We opened the Kamioka branch of the NAOJ Gravitational Wave Project Office on April 1st to support and promote further the realization of the KAGRA project. Especially, we are planning to start the installation works of the vibration isolation systems developed at the NAOJ as well as some auxiliary optics components such as optical levers. The branch will play a key role in supporting those activities.
The branch is located in a building called Hokubu-Kaikan near the KAGRA site. We would like to thank Hida city for kindly providing us with a room in the building. We are also grateful to the ICRR for their support in realizing this.