about a 10-minute drive from the Sendai-Miyagi IC on the Tohoku Expressway.