Ono City Fossil Excavation Experience Center "HOROSSA!"
HOROSSA! lets you experience digging up dinosaur teeth, ammonites, plants, and shell fossils.
At HOROSSA!, you can experience Earth's history spanning approximately 300 million years, from the Paleozoic Era about 440 million years ago to the Early Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era about 130 million years ago.
Information
- Telephone Number
- 0779-78-2070
- Email Adress
- horossa@mars.vipa.ne.jp
- Address
- 福井県大野市角野14-3 九頭竜国民休養地
- Opening Hours
- Experience Times (Advance reservations required; same-day sign-ups possible if capacity is not reached) Morning Sessions: ① 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM ② 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Afternoon Sessions: ③ 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ④ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Closed
- Every Monday (except national holidays), the day after a national holiday, and year-end/New Year holidays *During summer vacation, open daily
- Prices
- Elementary and junior high school students: ¥700 High school students: ¥1,100 General admission: ¥1,350 Accompanying persons (gloves and goggles rental only): ¥450 *Groups of 10 or more: Elementary and junior high school students ¥550, High school students ¥850, General admission ¥1,100
- Getting There
- 10-minute walk from JR Kuzuryu-ko Station Approximately 10 minutes by car from Chubu Jukan Expressway Kuzuryu IC 25 minutes by car from Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway Shirotori JCT (via Chubu Jukan Expressway Yusaka Pass Road)
- Notes
- Participants must be 4 years of age or older. Children in 3rd grade or below must be accompanied by a guardian. Hammers, goggles, and work gloves required for the experience are provided by the center.
