the Navel of Japan Park

the Navel of Japan Park 

  
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     I would like to introduce the Navel of Japan park in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. The park is located at the intersection of E135 and N35. As the right map shows, the park is equivalent to the navel of Japan. In this park, there are a musium, monuments and some buildings.   

 Monument

         This monument was designed by Batrick Berger and installed on March, 2010. The center of this four poles is the intersection of E135 and N35 rightly. The point was measured by using most advanced technology on 1994.


Nshiwaki Earth Science Museum 
　　　In this museum, there are many exhibits that relates to the earth, space and other interesting topics. And there is a large reflective type telescope



Links
For more information, please see these websites (written in Japanese).
・The homepage of Nishiwaki City
 http://www.city.nishiwaki.hyogo.jp/icity/browser?ActionCode=content&ContentID=1127798828656&SiteID=0

・The homepage of Nshiwaki Earth Science Museum
http://www5.city.nishiwaki.hyogo.jp/Nishiwaki/kagakukan/kagaku1.jsp

・Movie taken by Shingo Soezima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By7TZZVoUlI