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Maruoka Castle (Kasumigajo)

4.0

351 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Maruokachoukasumichou 1-59

This castle on a hill, located in Maruoka Town of Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, was built by Shibata Katsuie’s nephew Shibata Katsutoyo in 1576. Nowadays, only two-story and three-roofed castle tower (tenshukaku) remains, and it was registered as Important Cultural Properties in 1950. It is the oldest tenshukaku in existence in the country, and about 400 cherry trees were planted around it as part of the surrounding Kasumigajo Park. A light-up event is held when the cherry blossoms bloom, giving the tower an ethereal look.

This castle ranks 30th of the thousands of Japanese ancient castles. However there was nothing much to see. It was destroyed in an earthquake and it was rebuilt after that. The ticket set including...
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

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Fukui Pref. Katsuyamashi Murokochou Terao 51-11 Toyama dinosaur forest

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is a specialist geology and paleontology museum, focused particularly on dinosaurs, which is located in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture (an area where many dinosaur fossils have been found). More than 40 complete dinosaur skeletons are on display, enabling visitors to get a feel for just how big dinosaurs were. The Museum also has large-scale dioramas and a computer graphics theatre that recreate the type of prehistoric forest in which dinosaurs lived, giving visitors a sense of having “traveled back in time.” Both adults and children can enjoy learning about the history of the Earth through the dinosaurs’ story.
Kehi-jingu Shrine

4.0

190 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Akebonochou 11-68

Location of the scenic spots from “Narrow Road to the Interior”, Kehi-jingu Shrine is a shrine of Echizen serving the Hokuriku Road and is located in Tsuruga City in Fukui Prefecture. The primary god worshipped there is Izasawake-no-mikoto, who oversees food, and has long been worshipped as a god for protecting all of life (food, shelter, clothing), particularly in seafaring, and fishing. There are many sites to see, such as the large torii gate (Important Cultural Property), the “old man” Noh masks, Sarutahiko masks (both Cultural Properties) and the eucalyptus trees (Natural Monuments for Tsuruga City). Approximately 10 minutes via Tsuruga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.

Kehi Shrine, which is the first shrine of Echizen (actual Fukui prefecture), is the main tourist attraction in Tsuruga. If you go to Tsuruga, you shouldn’t miss this shrine. The precinct is vast and...
Tojinbo

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Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Mikunichouantou

Tojinbo, the beauty spot is a stretch of steep cliffs with a rock face which has been eroded by the waves. The rock cliffs which have a height of about 25 meters continue along the Mikuni coastline for about one kilometer. “Columnar jointing of pyroxene andesite” of this scale can only be seen in three places around the world, and in 1935, it was designated as a Natural Monument and a Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan. You can enjoy a powerful landscape from the pleasure boats which go around the strangely shaped rocks such as the “Beehive rock” and the “Lion rock”.
Heisenji Temple Hakusan Shrine

4.5

126 Reviews

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Fukui Katsuyama-shi Heisenjicho Heisenji 56-63

A temple in Heisenji-cho, Katsuyama City. It was founded in 717 CE as a location to worship the holy mountain, Mt. Hakusan. By the time of the warring states period it had swelled into a massive holy city housing 8000 monks. Though prosperous the monastery was then destroyed during the Ikko-Ikki Jodo Shinshu Buddhist uprising. Remnants of the massive temple grounds still remain and the area has been designated a national historic site called the Old Temple Grounds of the Hakusan Heisenji Temple. It is also called the Kokedera or Moss Temple because of the beautiful scenery of the grounds completely covered in moss.

