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Fukui

Category

Soba Yasutake

4.5

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Fukui-shi Bunkyo 7-9-35

A soba noodle shop that focusses carefully on their ingredients. They serve a 100% buckwheat soba made with local native grown Fukui gensoba buckwheat that is stone ground and only mixed with water. The tempura is not pre-made and is fresh-fried after you place an order. They offer a variety of local sake and shochu liquors to pair with the soba. They offer several private rooms which are used for important family ceremonies including memorial services. In addition to their soba noodle course meals they also offer affordable lunch options and service a la carte.

２０２２年１月の土曜日に妻と訪れました。上品そうな佇まいと店内です。冷たいそばは、十割太打ちと十割細打ち。温かいそばは十割太打ち、若しくは二八そばから選べます。妻は、あげ焼きおろしそばを太打ちで、私はおろしざんまいを注文しました。太打ちそばはしっかりとしたそば感とモチモチの感じ。出汁は甘めであげ焼きの味が強く感じます。おろしざんまいは、おろしそば、とろろそば、辛味しぼりおろしです。細打ちでもしっか...
Happiring

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-2-1

Fukui Station West Exit was redeveloped into Happiring, a shopping mall complete with tourist information center, Fukui Products Museum, Fukui City Natural History Museum, and multi-purpose rooms. It also has a drop-in care center for kids from six-month olds to third grade elementary school kids, so you can shop with peace of mind. There are many events held as well. Approximately a minute on foot from JR Fukui Station.
cafe MARE

4.0

28 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Fukui-shi Onyucho 70-3

This cafe in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture is a 55-minute ride from JR Fukui Station on the Keifuku bus line towards Ayukawa and a five-minute walk from the Onyu bus stop. Located on the Echizen Coast, guests can enjoy a sweeping view of the Sea of Japan from the cafe's deck. Some of the offerings on its menu include its Mare sandwiches, which are made with fresh vegetables and pastrami, as well as spaghetti made with squid and mentaiko (spicy walleye pollack roe), and clam chowder packed with the savoriness of crab. The cafe also offers customizable shipping containers.

Mare is a coffee bar on the Echizen Coast. Because it is only one of a few (we could only find one other), we were overjoyed to find good coffee in a wonderful location. The coffee was great, but...
Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Abakachou 4-10

Founded in 1981, the Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum exhibits roughly 500 pieces unearthed from the Ichijodani Asakura Clans Ruins, including many items that are Nationally Designated Important Cultural Properties. Also, on display are excavated materials and topographical models of Ichijodani as well as a reproduction model, offering a look at the history of the ruins and the Asakura family.
Kitanosho Castle Ruins Shibata Park

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Fukui-shi Chuo 1-21-1

A park on the site of the former Kitanosho Castle. In 1575 Shibata Katsuie was given control of the Echizen area by Oda Nobunaga and he had Kitanosho castle on the plains constructed. It was a magnificent castle with a nine-story tower and a large castle town surrounding it but fell just eight years later when attacked by the army of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In the park are bronze statues of Shibata Katsuie, his wife Oichi, and their three daughters. Some historical remains including Onigawara roof tiles and chains from a pontoon bridge still remain.
Fukui Kenko no Mori Ikigai Koryu Center Kenko no Mori Onsen

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Fukui Fukui-shi Makuricho 47-51

A hot spring bath house located within the Fukui Kenko no Mori, managed by the Fukui Prefectural Health Administration Association. The baths are fed by a weak alkaline spring that is good for your skin. The bath house is divided into two main areas. The stone built Tsuchi-no-Yu features an outside bath, bubble bath, jet bath, and sauna while the cypress constructed Ki-no-Yu features a large cypress tub, lie-down baths, and a sauna. Which side is accessible to which gender switches on a weekly basis. Apart from these there's a separate Welfare Bath where those who need assistance bathing can still enjoy a bath.
Fukui City Ijira Onsen

4.0

1 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Fukui Fukui-shi Nakantecho 29-3 Ijira Onsen

A hot spring bath house located in the mountain valleys of Fukui. The baths are fed by a sodium chloride sulfate hydrogen carbonate spring that is good for your skin and, said to aid with strokes which property is rare in Japan. There are two spacious indoor bathing areas, one stone decorated and one tiled and separated by gender, so after paying the entry fee you can easily enjoy a relaxing bath. There's also a large relaxation room that you can rest in after you leave the bath. Feel free to drop in without any supplies as bath towels are available for rent.

