Fukui Prefecture

Fukui Prefecture福井県, is a prefecture of Japan located in a Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 1 June 2017 in addition to has a geographic area of 4,190 km² 1,617 sq mi. Fukui Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the east, Shiga Prefecture to the south, and Kyoto Prefecture to the southwest.

Fukui is the capital and largest city of Fukui Prefecture, with other major cities including Sakai, Echizen, and Sabae. Fukui Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and is element of the historic Hokuriku region of Japan. The Matsudaira clan, a effective samurai clan during the Edo period that became a factor of the Japanese nobility after the Meiji Restoration, was headquartered at Fukui Castle on the site of the advanced prefectural offices. Fukui Prefecture is home to the Kitadani Formation, the Ichijōdani Asakura breed Historic Ruins, and the Tōjinbō cliff range.

Prehistory

The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded animals such(a) As Fukuiraptor, Fukuisaurus, Nipponosaurus, Koshisaurus, Fukuivenator, Fukuititan and Tambatitanis as living as an unnamed dromaeosaurid.