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

On the first floor, there are beautiful panel displays of the Galactic Forest, the Northern Lights, and the Universe, as well as a space exploration computer and a 70-inch large monitor for hands-on learning about the Universe.

The second floor also houses the Rikubetsu Observatory of the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory of Nagoya University and the Rikubetsu Stratospheric Observatory of the National Institute for Environmental Studies, where research is conducted mainly on the stratospheric and tropospheric atmosphere and the aurora borealis.

At the Ginga no Mori Observatory, visitors can use the large Riku Riku telescope to view the planets and the moon at their best in the season, as well as nebulae, star clusters, galaxies, and various other celestial objects in the distant future. In addition, bright fixed stars can be seen during the daytime when the sky is clear.