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Myoraku Temple

4.5

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Obama-shi Nodai 28-13

A temple in Nodai, Obama City. The temple was founded in 797 CE by the monk Kobo Daishi and the principal object of worship is a standing wooden statue of the Thousand-hand Kannon said to have been made by Gyoki. The main hall was built during the Kamakura period and is the oldest building in the Wakasa area. The statue of Kannon is rare in that it also features 24 faces and with the temple has been designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

福井県小浜市野代にある高野山真言宗のお寺。本尊は千手観音菩薩。延暦16年797年空海が再興したと伝えられている。
Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Kanegasakichou 4-1

The Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse was designed by a foreign engineer in 1905, and its North building, South building and brick walls were registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2009. It is a place to meet nostalgia and get a sense for the port atmosphere. You can enjoy Tsuruga history in the Diorama Building, fancy dining on Tsuruga seafood in the restaurant building, and strolls amid the sea breeze in the open garden. Seven minutes by car via Tsuruga Interchange on Hokuriku Expressway.
Angel Line

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Obama-shi Uchitomi Peninsula

A driving road along Prefectural Route 107 in Obama. It runs from Anojiri up 619 meters to the summing of Mt. Kusuyagadake. From the summit you will have a magnificent view stretching from Wakasa Bay to the Echizen Cape far in the North-East.
Chihiro's Birth House Memorial Museum

3.5

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Echizenshi Tennouchou 4-14

The Chihiro Iwasaki Birthplace Museum preserves the atmosphere of the Taisho Period (1912-1926), when the famous illustrator was born. The museum opened in 2004, and its gallery space features rotating exhibits of her art arranged in cooperation with the Chihiro Art Museum, allowing visitors to enjoy man aspects of her world.

It was a nice surprise to find out that one of my favourite artists had a museum in Echizen. We happened upon it by accident. It is a small house but it gives you an idea of the house that she grew...
Wakasa Saba Kaido Kumagawa-Juku Shiryokan (Archives Museum)

4.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Mikatakaminakagun-gun Wakasacho Kumagawa 30-4-2

A museum in Kumagawa, Wakasa Town, Mikatakaminaka County. The museum is in the former village office building, which was built in 1940. On display are historical materials related to the Wakasa Kumagawa-Juku post town, which is a registered Group of Traditional Buildings, and the Saba Highway which passed through it.

元々は熊川村役場だった建物。現在は熊川宿の資料館です。館長さんが訪問客一人ひとりに声をかけ、熊川宿や鯖街道の歴史などを詳しく教えてくださいました。熊川宿は重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に指定されていますが、そこに至るまでの苦労なども教えてくださいました。建物の外観を復元するだけでも数千万円かかるそうです。やはり、街並みの保存、管理は地元の方々の並々ならぬ努力によって維持されていることがよく理解できまし...
Shirahama Beach

4.0

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Oi-gun Takahamacho Sonobe 60 Area

A swimming beach in Sonobe, Takahama, Oi. Stretching out from Torii Beach, the beach has beautiful white sands and blue waters. On the east side is Wakasa Wada Beach, and nearby you'll find Wakasa Shirahama BBQ Park and Wakasa Wada Camping Ground.

Os bares poderia ter mais porções voltadas um pouco mais para os ocidentais,somadas com as japonesas
Yo-Roppaken restaurant (Tsuruga Main Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Aioichou 2-7

Yo-Roppaken is the restaurant that, back in 1913, created the first “Sosu Katsudon” (a bowl of rice with a breaded and fried pork cutlet on top, served with Worcestershire sauce), the result of intensive experimentation by the restaurant owner (who had encountered Worcestershire sauce while working in Germany) to develop cuisine using Worcestershire sauce that would appeal to Japanese palates; today, “Sosu Katsudon” is a famous Fukui specialty dish. Other popular dishes at Yo-Roppaken include Pari Don (which uses menchi-katsu—a fried cake of minced meat—instead of a pork cutlet) and Shrimp Don. Yo-Roppaken is located around eight-minute drive from JR Tsuruga Station.
Seiwa Chopsticks

3.5

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Obamashi Ryuzen 6-2

This shop, which specializes in Wakasa lacquered chopsticks, manufactures and sells Wakasa lacquered chopsticks carefully crafted by artisans as well as hexagonal chopsticks that fit children’s hands. Each beautiful pair is carefully studded with egg or sea shells and painted with dozens of layers of coloured lacquer, but remains easy to use. Personalised chopsticks such as for couples are also available.

