【Press Release】Excavation of the Colossal Cavern for Hyper-Kamiokande Completed

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On July 31, 2025, the University of Tokyo completed excavation of the colossal cavern that will house the main detector volume of Hyper-Kamiokande, a next-generation, ultra-large water Cherenkov detector currently under construction in Hida City, Gifu, Japan.

The main Hyper-Kamiokande cavern after excavation completed

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