just to pass the time: Golden Week 2012 - Dinosaur Museum (Fukui 福井)

Sunday, 20 May 2012

Golden Week 2012 - Dinosaur Museum (Fukui 福井)

28th April 2012

Right after we reached Fukui station, went to the information center. The officer introduced us to a famous food in Fukui, 越前おろしそば and pointed out a famous shop near to the station. So, we went to find for it, however, we couldn't find it. So, we had our lunch in a franchised shop which offer 越前おろしそば. The soba was almost the same with normal soba, just the toppings were a bit different. After lunch, we rent a car and went to the Dinosaur Museum.

Saw a lot of dinosaurs along the way to the Dinosaur Museum

skeletons outside the museum before reach

The view from above right after entering the museum

There were a lot of dinosaurs along the way to the museum. Right before reaching the museum, there were reproduced skeletons on the roadside, so creative! Outside the museum, there were activities for kids (adults can join too!), like mock archaeology digging. Inside the museum, the view was awesome! There were a lots of reproduced dinosaurs' skeletons, titbits about all things dinosaur, animations, etc. For the animation, a kid actually cried out loud when she watched that a herbivorous dinosaur was killed and eaten by two carnivorous dinosaurs, kind of horrible though! Some of the dinosaurs seemed very familiar because it have been featured in cartoons. Apart from the landed dinosaurs, there were sea and the flying ones. There were even the fossils for the plants, foot prints, and many more.