Mifune (御船町, Mifune-machi) is a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1]

As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 16,901 and a density of 170 persons per km2. The total area is 99.00 km2.

Mifune Town is well known for being home to Costco Kumamoto.

Education

Universities

Archaeology

In March 2014, a piece of sandstone was found in Mifune that was revealed to contain a tooth dated to the Late Cretaceous, 90 million years ago. The tooth is the oldest thus found in Japan and is assumed to be a back tooth from the left, upper jaw of a carnivore similar to a Deltatheridium, an ancient marsupial relative that lived in what is now Mongolia between 145 and 66 million years ago.[2] The find was announced by the Mifune Dinosaur Museum in August 2017. The museum and town also partner with Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies.[3]

References

  1. ^ "「家族、友人に感謝」 御船町で47組の金婚夫婦表彰｜熊本日日新聞社". 熊本日日新聞社 (in Japanese). 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  2. ^ "90-million-year-old tooth unearthed in Kyushu, may provide clues on mammal evolution in Asia". The Japan Times. 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  3. ^ "MSU expands cooperative relationship with Japanese town". Montana State University. Retrieved 2022-10-22.

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