Press Releases


November 5, 2010
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Open House of Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will hold an annual open house of the Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences on Saturday, November 27, as described below. The open house is designed to increase public understanding and interest in marine earth sciences and research activities undertaken by JAMSTEC.

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1. Date and time : Saturday, November 27, 2010, 10:00~17:00 (Last admission 16:30)
2. Venue : Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES), JAMSTEC
3173-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama (Map)
15-min walk from JR Shin-Sugita Station
20-min walk from Sugita Station on Keihin-Kyuko Line
15-min walk form Shin-Sugita Station on Kanazawa Seaside Line
5-min walk from the “Sugita” bus stop of Keihin-Kyuko Bus
*Parking is NOT available. Please use the public transportation.
3. Admission : Free
4. Open house features  :
  1) Science Talks

2) Science Café

  • Global warming and beyond: climate change in the coming decades
  • “Lost and found” in deep sea floor
  • Ultra-deep coring by D/V Chikyu, etc.
3) Exhibitions including latest research achievements

4) Earth Simulator tour (including access to the machine room)

5) Earth Science Museum

6) Hands-on activities
  • Science experiments, operation of an underwater robot, and fishing game, etc.
7) Shop
  • JAMSTEC publications and official goods
5. For further information  :
  Public Relations Division
Advanced Research and Technology Promotion Department
YES, JAMSTEC
TEL: 045-778-5958

Official website: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/j/pr/public_open/yokohama/


Leaflet (in Japanese)[PDF:540KB]

Contacts:

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
(For the open house)
Kyohiko Mitsuzawa
Manager, Public Relations Division
Advanced Research and Technology Promotion Department
(For publication)
Toru Nakamura, e-mail: press@jamstec.go.jp
Manager, Planning Department Press Office