SPring-8 is a synchrotron radiation facility located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and run by the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute. The machine consists of a storage ring containing an 8 GeV electron beam. The beam is extracted and run through undulators to produce synchrotron radiation with energies ranging from soft X-rays (300 eV) up to hard X-rays (300 keV). The synchotron radiation produced at SPring-8 is utilized for materials analysis and biochemicalprotein characterization by many Japanese manufacturers and Universities.
SPring-8 is open to visitors year round and tours can be arranged in advance by contacting the facility. It is accessible by train and bus from Kobe and Kyoto.
