1. Where is the station located?
   Southern part of Kii Peninsula, Central Japan

2. Is the station currently operating, or planned? If planned, when is the projected date it will become operational?
   Currently operating

3. What agencies are responsible for installing, managing, operating, and maintaining the station?
   Shimosato Hydrographic Observatory (SHO), Japan Coast Guard

4. What is the expected operational lifetime of the station? How secure is the funding?
   Permanent

5. Will the station replace an existing IGS station? If so, what is the scheduled date of decommissioning? Does the new station offer more capability than the old one?
   No

6. Does/will the station meet all of the strictly required IGS site guidelines ?
   Yes

7. What is the data delivery schedule?
   As soon as possible

8. Can you set the receiver for "all in view" tracking (including tracking of satellites set unhealthy)?
   Yes

9. Are there currently operating IGS stations within 1000km? Approximately how many? 
   7 stations (usud, kgni, mtka, tskb, tsk2, ksmv, gmsd)

Does this site offer any capabilities the others do not?
   No

10. What IGS product or project will this site benefit, based on its location, instrumentation, and latency?
   Reference frame (slr co-location)

11. Is this station intended to tie a national datum to the ITRF?
   Yes

12. Is there a web page associated with this site (please specify)? If not, please include a site photo or two with this application.
    http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/KOHO/simosato/English/index.htm

13. Is data available on a public server (please specify)?
    Yes
    ftp://ftp1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/pub/gpsdata/