WORKSHOPS · outreach work Now booking for 2026

To your school, to your museum —
detector in hand,
we'll be there. In half a day, participants build a particle detector, measure cosmic rays and radiation, then discuss the data with researchers and present their findings — that is our outreach workshop.

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01 how a day unfolds

In 3–4 hours, build, measure, analyze.

Here is how a typical "cosmic-ray detector workshop" unfolds over a day.
For STEAM sessions, booth formats and school visits, we rearrange this structure to fit.

Participants working together as a team to assemble a detector 1
BUILD ・ 50 min
Assembling the detector
To understand how it works, teams take a detector apart to see what is inside, then work together to build one of their own.
A participant measuring cosmic rays with the detector they assembled 2
MEASURE ・ 40 min
Taking measurements
Using the detector they built, participants measure cosmic rays and radiation. They vary the conditions to test their own questions — changing the zenith angle, shielding with books, or moving to another floor to study how the ceiling's thickness affects the count.
A participant graphing measurement data and building an interpretation 3
THINK ・ 30 min
Compiling and interpreting the data
Participants graph their measurement data and build their own interpretation, comparing it against the predictions and hypotheses they made beforehand.
Participants discussing their interpretation with junior- and senior-high staff 4
DISCUSS ・ 30 min
Going deeper through discussion
Participants discuss the interpretation they reached with Accel Kitchen's junior- and senior-high staff, taking it further.
Each group presents its inquiry and measurements and receives feedback from researchers 5
SHARE ・ 30 min
Presenting and feedback
Each group presents the inquiry and measurements it carried out, and researchers give feedback in response.
02 voices from the room

Participants'voices.

This workshop turned my view of research — and of science itself — around by 180°. I had always pictured research as stiff and old-fashioned, but it turned out to be so free, something I could start even now, something thrilling. I came away genuinely interested, and the time felt truly worthwhile.
Building a radiation detector and measuring cosmic rays/ Osaka University SEEDS Program
Starting from "what even is a cosmic ray?", the explanations carried me all the way to being genuinely interested in research. Thanks to that one step of "actually running the experiment yourself," everyone's presentations made immediate sense. I used to think of science as a dull subject you just memorize at school, and honestly I didn't like it — but I came to see again that it is a field close to everyday life, one where inquiring into even a single thing can open up enormously: a field overflowing with possibility.
Hands-on cosmic-ray measurement/ Komatsu High School
I had been interested in space for a long time, so I joined this inquiry. I knew nothing about cosmic rays, but through the experiments and building the cosmic-ray detector my understanding deepened a great deal. I discovered the joy of generating new questions of my own from experiments and their results, and I was really glad I took part.
Hands-on radiation measurement/ Kawagoe Girls' High School
03 commission

To your place, too —we'll be there.

Schools, science museums, festivals, open-house labs, universities ──.
We'll shape the program together to fit your dates, scale and audience. Please don't hesitate to get in touch.

For Schools & Universities

For teachers at schools, universities & clubs

Guest lessons, SSH, research projects, school-festival programs, special club sessions. We tune the detectors, the curriculum and the mentors to your school's theme, then come to you.

  • We provide: a full detector set / teaching materials / 3–5 graduate-student mentors / on-the-day operation
  • Venue: one ordinary classroom / power outlets / around 20–40 participants
  • Duration: 3–4 hours (multiple sessions and consecutive days also possible)
  • Examples: a kickoff for SSH research projects, a special club lecture, a unit tie-in for elective earth-science or physics classes
  • Track record: Morimura Gakuen / Kawagoe Girls' / Junten / Joshi Gakuin / Rikkyo Niiza / Hiroo Gakuen / Showa Gakuin / Toshimagaoka Girls', and more
Inquiry from a school or university
For Museums & Festivals

For those running museums, science centers, festivals & open-house labs

From hands-on booths for visitors to registration-based, one-day workshops. We can also plan on-stage sessions together with researchers.

