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[May 2nd (Sat)] JAXA Tsunoda Space Center Presents: Handmade rocket launch experience at Mercure
JAXA Tsunoda Space Center Presents: Handmade rocket launch experience at Mercure
Science of space to learn at the resort!
With the cooperation of JAXA Tsunoda Space Center, we will hold a handmade rocket launch experience event.
This is a special program where you can feel the universe more closely, and it is an experience-based event that can be enjoyed by children and adults.
Please make your own rocket and experience the excitement of actually launching.
Overview
- Date and time
- Saturday, May 2, 2026
- Opening hours
- Mini course
①Part 14:30 Two Parts 15:00 Three Parts 15:30 Four Parts 16:00
Workshop
①Section 15:00 2 Section 15:30 3 Section 16:00 4 Section 16:30
Space Clothes Trying Corner
15:00 ～ 16:30
- Location
- Mini course
3F Special Venue
Workshop
3F Special Venue
Space Clothes Trying Corner
3F Special Venue - Participation fee
- staying at the hotel.
- Method of participation
- Mini course (No reservation required)
Workshop (reservation required (limited number of people))
※After taking the mini course, you will participate in a workshop to make plastic bottle rockets
Space Clothes Try-on corner (in order of reservation acceptance) - How to make a reservation
- Reception in front of the front desk on the day
Program contents (Please experience in the order of 1 → 2 → 3) ※②3 Reservations required for 4
①Mini course (reservation required)
・"Mini Mini Space Class" by JAXA staff
①Part 14:30 Two Parts 15:00 Three Parts 15:30 Four Parts 16:00
In the mini-lecture by JAXA staff, we will introduce the mechanism of space and rockets in an easy-to-understand manner.
It is a valuable opportunity to enjoy learning stories that you can not usually hear.
Not only children but also adults are involuntarily drawn in, and interest in the universe spreads greatly.
Time required: About 30 minutes
②Workshop (reservation required (limited number of people))
・Making PET bottle rockets
①Section 15:00 2 Section 15:30 3 Section 16:00 4 Section 16:30
Use color tape to complete your own original aircraft.
Depending on the color combination and design, it is a unique aircraft.
It is an easy and exciting experience that even small children can enjoy casually.
The completed rocket will be launched. Please enjoy the moment when your own aircraft will fly into the sky.
Time required: About 30 minutes
※Changed to bulk rocket in case of rain
※The image shows the creation of a bulk bag rocket
③Launch time (for workshop participants only)
・All aircraft take off in the hotel courtyard!
From the hotel courtyard, completed rockets fly into the sky one after another.
The moment the aircraft you finished by yourself flew up is an impressive moment of cheering unexpectedly.
Please enjoy a special experience that spreads out in the sky that everyone looks up to.
After the experience, we also have commemorative goods that are nice to remember.
Time required: About 30 minutes
※In case of rain, we will fly a bulk rocket indoors.
④Held at the same time! Space Clothes Try-on corner (in order of reservation acceptance)
・Astronaut! Space Clothes Try-on Experience
15:00 ～ 16:30
Becoming an astronaut! Wear space clothes and enjoy a special experience~
If you take a picture, it will be one of the memorable "space mood"!
It is a popular corner where both children and adults can enjoy excitement.
※Images and productions are images.
※The contents are subject to change without notice. Thank you for your understanding.
We recommend the hotel's all-inclusive plan for accommodation.
To make a reservation, search for accommodation dates and number of people, select a room, then click on the Deal and/or Package Rates tab and select a plan with all-inclusive description in the meal items.