Hello science students! This is the third installment of our telescope optic study. Check back to the Smith’s Kotoen Astronomy Course Home Page now before proceding, and also have a look back at previous soapbox postings, especially the post dated Aug 28, 2011. It was only days ago that astronomy suddenly became cool again with the Annular […]
Kansai Fireworks and Summer Festivals Tentatively Scheduled for 2012
This year Yoko and I are expecting an increase in the number of festivals available, and traffic to the festival sites is likely to be an increasingly troublesome issue. To help with this, we have decided to offer the best information we can by grouping festivals into three categories, those requiring access by car, those […]
The May 21st Solar Eclipse Passing Above !
I’m sure by now you MUST have heard that it came and went. The weather forecast was dismal at best but it turned out pretty well for us here in Kansai! We were lucky! The clouds came in with a vengeance right after it was over! What a shame it would have been to miss out on such […]