Saitama Municipal Youth Astronomical Museum
さいたま市青少年宇宙科学館
Explore space with a planetarium, science exhibits, and unique space-related plants.
What it is
- Opened in May 1988 as Urawa City Youth Astronomical Museum.
- Renamed after Saitama City was established in 2001.
- Consists of a planetarium and a science museum.
- Astronaut Koichi Wakata became honorary director in 2009.
What to see
- Planetarium uses a CHIRON hybrid system.
- Science museum has exhibits for school science education.
- Corner for viewing JAXA public relations videos.
- Cultivates 'space cherry blossoms' and 'space roses'.
- Features a 'Newton's apple tree' from Koishikawa Botanical Garden.
- Houses a 20cm refractor coudé telescope by Goto Optical.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
埼玉県さいたま市浦和区駒場2丁目3-45 Open in Google Maps
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