Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan, Horuru (Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum)
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The Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan, Horuru (Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum), is a facility where materials on the history of mining at the Joban Coal Fields are on display alongside fossils excavated in the city, and materials on overseas fossils that are a testament to the history of the earth.
On display in the fossil exhibition room are fossils that are of extremely high value even at a worldwide level. The wide variety of fossils are exhibited in dynamic displays that look as if they are about to start moving any moment. The sounds and lights have also been customized to suit the displays.
Several movies are screened every day in the theater room, which are also changed regularly. Visitors may enjoy movies explaining the history of coal mining in Iwaki and Japan, the job of coalminers, and about coal mines in general.
On display in the fossil exhibition room are fossils that are of extremely high value even at a worldwide level. The wide variety of fossils are exhibited in dynamic displays that look as if they are about to start moving any moment. The sounds and lights have also been customized to suit the displays.
Several movies are screened every day in the theater room, which are also changed regularly. Visitors may enjoy movies explaining the history of coal mining in Iwaki and Japan, the job of coalminers, and about coal mines in general.
More Information about Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan, Horuru (Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum)
Street address
- 3-1 Mukaida, Yumoto-machi, Joban, Iwaki City, Fukushima
About FUKUSHIMA Access
- 10 minutes by foot from Yumoto Station on the JR Joban Line
Opening Hours
- 9:00-17:00 (doors close to new visitors at 16:30)
Closed
- 3rd Tuesday of every month (the following day when Tuesday is a public holiday or make-up holiday) and New Year's Day
Best season
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Spots around
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Walking around Kitakata
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Experience of making the traditional Aizu craft of Makie (lacquerware craft)
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Komine-jo Castle
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Tadami Line
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Tsuruga-jo Castle
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WONDER FARM
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Goshiki-numa Ponds
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Goshikinuma Walking Trail
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Urabandai, Goshiki Onsen Hot Spring
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Sazaedo
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Aizu’s sauce-katsudon
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No.1 Tadami Bridge View Spot
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Aizu-Wakamatsu Station
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Kitakata ramen, asara (morning ramen)
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Koriyama Station
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Spa Resort Hawaiians
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Shiramizu Amida-do
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Mt. Iimori
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Lacquerware and Crafts, Kirinoko Ningyokan
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Iwaki la la mew
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Aquamarine Fukushima "Environmental Aquarium"
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Higashiyama Onsen
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Nanukamachi-dori walking trail
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Weeping cherry trees along the ruins of the Nichu-sen railway tracks
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Ouchi-juku
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Iwaki Marine Tower
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Play with snow at ski resorts in spring