Beautiful secluded and most zen shrine in the whole of japan. When I visited literally nobody was there which made it more beautiful.
Eihei-ji Temple

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Fukui Pref. Yoshidaguneiheijichou Shihi 10-5

A Soto school Buddhist temple located in Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida District, Fukui which is also the head temple of over 15 thousand branch temples scattered across Japan. The temple was founded as a meditation hall by Dogen in 1244. The grounds are enclosed by ancient Japanese cedars over 600 years old and are dotted with over 70 structures centering around a complete seven-structure temple compound. Some of the temple’s many highlights include numerous delicate sculptures housed in various buildings around the grounds; a stunning decorated ceiling inlaid with 230 images; and an original copy of the “Fukan zazengi” which is registered as a National Treasure and kept in the temple’s treasure house.
Wakasa Fisherman’s Wharf

3.5

93 Reviews

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Fukui Obama-shi Kawasaki 1-3-2

At this market complex, you can enjoy seeing, buying, and eating the charms of Wakasa. The complex offers a popular 60-minute boat cruise which enables riders to take in the local dynamic scenery formed by the stormy waters of the Sea of Japan. The Sotomo Cruising boat ride operates from March to November and is offered four times a day to general customers and also runs up to four times a day for private groups (when reservations have been made). The first floor of the complex is a souvenir store carrying famous products from Wakasa. The second floor is a restaurant serving an abundance of seasonal ocean delicacies.

Apart from gifts, the restaurant at the ground floor(self service) offers great food at a very good price. The sushi and sashimi are very fresh. Miso soup and tea are complimentary. There is a small...
Tojinbo Sightseeing Boat Cruises

4.0

68 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Mikunichouantou 64-1

Tojinbo Sightseeing Boat Cruises offers boat trips to view the spectacular scenery of the Tojinbo cliffs from the ocean. Located in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, the Tojinbo cliffs have been designated as a National Natural Monument; the precipitous cliffs with their distinctive rough surface extend for about 1 km along the coast. Some of the cliffs reach a height of 20 meters or more; watching the raging waves of the Sea of Japan crash against the cliffs is a magnificent sight. On a trip halfway round Oshima Island (which lies around 1.5 km off the coast), which takes around 30 minutes, passengers can view several rocks with unusual shapes that have been created by the action of natural forces, including Lion Rock, Battleship Rock, Folding Screen Rock, and Candle Rock. Places can be found on the boat trip for individual travelers (with a 15–20 minute wait).

東尋坊へ着いてすぐに直行ライン友達登録で 1500円が1400円になります 15 分待ちで30 分クルーズガイドの男性が明るくて楽しめました海辺から見る東尋坊はまた絶景です崖の説明ま聞けて面白かったです
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum

4.5

71 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Kanegasakichou 1-44-1

This museum is a valuable resource which houses exhibits relating to the landing of Jewish refugees escaping from the Nazi regime in Germany and Polish orphans rescued from Siberia clutching “Visas for Life” issued by Chiune Sugihara, the acting Japanese Consul in Kaunas, Lithuania. Visitors can hear recordings of Chiune Sugihara’s voice and see watches and visas left behind by the refugees among other things.

It is a newly opened museum, a MUST if in the area. It is not the small old museum they had before. It is an EXCELLENT museum, telling the story of the Jews who escaped certain death from Nazi...
Roadside Station Mikata-Goko

3.5

53 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Mikatakaminakagunwakasachou Torihama No. 12231-1

Located south of Mikata Goko Lakes—registered in Ramsar’s wetlands—Roadside Station Mikata-Goko features a manned guidance station where you can get detailed information on the waterfowl and nature in the swamp. There is also a specialty goods shop, a traffic information center, and a rental bicycles shop.

大分から福井へのドライブで立ち寄りました。サービスエリアはトイレとコンビニがあり敷地内に三方五湖の三方湖が一望出来ます。
Tsuruga Railway Museum (Former Tsuruga Port Station Building)

4.0

64 Reviews

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Fukui Tsuruga-shi Minatomachi 1-25

A museum located within Kanegasaki Ryokuchi Park in Kanegasaki-cho, Tsuruga City. The building is a reproduction of the departure and arrival station for the Europe-Asia International Express that ran from Tokyo to Tsuruga Port. Inside the museum are exhibits on the history of Tsuruga's railways as well as actual railway materials and models.

