Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum

Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum (いわき市石炭・化石館, Iwaki-shi sekitan・kaseki-kan), nicknamed Horuru (ほるる),^[2] opened in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan in 1984.^[1] The collection and displays relate to local fossil finds — including the plesiosaur Futabasaurus suzukii — and the Jōban coalfield [ja], once the largest on Honshū.^[1][3]

Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum
いわき市石炭・化石館（ほるる）
General information
Address	3-1 Mukaida, Jōban Yumoto-machi
Town or city	Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture
Country	Japan
Coordinates	37°00′45″N 140°50′54″E
Opened	18 October 1984[1]
Website
Official website

See also

• Shiramizu Amidadō

References

1. 当館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Iwakishi sekitan kasekikan. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
2. "Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum "horuru"". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
3. 石炭・化石館(ほるる) [Coal and Fossil Museum (Horuru)] (in Japanese). Iwaki City. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

External links

• (in Japanese) Iwaki City Coal & Fossil Museum