  • We provide: detector demos / cloud chambers / hands-on booth operation / researcher talks
  • Venue: a hall / meeting room / one booth space, plus a route for loading in equipment
  • Scale: from small groups (20–30 people) up to crowds of several thousand visitors
  • Examples: a science museum's annual program, a municipal science event, a corporate CSR or anniversary event
  • Track record: Chiba City Science Museum / Osaka Science Museum / KEK Open House / Niconico Chokaigi / Earth Science Week, and more
Inquiry from a museum, festival or lab

How to reach us

  • Form Contact form → Please tell us the scale, dates and location of your request. We reply within three business days.
  • LINE Official LINE account ↗ We also welcome quick questions and informal inquiries via LINE.
09 frequently asked

Questions we often get before a booking.

Q.01 Is there a fee? +
It depends on who is commissioning the workshop (a school / public body / company / local government), the scale, and whether joint funding is involved.
It helps if you let us know your expected scale and budget when you first get in touch.
Q.02 Will you bring the equipment? +
Yes — Accel Kitchen brings the detectors and parts. All you generally need to provide on-site is power, desks and chairs. With an internet connection, we can also arrange to bring in overseas researchers online.
Q.03 How many people can you accommodate? +
For the hands-on format (build + measure), the standard is groups of 4–5, up to 40 people total.
For a whole grade or a hall-sized audience, switching to a booth or demo format lets us handle more than 100 people.
Q.04 Can you run it outside Tokyo — in the regions, or on remote islands? +
Absolutely. We have run workshops in Nagano, Miyagi, Aichi, Osaka, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and beyond.
For locations that require travel and lodging, we just ask to discuss those costs in advance.
Q.05 What do we need to have ready on the day (power, internet, room)? +
The bare minimum: one ordinary classroom / desks and chairs for every participant / a few power outlets / Wi-Fi or wired internet that reaches the desks.
If you want to include an outdoor measurement segment, having a route to a rooftop or grounds makes it richer.
We confirm the details in a pre-event meeting, so there is no need for you to prepare any special equipment.
Q.06 Can we consult you from the planning stage? +
Yes — we welcome inquiries right from the planning stage. "We'd like to do something for junior- and senior-high students, but haven't settled on a theme," or "only the budget and number of days are fixed" — please reach out even at that stage.
Drawing on past cases, we can suggest a few formats likely to suit your school or museum.
+ alternates

Four more programs we can run.

Beyond detectors, we have delivered many other themes in all kinds of settings.

A Reversi-AI programming class at KODO Kids Station
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Reversi-AI Programming

Build a Reversi AI stronger than yourself in JavaScript. You write the board-evaluation function yourself, then finish with AI-versus-AI matches. An Accel Kitchen staple that even beginners can complete in 1–2 hours.

For
Grade 4 and up
Scale
Up to 40
Duration
2–3 hours

Featured cases ・ Hiroo Gakuen / Tohoku University / KODO Kids Station / Showa Gakuin

See the Reversi-AI workshop →
A workshop participant visualizing their own voice with a spectrum-analysis app
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Visualizing Your Own Voice

Record your own voice with a microphone and break it down into waveforms and spectra right in the browser. A workshop where you read pitch, loudness and harmonic structure as numbers and graphs, observing vowels, consonants and even your own vocal habits.

For
Grade 1 and up
Scale
Up to 40
Duration
2–3 hours

Featured cases ・ KODO Kids Station / Soccer Mama × Dynabook / science events nationwide

See the voice-visualization workshop →
The "Build an instrument and break down its sound" workshop at KODO Kids Station
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STEAM Programs

Science × digital, science × art, science × sound ──. We tailor the format to your theme and bring it to schools, science museums and parent-and-child events.

For
Grade 1 and up
Scale
Up to 40
Duration
2–3 hours

Featured cases ・ KODO Kids Station (5 years running) / Soccer Mama × Dynabook

High-school students working on inquiry and policy proposals for local social issues in the Tokushima PBL "Cubed C Program"
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Tokushima PBL Initiative

The "Cubed C Program," a year-long inquiry run with the Tokushima Prefectural Board of Education in which high-school students tackle social issues across the prefecture. Around 60 students from six or more schools form cross-school teams and collaborate on Discord, presenting proposals to prefectural officials in September and to the governor and superintendent of education in December.

