Floor Map

A Plesiosaur: Futabasaurus
1.The Geological Framework
of the Japanese Islands
①Continental fragment in the Japanese islands
②Rock species in accretionarycomplex
2.Before Formation of
the Japanese Archipelago
③The oldest-known fossil in Japan
④Flourishing coral sea
⑤Brachiopods' paradise
⑥Paleozoic vegetation
⑦An early ichthyosaur: Utatsusaurus
⑧Using fossils to date layers of rock
⑨Mesozoic vegetation
⑩Garden of crinoids
⑪The first dinosaur discovered in Japan
⑫Reef of konbostrea
⑬Sea of ammonites
⑭An enigmatic fossil - plant or
animal trace？

3.Opening of the Sea of Japan and
Formation of the Japanese Archipelago
⑮Forest of Japanese coal age
⑯Before the opening of the sea of Japan
⑰Opening of the sea of Japan / sea of Vicarya
4.Glacial and Interglacial Ages
⑱Metasequoia forest
⑲When elephants thrived in Japan
5.Topic Presentations
⑳Fossil chemosynthetic assemblages
㉑Fossils of deep sea organisms

1.Nature of the Japanese Islands from North to South
①Nature and seasons of the Japanese islands
②Subtropical zone
③Warm temperate zone
④Cool temperate zone
⑤Subarctic zone
⑥Japanese mosses, lichens, fungi,
slime molds and freshwater fishes
2.Japan's Bountiful Seas
⑦Features of the seas around Japan
⑧Kuroshio current (temperate zone)
⑨Kuroshio current (subtropical zone)
⑩The Japan sea
⑪Oyashio current (subarctic zone)

3.Active Japanese Islands
⑫Geology of the Japanese islands
⑬Plate motion around the Japanese islands
⑭Minerals in Japan
⑮Meteorites fallen in Japan

1.A Journey of the Japanese
①The historical voyage of
the Japanese people
2.The Beginnings of Human
History in the Japanese Islands:
Our Late Paleolithic Ancestors
3.Hunter-gatherers in the Archipelago:
the Life Skills of the Jomon People
②Reading the bones:
what sort of people were the Jomon?
③Jomon lifestyles
4.Yayoi People from the Continent
and the New Development of
Wet Rice Farming
④Reading the bones:
what sort of people were the Yayoi?
⑤Yayoi lifestyles

5.The Formation of the Modern Japanese
⑥Changes in regional populations
⑦The Ryukyuans, the mainland Japanese and the Ainu
6.The Lifestyles and Health of
Our Ancestors as seen from Bones
⑧Stories from bones
⑨Recent ancestors
7.Organisms Surrounding the ⑩Japanese Influences on the nature
⑪Organisms brought into Japan
⑫Endangered organisms
⑬The organisms bred by the Japanese
8.The Natural Environment
Supporting the Japanese
⑭The diversity of rice
⑮Environmental changes associated
with rice cultivation
⑯Rice and the development
of technology

1.Evidence of Migration
and Speciation
①The history of organisms, revealed by DNA
②Changes revealed by the shapes of birds
③Marine animals of tropical/subtropical origin
2.Plant's Adaptive Strategies
for Survival
④Plants and geological history
⑤Alpine plants: survivors of the Ice ages
⑥Plants distributed in unique areas

3.Animals Separated by the Sea
⑦How islands' history is indicated by vertebrates
⑧Native land snails of the Nansei islands
⑨Speciation mechanisms in insects
⑩Blakiston line and birds
⑪Organisms of the Ogasawara islands
4.Adaptation to the Climate
⑫Larger in the north, smaller in the south
⑬Living with snow

Sky Deck
Herb Garden

1.Peak of Evolution : Large Wild Mammals
①Peak of evolution : large wild mammals
2.Way of Survival
②Way of survival
3.Mammals in Savanna
③Mammals in savanna

4.Our Evolutionary Kindred
④Our evolutionary kindred
5.On the Brink of Extinction
⑤On the brink of extinction
6.Birds of Diverse Appearances
⑥Birds of diverse appearances

A.GED
（Global Environmental Detector）
ⓐGED
（Global environmental detector）
B.The Science to Investigate the Earth
ⓑInvestigate the ground
©Investigate interior of the earth

1.Introduction to the History of Science and Technology
①Introduction to the history of science and technology
2.Science and Technology in the Edo Period
②Mining in the Edo period
③Development and popularization
of arithmetic
④Astronomy and surveying
⑤Transition from herbalism to natural history
⑥Medicine in the Edo period
⑦Skills of the masters
3.The Beginning of Modernization
⑧Standardization of criteria and systems
⑨Cultivating human resources for modernization
⑩Spread of modern science and technology
⑪Introduction of machine tools
⑫Introduction of electrical power systems

4.Results of Modernization
⑬Inventions and creations by Japanese people
⑭Birth of the car manufacturing industry
⑮Development of aviation technology
⑯New technology: picture transmission
5.Further Developments in
Japanese Science and Technology
⑰Mechanical calculators
⑱Computers
⑲Space development in Japan
6.Past, Present, and Future
of Science and Technology
⑳Past, present, and future of
science and technology

1.Navigators on History of Earth
①All comprise atoms
②History of the universe
③History of life
④History of humankind
⑤Time line stage

1.Diversity of Marine Life
⑥Photosynthetic ecosystem
⑦Chemical synthetic ecosystem
2.Diversity of Terrestrial Life
⑧Various landscapes on earth
⑨The linkage of life
⑩Mangrove forests
⑪Tropical rainforests
⑫Wetlands
⑬Temperate forests
⑭Alpine regions
⑮Deserts
3.Origins of Biodiversity
⑯What is life?
⑰Species of life
⑱Factors of diversification : evolution
⑲Factors of diversification : speciation
⑳Examples of diversification

4.Tree of Life
㉑Tree of life
5.Strategies for Survival : Adaptation
㉒Size factors
㉓Challenges of extreme
temperature and humidity
㉔Seeking for nutrients
㉕Succession of life
㉖Symbiosis and parasitism
6.Conservation of Biodiversity
㉗How much do we really know?
㉘Pursuit of biodiversity
㉙Red list
㉚Inter-specific network around
Japanese crested Ibis
㉛Recovery of endangered species
㉜Networks on conservation of
biodiversity

1.Exploring the Mysteries of
Dinosaur Evolution
①Evolution of saurischian dinosaurs
②Evolution of ornithischian dinosaurs
③The last day of the Mesozoic

The Special Exhibition Hall