Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
One of the world’s three largest dinosaur museums and recognized as Japan’s treasure trove of dinosaur fossils. See dinosaur skeletons, fossils, specimens, dioramas and reconstructions up close in the huge open display space. Not only fossils, but also powerful, moving, life-like robotic Tyrannosaurus and Fukuiraptor are on display. Open-air dinosaur museum tours where visitors can enjoy fossil excavation experiences are also popular.
| Website | https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/ |
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| Experience content | The spacious museum building without pillars is filled of various dinosaur skeletons, fossils of other animals and plants, diorama with dinosaur life reconstruction models, and so forth.Visitors can have a close look at spectacular dinosaur animatronics (robots) showing powerful and realistic motions. |
| Price | Adults 730yen |
| Payment Method | Cash＆ credit card can be used for paying the admission fee. |
| Publication time Opening Hours |
9:00 - 17:00 (No entry after 16:30) 8:30 - 18:00 (No entry after 17:30)(during the summer holidays) |
| Closed | 2nd and 4th Wednesday(except during the summer holidays)･Year-end and New Year holidays 〔NOTICE〕 Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is currently under building and exhibit renovation and will be temporarily closed from December 5th, 2022 to the summer, 2023. |
| Traffic access | Catch a bus or taxi from Katsuyama Station on the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line. |
| Postal code | 911-8601 |
| Contact address | 51-11 Terao, Muroko, Katsuyama, Fukui |
| Contact information | Address: 51-11 Terao, Muroko-cho, Katsuyama-shi,Fukui, 911-8601, Japan TEL: +81-779-88-0001/+81-779-88-0892(Group reception) |
| Official website | https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/ |