* Robotics;Notes OP shows a space launch from Tanegashima Space Centre - might be something worth visiting?
  * http://roboticsnotes.jp/flash/
  * Robotics;Notes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgunRon9qE| OP on youtube]]
  * An [[WP:H-IIA| 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
  * [[WP:Tanegashima_Space_Center| Tanegashima Space Center]] on wikipedia
  * Rough [[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&hl=en&ll=30.388832,130.94274&spn=0.005275,0.010504&sll=30.41996,130.950165&sspn=0.168754,0.336113&oq=kukinaga&hnear=Kukinaga,+Minamitane,+Kumage+District,+Kagoshima+Prefecture,+Japan&t=h&z=17| 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
 * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Aomori_%28prefecture%29| Aomori]]
  * Hiking in [[WP:Hakkoda_Mountains| Hakkouda]]
  * The deep blue [[WP:Lake_Towada| Towada Lake]]
  * Fed by the [[WP:Oirase_River| Oirase River]]
  * [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Osore| Mount Osore]] is a temple and miniature wasteland with interesting volcanic features
 * [[WP:Enoshima]]
  * Setting for Tsuritama and Taritari