Gunkanjima & Dinosaur Museum Course
From Nomozaki Dinosaur Park, you can view Gunkanjima (Hashima) floating offshore, and enjoy the Gunkanjima Museum and Dinosaur Museum located on the same premises.
● Duration: 150 minutes ● Fee: 19,400 yen (tax included) per vehicle (Admission and parking fees not included)
Course Schedule
Nagasaki Station
のもざき恐竜パーク
軍艦島（陸から）
軍艦島資料館／恐竜博物館
Nagasaki Station
The world's most densely populated coal mining island
Why is it called "Battleship Island"?
The shape of the island seen from the opposite shore resembles the battleship "Tosa," and so it has been nicknamed Gunkanjima since the Taisho period.
History of Gunkanjima
Meiji Period: Coal is discovered and full-scale coal mining development begins.
Showa period: High-rise reinforced concrete apartment buildings were built, and at its peak the island was bustling with a population of over 5,000.
1974: The mine closed due to the decline of the coal industry. All the islanders left the island.
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Why dinosaurs in Nagasaki?
Pioneer of dinosaur research: Yokoyama Matajiro
Matajiro Yokoyama, known as the father of Japanese paleontology and the man who introduced the word "dinosaur" to Japan, was from Nagasaki.
The Mitsuse Formation, an 81 million year old stratum
The Nomozaki Peninsula in the southern part of Nagasaki City is covered with strata from the Late Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs lived, and many dinosaur fossils have been discovered there.
Japan's first discovery of tyrannosaurus tooth fossils
It was discovered in 2014 as a result of a joint investigation by Nagasaki City and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.