Fukui / Echizen-Ono
Sample seafood delicacies such as Echizen crab and puffer fish,
as you soak yourself in the history of Fukui’s many heritage sites.
Eiheiji Temple, meaning the "temple of eternal peace", is located deep in the mountains, close to Fukui City. Eiheiji Temple ...
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is recognized as one of the top dinosaur museums in the world, and is the largest in Japan....
Awara Hot Spring Resort, the most famous in Fukui Prefecture, is nestled between the mountains and the sea, surrounding visit...
Tojinbo is a rugged cliff eroded by the violent waves on the coast of the Sea of Japan, located within Echizen-Kaga Quasi-Nat...
The historic ruins of this castle town, which was under the control of the Ichijodani Asakura clan, are located in the town o...
As the oldest remaining castle in Japan, Maruoka Castle is designated as one of Japan’s Important Cultural Properties and i...
Sachiya restaurant, known as the home of Eiheiji Zen Tofu, is found on top of a small hill at the entrance of Eiheiji Temple....
The "Local Specialty Set" features oroshi soba or mori soba noodles using Echizen's famous spicy daikon, as well as your choi...
This traditional inn's selling point is cuisine featuring Wakasa fugu raised by the proprietor in the sea nearby. Here you ca...
Long ago this was an important post town between Wakasa and Kyoto, and the ruins of the magistrate's office, guard house, and...
The kuzu here is cooked from scratch using arrowroot starch after taking the customers' orders. As a result, the kuzu has a c...
Emperor Chuai is among six important figures enshrined at this age old shrine, which is also known as Echizen Ichinomiya and ...
Near the quay, where the salt breeze fills the air, stand many old warehouses that lend a unique port town charm to the area....
Mikata Lake, Suigetsu Lake, Suga Lake, Kugushi Lake, and Hiruga Lake lie scattered throughout the gorges of the low-lying hil...
Wakasa lacquered chopsticks account for 80% of all those produced in Japan. The manufacturing process takes several months, a...
Built 130 years ago at the end of the late Edo period, Rikyuan has been recognized by Fukui Prefecture as a Traditional House...