The purpose of the Geospace Research Center is to coordinate joint research projects and to construct databases in the field of solar-terrestrial science.

STEL carries out routine ground-based observations of various physical and chemical phenomena in the solar-terrestrial environment from its own observatories located at Moshiri, Rikubetsu, Fuji, and Kagoshima. These long-term observations are used in conjunction with similar observations from stations at Kiso and Sugadaira.

- Geospace Research Center

Geospace Research Center (Director: Masafumi Hirahara)

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,Nagoya 464-8601 Japan
TEL: 81-52-747-6306 FAX: 81-52-747-6313

Moshiri Observatory (Director: Yutaka Matsumi)

Moshiri, Horokanai, Uryu, Hokkaido 074-0741 Japan
TEL: 81-165-38-2345
FAX: 81-165-38-2412

Rikubetsu Observatory (Director: Ryo Mizuno)

Rikubetsu, Ashoro, Hokkaido 089-4301 Japan
TEL: 81-156-27-8103
FAX: 81-156-27-8103

The Rikubetsu Space/Scicence Museum in which STEL’s Rikubetsu Observatory is housed

Fuji Observatory (Director: Munetoshi Tokumaru)

Fujigane, Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi 401-0338 Japan
TEL: 81-555-89-2148
FAX: 81-555-89-2829

Radio telescope and Mt. Fuji

Kagoshima Observatory (Director: Kazuo Shiokawa)

Honjo, Tarumizu, Kagoshima 891-2112 Japan
TEL: 81-994-32-0730
FAX: 81-994-32-3066

The observatory with Sakurajima Volcano in the background.