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  • (Gyoryukan)
  • Name
    Gyoryukan
  • Location
    194 Aza-Kudanohama, Utatsu Minamisanriku-cho
  • Category
    Museum
  • Description
    The museum features a fossil of an Utatsu ichthyosaurs and old fishing gear. A 2 m x 2 m bedrock with a 30-cm fossilized head of the legendary creature is displayed exactly as it was unearthed. Here visitors can see a diorama of the world the ichthyosaurs inhabited, along with restored models.
  • Number of Visitors (Annually)
    16,000
  • Handicapped-Accessible
    Guidance by Braille and Sound
  • Fee
    Adults: 300 yen, high school students: 300 yen, junior high school students: 150 yen, elementary students: 150 yen
  • Group Discount
    Adults: 200 yen, high school students: 200 yen, junior high school students: 100 yen, elementary students: 100 yen (*Group discount to be applied to 20 or more)
  • Required time
    60 minutes
  • Hours
    9:00-16:30
  • Closed
    Tuesdays
  • Access
    20 minutes on foot from Utatsu Station on the JR Kesennuma Line;50 minutes by car from the Monou-Tsuyama Interchange on the Sanriku Expressway
  • Parking
    Available (10 spaces for large cars, 100 spaces for regular cars)
  • Inquiries
    Industrial Construction Section, Utatsu Branch Administration Office, Minamisanriku-cho 0226-36-3090 (Fax: 0226-36-3090)
  • URL
    http://www.town.minamisanriku.miyagi.jp

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