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1 Kanazu Forest of Creation
Address
Miyadani, Awara City
Location
About a 10 minute drive from the JR Awara Onsen Station. / About a 30 minute walk from the JR Hosorogi Station. / About a 5 minute drive from Kanazu IC of Hokuriku Expressway.
Open
9:00-17:00
Closed
Every Monday.
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Kanazu Forest of Creation 0776-73-7800
Outline
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.
2 Echizen Bamboo Doll Village
Address
Kamikumeda, Maruoka Town, Sakai City
Location
From the JR Fukui Station, take an Echizen Railway train bound for Eiheiji and Katsuyama and get off at Eiheiji-Guchi. Then take a Keifuku Bus to Awara Onsen and get off at Echizentakeningyo-no-Sato. / About 10 minutes drive from Fukui-Kita IC of Hokuriku Expressway.
Open
9:00-16:30
Closed
From December 26 to 31
Fees
Fee Required
Note
Parking Available
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Echizen Bamboo Doll Cooperative Union 0776-66-5666
Outline
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 experience bamboo work and doll making. There is also a Bamboo doll museum and museum shop.
3 Daianzenji Temple
Address
Tanotani Town, Fukui City
Location
From the JR Fukui Station, take a Keifuku bus Ayukawa line or Kawanishi/Mikuni line and get off at Daianzenji-Monzen. About a fifteen minute walk from the bus stop. / About a 25 minute drive from Fukui-Kita IC of Hokuriku Expressway.
Open
9:00-17:00
Fees
Fee Required
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Daianzenji Temple 0776-59-1014
Outline
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 the temple has kept its appearance unchanged since it was built. The temple’s rear gate wears the crests of hollyhock, the Tokugawa family’s crest.
4 Echizen Pottery Village
Address
Ozowara, Echizen Town
Location
From the JR Takefu Station, take a Fukutetsu Bus bound for Kareizaki (about a 30 minute ride) and get off at Togeimura-Guchi. About a 10 minute walk from the bus stop. / About a 30 minute drive from Takefu or Sabae IC of Hokuriku Expressway.
Fees
Free
Notes
Parking available
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Fukui Prefecture Ceramic Art Pavilion 0778-32-2174
Outline
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.
5 Echizen Washi no Sato
Address
Goka area(Oizu, Iwamoto,Otaki, Shinzaike, Sadatomo), Echizen City
Location
Take a Fukui Railway bus to Washinosato-kaikan or Tonoguchi from JR Takefu Station. Get off at Washinosato-Koenmae bus stop.
Note
Parking Available
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Tourism Promotion Division, Echizen City 0778-22-3007
Outline
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" (where you can experience traditional papermaking) are also in this area making it an attractive and atmospheric place.
Washi no Sato Japanese Paper Village
Address
Shinzaike, Echizen City
Open
9:00-16:00
Closed
Every Tuesday, and during the year-end and New Year holidays.
Note
Parking Available
Fees
Required (Udatsuno Craft Museum’s admission fee is also included.)
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Washinosato Japanese Paper Village 0778-42-0016
Imadate 0778-43-1629
Tourism Promotion Division, Echizen City 0778-22-3007
Outline
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.
Papyrus Museum
Address
Shinzaike, Echizen City
Open
9:00-16:00
Closed
Every Tuesday, and during the year-end and New Year holidays
Fees
Hands-On-Activity:Fee Required
Note
Parking Available
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PapyrusMuseum 0778-42-1363
Outline
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 own coloured paper, ‘Irogami’, which would be the only one of its kind in the world at the Papyrus Museum.
Udatsuno Craft Museum
Address
Shinzaike, Echizen City
Open
9:00-16:00
Closed
Every Tuesday. During the year-end and New Year holidays.
Note
Parking Available
Fees
Required (Udatsuno Craft Museum’s admission fee is included in the admission fee for Washinosato Japanese Paper Village.)
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Udatsuno Craft Museum 0778-43-7800
Outline
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 cannot be manufactured without such water. While observing craftsmen’s work, visitors may feel the tension and tenderness they show toward their work.
6 Echizen Soba Center
Address
Magara Town, Echizen City
Location
About a 3 minute drive from Takefu IC of Hokuriku Expressway.
Open
9:00-17:00
Closed
From January 1 to 2
Fees
Required
Notes
Prior booking essential, at least 5 days in advance. (Up to 40 people accepted.) Guests can enter the Soba Museum, Sobakan, and Soba Factory for free.
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Echizen Soba Center 0778-21-0272
Outline
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
7 Chopstick Museum (Wakasa Lacquerware)
Address
Fukutani, Obama city
Location
7 minutes by car from JR Obama station. / 70 minutes by car from Tsuruga IC of Hokuriku Expressway. / 30 minutes by car from Obama Nishi IC of Maizuru Wakasa Expressway.
Open
Weekdays and Saturdays 9:00-17:00, Sundays and National holidays 9:00-16:00
Closed
From December 29 to January 5
Note
Requires reservation for a group over 10 people.
Fees
Fee Required
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Chopstick Museum 0770-52-1733
Outline
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.
8 Obama Museum of Cuisine Culture
Address
Kawasaki, Obama City
Location
About a 5 minute drive from the JR Obama Station. / About a 60 minute drive from Tsuruga IC of Hokuriku Expressway. / About a 20 minute drive from Obama Nishi IC of Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway.
Fees
Fee required for hand-on activities and hot spa.
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Obama Museum of Cuisine Culture 0770-53-1000
Outline
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.
9 El do Land Atomic Energy PR Center
Address
Aoto, Takahama Town
Location
JR Obama line 8 minutes on foot from 「若狭和田(Wakasa Wada)」 station,
Maizuru Wakasa expressway, 10 minutes from「Ooi Takahama」interchange
Open
10:00-18:00 (Closes at 17:00 from November 16 to March 19) Open everyday from December 29 to January 3, from April 29 to May 5, and from July 20 to August 31.
Closed
Every Monday. (Note: The museum is closed on Tuesday when Monday is a national holiday.)
Free
Partially required
Notes
Parking Available
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El do Land Atomic Energy PR Center 0770-72-5890
Outline
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.
