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Astronomical course and history course at Time Dome Akashi
Time Dome Akashi is a local Tenmonkan in Chuo-ku. Various courses are also held throughout the year. This time, I went to the progressive astronomical course and history course held in February.
"Developed Astronomy Course" Experience the Universe in the city center with little starry sky
Time Dome Akashi has a planetarium, where screenings and astronomical lectures are held on various themes for children and adults. This time, Dr. Makoto Kikkawa of JAXA Hayabusa2 Project gave a lecture at the progressive astronomical lecture “Hayabusa2 to date” held on February 9. After all, Hayabusa2 was always full of seats this time, probably because of the high interest in the streets. The difficulty of landing on the asteroid "Ryugu", which is uneven and has little flat land suitable for landing, and the need for exploration of asteroids (unlike large planets, there is little impact from the activities inside the planet, so the original shape of the universe is likely to remain).
I collected 5 admission tickets and received a souvenir.
If you collect 5 admission tickets for the progressive astronomy course or easy astronomical course, you can get a souvenir. We collected 5 photos this time, so we received the clear file of the photo, sticker, and certificate of commendation. You can also choose a batch or a constellation quick-view board for the seal.
The Developmental Astronomy Course is held once a month from 16:00 on the second Sunday, and the next one is "Measure the size of the universe" on March 8.
History Lectures also Held Know a part of the history of Chuo-ku
Time Dome Akashi also holds the “Local Tenmonkan / Winter History Relay Course” in winter. Takefumi Tomikawa, curator of Shinagawa History Museum, participated in a lecture on February 22, "Preservation of Edo Bay in late Tokugawa shogunate and Construction Conditions Read from Odaiba Historical Materials".
The story was the flow and background of Edo Bay defense during the Edo period, and the story of Odaiba (turret) built in Chuo-ku.
Odaiba is famous for its current Seaside Park, but 10 years after its construction, just before the Meiji era, a battery was built at equal intervals on the coastal area from Shinagawa to Echinakajima, Koto-ku. It seems that three turrets were built in Chuo-ku. Today Hamarikyu, around St. Luke's Tower in Akashicho, and Tsukuda Island. It seems that the stone wall of the trace remains in the southeast corner only in Hamarikyu.
Time Dome Akashi also holds permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions in addition to planetariums and lectures. Why don't you check it occasionally in the city's public relations or website?
＊The next lecture on history March 14, "Kodemmacho prison as seen by excavations" has been postponed due to the effects of COVID-19 pneumonia.
At a later date, I went to the ruins of the battery on Tsukuda Island.
I immediately went to the ruins of the battery on Tsukuda Island. The place is the downstream side of the elevated bridge over the Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge in Tsukishima. There is an explanation version of the photo. According to the old map of the explanatory board, there was a square battery like Dejima around here. It seems that Tsukishima was reclaimed from here in the Meiji 20s. If you go a little from here, it's Monja Street.
Nowadays, the coastline has been far away with landfills, but until the early Meiji era, this area is the innermost part of Tokyo Bay, and I am deeply moved to see how many cannons ran offshore from here.