外にある百円、二百円をカゴに入れて自分でとっていく箸の販売。見ていたら店員が近くに来てジロジロ。万引きでもするのかと警戒、気分が悪い。それならこんな売り方をして欲しくない。レジがある店内に入れておいたらどうでしょうか。おすすめを聞いても好きなのを選んだら、です。せっかく旅行で立ち寄ったのにつまらない。
Yoroppaken Main Shop

4.0

213 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Junka 1-7-4

A famous restaurant visited by fans from far and wide and said to be the originator of sauce katsu-don, a local Fukui Prefecture specialty consisting of breaded pork cutlet soaked in Worcester sauce and served on a bowl of rice. It’s said sauce katsu-don was invented when the owner returned from a trip to Germany and, seeking to popularize the Worcester sauce he encountered there in Japan, created the dish to serve at a food fair in 1913. The shop’s pork cutlets, breaded with small panko bread crumbs, deep fried, and drenched in Worcester sauce, are so juicy and tender they can be cut with chopsticks. Served with several cutlets piled high on a bowl of rice, the shop’s sauce katsu-don is also visually impressive. The nearest station is Fukui Station.

Came here for my kids as they are fan of fried stuff. In the end, we all enjoyed it. Ordered the set that comes with huge piece of prawn, minced pork and port cutlet. They are lightly coated, crispy...
Mantokuji Temple

4.0

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Obamashi Kanaya 74-23

Famous for its flowers, this temple has a dry landscape garden carpeted with white sand featuring azaleas in the spring, new greenery in the early summer and the changing leaves of Japanese maple trees in the fall which lend color to the temple. It also has the only garden designated as a National Place of Scenic Beauty of the eight local temples noted for their national treasures and cultural properties. It is also known for its wooden sitting statue of Amitabha, a National Important Cultural Property sculpted in the late Heian period.

紅葉の季節じゃなかったので・・・青紅葉と「五色つばき」が見物の季節でした。相変わらず綺麗に造られた、掃除もされている庭園、って感じ・・・・。今回は頑張って住職さんが口角泡を飛ばして説明されていたが、写真を撮るよりも、室内を眺めるよりもまずは私の説明を聞け！と云わんばかりの大声で・・・騒がしいだけ、寺院の説明にはそぐわない説明の仕方。施設へ行って説明を聞いたりするのも数千回、数万回とあったが、下手な...
Wakasa Obama Fish Center

3.5

11 Reviews

Shopping

Fukui Pref. Obamashi Kawasaki 2-5-1

This center is a seafood market housing 11 fish shops, most of which are intermediate wholesalers, selling freshly-caught fish from local fishing ports and dried and processed marine products. It is also popular for its charcoal brazier area in a corner of the car park where you can cook the fish or dried products that you bought at the center. The best time to visit is the morning.

10軒くらいの海産物店が軒を連ねており、食堂もあります。お店によりますが、7時くらいからお昼までの営業ですが早い時間だと入荷前だったりと訪問タイミングが難しいところです。名物の鯖や小鯛の笹漬等、魅力的なものが並んでいました。
Genkuro Fujino Memorial Hall

3.5

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Awara-shi Onsen 1-203

A memorial hall located in front of Awara Yunomachi Station in Onsen 1-Chome, Awara City. A variety of materials are on display including the publications and medical instruments of Genkuro Fujino, an anatomist from the region who was famously the teacher of Chinese scholar Lu Xun. It operates out of the former Fujino family residence and the building is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

あわら湯のまち駅からすぐ。芦湯と広場を挟んだ反対側にある。入館料は210円。藤野厳九郎は下番村(現あわら市)に生誕。医師であり、仙台医学専門学校(現東北大学医学部)の教授。中国人作家・魯迅が日本へ留学していた時の師。記念館は展示室と藤野が晩年に住んでいた住居からなる。館内には藤野の生い立ちと魯迅との関わりが分かる資料が展示されている。なお、藤野と魯迅の関係から、あわら市と中国・紹興市(魯迅の生誕...
Kehi no Matsubara

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Matsushimachou

With roughly 17,000 red and black pine trees, Kehi no Matsubara (a pine covered area, near the seashore) is a famous location and one of Japan’s Top 3 Pine Forests, along with Miho no Matsubara and Niji no Matsubara. It is about 400,000 squre meters and 1.5 kilometers in length, and provide strong contrasts with the white sand and blue-green pines. It is also open as a bathing area in summer, and since there is a good pathway, so you can take a stroll and enjoy the scenery. Approximately 13 minutes by car via Tsuruga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.
Shibamasa World

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Pref. Sakaishi Mikunichouhamaji 45-1

A theme park located in Mikuni Town Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture which has an amusement park as well as campground, pool, and other fun facilities. Some of the park’s many attractions include roller coasters, go-carts, and bicycling. There’s also clay shooting, ground golf, and one of the largest 3D mazes in Japan—from children to adults, there’s fun things for everyone! The pool, only open in summer, has a popular inner tube waterslide registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest and longest in the world. Since 2014, the park has also opened the pool at night.
Mikata Onsen Kirara no Yu

