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Tourist Spot Attractions In Katsuyama

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Katsuyama is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 May 2018, the city has an estimated population of 23,527, with 7,973 households, and a population density of 93 persons per km². The total area of the city was 253.88 square kilometres . Katsuyama was the ninth-best ranking city in a ranking that compared health and sanitation in cities around the world published in April 2007.
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  • 1. Hakusan Shrine (Heisenji-Hakusan Shrine) Katsuyama
    Heisenji Hakusan Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, it was a prefectural shrine of Fukui Prefecture. Noted for its mossy gardens, the shrine gardens were designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty in 1930 and a National Historic Site of Japan in 1935. Its main festival is held annually on April 20. The area if part of Hakusan National Park.
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  • 2. Dinosaur Fossil Excavation Site Katsuyama
    The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum , located in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan, is one of the leading dinosaur museums in Asia that renowned for its exhibits of fossil specimens of dinosaurs and paleontological research. It is sited near to the Lower Cretaceous strata of the Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group, where a number of dinosaur fossils, including that of Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as of various aquatic life and land plants, are found and excavated.In October 2009, the whole area of Katsuyama City was recognized by the Japanese Geopark Committee as a Japanese Geopark under the name of Dinosaur Valley Fukui Katsuyama Geopark. Dozens of fossil specimens of dinosaurs at the museum and their excavation site have been designated as a Natural Monument o...
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