Tsuruga was once a gateway to Europe, and people took a ship to Vladivostok from the terminal which was once located near this museum. That’s why Tsuruga was one of the first places where railroad...
Roadside Station Kuzuryu

3.5

55 Reviews

Transportation

Fukui Pref. Onoshi Asahi 26-30-1

The Roadside Station Kuzuryu is composed of three areas—the Fureai Community Building, the JR Kuzuryuko Station, and the farmer’s market. It is center for tourism located at the gateway to the east of Fukui Prefecture. You can feel the warmth of trees here, easing away your stresses. The farmer’s market offers locally produced, specialty fresh goods at a reasonable price. Kuzuryu is brimming with charms.

土曜日の昼ちょっと過ぎに休憩で利用しました。何かイベントが近くであるらしく、多くの人出で混雑していて、小さめの売店のお弁当は売り切れ、トイレも列を作っていました。駅正面の親子恐竜は、動いたり、止まったりですが、なかなか楽しめます。
Roadside Station Echizen

4.0

34 Reviews

Transportation

Fukui Pref. Nyugunechizenchou Kuriya No. 71-335-1

Including both a restaurant where you can enjoy fresh ingredients while watching fish swim in an oval aquarium and an onsen with outdoor baths, the Roadside Station Echizen is fully equipped, offering fresh vegetables, maritime products and even famous Fukui products. The “Saba no heshiko” comes recommended. It is a Fukui delicacy in which the mackerel’s organs are carefully removed before it is seeped in salt for days, and then pickled in rice bran for an additional one to two years.

紅ズワイも漁期に入りました。ズワイ蟹はもう少し先です。いろいろ揃った売店、観光案内所、越前蟹ミュ―ジアムと大規模です。
Fukui Prefectural Children's Science Center - Angel Land Fukui

4.5

44 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Haruechouhigashitaroumaru 3-1

Angel Land Fukui, a complex that features a play building, a science building, a culture building and a local child hall as central facilities with various functions, is a place for learning about science while enjoying Hokuriku’s largest planetarium and space theater. It is visited by roughly 500,000 people every year. You can experience the latest technology in craftsmanship and manufacturing too. Approximately 16 minutes on foot from JR Harue Station.

First time to visit here in a few years. The outside play area is very large, with lots of different things for children to play on. Theres a small stream running through it into a pond, which had...
Fukui City History Museum

4.0

44 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Houei 3-12-1

This museum, which has a wealth of collections, including the Fukui City Shungaku Commemorative Collection, relating to the Fukui feudal domain and the Echizen Matsudaira Family, has a lot to see such as permanent exhibit rooms divided into 4 themes from pre-historic times up to the post-war recovery period as well as the Matsudaira Historical Records Room. Special exhibitions are also recommended as visitors can learn about the history of Japan and Asia while focusing on local history.

A small museum, but with many interesting exhibits, such as ancient burial tombs, and old swords and armour, but unfortunately there is no English explanation for the exhibits. Found the Japanese...
Kanegasakigu Shrine

3.5

44 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Kanegasakichou 1-4

This shrine, famous for its Flower-Exchanging Festival held at the beginning of April each year, is popular as the shrine of love. Flower-Exchanging is thought to have begun around 1907. These days, the festival lasts 10 days and it is said that originally men and women who visited the shrine to see the cherry blossoms called out “Let’s exchange flowers.” to each other and exchanged small branches of blossoms to communicate their feelings.

This shrine, which was built after Meiji Restoration, is dedicated to two prices of Emperor Godaigo and other personages of the southern court. It is located on Mt. Kanegasaki, which is well known...
Roadside Station Uminpia Oi

4.0

27 Reviews

Transportation

Fukui Pref. Oigunoichou Narumi 1-1-2

This facility is part of the Uminpia Oi leisure complex where there is all sorts of fun to be had. The view from the Roadside Station offers a panoramic view of Wakasa Bay. It is popular for the sales area where you can buy seafood freshly caught offshore from Wakasa, seasonal vegetables, rice, fruit and flowers directly from producers, as well as local specialities and an 80-seat food court with a view of the sea. The gelateria, where gelato is made with fruit and vegetables from Oi-cho and milk from Fukui Prefecture, comes highly recommended.