3.5

3 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Fukui Pref. Mikatakaminakagunwakasachou Chuou 1-6-1

Close to the scenic spot Mikatagoko, the Mikata Onsen Kirara no Yu is a natural hot spring surrounded by nature, a calm place for relaxing your stress away. The two outdoor baths are particularly popular: “Jomon-no-yu” with the fresh scent of cypress and a calm setting, and “Niji-no-yu” a stone bath brimming with luxuriance. In addition, there are stone baths, far-infrared saunas, lacquer baths, tide saunas, foot baths, and other varieties for you to enjoy.

国道27号線と国道162号線の交差点近く、JR三方駅から徒歩10分にある町営の施設です。向かいにスーパーや100均もありました。建物は某ジブリ映画のお湯屋をイメージしたような外観。自販機で入浴券を出すとロッカー鍵もらえます。土日でも同じ料金は有難いです。 2Fが浴室。内風呂、源泉内風呂、露天風呂、源泉露天風呂、塩サウナ、水風呂、足湯の構成です。たまたまかもしれませんが、源泉露天風呂は本当に...
Seibu Fukui

3.0

3 Reviews

Shopping

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-8-1

Offering products that range from food to clothing and even accessories, Seibu Fukui features a spacious interior with lots of brand stores in both the Main Building (B1F-8F) and the Annex (B1F-6F). With lots of events, it keeps you refreshed while shopping. The cafes have items that accept cell phone coupons, so make sure to check in advance.

東京に住んでいた時は西武デパートによく買い物をしたもの、ここに有るんだと懐かしく感じてしまいました。バブルのころは、贈り物の紙袋は西武でなければという時代も有りました。内部そのものは普通のどこにでもあるような代わり映えのしないデパートです。
Jokoji Temple

3.5

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Obama-shi Obamaasama 1

A temple in Obamaasama, Obama City. It was founded in 1630 by Jokoin, the wife of Kyogoku Takatsugu who was lord of the Wakasa Obama Domain and who was also known as Ohatsu, the second of the three Azai sisters, to pray for her husband's happiness in the next life. Portraits of Jokoin and a letter written in her own handwriting are still present at the temple. The main temple building was lost during the Taisho period but was rebuilt during the Heisei period. In June the Japanese Iris Festival is held on the temple grounds.

小雪舞う小浜散策の途中で寄りました。境内をＪＲ小浜線が横切っているのが、珍しいです。階段を上ると線路です。
Asuwa River Cherry Blossoms

5.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Keya , Tsumono, Yuu, Akari Town

This roughly 2,200 meter-long tunnel of pink flowers extends from Kidabashi Bridge to Shinakaribashi Bridge. In addition to old-growth Yoshino cherries, a great variety of other cherry blossoms have been planted here on the bank of the Asuwa River. Each year during the cherry blossom season, the trees are lit up at night for the Fukui Spring Festival held here. Visitors to the festival can enjoy the wondrous world created by the garden lantern style footlights.

出張で3月29日〜4月2日まで福井駅前のホテルに滞在しタイミング良く桜満開と重なり、朝早く音羽川沿い2キロ近くを往復し桜見しました。
Megane Museum

4.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Pref. Sabaeshi Shinyokoe 2-3-4 Inside the glasses hall

This glasses museum is located in Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, which produces more than 90% of the glasses made in Japan. In addition to in-depth exhibits on the history of eyeglasses, the museum also features a glasses shop where visitors can try out the latest models of Made in JAPAN glasses, a cafe offering sweets from Sabae City, a souvenir corner, and more. Visitors can also try their hand at making a one-of-a-kind pair of glasses. The museum is about a 15-minute walk from JR Sabae City.

メガネミュージアムの2fにあるカフェです。軽食がと飲み物が中心のお店でした。ケーキセットを頼みました。チーズケーキとアイスコーヒーで値段は７００円で普通のおいしさでした。店内はメガネ会館の店舗やオブジェ、ガラス張りになって風景も見渡せ良い雰囲気でした。
Ono City Folklore Archives

3.5

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Ono-shi Shiromachi 2-13

A museum in Shiromachi, Ono City. The museum uses the former Ono Public Courthouse building, built in 1889 and designated as a Cultural Property of the City, which was later moved to its current location. On display are local folk customs materials including lifestyle tools from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods.

旧裁判所を移築したもののようで、市指定の文化財に登録されています。趣のある建物ではありますが、時間もないので館内見学はパス、外観のみ観光です。

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Fukui Areas

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.