Outdoor lawn cinema with food-education quizzes, stargazing and readings. Choose films to suit your child’s interests and comfort level
Astronomy events
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An evening stargazing session for parents and children to observe the familiar Moon and Saturn. Held indoors if it rains.
Travel between three planets and solve puzzles using sight, touch, sound and smell, with three routes offering different difficulty levels.
Explore astronomy exhibits and experiments in research facilities not normally open to the public. Separate mini-lectures in the 4D2U Dome Theater cover black-hole light and jets, galaxy collisions, dark matter, and the birth of Earth and the Moon.
Professor Takehiko Satoh of JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science introduces planets, rockets and probes through explanations, video and touchable objects.
A community festival combining diorama and small-item crafts, model railways, games, regional food and uniform try-ons. Antarctic and Mars talks are on the 7th, Awa dance and rugby on the 8th.