お土産や海産物が多くあります。フードコートで食事もできます。スタッフはフレンドリーです。電子マネーのペイペイ使えます。
Miketsukuni Wakasa Obama Food Culture Museum

4.0

55 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Obamashi Kawasaki 3-4

Obama, which was the center of Miketsukuni, is a historic place where Wakasa seafood and salt were presented to the ancient Imperial Court and this museum was created as a place where people could come into contact with this history and culture and interact with other people. The museum is divided into sections to introduce the diet of this region with replicas of dishes such as Zoni (rice cake soup)—the Symbol of Japanese New Year Food, Traditional Events and Foods which introduce a year in the folklore treasure trove, Wakasa Obama, based on foods, and Miketsukuni Wakasa and Saba Kaido (the ancient mackerel route) which is Japan Heritage. A number of courses are also offered.

Everyone we spoke to in town was keen for us to go to this place. Clearly a lot of money and civic pride has been invested in it. The complex has a hot spring resort, a restaurant, a display of...
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History

4.0

32 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Omiya 2-19-15

The Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History is a museum in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture that is dedicated to the history and industrial heritage of the Fukui region. The authentic artifacts on display and the section dedicated to the period from the mid-1950s through to the early 1970s are of particular interest. In the “Life in the Showa Period” corner, which recreates life in both rural communities and towns in that era, there is plenty to inspire nostalgia among visitors who remember those times, including a reconstruction of a traditional farmhouse and of a Dagashiya (traditional Japanese sweet shop). The lighting, sound effects and other aspects of the displays are changed with the seasons, further enhancing the experience for visitors to the Museum. The Museum is around 10 minutes’ drive from JR Fukui Station.

田原町駅から徒歩15分ほど。幾久公園内にある。建物は福井県立美術館と同様に佐藤武夫設計事務所の設計でBCS賞を受賞している。入館料は100円。展示室は2階にあり、「歴史ゾーン」(撮影不可)と「昭和のくらし」(撮影可)がある。「歴史ゾーン」では土器・青銅器・石棺から始まり、宗教、貨幣、産業などに関する資料を展示。最後の福井の鉄道に関するコーナーには昔の時刻表、タブレットを使用していた時の運票閉塞...
Katsuyama Castle Museum

3.5

38 Reviews

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Fukui Pref. Katsuyamashi Heisenjichou Heisenji 85-26-1

Katsuyama Castle Museum is a museum in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, built in the style of a Tenshu (the main tower of a Japanese castle), which opened in 1992. The tower is 57.8 meters high, making it the tallest building of its kind in Japan. The building is intended to keep alive the memory of the castle that was the main seat of power of the Katsuyama Domain. Inside, the Museum has displays on the military equipment of Edo period Daimyos (feudal lords), textiles, folding screens decorated with paintings of battles, Qing Dynasty folk embroidery from the Zhongyuan (North China Plain) region, Japanese books from the early modern era, etc. From the observation deck on the top storey, visitors can view the city of Katsuyama, which has a history going back to the Paleolithic era, and its beautiful scenery which has led to the area being designated as the Katsuyama Geopark.

Apparently this is the tallest castle in Japan? Himeji looks taller to me. Either way, this castle is beautiful even though its fairly new. I came later in the day so had no chance to see the...

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Northeast of Kyoto, the ancient Tojinbo Cliffs separate Fukui prefecture from the Sea of Japan in a stretch of land well worth exploring. Water sports and seaside delicacies are available in abundance as the spectacular rugged coastline flattens down into beaches to the west of the prefecture, while inland, Fukui is home to Zen Buddhist temples and historic ruins.