Nihondaira Observatory

The Nihondaira Observatory is an astronomical observatory in the district sunto Shizuoka prefecture on the island of Honshu in Japan. It is situated on a hill above the town Shimizu and bears the registration number 385 Here the amateur astronomer Takeshi Urata made ​​the most of his discoveries.

It is the namesake of the Japanese astronomers discovered by Tsutomu Seki asteroid ( 2880 ) Nihondaira.