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Eiheiji Temple This education and training center for Zen monks was founded by Zen Master Dogen Zenji about 750 years ago in the Kangen Period, in 1244. Located approximately 16 kilometers southeast of Fukui city, more than 70 large and small structures are still standing････ |
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Fukui Dinosaur Museum This museum has a fossil information center that is the basis for international dinosaur study, transmitting and receiving study data from throughout the world. There is also a Field Museum, which offers on-site training for everyone to enjoy. This place is full of the mystery and discovery of dinosaurs.････ |
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Ono City Tour The Ono castle town was established when a retainer of Nobunaga Oda (1534–82), Japanese military commander, built Ono Castle in the Kameyama area. The castle is enclosed with old samurai residences. Also, Ono city has some quaint streets,････ Echizen Ono Shichiken Asaichi Market Teramachi Dori Street Echizen Ono Castle |
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Kumagawa Juku Area Ruins Having flourished as a town providing lodging for travelers between Kyoto and Obama, Kumagawa-juku has largely developed since the Tensho period (1573-1592). A magistrate's office, a guard station, and a storehouse are a reminder of its prosperity at that time, along with the old-style irrigation canal running along the atmospheric street. Ancient documents and a business diary from the Toyotomi････ |
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Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins The Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins are the ruins of the castle town of five warring lords of the Asakura Family who ruled Echizen for 103 years. The grand castle town was founded 530 years ago in 1471 and developed a graceful culture, with the peak population exceeding 10,000. However, when the Asakura Family was････ |
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Maruoka Castle Maruoka Castle boasts Japan's oldest castle tower and is also known as "Kasumiga-jo"(Mist Castle). In 1576, at the command of Oda Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuie had his nephew Katsutoyo build this castle for protection against riots. Four-periods after, it was used as a home castle by Tokugawa feudal lords,････ |
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Obama National Treasure Tour Obama city flourished as a port connecting Japan to other continents and used to have strong ties to Kyoto and Nara. Therefore those ancient capitals’ cultural influences still remain in Obama and some people call it as “Another Nara by the Sea.” The city has many buildings and statues of Buddha designated as cultural properties and important cultural assets. Myotsu-ji Temple Haga-ji Temple Mantoku-ji Temple |
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Genkuro Fujino Memorial Hall This memorial hall, originally the house of Genkuro Fujino in Mikuni town, was donated by his family in 1983 to commemorate the establishment of a sister town relationship between Awara town and Shaoxing city, Zhejiang province in China. The building was reconstructed in a new location in 1984 ････ |
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Heisen-ji Hakusan Shrine From ancient times to the latter part of the medieval period, this place was influential as the basis of Hakusan beliefs. After the legal order to separate Shinto and Buddhist identity in Meiji period, this place became a shrine instead of a temple. The precincts of this shrine are magnificent････ |
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Yoshizaki Gobo Temple The 8th generation chief priest of the Hongan-ji temple, Rennyo Shonin, who is said to be the father of the Shinshu sect revival, escaped from Kyoto after being persecuted by the Hieizan sect and arrived at Yoshizaki. He opened a house for monks, which became his propagation base in Hokuriku later on, in this scenic stronghold land ････ |
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Echizen Crab Museum Entering a dome set in a landscape in the shape of a crab, you can find a display that enables you to learn everything about Echizen crabs, an "Experiencing" zone, and a "Study" zone where you can study the biology and ecology of fish and shellfish. Structures such as the three-layer vaulted diorama that features life 300m under the sea････ |
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Kehi Shrine It is believed that this head of tutelary shrines in Hokuriku was built in 702. Locals familiar with the shrine refer to it as ‘Kei-san’. The 10.9m tall great shrine gateway (designated as an important cultural property) is one of the three greatest wooden shrine gateways in Japan, ranked with Kasuga shrine and ････ |
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Tsurugi Shrine This shrine with an 1800-year-old history is known by the bustle of worshippers at New Year’s time. The ancestor of Nobunaga Oda, a famous samurai warrior, was an oracle of this shrine and it is believed that his name, Oda, was derived from this area. The main sanctuary is designated as an important cultural････ |
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Echizen Great Buddha This statue of the principal image of great Buddha was modeled from the seated statue of Buddha in the Dafodong of the Ryomon temple suburb of Luoyang city, Henan Province in China, the area from which Buddhism came to Japan. This great Buddha is 17m tall, which is taller than the famous one in Nara, and also has 23m････ |
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Takidanji Temple Built in 1375, it is the oldest temple in Mikuni Town. It includes many national treasures and important cultural properties. "Sansui-teien", a form of landscape garden developed in those days, especially attracts visitors. |
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Minato Tsuruga Yama Kaikan Hall This hall exhibits parade floats, which are used for the Tsuruga Matsuri festival. There are show rooms and halls where the dynamic float parades are shown by video or slides on the first floor and permanent exhibition rooms and galleries on the second floor. |
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Old Uryu Family Residence Built in the Genroku era of the Edo period, this residence is the oldest private house existing in Fukui Prefecture. Featuring beam structure using "Matabashira" (forked pillar), the lighted fireplace in the middle of the living room floor when the residence is open reminds visitors of the lifestyle of people in those days. |
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Saifuku-ji Temple This Jodo-shu Chinzei sect temple was established by Ryochu Shonin approximately 630 years ago. This temple near the mountains in the western part of the town center offers a great view throughout the four seasons. Especially the autumn scene, created by the colors of leaves is breathtaking. This most sophisticated Jodo-shu temple in Hokuriku was････ |
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Senko-no-ie Built in the early Edo period, this residence is noted for being the oldest private house existing in Fukui Prefecture. Its building structure, with a front of semi-gabled roofs, a backside of hipped roofs thatched with grass, walls covered with cedar bark, and white paper doors, shows the clean and neat beauty of the house.････ |
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Yokokan Garden Yokokan Garden used to be a mansion of the Matsudaira family, lords of Fukui Domain. The garden is located 400 meters north of the Fukui Castle (now Fukui Castle Ruins). The graceful shoin-style building and the magnificent garden are great examples of Edo Period garden architecture. In those days, Yokokan was used as a guesthouse････ |
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Fue Museum Izumi Village Rekishi no Sato (History Park) is composed of three main facilities, Aoba no Fue Museum (Flute Museum), Anauma Minzoku Museum (Folklore Museum) and Kyodoshiryo Museum (Local Information Resource Center). Aoba no Fue Museum has a replica of an old fife with a story about Minamoto Yoshihira, ････ |
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Kitamae Shipping Baron's Mansion, Ukon Family’s House "Kitamae-bune" (cargo ships) used to flourish for transport and trade between Osaka and Ezo (now Hokkaido). Among the owners of such ships was Ukonke, whose residence is now open to the public as a Kitamae-bune history museum. The delicate works that are particular to Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto) culture can be found everywhere,････ |
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Hokyoji Temple Hokyoji Temple is located upstream on the Seiryu River, about 10 km to the southwest of Ono City’s central district. Jakuen, the Chinese high priest of the Sung dynasty, built this Soto Zen training temple in 1278. Jakuen came to Japan to study under Dogen, who founded Eiheiji temple, the head temple of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism. Hokyoji Temple････ |
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Fukui Botanical Garden Plantpia Asahi, Echizen Town Plantpia Asahi is the largest botanical garden on the Japan Sea coast. This garden takes advantage of the natural land features and has a botanical museum in the site. The gardens are categorized by the type of plants and include a flowering cherry garden, an acorn garden, an herb garden, and a rock garden. Over 3,000 kinds of plants････ |
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