For
High-school students
Scale
About 60 across the prefecture
Format
Year-long, online collaboration

Run by ・ Tokushima Prefectural Board of Education × Accel Kitchen (since FY2022)

See the Tokushima PBL initiative →
06 the record

Our full event record.

Category Cosmic-ray WS Radiation School visit Museum STEAM・AI Booth International
2026
  • 2026-12-24 Radiation
    Scheduled

    Hands-on radiation research — let's catch invisible radiation!

    Chiba City Science Museum / Chiba City Future Scientist Development Program (junior course)

    Application period: Dec 1–14.

  • 2026-08-21 Radiation
    Scheduled

    Build a radiation detector and measure radiation

    Chiba City Science Museum / FY2026 Chiba City Future Scientist Development Program

  • 2026-07-30 Cosmic-ray WS
    Scheduled

    Maybe physics is for you! Find a clue for your future — a workshop for female students

    High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba / female students interested in physics / 10:00–17:00

    Hosted by the Physics Education Society of Japan. Assemble simple cosmic-ray observation equipment and observe, meet women researchers, and tour the facility. Capacity 30, free to attend.

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  • 2026-06-06 Cosmic-ray WS

    Build a detector and measure: a cosmic-ray measurement workshop

    Masason Foundation / Shibuya Infinity (Shibuya, Tokyo)

  • 2026-03-28 Radiation

    Kataoka Line X-ray/Gamma-ray Imaging Project Symposium: "Seeing with X-rays and gamma rays, from the cosmos to the human body"

    Waseda University Research Innovation Center (Building 121, Komatsu 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall)

    A symposium of Waseda University's Kataoka Line X-ray/Gamma-ray Imaging Project, spanning technologies for "seeing" with X-rays and gamma rays from the cosmos to the human body. A project involving Accel Kitchen's Associate Professor Kazuo Tanaka.

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  • 2026-02-23 School visit

    Hands-on particle-detector assembly

    Hiroo Gakuen / 12:30–16:00

2025
  • 2025-12-25 Radiation

    Hands-on radiation research — let's catch invisible radiation!

    Chiba City Science Museum / junior- & senior-high students and families / annual event

  • 2025-10-12 Cosmic-ray WS

    Build a radiation detector and measure cosmic rays

    Osaka University Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) / 7 junior- & senior-high students / full day

    Tour one of Japan's largest cyclotrons and analyze data alongside researchers. Co-hosted with Seed and Design.

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  • 2025-10-12 Booth

    What even is an atom? A super-introduction to physics through games!

    Chiba City Science Festa (Qiball Plaza) / general public & families / 10:00–16:00

    A joint booth by the JHPS Young Researchers' Group & Alumni Association × the Japan Radioisotope Association × Accel Kitchen. Learn about atoms and radiation through mini-games.

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  • 2025-09-23 Booth

    KEK Open House 2025

    KEK, Tsukuba / general public / 1 day

    A demo booth with cloud chambers and detectors, plus a chance to talk with researchers.

  • 2025-08-20 Radiation

    Build a radiation detector and measure radiation

    Chiba City Science Museum / elementary & junior-high students and families / summer-break session

  • 2025-08-17 STEAM・AI

    Build the strongest ohajiki marble!

    KODO Kids Station / Grade 2 and up, with families

    A special summer workshop by Waseda University's Associate Professor Kazuo Tanaka. From on-screen simulation to hands-on experiment, learn conservation of momentum in a tournament format.

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  • 2025-07-29 STEAM・AI

    STEAM Soccer Mama event ─ training the soccer brain with science and digital tools

    Soccer Mama / elementary students and families

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  • 2025-04-26–27 Booth

    Niconico Chokaigi: "Accel Kitchen Handmade Club"

    Makuhari Messe / general public / 2 days

    A booth exhibiting handmade particle-physics goods and detectors.