雑誌「温泉博士」の温泉手形で、無料入浴させて頂きました。温泉の泉質名は、「ナトリウム-塩化物・硫酸塩・炭酸水素塩泉」。お湯自体は加熱して循環ろ過しており、浴室は内湯だけとごく平凡なものです。脳卒中予防の効能があるとしているのが、珍しいところです。お湯より、この地に行きつくまでの、周辺の自然環境は素晴らしいです。伊自良館（伊自良温泉）には、大野市から国道４７６号線で行きました。この国道４...
Garagara Yama Camping Ground

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Fukui-shi Akasakacho 66-84
Yokokan Garden

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Houei 3-11-36

Yokokan was the Fukui feudal lord’s Matsudaira Family villa and was called the “Osensui Residence” during the Edo period. It had a Japanese strolling pond garden with a large pond at its center. Various ingenuities have been assimilated into the garden and it is considered that the view from around the banks of the pond and the view from within the residence were taken into consideration. The sukiya zukuri style (in the style of a tea ceremony house) of building called the “Ochaya” located on the east of the pond plays a central role in this building. You can have green tea and sweets at “Otsukiminoma”, and you can spend your time leisurely while enjoying the scenery with Japanese Iris being reflected in the pond.
Yuubuan Soba noodles restaurant

4.0

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-9-1 (inside the galleria arcade)

Located near the Galleria Motomachi shopping arcade in Fukui City, Yuubuan is a well-known restaurant where diners can enjoy Fukui Prefecture’s famous Oroshi Soba noodles. Yuubuan offers a range of simple yet delicious dishes, featuring Soba noodles made with 100-percent buckwheat flour (with no added wheat flour) that are prepared with great attention to noodle size and to boiling them properly, served in a broth that contains a generous helping of grated Daikon radish. The restaurant particularly recommends the “Oroshi Soba Three-fold Indulgence” meal, which allows diners to enjoy two plates of Soba noodles each with three types of broth: Oroshi (grated Daikon radish), Wasabi, and Tororo (grated yam). Yuubuan’s sister restaurant Amida Soba Fukui-no-i is located in the Happiring mall at the West Exit of Fukui Station.

福井のあみだそば遊歩庵さんへ訪問。越前おろしそば(並)を食べました。蕎麦自体は悪くなかったけど、一味足りない印象でした。空いていました。
Casa

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-9-1

A club that offers a variety of music including hip-hop, techno, and reggae right next to Fukui Station. The club offers a variety of ways guests can enjoy themselves with a DJ booth on the dance floor and a veranda where guests can enjoy their drinks. A variety of bands and DJs perform on the weekends which are incredibly popular among young clubbers.
SST LAND

Leisure / Hobbies

Fukui Fukui-shi Sasadanicho 115

The park is located halfway up Mount Kinpira, which connects Fukui City and the Echizen Coast, and features a campground, BBQ plaza, log cabin-style bungalows, and a 27-hole putting golf course, just as the name "SUN," "STAR," and "TREE" suggest. The park offers a variety of attractions, including a large jungle gym and a rope slide made of logs and ropes.
Kura

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Fukui-shi Kitayotsui 1-1-8

A tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet restaurant situated along National Route 8 in Kitayotsui, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. The restaurant’s tonkatsu, created with homemade panko breadcrumbs and fried in select oil, is a perfect balance of crisp outer crust and juicy pork. The popular hirekatsu rice bowl is covered with a special sauce giving it a flavor unique to Fukui. The Tengen pork roast cutlet set meal and the restaurant’s reasonably priced lunch sets are also well-reviewed. The interior, decorated in Japanese-modern style, is quiet and laid back. In addition to regular table seating, the restaurant also has raised tatami floor and tatami mat seating.
Ichijo Falls

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Joukyoujichou

Ichijo Falls is a waterfall located in the upper reaches of Ichijodani River in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. This is where the famous sword master Sasaki Kojiro mastered his secret sword technique, known as Tsubame Gaeshi. It’s a popular spot for tourists who can witness the large mass of water crashing down the 12 meter high rock face. There is a statue of Sasaki Kojiro at the entrance to the waterfall and there are also some walking paths in the area.
Tarumi

4.0

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Hamakitayamachou 1-2

This restaurant specializing in Echizen crab and live fish features great seasonal views of the Sea of Japan from each of its dining rooms. Its popular cuisine is created by an owner chef highly knowledgeable about Echizen crab and the region’s seasonal fish. The attached inn of the same name offers accommodation packages that include activities such as fishing on a professional fishing boat, fishing for squid, and more.

