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Introduction of Dinosaur Attractions around Fukui Station Fukui City Tourism Exchange Center
On the first floor of the center, you will encounter a wood skeleton model of a giant Fukuiraptor. On the rooftop, dinosaur monuments with a family affection theme and dinosaurs biting into Echizen crab are waiting for you.


Tips on how to enjoy your walk
You can enjoy the nine dinosaur monuments of varying size on the rooftop plaza in a number of ways, including seeing and handling them on site or being amazed by them from the window of the Shinkansen or from the station platform. You can also enjoy an AR presentation on your smartphone in which lots of dinosaurs appear with special effects. The indoor plaza that is part of the Shinkansen concourse has wooden dinosaur skeleton specimens. Be sure to check them out when getting on and off the Shinkansen.
Hours of operation | 6 am to 11 pm ( rooftop plaza ) |
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Dinosaurs that appear around Fukui Station
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Fukuititan nipponensis
- Scientific classification
- Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Saurupoda
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
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Koshisaurus katsuyama
- Scientific classification
- Ornithischia, Ornithipoda, Iguanodontia, Hadrosauroidea
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
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Fukuivenator paradoxus
- Scientific classification
- Saurischia, Theropoda, Tetanurae, Therizinosauria
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
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Stegosaurus sp.
- Scientific classification
- Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria
- Period
- Late Jurassic
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Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
- Scientific classification
- Saurischia, Theropoda, Tetanurae, Allosauroidea
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
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Fukuisaurus tetoriensis
- Scientific classification
- Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia
- Period
- Early Cretaceous