  • 2025-04 International

    CERN Beamline for Schools 2025 selection ─ Sakura Particles

    CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) / all-girls high-school team / 1 week

    The first Japanese team ever selected; sent from among Accel Kitchen participants.

  • 2025-03-21 School visit

    2nd Space Engineering Project: "Let's build a particle detector!"

    Morimura Gakuen (Yokohama, Kanagawa) / high-school grades 1–2 / full day

    Disassembling, reassembling and measuring with detectors. Commissioner Okada of the Cabinet Office's Atomic Energy Commission attended; instructors included Waseda University's Tanaka and others.

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2024
  • 2024-12-25 Radiation

    Hands-on radiation research — let's catch invisible radiation!

    Chiba City Science Museum / junior- & senior-high students and families / full day

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  • 2024-12-23 School visit

    Hands-on cosmic-ray measurement

    Komatsu High School / high-school students

  • 2024-11-14 School visit

    Let's assemble a cosmic-ray detector and take measurements!

    Junten High School / high-school students

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  • 2024-10-27 STEAM・AI

    STEAM Soccer Mama event — training the soccer brain with science and digital tools

    Soccer Mama × Dynabook / elementary students and families

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  • 2024-10-13 Cosmic-ray WS

    Build a radiation detector and measure cosmic rays

    Osaka University / junior- & senior-high students / full day

    Held as part of the SEEDS Program.

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  • 2024-09-07 Booth

    KEK Open House 2024

    KEK, Tsukuba / general public / 1 day

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  • 2024-08-23 Radiation

    Build a radiation detector and measure radiation

    Chiba City Science Museum / elementary & junior-high students and families / summer-break session

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  • 2024-08-18 STEAM・AI

    Build a strong Reversi AI with ChatGPT! / Take on a mystery with the wondrous power of light!

    KODO Kids Station / elementary & junior-high students

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  • 2024-04-27–28 Booth

    Chō-KEK (inside Niconico Chokaigi)

    Makuhari Messe / general public / 2 days

    Cloud-chamber observation and detector demos, jointly with KEK.

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  • 2024-03-18 School visit

    Hands-on cosmic-ray measurement

    Joshi Gakuin High School / high-school students

2023
  • 2023-12-25 Radiation

    Hands-on radiation research — let's catch invisible radiation!

    Chiba City Science Museum / junior- & senior-high students and families / full day

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  • 2023-11-25 STEAM・AI

    Training the soccer brain with science and digital tools

    Soccer Mama × Dynabook / elementary students and families

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  • 2023-10-07–09 Booth

    Meet-a-Scientist Festival

    Japanese Association for the Advancement of Science (JAAS) / general public / 3 days

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  • 2023-08-29 Cosmic-ray WS

    Cosmic-ray measurement session

    RIKEN Nishina Center / junior-high, senior-high & KOSEN students / 10:00–15:30

    Tour of a large accelerator facility, measurements, and dialogue with researchers. Admission by lottery.

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  • 2023-08-20 STEAM・AI

    Build an instrument and break down its sound!

    KODO Kids Station / elementary & junior-high students

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  • 2023-08-09 Radiation

    Hands-on radiation measurement

    Analysis Center / junior- & senior-high students

  • 2023-07-29 Cosmic-ray WS

    Hands-on cosmic-ray measurement

    Nagoya University ICRR / junior-high, senior-high & KOSEN students / full day

    Timed with ICRC2023 (the International Cosmic Ray Conference); connected with overseas researchers.

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  • 2023-06-24 School visit

    Hands-on radiation measurement

    Kawagoe Girls' High School, earth-science room / high-school students / 3 hours

    Four themed teams on shielding, distance and building attenuation. Doctoral and graduate-student mentors from Tokyo Institute of Technology took part.

