Hida, Gifu

city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

is a neutrino observatory located under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo with the help of an international team. It is located 1,000 m (3,300 ft) underground in the Mozumi Mine in Hida's Kamioka area. The observatory was designed to detect high-energy neutrinos, to search for proton decay, study solar and atmospheric neutrinos, and keep watch for supernovae in the Milky Way galaxy.

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

underground neutrino and gravitational wave observatory in Kamioka, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

dam in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

railway station in Hida, Gifu prefecture, Japan

dam in Hida, Gifu

legislative district of Japan