What this area is like
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the world’s major dinosaur museums, with many skeletons from local fossil finds. It reopened after expansion in 2023.
Plan your visit
The museum has used timed online reservations since reopening; check the booking page before going. Take the Echizen Railway from Fukui Station.
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Places to see in this area
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
One of the world’s leading dinosaur museums, with dozens of full skeletons in a dome-shaped hall near Japan’s richest fossil site.
- Access
- About 15 minutes by bus from Katsuyama Station (Echizen Railway); weekend direct buses from JR Fukui Station.
- Hours
- 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30). Closed the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays and 31 December–1 January.
- Fee
- Adults ¥1,000; high school and university ¥800; elementary and junior high ¥500; 70 and over ¥500.
- Address
- 51-11 Terao, Muroko-cho, Katsuyama, Fukui
Buy timed tickets online in advance; same-day re-entry works with your QR code.
How to plan your time here
- Combine the museum with Heisenji Hakusan Shrine’s moss garden, or with Eiheiji on the same railway line.
- Fukui Station’s dinosaur plaza makes a fun start or finish.
Information checked 26 October 2026. Plans are JapaLens editorial suggestions, not on-site reviews. Hours and fees can change; check the official page before you go.