Regarding the preventive actions for the novel coronavirus

To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, we have decided to cancel some of our events until further notice. Information about the resumption of the events will be posted on NAOJ’s website and SNS. We kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation.

For those who want to visit NAOJ, please note the following point:

• If you have, or think you may have, had close contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus, please refrain from visiting.
• If you have cold-like symptoms such as a cough and fever, please refrain from visiting.
• Take appropriate preventive actions, such as wearing a mask and washing your hands with soap, to protect yourself from infection.

NAOJ Mitaka Campus (Updated on April 7, 2022)

Currently open to the public

• Strolling within the visitors’ area and access to the 20-cm Telescope Dome, the Repsold Transit Instrument Building, and the Gautier Meridian Circle Building
• Access to the Observatory History Museum and Solar Observation Parties at the 20-cm Telescope Dome (for limited hours on Saturdays and Sundays)

Still closed to the public

• Access to the Exhibition Room, the Astronomical Instruments Museum, and the Resting Room
• Group tours
• Regular Stargazing Parties (currently held online)
• Public use of the library

Please see Visit Guide for more details.

Nobeyama Radio Observatory (Updated on July, 2020)

• Nobeyama Radio Observatory has partly reopened to the public since June 18, 2020. Tours are now permitted in outdoor areas of campus only.
• NINS Nobeyama Exhibition Room has been temporarily closed since February 28, 2020 until further notice.
• Open-use observations planned for the 2019-2020 season (Semester 2019) were suspended due to a state of emergency regarding COVID-19.

Mizusawa Campus (Updated on August, 2020)

• Mizusawa Campus can visit the visitors area.
• The Kimura Hisashi Memorial Museum will be temporarily closed until further notice.

Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory (Updated on October 22, 2021)

• The facility will remain partially open to the public solely for outdoor recreation until the end of October 2021.
• It will fully reopen from November, but all public events, including facility tours, will operate on a reservation-only basis.

Subaru Telescope (Updated on May, 2020)

• Subaru Telescope to Resume Open-Use Observations
• Subaru Telescope to Begin Preparatory Work for Observations
• Subaru Telescope Continues Suspension of Its Facility Operation and Astronomical Observation
• Subaru Telescope Will Temporarily Suspend Its Facility Operation and Astronomical Observation

ALMA (Updated on March 16, 2021)

• ALMA Soon to Resume Science Observations
• COVID-19 (coronavirus) Measures at ALMA
• The ALMA Public Visits held every weekend will be cancelled until further notice.