Reference/Local/Exhibition/Literature Museum Spots in Eihei-ji Temple / Ono / Katsuyama Area

  • Hakusan Heisanji Historical Museum Mahoroba
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    Fukui Katsuyama-shi Heisenjicho Heisenji Dai66-go 2-12

    最初に立ち寄ることでまだ発掘が続く平泉寺全貌、白山信仰なども知ることができます。日本海にある崖で有名な、東尋坊の名前が付くことになった一説も、ここで初めて知りました。地道な発掘を続けているが、まだまだ未解明なものも多く、そうとう広範囲な境内だったということが理解できます。

  • Ono City Folklore Archives
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    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。

  • Fife Museum
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    Fukui Ono-shi Asahi 24-9
    A museum near Kuzuryuko Station in Asahi, Ono City. On display is a replica of the Aoba no Fue flute. The flute once belonged to Minamoto no Yoshihira who fled to Asahi Village following the Heiji Rebellion in the late Heian period. He left the flute to a village woman with whom he had fallen in love and gotten pregnant as he returned to Kyoto. Also on display are a wide variety of other types of fifes and flutes. You can even try your hand at making your own fife (advance reservation required).
  • Izumi Local Archives
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    Fukui Ono-shi Asahi 25-7
    A museum near Kuzuryuko Station in Asahi, Ono City. On display are a variety of fossils discovered in the surrounding area, especially the Izumi region, which is known for fossil discoveries, including Trilobites, Ammonites, and dinosaur fossils. Also on display is Jomon period pottery unearthed in nearby archeological sites, specimens of local vegetation, and ore samples from around Japan.
  • Kuzuryu Kawa Museum
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    Fukui Yoshida-gun Eiheijicho Hojioka 5-24

Fukui Areas

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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.

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