🗺️ Konica Minolta Science Dome (Hachioji Children's Science Museum)

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📝 Introduction

An experiential science museum that combines education and entertainment, allowing visitors to understand scientific knowledge through play.

📖 Details

The science museum provides various experiential displays that allow visitors to play using their bodies, including experimental devices and simulated spaces. The museum is divided into three experiential areas: "Watch," "Touch," and "Create," with a wide range of exhibits suitable for everyone from preschool children to adults. The "Game Science" area on the first floor is designed for young children to enjoy interactive exhibits. The second floor is themed around space, featuring a 1/10 scale model of the International Space Station, a simulator for the asteroid probe Hayabusa, and a 4D digital globe projected onto a sphere. The highlight of the museum is the planetarium, which showcases beautiful starry skies and realistic images on a giant dome screen. It offers content suitable for children, and the live presentations by guides explaining constellation knowledge are also highly praised by adults. Additionally, the science studio hosts workshops, experimental shows, and biology lectures.

⭐ Highlights

A science museum where you can learn about science through experiential exhibits while having fun. The planetarium also offers experiences suitable for adults. On the first floor, "Game Science" is a fun area for preschool children. On the second floor, "Earth, Universe, Future" features challenges like the International Space Station (ISS) and the Hayabusa asteroid probe simulator. In the "Hachioji Area" on the second floor, there are displays related to Hachioji City, including a replica of the "Hachioji Elephant" ivory and a display board for the "Hachioji Meteorite." During the summer vacation, it is especially popular, attracting many students who participate in experiential classrooms and experiment shows as topics for their independent research.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do you offer foreign language services? (If so, please let me know which languages are available.)

A: Sorry, we cannot provide foreign language services.

Q: Is it possible to re-enter?

A: Re-entry is allowed.

Q: Is free Wi-Fi available in the facility?

A: Free Wi-Fi is available.

Q: Is there a coin-operated locker?

A: No. (We can temporarily store it at our office for you.)

Q: Is it allowed to eat and drink inside the venue?

A: There is only a beverage vending machine available for drinks. Eating and drinking are not allowed in the exhibition hall and the planetarium. You may bring food and drinks to the lecture room on the second floor and inside the Meteor Star vehicle (but these areas cannot be used during events). Please take your trash with you.