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no.1 Nanoscience Joint Laboratory
See for yourself the surprising things that happen at ultra-low temperatures Low Temperature Physics Laboratory Free balloons available Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
The ultimate in magnification-surfaces and the nanoworld Surface Chemistry Laboratory
Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Seeing and creating nanoscience with light Nanophotonics Laboratory    
no.2 Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Extracting and analyzing ingredients of a drink Molecular Characterization Team   Hands-on event
Have fun with magnets Magnetic Materials Laboratory   Hands-on event
Exploring the microworld with lasers Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory   Hands-on event
Biomolecular chemistry: understanding chemical synthesis and life phenomena Synthetic Cellular Chemistry Laboratory    
Study organic compounds, and the mysterious shapes of molecules Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory    
Amazing catalysts that make only what you want them to make Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory    
A world of gleaming craftsmanship: the cutting edge of trace element analysis Chemical Analysis Team   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.3 Cooperation Center
Fullerenes-wonders of nanotechnology-and their surprising applications Fuence Co., Ltd.    
Diagnosing allergies with a biosensor Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory    
Nanoscience -the surprises of the micro-world Nano integration Material Research Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
A demonstration of computer-aided microfabrication Advanced Device Laboratory    
Robot technology making use of knowledge systems Materials Fabrication Laboratory   Hands-on event
Simple, quick, and thorough gene analysis Intelligent System Research Unit    
Next-generation CAD and its applications Bioengineering Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Highlights of creation. Making a 3D model of your face VCAD Modeling Team   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
State-of-the-art computer simulation in manufacturing VCAD Applied Fabrication Team    
Combining cyberspace and reality Manufacturing Process Simulation Team   Hands-on event
Look at moving cells on a computer Functionality Simulation and Information Team    
Look, photograph, and build-how objects are put "inside" a computer Computational Cell Biomechanics Team    
Try out a new way of making things which copies real objects Bio-research Infrastructure Construction Team    
Making nanofibers with high-voltage electricity VCAD System Research Program    
Play with shapes! 2008 VCAD Solutions Co., Ltd.   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Megaopto's advanced lasers: development and products Megaopto Co., Ltd.   Hands-on event
Campestenone obesity-correcting metabolic syndrome Technoflora corporation    
Artificial base pairs: Adding new characters to a gene TagCyx Biotechnologies Co., Ltd.    
Cancer treatment Cell-Medicine, Inc.   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.4 Bioscience Building
The wonders of genetic recombination: DNA makes its own genetic information Shibata Distinguished Senior Scientist Laboratory    
The immune mechanism of plants Plant Acquired Immunity Research Unit    
The genetic blueprint of life: see chromosomes Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
See medicines at work Chemical Genetics Laboratory Free balloons available  
Try touching living beetles Molecular Entomology Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
The wonderful world of brassinosteroids. Answer the quiz and win an orchid-Part 1 Plant Chemical Biology Research Unit   Hands-on event
The genetic fingerprinting of plants. Answer the quiz and win an orchid-Part 2 Plant Breeding and Cell Engineering Research Unit   Hands-on event
Comparative biology of lipids. Look at various living organisms.
