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Interact with Geisha and Experience Traditional Entertainm…
After enjoying the songs and dances of the Ashihara geisha, you can casually experience drumming and traditional parlor games like "Toratora" and "Konpira Funabune." Finally, take a commemorative photo with the Ashihara geisha to cherish as a trave…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
YUMIKATSURA MUSEUM WAKASA
BRIDAL LAND WAKASA, a wedding dress mecca, opens in Wakasa Town this April. The YUMIKATSURA MUSEUM WAKASA, featuring dresses by world-renowned bridal fashion designer YUMI KATSURA, permanently displays approximately 60 pieces, including archival dr…
- Wakasa
The Solitary Cherry Tree of Zuirinji Temple
From the hill with the solitary cherry tree at Zuirinji Temple, you can take in panoramic views of the Sea of Japan, Lake Kuguko (one of the Sanbōgoko lakes), and the fishing village scenery. This location also served as the setting for the film "S…
- 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
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
Townscape and Food Pavilion Shikisai-kan Sui-getsu
The Townscape and Food Museum, developed by Obama City as part of its townscape preservation efforts, is housed in the former "Suigetsu" restaurant. Built in the early Meiji period, it served as a central restaurant in Chayamachi throughout the Mei…
- Wakasa
Tomiko Yamakawa Memorial Museum
This facility opened in April 2007 as the Tomiko Yamakawa Memorial Museum after her birthplace and personal belongings were donated to Obama City. It displays Tomiko's personal belongings and song manuscripts. It was the filming location for the de…
- Wakasa
Kohama Townscape Preservation Museum
In June 2008, the Kobanishi District, an area preserving its traditional townscape, was designated as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. This museum is a traditional Kyoto-style machiya townhouse built d…
- Wakasa
The Mountain Maple Trees of Mandokuji Temple
The crimson of the mountain maple leaves beautifully complements the dry landscape garden, soothing the eyes of visitors. The principal image, a wooden seated statue of Amida Nyorai, and the ink-on-silk painting of Miroku Bosatsu are truly worth se…
- 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
Sparkling Port Hall
The facility features a multipurpose event hall and a smaller hall ideal for plays and recitals, hosting various events including tourism and product fairs. There is also a relaxing space where visitors can enjoy a cup of coffee while gazing out at…
- 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
Minato Tsuruga Float Museum
The Tsuruga Festival floats are on display. Three of the six floats are exhibited, and visitors can view powerful footage of the float procession in the screen theater, as well as see the armor and Noh masks that adorn the floats. The annex, utiliz…
- 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
Matsuki Shrine
This shrine enshrines the spirit of Matsuki Shōzaemon, who, at the beginning of the Edo period, became the representative of farmers in Wakasa suffering under harsh tax collection. He personally petitioned the feudal lord for tax reduction, sacrifi…
- 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
Shion-in Temple
The Wakasa Kannon Pilgrimage consists of 33 sites. Shion-in Temple is the 28th temple on this pilgrimage route, an ancient temple housing a sacred Kannon statue of the Rinzai sect. The 33 Kannon statues enshrined within the temple buildings were pl…
- Wakasa
Shōraku-ji Temple
Shōraku-ji Temple, the 32nd temple on the Wakasa Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage, was founded in 764 by the monk Gyōki. It is said that Gyōki himself carved the principal image, the Sacred Kannon Bodhisattva, from sacred wood found in the mountains …
- Wakasa
Jōzenji Temple
The seated statue of Fudō Myōō, believed to date from the Heian period, is designated an Important Cultural Property. Its imposing and majestic appearance has earned it the alternate name "Wave-Cutting Fudō," and it is revered by fishermen.
- Wakasa
