page_title: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 福井県立恐竜博物館 外観 English: Exterior of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Japan
context_page_description: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is a museum in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is one of many museums supported by prefectures in Japan. The museum is in the Nagaoyama Park in the city of Katsuyama.
  Because of a number of dinosaur fossils found here, the whole city of Katsuyama was called “Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark” in 2008.
  Guide tours are held here during warm seasons. It is said to be one of the Three Greatest Dinosaur Museums with The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada and The Zigong Dinosaur Museum in China.
  In 2018, Fukui Prefecture held a big national sporting event called Fukui Happiness and Health National Athletic Meet. As a lot of dinosaur fossils were found in Fukui, in 2015 Happy-Ryu became the symbol of the event. After the event finished, Happy-Ryu became the symbol of Fukui. The motive behind the character is Stegosaurus.
  As of 2019, more than 1 million people visited the museum.
context_section_description: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (福井県立恐竜博物館, Fukui Ken-ritsu Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) is a museum in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is one of many museums supported by prefectures in Japan. The museum is in the Nagaoyama Park in the city of Katsuyama.
  Because of a number of dinosaur fossils found here, the whole city of Katsuyama was called “Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark” in 2008.
  Guide tours are held here during warm seasons. It is said to be one of the Three Greatest Dinosaur Museums with The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada and The Zigong Dinosaur Museum in China.
  In 2018, Fukui Prefecture held a big national sporting event called Fukui Happiness and Health National Athletic Meet (福井しあわせ国体, Fukui Shiawase Kokutai). As a lot of dinosaur fossils were found in Fukui, in 2015 Happy-Ryu (はぴりゅう, Hapiryu) became the symbol of the event. After the event finished, Happy-Ryu became the symbol of Fukui. The motive behind the character is Stegosaurus.
  As of 2019, more than 1 million people visited the museum.
caption: Entrance to the museum
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