Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan
From Underfoot
Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum , nicknamed Horuru (ほるる), opened in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1984. The collection and displays relate to local fossil finds — including the plesiosaur Futabasaurus suzukii — and the Jōban coalfield, once the largest on Honshū.
1984 Website,
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Horuru; Iwaki City Coal and Fossil Museum; Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum
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Location: 37.0125, 140.8483, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1984 Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | mine | 1870 | Jōban coalfield | coal basin, coal mine | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1984 | Iwakishi Sekitan Kasekikan | paleontological museum, mining museum | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | いわき三和トンネル | tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | いわき水石トンネル | road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | 御斎所洞門 | tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | 渡戸トンネル | tunnel | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Side view of D51 946 at the Coal and Fossils Museum in Iwaki, Fukushima | Commons | ||
| commons | image | いわき市石炭化石館 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 石炭記念館 - panoramio | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Tupuxuara leonardii (8661004052) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | D51 946 in Iwaki, Fukushima | Commons | ||
| commons | image | いわき市石炭・化石館 フタバサウルス・スズキイの産出状態の模型 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | いわき市石炭化石館 屋外展示のD51 | Commons | ||








