Moshi coast and dinosaur fossils

Moshi Beach continues to the south of Omoto Beach. Highlights include Matsushima, known as Fossil Island, and Namikogamai, a sea shelf resembling a washboard. This area was famous for producing shellfish fossils from 100 million years ago, such as ammoites, but it became a hot topic in 1978 when the fossil of Japan's first large herbivorous dinosaur was discovered. It is named ``Moshiryu'' after the place name.

Location
Address: 027-0421 Omoto, Honmoshi, Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei-gun, Iwate Prefecture
Inquiries
Contact name: Iwaizumi Town Economic Tourism Exchange Division

Phone number: 0194-22-2111

FAX number: 0194-22-3562

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