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2022
  • 2022-12-22 STEAM・AI

    Visualize and analyze your own voice

    Showa Gakuin Junior & Senior High School / junior- & senior-high students

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  • 2022-12-20 STEAM・AI

    Let's build a Reversi AI

    Showa Gakuin Junior & Senior High School / junior- & senior-high students

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  • 2022-11-06 Museum

    Use a cosmic-ray detector to measure cosmic rays!

    Osaka Science Museum / general public & families

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  • 2022-09-11 Cosmic-ray WS

    Cosmic-ray measurement session

    Tohoku University, Aobayama Campus (CYRIC) / junior-high, senior-high & KOSEN students / full day

    Tour of the AVF930 cyclotron; correlation analysis with geomagnetic activity.

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  • 2022-08-21 Cosmic-ray WS

    Build a cosmic-ray detector and measure cosmic rays!

    KODO Kids Station / elementary & junior-high students

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  • 2022-08-20 Cosmic-ray WS

    Cosmic-ray measurement session (online)

    Co-hosted with RIKEN / junior-high, senior-high & KOSEN students / Zoom

    Assemble the detector remotely and analyze its zenith-angle dependence.

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  • 2022-01-30 International

    International Research for School 2022

    Co-hosted by NASA / QuarkNet / AGI / CERN BL4S / Zoom (8:00–10:00 JST)

    Polymer-gel dosimeters (jointly with Argentina), geomagnetic anomalies and cosmic rays, and joint sessions with high schools in the UK and the US (Oregon and Omaha).

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  • 2022-01-06 STEAM・AI

    Speech-recognition programming

    KODO Kids Station / elementary & junior-high students

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2021
  • 2021-12-12 STEAM・AI

    Let's build a Reversi AI

    Peatix / elementary, junior-high & senior-high students

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  • 2021-11-10 International

    International Cosmic Day (DESY)

    DESY / international / online

    An annual event where high-school groups around the world measure cosmic rays on the same day and pool their data.

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  • 2021-10-30–31 Booth

    Earth Science Week

    Japan Geoscience Union / general public & students / 2 days

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  • 2021-08-21 STEAM・AI

    Visualize and analyze your own voice

    Peatix / junior- & senior-high students / Zoom

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  • 2021-08-11 Cosmic-ray WS

    Online cosmic-ray measurement session

    Tohoku University CYRIC, remote / junior- & senior-high students / Zoom

    Open to all; no prior knowledge required.

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  • 2021-01-16 School visit

    Online cosmic-ray measurement

    Toshimagaoka Girls' High School / high-school students / Zoom

  • 2021-01-12 School visit

    Online cosmic-ray measurement

    Rikkyo Niiza High School / high-school students / Zoom

2020
  • 2020-08-10 STEAM・AI

    Build the ultimate "AI Reversi (Othello)"!

    KODO Kids Station / elementary & junior-high students

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  • 2020-06-28 Cosmic-ray WS

    Online cosmic-ray measurement session

    Tohoku University CYRIC, remote / junior- & senior-high students nationwide / Zoom

    A landmark session in which nine teams shared their inquiry themes — Toshimagaoka, Waseda Honjo, Sendai Daiichi, Yamagata Higashi and others.

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  • 2020-01-12–13 Cosmic-ray WS

    Cosmic-ray inquiry workshop

    Hiroo Gakuen / Tohoku University / junior- & senior-high students / 2 days

    A residential program with Hiroo Gakuen participants and Tohoku University graduate students and researchers.

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2019
  • 2019-11-07 Cosmic-ray WS

    TanQ: "Invisible cosmic rays come into view!"

    Iida City (Nagano, S-Bird) / junior- & senior-high students / open nationwide

    A lecture on ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (Telescope Array) plus detector assembly and measurement. A joint program by Tohoku University CYRIC and KEK researchers.

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2017
  • 2017-03-29 International

    QuarkNet Japan 2017

    QuarkNet / junior- & senior-high students / international network

    The Japan-side workshop held in partnership with QuarkNet in the US — the prototype of Accel Kitchen.

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Discuss a booking or event

You can consult us even before the dates, scale and location are settled.
Drawing on our track record, we'll propose a program suited to your school or museum.

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