I watched Theo Jansen and his Strandbeests in Fukui Prefecture,Japan.

September/22/2019

Theo Jansen is a world-renowned Dutch artist who is often called a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci.

He’s particularly famous for his Strandbeests, walking artworks that combine science and art. Strandbeests means “beach animals” in Dutch. The animals are made of plastic tubes, and they have numerous legs that are powered by air. If you see their interesting ways of moving just once, you’ll never forget the sight.  read more

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: one of the world’s top three dinosaur museums

September/21/2019

Do you know who invented the term Dinosauria, which is the formal term for dinosaurs? In 1842, the British biologist and paleontologist Richard Owen came up with the term by combining the Greek deinos, meaning fearfully great, and sauros, meaning lizard.

 The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, one of the world’s top three dinosaur museums, is in Fukui Prefecture. In 2019, about 924,000 people visited the museum. I went to the museum and want to write about it. read more