Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Tour Center

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It is a great place to see the Maglev going fastest in front of your eyes. They have exhibited whole experience in the form of dummy train, it’s mechanism and a short movie as well. You can drink coffee/cocoa from the vending machines inside.

Suprimi Bisoyi 2 months ago

Superb experience of watching highest speed maglev trains running at a speed of 525 kmph on Yamanashi test track. Took the experience of maglev technology. It was really amazing. The atmosphere at Otsuki was too much chilling @-4deg. We traveled Japanese buses and trains to come back to Hotel at Tokyo Kanda. The afternoon we managed with cakes, breads and chocolate 😊

Dayani Sanjeewani 7 months ago

Good place where you can learn about the concept on magnetic levitation train and can experience actual test. It is also possible to enjoy mini lavi. Highly recommended for both children and adults who have interest on new technologies. However the access for the location from highway was little bit confusing. The roads are very small.

Eike der Wikinger 7 months ago

Alrighty - Full English guide for it: Worth a visit! But only on test days, otherwise the train is not running between the stations. You will find the test days on the website. On the day I was there, itkept running between the stations every 5-10minutes, you will be able to photograph it from both directions very frequently. You will NOT be able to ride the train, this is not happening here and only possible as japanese citizen plus months or years of waiting in advance (and I think it is a lottery). A bit annoying to get to, either you get off at Kasei station when coming from Mt Fuji, or Tanokura station when coming from Tokyo. From both it is around 20min walking, while from Kasei station with additional steep walk! Rely on Google Maps, that works fine - although there are no signs pointing the way. Couldnt find any bus connection directly to the centre. You could also walk from the JR station from Otsuki, but this will take 1hr, however you would be able to reach the centre with the JR Pass, as the stations beyond Otsuki are not operated by JR and therefore you need to pay (and it’s comparatively expensive). Bring a Suica or Pasmo Card, as the ticket machine at Tanokura is not working! If you have a car - easy going, free parking lot. The Maglev exhibition centre is between the two ends, so you will be able to experience the roughly 500km/h outside on a terrace or inside from the observatory for 420 yen. There is also a free observatory about 50m further. The exhibition is well made, and there will be a big explanation about the used tecnique, however most will be in japanese. Nice little shop, total of 3 floors, free coin locker available (100yen deposit). Overall 5 stars (on test days), minus half for accessibility by public transport.

Sarah Hasselman 7 months ago

If you are interested in trains you can easily spend 2-3 hours here. They do an excellent job of catering to foreign visitors with many of the displays, pamphlets and cinema experience subtitles offered in Japanese and English. To see the test runs, check the website calendar to see which days the tests will be run. Staff do not know when exactly the train will pass by. They run multiple tests per day and you can see on the screens/ hear in the (Japanese only) announcements when the train is about to pass by. Over the course of our 3 hour morning visit we saw the train go by about 8-10 times. There is a space on the second floor (both in the main building and the souvenir shop) with vending machines where you can sit and eat.