Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama

Name: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Address: 51-11 Murokocho Terao, Katsuyama, 911-8601, Japan
Telephone: +81 779-88-0001

#1 among attractions in Katsuyama

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Museum, Natural history museum

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama

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The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that is renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research. It is sited in the Nagaoyama Park near the Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry that the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group is cropped out and a large number of dinosaur remains including Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis are found and excavated. ()

Local name: 福井県立恐竜博物館 Visitors per year: 901.1 thous.Coordinates: 36°4'56"N, 136°30'25"E

Address

51-11 Murokocho TeraoKatsuyama 911-8601 Japan

Contact

+81 779-88-0001

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Katsuyama

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Heisenji Hakusan Jinja, Mount Haku.

3.3 miSE
Sacred and religious sites
Heisenji Hakusan Jinja, Katsuyama
84 min walk • Heisenji Hakusan Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, it was a prefectural shrine of Fukui Prefecture.
1.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Haku
33 min walk • Mount Haku, or Mount Hakusan, is a dormant stratovolcano in Japan. It is located on the borders of Gifu and Ishikawa, on the island of Honshu.