Poster Exhibition Now Open
2025-02-07Hello!
According to the calendar, it’s now spring~🌸
But we still want to enjoy a little more of winter, don’t we?
Now then, it’s almost been a year since NanoTerasu started operating last spring, but even now, I often get asked by friends, “What kind of place is NanoTerasu?”
I try to explain it simply, but since people aren’t familiar with synchrotron radiation facilities, I can see the little “?” marks on their faces getting bigger and bigger as I talk…
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend from Y Prefecture:
O: “NanoTerasu has been in the news sometimes, and I’ve been curious about it. So, I checked the portal site and saw there’s a ‘General Tour.’”
Ⓣ: “You can visit! I can explain the facility in an easy-to-understand way, so you should definitely come.”
O: “I want to go, but there aren’t many open slots. I can’t match the schedule.”
Ⓣ: “I see. It’s popular, thanks to everyone… Oh! But actually, there’s an event happening right now.”
O: “Oh yeah? Does it seem easy to drop by?”
Ⓣ: “A poster exhibition! It’s being held at the Denryoku Building.”
O: “If it’s at the Denryoku Building, it’s easy to get to, and I could go while shopping. But what’s a poster exhibition like?”
Let me introduce the poster exhibition that’s currently getting rave reviews!
3GeV High-Brightness Synchrotron Radiation Facility
“NanoTerasu” Structure & Features Poster Exhibition
Exhibition Period:
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 – Sunday, March 2, 2025
Daily (*) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (until 4:00 PM on the final day)
*Closed on February 10 (Mon), February 17 (Mon), and February 25 (Tue) (due to venue holidays)
Venue:
Tohoku Electric Power Green Plaza “Plaza Gallery NORTH”
(1st Floor, Denryoku Building, 3-7-1 Ichibancho, Aoba-ku, Sendai)
Rows and rows of photos and explanations like this!
Many visitors come with great interest, but there are also people who knew nothing about synchrotron radiation facilities who drop by casually. As they follow along the exhibition, they somehow start to understand and leave with a better grasp of it.
You can drop in casually and take your time looking around, or if you prefer to talk to someone in person, please come on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Sundays.
Friendly staff will be waiting to guide you with great care.
Also, small children can learn by looking at panels with cute illustrations at “Makapuu Square,” which is in the same area.
After previewing NanoTerasu at this poster exhibition, head over for an actual tour!
Your understanding will skyrocket! (Probably)
Chatting on the TERASU
2025-01-31Hello.
NanoTerasu has been in operation since last year.
This year, public use will also be launched soon, and it will become even more active.
In the corner of such a cool scene, we will start a corner where we chat a little irregularly.
Please take a peek onces in a while.
So, the first chat will be about “Ehomaki”.
Nowadays, the custom of eating ehomaki on Setsubun has become popular even here in Tohoku. There are various theories as to its origin, but some say that it started in Osaka to wish for prosperous business, good health, and family happiness.
We have staff members from various parts of the country at our workplace, and we asked a person from the Kansai region about the “official” custom.
Ⓣ: “Please tell me about ehomaki.”
K: “In Kansai, it’s called futomaki. Ever since I can remember, Setsubun has been all about futomaki.”
Ⓣ: “Futomaki…that’s a common name, isn’t it? You don’t call it “eho”, do you? Then, how do you spend Setsubun?
K: “In my family, all the family members eat the homemade futomaki, facing the direction of the year’s blessing, and eat the whole thing in silence. We don’t talk to each other until we finish eating one! After that, we eat sardines with their heads attached. I can’t do without it.”
Ⓣ: “Do you eat the sardine with the tail head, too? I feel like I’m going to get thorns all over it! Kansai people are wild, aren’t they?”
K: “We eat sardines normally! “
Ⓣ: “Normal is… raw? “
K: “We usually eat them grilled. We can use a flame! “
I see. I could catch a glimpse of Kansai’s customs.
By the way, NanoTerasu also has a cross-sectional view of ehomaki.
The date of Setsubun this year is Sunday, February 2, the first time in four years since Setsubun in 2021.