Located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the largest in Japan and is recognized as one of the world’s best dinosaur museums. It offers visitors a ...

Japan's first university department dedicated to dinosaur research opened last month in a prefecture known for major dinosaur fossil discoveries. The Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui ...

FUKUI, Japan -- Japan will open its first university division dedicated to the study of dinosaurs in April. In partnership with the nation's premier dinosaur museum, students at Fukui Prefectural ...

Students of Fukui Prefectural University's Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology take a tour at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, April 7, 2025 ...

Among them is the small city of Sabae, in Fukui prefecture, about a 3.5-hour train ride from Tokyo. It’s widely known as Japan’s eyeglasses capital – and for good reason.

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur ...

Located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the largest in Japan and is recognized as one of the world’s best dinosaur museums.It offers visitors a chance ...

Fukui, a place of rich tradition, natural beauty and pure water, is renowned for its crafts, sake and dinosaur fossils. It's connected to Tokyo by shinkansen, and is a hidden gem worth exploring.

In 2016, the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum published its findings on this newly discovered local species of dinosaur. 08:47 It was officially recognized under the name "Fukuivenator paradoxus." ...

Among them is the small city of Sabae, in Fukui prefecture, about a 3.5-hour train ride from Tokyo. It’s widely known as Japan’s eyeglasses capital – and for good reason.

Among them is the small city of Sabae, in Fukui prefecture, about a 3.5-hour train ride from Tokyo. It’s widely known as Japan’s eyeglasses capital – and for good reason.