Planetarium Hall

A beautiful night sky full of a maximum of 140 million fixed stars is expressed fully on the dome screen.

Enjoy the “world’s greatest night sky” on a relaxing reclining seat.

Planetarium time schedule

※17:15-17:45 and 18:00-18:30 showings are only available from March to September; from October to February, the last showing is from 16:30-17:00.
※Do not enter or exit during the show.

Constellation explanatory program
“Okinawa’s Beautiful Stars – Okinawa’s starry sky and folktale”

Introduces the seasonal night sky of Okinawa and Okinawa’s folktales themed on stars.

The Beautiful Stars of Spring(Mar - May)

Okinawa’s night sky of summer and folktale
Together with the recreation of the starlit skies of the springtime in Motobu Town, where the Ocean Expo Park is located, the stars called Paigapusu in the Okinawa language and the Southern Cross will also be on display.
There will also be an introduction on The Origins of the Star Sand, a folk tale told on Taketomi Island.

The Beautiful Stars of Summer(Jun - Aug)

Okinawa’s night sky of summer and folktale
Along with the recreation of the starlit skies that can be seen in the summertime from Motobu Town, where the Ocean Expo Park is located, there will be commentaries about the North Star (Ninufa-bushi) that has been a great part in the lives of the people of Okinawa, as well as the constellations seen in the summer.
There will also be an introduction to the folk tale of Tarama Island, The Celestial Wife.

The Beautiful Stars of Autumn(Sep - Nov)

Okinawa’s night sky of autumn and folktale
There will be a recreation of the starlit skies of autumn as seen from Motobu Town, where the Ocean Expo Park is located, there will also be showings of various stars including the quadrilateral stars of autumn, called the Oyochiya-bushi in the Okinawan language.
Also introduced will be a folk tale from Ishigaki Island, The Giant Man from the Moon.

The Beautiful Stars of Winter（Dec - Feb）

Okinawa’s night sky of winter and story
With the recreation of the star-filled skies that can be observed from Motobu Town, where the Ocean Expo Park is located, there will also be showings of numerous stars such as the clusters of the Pleiades, called Nurika-bushi or Nuri-bushi in the Okinawan language.
Also introduced will be Nurika-bushi Yunta, a story based on an ancient song from the Yaeyama region.

A hybrid program of planetarium and computer graphic animation

The Great Voyage of Roy and Friends

-Guided by the star-
An apprentice navigator, Roy (17 years old), faces to his first voyage to 800km distant Guam Island. He and his crew embark to the epic voyage by drawing fully upon the strength of the traditional technique “Star Navigation”, which was taught by his grandfather.

The whole sky in a digital image

Enjoy the spectacular digital image using the entire dome screen of the Planetarium Hall.

Journey to the Stars

～A journey around the stars～
Experience the dynamic digital images displayed on the dome screen showing the inner structures of the Sun and the stars in our Galaxy, the birth of stars and the exciting moment of the Big Bang.

Exciting! Thrilling! Exploration of the Universe☆(Sat, Sun, holidays)

An educational program on stars and the universe that is easy to understand even for elementary and middle school pupils

-A journey around the solar system with Galileo-
An educational program that introduces the sun and eight planets in way that’s easy to understand with Galileo Galilei as the host.

-A journey around the galactic system with Einstein-
An educational program that explains about the life of a star, the world of the galactic system, and the end of universe with Einstein as the host.

*Since the Exciting, Thrilling, Exploration of the Universe☆ features images with wild movements, please be careful if you are feeling physically sick.