Free: All time
The Chofu Aerospace Center has an exhibition area where visitors can learn about aerospace-research activities in general. Besides having displays on aviation and space vehicles and technologies, the center also offers a space mission simulation. Visitors get to experience being a space shuttle pilot navigating a flight.
Address: 7-44-1 Jindaiji Higashi-machi, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-8522
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm; Closed Saturdays & Sundays
Direction: Train JR Chuo Line to Mitaka Station, followed by a 13-min bus trip
Phone: +81-50-3362-8036
Website: www.jaxa.jp/visit/chofu/index_e.html
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