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Echizen Bamboo Doll Village As well as the traditional bamboo dolls made from long-jointed bamboo, mousou bamboo, and so on, many masterpieces of bamboo dolls or bamboo-made artifacts that use No, Kyogen, or Kabuki as their base are displayed. The facility includes a workshop where visitors can not only see the delicate work of local craftsmen but also････ |
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Echizen Pottery Village Echizen wares are one of the six oldest styles of pottery in Japan. The Echizen Pottery Village is located in the center of Echizen Town and attracts many guests with the Fukui Ceramic Museum, where people can learn the history of ceramics and try making them themselves. A show shop and a gallery are also included. |
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Echizen Soba Center Fukui’s most famous noodle dish is Oroshi-Soba (buckwheat noodles with grated Japanese radish). In Fukui, people enjoy soba with a bland sauce and grated Japanese radish, but this custom is rare in Japan. Visitors can enjoy freshly made soba as soon as they've made the noodles. The staff kindly teaches how to knead, roll and cut the dough. |
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Obama Museum of Cuisine Culture A hands-on museum where people can learn Wakasa’s cuisine history and traditional crafts. The facility has a museum to learn cuisine culture and history, a kitchen studio to take cooking lessons, a traditional craft making studio to observe the craftsmen’s work and try hands-on activities, and a hot spa to enjoy taking a bath with an ocean view. |
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El do Land Atomic Energy PR Center El do Land Atomic Energy PR Center is a hands-on facility where people can learn the importance of energy and science as well as the natural environment of Earth. It consists of a Tropical Wonder zone with hands-on exhibits of tropical forests, a Science Wonder zone with hands-on exhibits including many surprises and findings, and the Ao-no-Sato Gallery with Aoto Town’s references. |
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Kanazu Forest of Creation Kanazu Forest of Creation is a place where people can exchange information and feel and experience the joy of creating artistic productions while in contact with nature. The main facility, Art Core, is designed for exhibitions and presentations of various artistic productions. Visitors can try craft making at the glass atelier, pottery studio, and batik studio by the forest. |
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Echizen Washi no Sato Imadate town boasts Japan's number one, high-grade, handmade Japanese paper, especially from districts such as "Oizu," "Otaki," "Iwamoto," "Shinzaike," and "Sadatomo," where many papermaking companies stand in a row. They are generically known as "Goka Area," and are famous as a Japanese paper village. "Washi-no-Sato Kaikan" (a museum with masterpieces of Japanese paper and related documents) and "Papyrus-Kan"････ |
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Washi no Sato Japanese Paper Village The Washi no Sato Japanese Paper Village exhibits many historical references, paper-making tools, and ingredients. They tell the long history of Japanese papermaking as well as the papermaking method. It also exhibits the Imadate Heisei Large-sized Paper, which is the world’s largest paper and is made at the request of Taikan Yokoyama, one of the most famous Japanese-style painters. |
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Papyrus Museum Washi no Sato Village, home region of the best handmade Washi paper producer, offers a tour and experience. You can start from studying the 1500-year-old history of paper making technique through the historic documents exhibited at Washi no Sato Kaikan Hall and then tour around in Udatsu Craft Centre where you can see the special skills of the traditional craftsmen. Finally, why don’t you try to create your････ |
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Udatsuno Craft Museum The Udatsuno Craft Museum is one of the popular sightseeing spots in Imadate. This museum attracts visitors with its unique atmosphere as a Japanese papermakers’ village. It also has an unusual architectural style known as the Udatsu style roof. Visitors can observe craftsmen demonstrating Japanese papermaking with traditional instruments. Even today, craftsmen make Japanese papers with icy cold water, since it is said that good Japanese paper ････ |
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8 Chopstick Museum (Wakasa Lacquerware) See the traditional skills in the exhibition of 3,000 Chopsticks. The experience of making chopsticks is popular and you can make your own original chopsticks too. |
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Daianzenji Temple Daianzenji Temple was established in 1658 by Mitsumichi Matsudaira, the 4th lord of the Fukui domain. It was built for the Zen-master Daigu, who is one of the high priests at the time. The temple belongs to the Myoshinji branch of the Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism and also known as the Fukui domain’s family temple. It is said that････ |
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| Yunomachi Sunset Market The Yunomachi Sunset Market aims to promote the Awara Spa Town. Many fresh local vegetables, fruits, miscellaneous daily goods, and articles of clothing are sold. Visitors can enjoy shopping and having conversations with the local farmers at their booths. |
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| Sentopia Market This market is organized by the Hana-no-Mai Ladies, the women’s group consisting of full-time farmer ladies in Awara City. They directly sell their home-grown vegetables and fruits to promote their special local products and interact with citizens and visitors. It is a friendly market organized by local farmers. |
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