Izumo Science Center

The Izumo Science Center (出雲科学館, Izumo Kagakukan) is a science center located in Izumo-shi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Opened on 20 July 2002. The pupils in Izumo-shi, from third grade of primary school to junior high school, take the regular lessons of natural science with the latest instruments. Mainly on weekends, various events about science and handicraft are taken place. About 150,000 people, as many as the population of Izumo-shi, visit there every year. This center is one of a rare institution that has functions of both "School education" and "Social education",

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