This is a public observatory that is equipped with a 115cm reflecting telescope, one of the largest in Japan, four 30cm class small telescopes, a quadruple solar telescope, and more.

In the exhibition room on the first floor, you can experience learning about space using beautiful panel displays of the Milky Way Forest, the Aurora Borealis, and space, as well as a space exploration computer and a large 70-inch monitor. The second floor is home to a large telescope dome, a small telescope observation room, and a rooftop plaza where many people can enjoy the starry sky.

Additionally, the General Observatory on the second floor is also home to the Rikubetsu Observatory of the Nagoya University Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory and the Rikubetsu Stratospheric General Observatory of the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and they are primarily engaged in research on the stratosphere, troposphere, auroras, etc.

At the Ginga no Mori Astronomical Observatory, you can use the large telescope "Rikuri" to see various celestial bodies, including planets and the moon that are in season, as well as nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies far away. You can also see bright stars during the day if it's clear.