DISCOVER FUKUI

Along National Route 305 stands the "Kitamaebune Shipowner's Residence: The Ukon Family," displaying a magnificent presence that evokes its former glory. The prosperity of the Ukon family, which owned over 30 ships at its peak, is evi…

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One of the few major temples of the Rinzai Zen Kenchiji sect in Wakasa, it is also the 31st temple on the Wakasa Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage. It offers zazen meditation sessions to refresh the mind, with the head priest providing instruction in …

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This shrine enshrines Ōyamakui-no-mikoto and Emperor Keitai. Alongside a prefecturally designated cultural property sword and a prayer document, it houses a life-sized, wooden, painted sacred horse. The imposing Suijin Gate and the magnificent carv…

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Established in 1522 by Takeda Motomitsu, the governor of Wakasa (now southern Fukui Prefecture), this temple belongs to the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism. Though later falling into disrepair, it was rebuilt by Kyogoku Tadataka. It houses a monument to …

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"Writing things down, Opening the fan, What lingering echoes!" This is a gift verse composed by Matsuo Bashō during his journey along the Narrow Road to the Deep North, when he stopped at Tenryū-ji Temple. The Bashō Tomb was erected in 18…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Buddhist statues painted on the rock face at the entrance to the Shibi district, home to the head temple Eiheiji. Beneath the large rock formation jutting out from the east side of Sogen Bridge over the Eiheiji River, Jizo statues, stone monuments,…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Mantokuji Temple is a Shingon Buddhist temple best known for its hillside landscape garden and carefully raked rock garden. These gardens are particularly popular destinations when the azaleas bloom in May and June. The temple is also home to a gia…

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Approximately 50 square and round burial mounds remain on the hills at the southern tip of the Sabae Plateau. They are estimated to date from the mid-Yayoi period to the late Kofun period and are now maintained as a burial mound park.

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This memorial hall commemorates the sister city agreement signed in 1983 between Awara City (formerly Awara Town) and Shaoxing City in China's Zhejiang Province. The former residence of the Fujino family, located in Mikuni-cho, was donated by the f…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

It is said to have been founded by the great master Taichō, and in its heyday was a large temple with seven main halls. Today, it enshrines statues of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara and the Thousand-Armed Kannon (both designated as prefectural cult…

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Built approximately 300 years ago during the early Edo period, this gabled-roofed folk house has been restored to its original state and is designated a National Important Cultural Property. It is said to have belonged to one of the twelve househol…

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This Sue ware kiln site dates from the late Heian period and is an exceptionally valuable kiln site that remains largely intact. (Prefectural Designated Cultural Property)

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The great ginkgo tree at Myōkōji Temple is a large female ginkgo located on the western side of the temple grounds and is designated as a Prefectural Natural Monument. Its trunk circumference at breast height is 5.5 meters, its branch spread is app…

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Gokō Shrine, with its magnificent sacred gate, enshrines the divine spirits of five generations: from Emperor Keitai and Emperor Ōjin down to Emperor Keitai's father, Prince Hikonozumi. The "Broom Festival" held on April 18th involves parishioners …

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Diagonally across from Soja Grand Shrine lies a stylish corner known as "Kura no Tsuji," lined with white-walled storehouses. Since the Edo period, this area flourished as a transit hub for goods traveling from Kansai to the Hokuriku region, with m…

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Once located along the old Hokuriku Highway by a river, it served as a bridge to aid travelers passing by. Legend has it that a Jizo statue, destroyed during Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Echizen, appeared in a monk's dream, instructing him to build a…

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Echizen City's Ajimano is known as the setting for the tragic love songs of Nakatomino Yakamori, exiled here from the Heijō capital, and Sano no Otogami no Otome, who longed for him in the capital. Additionally, Echizen City serves as the backdrop …

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According to records of the Nichiren sect, the temple was founded in 1464. Its founder was Nichin, a Nichiren priest who authored the Treatise on Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Governance of the Nation. However, it was actually Kuwano-ya…

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An ancient temple with a thousand-year history. In 1472, under the teachings of Rennyo Shonin, it converted from the Tendai sect to Jodo Shinshu. In 1575, during Oda Nobunaga's campaign against the Echizen Ikkō uprising, Enkyūji's chief priest Ryok…

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The long gate of the Ueda family, who served as senior retainers of the Sabae domain for generations, still conveys the atmosphere of the domain's townscape from that era. At that time, senior samurai were permitted to have front gates, and since p…

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