See the ISS from Kawasaki, Japan

The International Space Station is visible from Kawasaki 10 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 4 Nov at 04:30 (very bright, 87° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
04:30–04:33
Very bright
mag -3.9
Appears WNW, 82° up
Highest 87° up in the SW
Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
03:45–03:45
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears ESE, 16° up
Highest 16° up in the ESE
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:18–05:20
Fairly bright
mag -1.7
Appears WSW, 12° up
Highest 13° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
04:33–04:34
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears SSW, 18° up
Highest 18° up in the SSW
Disappears S, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
17:59–17:59
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 12° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:46–18:47
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 20° up in the SW
Disappears SW, 20° up
Tue 10 Nov
17:58–18:02
Very bright
mag -3.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 46° up in the SE
Disappears ESE, 45° up
Wed 11 Nov
17:11–17:17
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 24° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 12° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:48–18:50
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 22° up in the WNW
Disappears WNW, 22° up
Thu 12 Nov
18:00–18:04
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 48° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 33° up

Times are local to Kawasaki (Asia/Tokyo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Kawasaki: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Japan

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.