Answer the quiz and win an orchid-Part 3		 Cellular Biochemistry Laboratory   Hands-on event
Using light to look at molecules inside a cell Cellular Informatics Laboratory    
Look at animal cells Cellular Dynamics Laboratory   Hands-on event
Benefits from microbes-from natural compounds to coordination of cell functions Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Look at living cells Antibiotics Laboratory   Hands-on event
Exploring the shape of proteins with light Biomolecular Characterization Team   Hands-on event
no.5 Instrumentation Center
Developing leading-edge processing techniques Advanced Engineering team 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。 9:45~
(1)10:00~ (2)11:00~ (3)13:30~ (4)14:30~ (5)15:30~ 		Hands-on event
Machining work that supports research Rapid Engineering Team    
Exploring the shape of proteins with light Biomolecular Characterization Team   Hands-on event
Extracting and analyzing ingredients of a drink Molecular Characterization Team   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
RIKEN stamp rally Hands-on event Win a prize Hands-on event Planning and Promotion Team   Hands-on event
Write on your hair using ion beam microfabrication. Around 3 demonstrations for 15 people each time. (Tickets will be handed out.) Beam Application Team 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。 Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
A world of gleaming craftsmanship-the cutting edge of trace element analysis Chemical Analysis Team   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.6 Hirosawa Club
Make anima figures out of silk cocoons Molecular Entomology Laboratory 人Number of visitors limited
(15 minutes before)
(1)10:00~11:30
(2)11:30~13:00
(3)2:00~3:00		 Hands-on event
no.7 Technology Transfer Building
Things that are made using ELID grinding Materials Fabrication Laboratory    
no.8 Kyosai Club Cafe
Science cafe Public Relations Office Science cafe    
no.9 Welfare and Conference Building
(main cafeteria bldg.)
Extract DNA from broccoli
(for children age 11 and older)		 Public Relations Office (PRO) 人Number of visitors limited
(15 minutes before)
(1)10:00~ (2)11:00~
(3)13:30~ (4)14:30~
(5)15:30~ 		Hands-on event
no.10 Brain Science Institute Ikenohata Research Building
Animals which sing The beginning of language Laboratory for Biolinguistics   Hands-on event
no.11 Brain Science Institute Central Building
What is DNA? Laboratory for Molecular Psychiatry 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。 Hands-on event
The wonders of the brain Brain Science Promotion Division (BSPD)   Hands-on event
See how the brain works Support Unit for RRC-fMRI    
Glowing fish explain the world of the brain and the nervous system Laboratory for Developmental Gene Regulation   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Looking at the brain Laboratory for Cortical Organization and Systematics   Hands-on event
The mechanism of thinking and what we can see when people play Japanese chess Shogi information processing research project   Hands-on event
Calcium and the workings of cranial nerve cells Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Comparing genes and examining the structure of the brain Laboratory for Comparative Neurogenesis   Hands-on event
Why do birds sing? Laboratory for Vocal Behavior Mechanisms   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
How we study "neural network dynamics"? Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Brain science research's international network Neuroinformatics Japan Center    
Taking a look at the behavior of a neural network Hosoya Research Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
The workings of the brain: are critical points essential? Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Development    
(1) The mystery of sight and (2) What does the retina do? Laboratory for Neuroinformatics   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Breaking down amyloidβ, one of the causes of Alzheimer's Laboratory for Proteolytic Neuroscience    
What we know about bipolar disorder Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental    
Estrogen and memory Disorders    
Serious nervous diseases-the road to treatment 2008 Yamada Research Unit    
The effect of maternal alcohol consumption on the fetal brain Laboratory for Structural Neuropathology   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Seeking treatments for epilepsy and Down's syndrome Motoyama Research Unit    
What is a stem cell? Animal Resource Unit   Hands-on event
Analyzing mouse behaviour    
Analyzing genes and proteins-supporting research Laboratory for Neurogenetics    
What brain waves tell us about how the brain works Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing    
Watch how the brain forms Laboratory for Cell Culture Development   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.12 Information Science Building
Taking a look at a supercomputer / the history of computing Advanced Center for Computing and Communication   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Developing the fastest and most powerful supercomputer in the world Planning and Coordination Group, Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Center    
See the world of flow with computer graphics
*Tickets to be distributed from 9:30 am		 Advanced Center for Computing and Communication 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。 Hands-on event
Face a miracle pitch in our virtual baseball park
*Tickets to be distributed from 9:30 am
How do we study babies' language development? Laboratory for Language Development   Hands-on event
no.13 Memorial Room (Library basement)
Display of historical materials Public Relations Office Free balloons available Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.14 Frontier Research Laboratory
Terahertz light-wave of the future Terahertz-wave Research Program    
The phenomenon of life beyond the genome-What are glycans?
