Nayoro Observatory Kitasubaru — Attraction in Nayoro

The weather was conspiring against me, and it was very cloudy. I did get to enjoy the planetarium and the black marble movie though. Then when I was checking out the telescopes, the clouds cleared a little and I could see a few stars and the moon through some thin cloud. Not ideal, but better than nothing. Special thanks go out to the gentleman that warned me that the gates are closed at 10pm, otherwise I almost certainly would have spent too long taking photos, and been locked in...

I have been there many years back, but would like to visit again. There was a night event for public, when we could look at the sky through the enormous telescope, with the guidance of scientist and personel working there. I loved their stories, enthusiasm and patience, not mentioning the view through lenses, amazing. Many years later and I...

The observatory is very cool. Unfortunately it was cloudy when we visited and automatic doors of the telescope could not open because they were programmed not to open in bad weather. Still got to see several other telescopes and read interesting articles in the gallery on ground floor. Definitely...