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Social Events at PanSIG 2024

Enjoy these opportunities at the PanSIG 2024 Conference to network and relax with fellow conference attendees in a different setting.

  • PanSIG 2024 Official Conference Dinner (details below)
  • Whisky Tour and Tasting (details below)
  • Dinosaur Museum Tour (details below)
  • Mount Asuwa Photo Walk (details TBA)

PanSIG 2024 Official Conference Dinner

Socialize, network, and relax at the official conference dinner! Please come to enjoy some of the best local cuisine that Fukui has to offer - Fukui salmon, pork, venison, and beef, among other dishes. 

(Registration is not yet open for the conference dinner.)

  • Date: Saturday, May 25th, 2024
  • Time: 18:30-20:30 (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
  • Place: Fukui Palace Hotel (map)
  • Cost: 5,000 yen (includes nomihodai (all you can drink)

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Trip

  • Friday, May 24th, 2024
  • Time: 12:00~17:00
  • Shuttle bus will depart from FUT campus (in front of FUT Tower entrance)

Fukui Prefecture is home to the largest dinosaur fossil quarry in Japan. The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum hosts a variety of dinosaur skeletons, fossils, and minerals arranged in a way which coincides with evolutionary time. In addition to the museum and its displays, other activities available are the Field Station Tour as well as the Fossil Research Experience. Please note that these two extra activities require an additional fee as well as a reservation. Each activity lasts around 2 hours. 

Multi-language voice tour guidance is only available for the main museum.

Museum General Admission

  • 1000 yen Adult
  • 800 yen High School/Uni. Student
  • 500 yen Elem./Jr. High Student/70 yrs. above
  • FREE Pre-school

Field Station Tour 

At the Field Station Tour, participants will be taken to the dinosaur fossil quarry for a tour and a chance to break rocks to find their own fossils. Participants are required to bring items such as gloves, water, etc. themselves. Please check the website (https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/visit/fieldstation) for a detailed list of items needed.

  • 1300 yen Adult
  • 1100 yen High School/Uni. Student
  • 650 yen Elem./Jr. High Student/70 yrs. above
  • FREE Pre-school (Must be over 4 yrs. old to be admitted)

Fossil Research Experience

In the Fossil Research Experience, participants will be taken through the procedures in the processing and analyzing of fossils once brought in from the field into the laboratory. 

  • 2200 yen Adult
  • 1800 yen High School/Uni. Student
  • 1100 yen Elem./Jr. High Student/70 yrs. above
  • Pre-school (No pre-schoolers admitted)
     

Whisky Tour and Tasting

Whisky tasting
  • Irish Bar Shelbourne (Fukui Station area, map)
  • Sunday, May 26th, 12:30-14:00
  • Cost TBA