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Our guide
The Mifune Dinosaur Museum opened in 1998 in the town of Mifune, Kumamoto. It collects, conserves, studies and displays dinosaur fossils found in the area; its collection of some 15,000 items includes Mifunesaurus, the first fossil of a meat-eating dinosaur found in Japan.
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Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
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- Mifune Dinosaur Museum 2 — hyolee2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Mifune Dinosaur Museum 03 — ノボホショコロトソ · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Mifune Dinosaur Museum 02 — ノボホショコロトソ · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Mifune Dinosaur Museum 01 — ノボホショコロトソ · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
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What this place is
Mifune Dinosaur Museum (御船町恐竜博物館, Mifune-machi Kyōryū Hakubutsukan) opened in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1998. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and displays the dinosaur fossils found in the area; the collection, which includes Japan's first fossil from a meat-eating dinosaur, Mifunesaurus, numbers some 15,000 items.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-07 · Official visitor information
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