Japan's Dinosaur Station: Life-Size Robot Dinosaurs at Fukui Station, Day & Night Walk 4K

Welcome to Fukui, Japan's "Dinosaur Kingdom" — where the dinosaurs start the moment you step off the train. In this walk around Fukui Station we meet six life-size robot dinosaurs, a LEGO Fukuiraptor built from about 70,000 bricks, a giant wooden skeleton, dinosaur benches and trick-art murals, then come back after sunset to see everything lit up. All of it is free to see and within a few minutes' walk of the ticket gates. 📍 JR FUKUI STATION — ACCESS ・From Tokyo: about 3 hours on the Hokuriku Shinkansen ・From Osaka: about 2 hours (Thunderbird limited express, change to the Shinkansen at Tsuruga) 📍 WEST EXIT — DINOSAUR PLAZA & HAPPITERRACE ・Dinosaur Plaza: Fukuiraptor, Fukuisaurus and Fukuititan (about 10 m long, 6 m tall) — all discovered in Fukui Prefecture ・Happiterrace (in front of Happiring): life-size Tyrannosaurus, 12 m long and 5 m tall, new in March 2024 ・Suchomimus, about 10 m long, with a motion sensor ・Trick-art dinosaur mural along the station building ・Dinosaur Concierge touchscreen guide 📍 EAST EXIT — TRICERATOPS & TOURISM EXCHANGE CENTER ・Life-size Triceratops robot (about 8.1 m long) with its baby ・Tourism Exchange Center 1F: giant wooden Fukuiraptor skeleton, 8.4 m long ・Rooftop terrace: nine dinosaur monuments, including Fukuivenator holding an Echizen crab and the heart-shaped Fukuititan couple 📍 INSIDE THE STATIONS ・JR concourse, near the Shinkansen gates: LEGO Fukuiraptor by Jumpei Mitsui, 3 m long ・Echizen Railway Fukui Station: "Jurassic Echizen" stained glass and the dinosaur benches 💴 PRICE Everything in this video is free to see. ✅ GOOD TO KNOW ・Robot dinosaurs operate 9:00–21:00 ・The Dinosaur Plaza robots and the Tyrannosaurus perform for about 3 minutes every 30 minutes ・Stand in front of the Tyrannosaurus or Suchomimus and the sensor makes it react ・The Triceratops moves about once every 10 minutes ・Illumination runs from sunset to 21:00 — the night view is worth staying for ・The rooftop terrace is level with the Shinkansen platform, so you can spot the dinosaurs from the train 💬 Subtitles are available — turn on CC and choose your language. 🌍 日本語 / English / 简体中文 / 繁體中文 / 한국어 / ไทย / Tiếng Việt / Bahasa Indonesia / Español / Français / Deutsch / Português (Brasil) ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro — Fukui, Japan's Dinosaur Kingdom 0:30 JR Fukui Station — arrival and access 0:47 Dinosaur Concierge (West Exit) 1:35 East Exit — life-size Triceratops robot and baby 2:28 Tourism Exchange Center rooftop terrace — Fukuivenator and Fukuititan couple 3:40 Tourism Exchange Center 1F — giant wooden Fukuiraptor skeleton 4:29 Baby dinosaurs — Koshisaurus, Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus 5:19 Echizen Railway Fukui Station — Jurassic Echizen stained glass 6:05 Dinosaur benches 7:08 JR Fukui Station concourse — LEGO Fukuiraptor 8:06 West Exit Dinosaur Plaza — Fukuisaurus and Fukuiraptor robots 9:12 Happiterrace — life-size Tyrannosaurus robot 10:33 Dinosaur Plaza — Fukuititan 11:06 After sunset — wooden skeleton and Triceratops lit up 12:53 Tourism Exchange Center rooftop at night 14:47 West Exit — trick-art dinosaur mural 15:18 Dinosaur Plaza illuminated 17:36 Suchomimus at night 18:25 Dragonite Tram (Fukui Railway) 18:59 Tyrannosaurus illuminated 🔔 New Japan travel videos every week — subscribe so you don't miss the next one. 📩 Contact: discover.traveljapan@gmail.com © 2026 Japan Travel. All footage is original. Please do not re-upload or reuse without permission. #Fukui #FukuiStation #Dinosaur #JapanTravel #Japan #4K