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2025 Beach Season July 12 (Sat) – August 24 (Sun) This is the birthplace of Takahama's beach, recently refurbished. With relatively fewer people, it's the perfect beach for those who want to relax and enjoy swimming.

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2025 Beach Season July 12 (Sat) – August 24 (Sun) Both Shirahama Beach and Torii Beach are beautiful beaches with stunning blue waters. They offer just the right amount of sandy beach for families with children, with pine groves stretching out behi…

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The artificial beach bustles with many beachgoers seeking the sea every year.【Beach】Concrete BeachThe beach will be open for swimming in 2024, but facilities such as restrooms and showers will be unavailable. Opening Period: July 10th to August 2…

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About 300 meters downstream from Ryusou Falls, the unique gorge beauty of the Buko River Valley can be seen. Over hundreds of years, erosion by the swift currents has carved out large, smooth holes. It is a quiet place where you can fully appreciat…

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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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Craftsmen skilled in woodworking have lived here since the late Edo period, and around the mid-Meiji era, skilled chest-making artisans formed the core of the community, establishing Chest-Making Town. Today, over a dozen shops line the streets, in…

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A small park beside the moat of Fukui Castle ruins. It features a restored diagram of the main keep, explanatory panels detailing the history of Fukui Castle town, and a statue depicting Yokoi Shōnan departing for Kyushu in the winter of 1858 for a…

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This is the site of a flatland castle built in 1575 by Sassa Narimasa, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and one of the Three Lords of Fuchu. It is a prefecturally designated historic site. At the time, inner and outer moats were constructed, and the enti…

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The Akatan Erosion Control Weir Complex, located on the Akagawa River flowing through Furuki, Minami-Echizen Town, consists of seven stone-built weirs and two earthen weirs constructed in the 1890s. Even after more than 100 years, it continues to f…

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Founded in the first year of the Jiaqing era by Zen Master Tenshin Jisei, the principal image is the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva. In its heyday, it boasted over 1,200 branch temples. Legend has it that a single bean sprouted into a towering tre…

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Nestled halfway up Nishiyama Park, "Kizuna Plaza" features the "Bonding Chimes," which play the melody of love. Wind chimes hang from a pyramid-shaped monument. When you place the medal enclosed with the Love Piece into the chimes, a mystical melod…

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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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Enjoy a sake tasting experience with the shop owner's recommended selections. The available sakes change with the seasons, and we'll let you choose from several varieties including local prefectural sakes and our shop's original blends. If you find…

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From Takefu, where the provincial capital was located, one had to cross rugged mountains to reach the capital. However, crossing the lower mountains west of Takefu led to Minami-Echizen Town, from where it was relatively easy to reach Tsuruga by bo…

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The shogunate's administrative headquarters overseeing the shogunate-controlled territory of Echizen Province. It was located in Motobo Village, Niu District (present-day Motobo-cho, Echizen City) for approximately 150 years, from 1721 to 1870.

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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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The enshrined deity is Prince Sawara, the son of Emperor Kanmu. It is said that an imperial edict was issued to provincial governors nationwide to establish Goryo Shrines to appease the vengeful spirit of Prince Sawara, who was caught up in politic…

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Mount Haku is one of the peaks in the Hakusan Range located in the southwestern part of Hakusan National Park and is famous as the highest mountain in Fukui Prefecture. San-no-mine is said to have been named either for its historical significance a…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Located almost at the center of Wakasa Bay Quasi-National Park, It features the "Nagisa Police Box" facility, making it easy to take breaks, so families and groups can relax The "Nagisa no Koban" facility provides easy rest stops, making it perfect…

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Obama City is a town steeped in mermaid legends. Since mermaids are often associated with beauty and wellness, following their trail in pursuit of beauty is a wonderful idea. The sunset sinking into the sea visible from here is truly spectacular.

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