大樹町宇宙交流センター SORA

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大樹町宇宙交流センター SORA serves Hokkaido from the town of Taiki, at 169-1 Bisei in the Hiroo District, postcode 089-2115. The centre takes its name from the town and the sky above it, and the website at hokkaidospaceport.com/sora carries its programme.

An average of 4 out of 5 from 246 reviews gives the centre a solid standing among the island's museums. Taiki sits on the eastern side of Hokkaido, a long drive from Sapporo and further still from Hakodate, Otaru, Furano, Niseko, Asahikawa, Kushiro and Abashiri, so a visit fits best into an eastern itinerary.

The location on Hokkaido's eastern coast puts it well away from the main resort towns, and the journey is part of the trip. This is a museum, and its subject is space.

Japan is an archipelago of several thousand islands stretching from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, and trains link the four main islands through tunnels and bridges while ferries and aircraft serve the smaller ones. Japanese waters carry tuna, mackerel and squid, and whales migrate through its seas.