Cells that relate to everything from blood type to cancer metastasis		 Systems Glycobiology Research Group    
The quantum computer-a dream machine Macroscopic Quantum Coherence Laboratory    
Amazing magnets: Look, learn, and touch Digital Materials Laboratory and Quantum Nano-Scale Magnetics Laboratory   Hands-on event
Observing the quantum world with electronic eyes-Cathode ray holography Quantum Phenomena Observation Technology Laboratory    
no.15 Main Research Building
RIKEN Gallery: Panel display of RIKEN's institutes and centers Public Relations Office   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
What is molecular-informational life science? Molecular & Informative Life Science Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
(1) What's a cloud chamber? Can we see radiation? Radiation Laboratory    
(2) Play with spinning tops   Hands-on event
(3) What's inside a proton? Discover the world of quarks.    
Investigating materials using mesons and muons Advanced Meson Science Laboratory    
The science of health and illness Molecular Cellular Pathology Research Unit   Hands-on event
Explore the world of viruses Viral Infectious Diseases Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Silicon, a fascinating material Functional Elemento-Organic Chemistry Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
The world of slow highly charged ions (2) Atomic Physics Laboratory    
The world of antimatter
no.16 Exhibition Office (RIKEN Gallery)
Using computers to see an invisible world Computational Astrophysics Laboratory 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。 Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Commemorative lecture to mark opening of ASI exhibit room PR Committee, Institute for Advanced Sciences (IAS)    
no.17 Laser Science Laboratory
Science show: "Science Fleet Experangers" Public Relations Office (PRO) with Science Museum 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。
(1)11:00~11:30
(2)13:30~14:00
(3)15:00~15:30 		Hands-on event
Seeing crystalline materials with ion beams Atomic Physics Laboratory    
Making biological diagnoses with light Optical Biopsy Development Research Unit   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Supermolecules and light Supramolecular Science Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.18 Engineering Building
Opening up new worlds with beams Beam Application Team    
Try an electron microscope-bring your own specimen. Public Relations Office (PRO) with JEOL Ltd. 人数・時間制限あり。整理券を配布します。
(1)9:30~12:00
(2)13:00~16:00
 Hands-on event
(Specimens should be 2-3 cm in size and dry.)
no.19 Center for Nuclear Study
Getting close to the extreme states of atomic nuclei University of Tokyo Center for Nuclear Study    
no.20 Slow highly-charged ion
Investigating the atom with slow highly-charged ions Atomic Physics Laboratory    
no.21 LINAC Laboratory
Using a massively parallel computer to see the world of the atomic nucleus University of Tokyo Center for Nuclear Study   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Experiment with particle acceleration using a LINAC model Accelerator Operation Group   Hands-on event
Discovery of element 113 Superheavy Element Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.22 Nishina Building
Exploring the mysteries of the universe with astro-nuclear physics University of Tokyo Center for Nuclear Study   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
no.8 RIBF Building
BigRIPS, the machine that produces the most powerful radioscope beams in the world Experimental Installations Development Group   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
RIPS-creating atomic nucleii that do not exist in nature Experimental Installations Development Group   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
See the world of atomic nuclei with heavy ions Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics Laboratory   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Fun with heavy ion reactions Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory   Hands-on event
Tour of world's most powerful multi-stage superconducting ring cyclotron Accelerator Operation Group   Hands-on event
Play with a miniature ring cyclotron accelerator
Making fragments of a neutron star University of Tokyo Center for Nuclear Study   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Solving the mystery of the genesis of elements Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Recipe of the universe! Find out what we are made of. Cosmic Radiation Laboratory   Hands-on event
Biological effects of accelerated heavy ion particles Accelerator Applications Research Group   Suitable ages 6-12 year olds
Creating amazing plants
Decelerating a high-energy ion down to a temperature of 10-17 Atomic Physics Laboratory    
Experience the deep-sea world Computational Astrophysics Laboratory and Eco-Soft Material Research Unit with Shin-Enoshima Aquarium and Science Museum   Hands-on event
no.24 Field
Take a ride on a mini steam train made by scientists Public Relations Office with JMRC   Hands-on event
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