We are bringing the general public’s attention to our research and eduacation by collaboration with organizations and institutions in Kochi Prefecture, particularly through the Muroto Global Geopark of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and through the Kochi Mirai Science Museum. We also offer facility tours and special lectures in the Kochi Core Center, and we organize an open day (for general access) every year.

As part of our outreach activities, we offer facility tours for visitors whose scientific activities are related to our center’s objectives. A typical tour, which lasts about an hour, consists of a general introduction to our scientific equipment and research areas, but tour content can be arranged according to specific needs. We accept requests from researchers and educators who wish to combine a facility tour and Earth-science lectures.

●Please submit your request at least one month ahead for “tour only” and three months ahead for the combo “tour plus lecture”.
●We only accept requests only from groups (i.e., classes or organizations), not individuals.
●We take pictures during tours for our activity record. We kindly ask permission, regarding image right, to use any such pictures when needed for our activity record. We appreciate your cooperation.

The CMCR, Kochi University, is open to the public once a year during the campus day, which is held on November the 3rd. Our theme is “Seeing, touching, understanding Earth drilling science’’. In addition to a facility tour, we offer exhibits and activities related to Earth drilling science and to our specific research fields. This event is jointly organized with JAMSTEC.

Special lectures and science experiments open to the public are provided by the Kochi Core Center, jointly organized by the CMCR, Kochi University, and JAMSTEC’s Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research. While a different topic is chosen every year, the offerings focus on ocean sciences. In 2018, the lectures were renamed “Science Festa” and are now held in Kochi City at the Kochi Mirai Science Museum.

Our research center cooperates with the Muroto UNESCO Global Geopark Promotion Council to produce exhibitions and special events that they organize. A Kochi University satellite laboratory has been established in the Geopark Center to promote joint research on local nature and disaster prevention. Through the Kochi Prefectural Board of Education, we are cooperating with Muroto High School on the “High School Education Reform Promotion Project Through Collaboration With the Community”.
In addition, a partnership agreement with the Kochi Mirai Science Center was set up in July 2018 to organize joint exhibitions and science classes at the museum. We manage a permanent exhibition at the museum called "Space, Earth, and Science Experiment Zone". We also hold workshops in the Otepia Kochi Library.