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Key Technology Gunma Astronomical Observatory (Prefectural Gunma Astronomical Observatory) (キーテクノロジーぐんま天文台(県立ぐんま天文台))

Flow of the course

Previous stop: Break and Shopping at Takayama Onsen Fureai Plaza (Michi-no-eki Nakayama Bonchi)

About 150 min here

About this spot

A prefectural observatory located in the high-altitude Takayama Village, offering stargazing with a 150cm reflecting telescope (one of the largest in the world open to the public) and a 65cm reflecting telescope, among others. Staff operate the telescopes and provide explanations of celestial objects.

Season & hours

Name: ぐんま天文台

Venue: ぐんま天文台

Source: astron.pref.gunma.jp

Tips

Admission is 300 yen for adults and free for junior high school students and younger. No reservation is needed for individuals, but groups generally must reserve at least 6 weeks in advance. It takes 10-15 minutes to walk from the parking lot to the main building along a footpath (lit at night), and the parking lot closes after the observatory closes, so please allow plenty of time.