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Chihiro's Birthplace Memorial Museum
This is the birthplace of Chihiro Iwasaki, the picture book artist from Echizen City. The main building retains the charm of its era throughout, and the second-floor gallery hosts several special exhibitions each year. The annex, equipped with a pi…
- Tannan
Kako Satoshi, Echizen City Hometown Picture Book Museum "R…
The museum houses a collection of 5,000 picture books and kamishibai (paper theater) works by various domestic and international authors, including Satoshi Kakō. It also displays reproductions of paintings and original picture book illustrations cr…
- Tannan
Fukui Prefecture Hometown Literature Museum
The Fukui Prefectural Library opened on February 1, 2015. It introduces literary works by authors connected to Fukui or depicting Fukui, alongside their original manuscripts and personal belongings, utilizing video and audio materials. It also supp…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Unose Park Museum
Wooden single-story building, 129.52 m². The exhibition room displays panels about the O-mizuokuri ritual, washi paper dolls, and the principal image of the ascetic practitioners' association. The Japanese-style room can be used for workshops, meet…
- Wakasa
Tomb of Shigemori Komatsu
Komatsu Shigemori Tomb, located near the Minamikawa Sand Control Dam in the former Noda-sho Village (Komatsu District). Komatsu Shigemori was the eldest son of Taira no Kiyomori. Legend holds that people associated with Taira no Shigemori fled to a…
- Wakasa
Suiseiji Temple
The principal image enshrined within the altar cabinet at Suisei-ji Temple is a standing statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva. Standing 99 cm tall, it is a yosegi-zukuri (joined wood) sculpture. Its elongated face, large, prominent feature…
- Wakasa
Matsubara Shrine
This shrine was established in 1875 to honor the Mito Tengu Party. Although no shrine hall existed at the time of its founding, a shrine monument was erected in October 1883. Subsequently, with funding from the Marquis Maeda family, the shrine hall…
- Wakasa
Mihama Town History and Culture Museum
The Mihama Town History and Culture Museum was established to collect, preserve, research, and publicly exhibit cultural assets and historical and cultural materials created by our ancestors dating back to the Jomon period. It serves as a hub for d…
- Wakasa
Weeping Cherry Tree at Sanpōishi Kannon
The principal statue of Kannon Bodhisattva lacks a right hand. Legend has it that Kobo Daishi carved the statue overnight, but when a rooster crowed at dawn, he descended the mountain leaving only the right wrist behind. For this reason, it is said…
- Wakasa
Windmill Hall (Wakasa Hongo Station)
Wakasa-Hongō Station on the JR Obama Line, serving as the gateway to Ōi Town, is known for its unique station building. Inspired by British fairy tales, it features two hexagonal towers mounted atop its roof. This structure is a relocated version o…
- Wakasa
Wakasa Town History and Culture Museum
Approximately 170 items, including various haniwa clay figures and gold earrings with pendants excavated from ancient burial mounds within Wakasa Town, are on permanent display.
- Wakasa
Takahama Town Local History Museum
The Takahama Town Museum houses valuable materials related to the town's art and craft materials, folk cultural properties, and history.
- Wakasa
At Home Science Museum (Fukui Nuclear Energy Center)
A science museum where you can experience hands-on learning about nuclear power, energy, and electricity. In addition to nuclear power and electricity, you can experience exhibits packed with knowledge and information about energy, the environment,…
- Wakasa
Suzaki's Tall Lantern
On the left bank of the former Shō River estuary stands a stone lantern entwined with vines. This tall stone lantern, built in 1802 by Shōyama Seibei, a ship merchant, is also known as "Shōyama's Tall Stone Lantern." It served as a vital landmark f…
- Wakasa
Bai-ji Temple
Maiji Temple, the second temple of the Hokuriku Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage, is said to have been founded by Prince Shōtoku. Its principal image, a wooden seated statue of the Horse-Head Kannon, is designated a National Important Cultural Proper…
- Wakasa
Hagaji Temple
Among the many Buddhas, the wooden standing statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva at Haga Temple in Obama (height 146.4 cm, early Heian period, Important Cultural Property) is particularly beautiful. It is said to be modeled after Empress G…
- Wakasa
The Cave Where the Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Nun Entered Nirv…
The legend of the 800-year-old nun who ate mermaid flesh and lived to be 800 years old. The cave where she is said to have returned after traveling the nation, helping the poor, and scattering camellia seeds to make flowers bloom. Camellias reminis…
- Wakasa
Zui Gen Temple
A Zen temple belonging to the Myōshinji branch of the Rinzai school. It is said to have been founded by the great master Taichō during the Tenpyō-hōji era in what is now Yoshié, Sabae City. After falling into ruin, it was restored during the Edo pe…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Kagura Wooden Tablet Pilgrimage
Exploring Kibijingu Shrine Exploring Kagura Shopping StreetAt Kagura-cho 1-chome Shopping Street, located before the large torii gate of Kibitsu Shrine, wooden plaques (¥700 each) inscribed with words connected to each shop are available. They are …
- Wakasa
Oyadani Hakusan Shrine (The Great Rock of Oyadani)
The large rock within the grounds of Oyatani Hakusan Shrine is a massive boulder over 20 meters in size, transported here by a debris avalanche triggered by the collapse of Mount Kyogatake volcano. It broke away from near the summit approximately 3…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
