JAXA Kakuda Space Center

JAXA Kakuda Space Center

Info

JR Funaoka Station → 10 minutes by car
15km 30 minutes from Tohoku Expressway Shiraishi IC; or 15km from Tohoku Expressway Murata IC
25 units

Business Hours

10 ~ 17 o'clock

Price

Free admission

Spot Category

Museums・Science Museums・Archives


Space Development Exhibition Room on Spacious Grounds
(C)JAXA


You can also enjoy cherry blossoms in April
(C)JAXA


Japan's successive liquid fuel rockets
(C)JAXA


HII8 engine pulled from 3000m seabed
(C)JAXA

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Kakuda Space Tower Cosmo House

At the Cosmo House, the space exhibition house, a real H-II rocket second-stage engine is on display. The adjacent space tower offers a 360-degree panorama from the observation room of 37m and 40m. It takes 30 minutes.

Kakuda Local Museum

The museum used the royal residence of Jokichi Ujiie, who was a local landowner, and the museum, which introduces the history and culture of Kakuda, including the rice storehouse, store storehouse, and bunzo on the site, takes 40 minutes.

Kakuda Space Center

A research and development base that consistently conducts research on materials and element technology related to space propulsion technology to development and testing of rocket engines. In the space development exhibition room, the actual rocket engine and the combined cycle engine that have been researched and developed at the Kakuda Space Center, as well as panels explaining the contents of each study are on display.

Seongshan Park

There are many cherry blossom spots in the northern part of the prefecture. There are many kinds of Yamazakura, Sidare Sakura, and Ya-e-zakura, mainly in Yoshino cherry.

Samurai House

North of Shiraishi Castle, along the flow of the Sawabata River, which also served as the Sannomaru outer moat, stands a samurai residence that conveys the image of the castle town period. The Katakura family The former Koseki family is reportedly an old building that is more than 260 years old, and you can tour the inside of the mansion. The main floor is preserved. It takes 20 minutes.

Waterfall hot water

Built in Kanei 13 (1636), it is the oldest hot spring communal bathhouse in Naruko Hot Spring Township. It is a symbol of Naruko Hot Spring, which is popular not only with locals but also with tourists. The bathroom is boarded up and has an old-fashioned atmosphere. There are two yūboshi, and there is also a tasseyu.

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