平日16時頃に到着！営業中の看板が出ていたので店内へ気の良いおばちゃんに席まで案内してもらい活きイカ丼を注文しようとしたけど「朝〆イカしかない！」(-_-;)・・・ということで海鮮丼を注文！しばらく待つと海鮮丼が到着‼︎ イカ、マグロ、ヒラメなど5種類入っておりどれも新鮮で歯応え、旨味がたまりませんでした(≧∀≦) 今回は活きイカがなかったですが美味しい海鮮丼が食べれて大満足でした...
Raden

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-2-1 Hapirin 1F

This restaurant offers carefully-crafted cuisine made with Echizen crab, one of the greatest winter flavors offered by the Sea of Japan, fresh seasonal seafood, and freshly-harvested vegetables from local producers. Customers can feel the warmth of Fukui in the restaurant’s interior, whether it is from the use of Echizen-washi (a traditional handicraft of Fukui) as wallpaper, or the use of shakudani-ishi, a type of rock once mined in Fukui.
Echizen Tamuraya (Prism Fukui Shop)

4.0

6 Reviews

Life / Living / Hospital

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-1-25

The “Echizen Tamuraya” offers Fukui seafood and grilled mackerel sushi, with a rich selection of famous Fukui delectables like Echizen crab, rice bran-pickled mackerel, and dried fish. The exquisite “grilled mackerel sushi” was awarded the Prefectural Governor’s Award given by the Souvenir Evaluation Committee. “Prism Fukui” is also easily accessible, located in the Fukui Station shopping center “Prism.”

ここの焼鯖寿司が美味しい！お土産にとても喜ばれる。カレイの一夜干しやカニなど、美味しい魚も全国発送してくれるのも助かる。福井にしては元気で愛想よく丁寧な接客で、気持ちの良い買い物ができる。
Tentatu

Shopping

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Junka 2-7-17

Founded over 200 years ago, Tentatu is famous for its Echizen-style salt sea urchin, powder sea urchin and dried sea urchin. In the Edo period, Tentatu’s Echizen sea urchin was long beloved as a delicacy, and it was used a gift to various local masters in the imperial court or shogunate as preserved rations for military use. It keeps for days at room temperature.
Shakudani Soba Honten

4.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Asuwa 4-5-10

A long-established soba shop located in Asuwa, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. They offer many menu items, such as “oroshi soba” which uses prefecture-grown soba for its flat noodles with spicy daikon on top, or the “inari oroshi soba” or the “takikomi set” which combines soba with flavored rice. From the calming interior, you can look out over a Japanese garden with all its lush green nature, while you partake of some quality Echizen soba.

初めて福井に旅行にいくと言ったら金沢のお友達が美味しいお蕎麦屋さんがあるからいってごらんと教えてくれた福井駅からすまいるバスに乗って15分ぐらいでバス降りた目の前がお店でしたお店の雰囲気もいいし味もボリュームもあった天ぷらも種類たくさん入っててサクサクでとっても美味しかったです。
Ajidokoro Shoya

3.5

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukui Pref. Fukuishi Chuou 1-12-3 Galleria Motomachi Street

Venerating the four seasons of Fukui, Ajidokoro Shoya—a popular shop—believes in local production-local consumption and has high standards for its cooking and local sake. The “Hachiku no Kokoro” is an exquisite Shoya-original pure sake and is made upon yearly orders from the brewer. Be it the fresh bounty of the sea, proudly homemade side dishes, you will doubtlessly be fully satisfied.

2019年の10連休にこっちの方を訪れるために白羽の矢を立てたこちら。予約日の2〜3ヶ月前に電話で予約をした際、電話番号を聞かれなかったのでこちらから申し出るということに（汗期待されてないのか、そういうシステムなのか...）。予約通りに行ったら既に1Fは満杯（皆地元民？）。少し待たされ（予約の件もあり不安にさせられる汗）、しかし2Fへどうぞと通され上へ。2Fは仕切られた座敷で、結構人が入るのに...

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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.