Cretaceous Critters: T-Rex Flash Mobs Take Over Japan’s Dino Capital Fukui

The Dinosaur Train trundles along against a background of blossoming cherry trees. (© Echizen Railway)

Watanabe waving to the train from his rooftop position. (© Watanabe Hiroshi)

Dinos welcome passengers at Katsuyama Station, near the dinosaur museum. (© Watanabe Hiroshi)

The Dinosaur World exhibit at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the facility’s biggest draws. (© Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum)

A robot of the giant Cretaceous carnivore Suchomimus tenerensis at Fukui Station. (© Fukui Prefectural Government)

An attendant on the Dinosaur Train entertains passengers. (© Echizen Railway)

Katō Fusami in her T-rex suit poses with at a display on the Dinosaur Train. (© Katō Fusami)

Volunteers in T-rex suits mingle lively on the Dinosaur Train. (© Watanabe Hiroshi)