A museum dedicated to the geology of Kochi Prefecture, including the fossil treasure trove of the Sagawa Basin. Its displays cover 400 million years of Shikoku history. There's also a collection of rare fossils, a 3/5 scale mobile tyrannosaurus, movable continental models, a chambered nautilus (known as a “living fossil”), and a horseshoe crab tank. The museum teaches about Earth and the history of biological life from various angles.
Review of Sakawa geology center
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating各地質時代の代表的な化石、特に佐川町から見つかった化石が多数展示されています。
また、恐竜の卵の化石やマンモスの牙の化石などもあり、興味深深でした。
奥の展示では一つだった大陸がプレートテクトニクスで分断されていく様子をデモンストレーションする器具があって、これは面白い。なるほどなあと感心しながら拝見しました。
動く恐竜がおいてあります
高さは三メートル位、センサーで
人を感知して、上体と口を動かします
他に、地球の大陸の成り立ちを
三億五千年前からの動きで見せる
巨大なスクリーンのような仕掛けも
後は、化石や地質等の標本多数
一度は見る価値あるかも
Details
- Hours
- 9:00-17:00(Latest entry16:30)
- Closed
- Monday (The next day for Public holidays), New Year's Holiday (12/29-1/3)
- Fees
- [Admission fee]
[Adult] 300yen
[Small/Medium/High School Students] 100yen
Group (20 people and above)
[Adult] 240yen
[Small/Medium/High School Students] 80yen
* Depends on other conditions - Parking Lot
- Available(30spaces)
- Credit Card
- Not available
- Smoking
- Not available
- Wi-Fi
- Not available
- Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day
- Yes
- Average budget
- [Lunch] 1-1,000yen
- Estimated stay time
- 30-60 minutes
- Wheelchair accessible
- Available
- Infant friendly
- Possible (1 diaper changing sheet, installed in a Western-style toilet where wheelchairs can be used)
Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN
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Kochi Areas

The largest of Shikoku's prefectures, Kochi is endowed with some of the island's most exceptional sand beaches lining the Pacific Ocean, which narrows into the Shimanto-gawa, a huge river that stretches 196 kilometers into the prefecture, passing verdant mountains and hosting countless riverside activities. Whether you're a pilgrim or not, Kochi's 16 Buddhist temples that make up one leg of the Shikoku Pilgrimage are worth a visit, particularly Chikurin-ji for its five-tier pagoda.