Super-Kamiokande: Globally Famous Underground Facility for Neutrino Research

Underground Facility That Produced Nobel Prize

Super-Kamiokande is a neutrino observation facility about 1,000m underground at Ikenoyama in Kamioka Town, Hida City, Gifu. Globally famous as the research facility where Dr. Takaaki Kajita, who received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered neutrino mass (neutrino oscillation).

Facility Overview

Super-Kamiokande is a massive cylindrical tank 39.3m diameter and 41.4m height filled with 50,000 tons of ultra-pure water with 11,000+ photomultiplier tubes (PMT) installed. The world's largest-scale experimental device built to observe neutrinos coming from the universe.

Kamioka Mine and Tourism

Kamioka Town flourished with zinc and lead mine "Kamioka Mine," with Super-Kamiokande built utilizing former mine tunnels. "Kamioka Mine" conducts tunnel viewing tours with rail mountain bike "Gattan Go!!" using disused tracks also popular.