- Robotics;Notes OP shows a space launch from Tanegashima Space Centre - might be something worth visiting? 
Robotics;Notes OP on youtube
An HII-A Launch vehicle is shown, F17 (flight 17) specifically
- F17 was a "202" configuration - 2 stages, 0 Liquid Rocket Boosters, 2 Solid Rocket Boosters
 
Tanegashima Space Center on wikipedia
Rough location on google maps of the space museum
EN homepage: http://www.jaxa.jp/visit/tanegashima/index_e.html
- Unclear whether launches are viewable or not
 
- Tanegashima is a small island near Kagoshima, off the far south-west end of the main island of Japan
 - Not crazy-far like Okinawa, more like 50km from the mainland
 
 Hiking in Hakkouda
The deep blue Towada Lake
Fed by the Oirase River
Mount Osore is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
- Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari
 
- Aokigahara - the "suicide forest" near Mt Fuji
 And and all of these ruins: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/ruins-gallery/
- A long bridge to the end of the world (search danbooru for that piece of K-On art)
 - Fukushima 
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26585/Fukushima+Exclusion+Zone+Photos.html
- Dosimeters may be a good idea