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  • flammenwerfer at 10:59 AM JST - 20th August

    shame I cant see the stars where I live....

  • lipscombe at 11:12 AM JST - 20th August

    would be a waste of time unless something is done about the horrendous light pollution in skies around inhabited areas or drive several hours to find a place where there arent street lights pointing up into space.

  • romulus3 at 12:21 PM JST - 20th August

    in Osaka take a train for 30 minutes out to Nara and you can see stars everywhere. Real nice.

  • dennis0bauer at 03:08 PM JST - 20th August

    what stars? the stars on the bathroom in the next appartment block?

  • Starviking at 04:26 PM JST - 20th August

    All well and good, but why the focus on tests and approved texts? So much bureaucracy! Sounds like another government agency trying to justify its existence.

    In the UK people who are interested in astronomy set up associations, study the subject themselves, and hold events. No need for officialdom.

    On a tangent, "star sommelier" sounds like a person you'd find in a classy restaurant that's renowned for its wine...

  • SushiSake3 at 09:46 PM JST - 20th August

    Starviking - "On a tangent, "star sommelier" sounds like a person you'd find in a classy restaurant that's renowned for its wine..."

    Mate, I'm nearly through my "star sommelier" course now.

    I'm gonna use it to spot stars in the eyes of the hot Japanese women I see every day, ha ha :-)

  • Starviking at 10:02 PM JST - 20th August

    Good luck SS3 - just make sure you don't take too much wine - you want to be able to focus on the stars in those Japanese ladies' eyes ;)

  • SushiSake3 at 11:15 PM JST - 20th August

    Shimpei Shibata - "I’d like to train some students to become ‘science communicators’"

    Precisely why Japan is going to the dogs :-)

  • dontpanic at 09:59 AM JST - 21st August

    No detractors please, astronomy in Japan is a serious subject. On a clear night I can see Uranus.

  • timeon at 02:59 PM JST - 21st August

    and you think Uranus is cool?

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