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Approximately 3,000 types of Wakasa lacquered chopsticks are on display, allowing visitors to experience traditional craftsmanship. The chopstick polishing experience is also popular, where you can create your very own chopsticks. The annual Chopst…

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2025 Beach Season: Saturday, July 12 to Sunday, August 24 This beach is particularly known for its calm waves, making it safe and enjoyable for families with young children. One of its attractions is that barbecuing is permitted across the entire s…

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The newly developed beach in Mobara. With a parking lot and restrooms right next to it, the concrete and gravel shoreline makes this a safe beach for young children.【Beach】Gravel beachThe beach will open in 2024. Operating Period: July 10th to Au…

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Our skilled artisans will carefully teach you the authentic method of making soba noodles. Why not try making and savoring Fukui's specialty, "Oroshi Soba," with your own hands? Even if the finished product looks a little rough around the edges, th…

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Fukui Prefectural Awara Youth Center is a nature activity experience facility located near the renowned Hokuriku hot spring "Awara Onsen" and the scenic spot "Tojinbo." Here, everyone can nurture a rich spirit through experiential learning and over…

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Elevation: 1,464m. A gentle mountain with a feminine appearance, accessible by car up to a point 4.6 kilometers from the summit. The hike from the parking lot to the summit takes about 90 minutes. The view from the summit is excellent, and on clear…

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A natural walking trail stretching approximately 4 km along the Asuwa River Valley. On the riverside course, you can hear the babbling of the mountain stream and see fish swimming. On the forest course, you can enjoy seasonal flowers while listenin…

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This is a heart-centering prayer bead crafting experience held after zazen meditation at the Head Temple Eiheiji. It is offered as a collaborative program with the Head Temple Eiheiji's day-trip zazen sessions. Zazen is the foundation of practice. …

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Located on the border of Ishikawa Prefecture, it is renowned as a mountain where skunk cabbages bloom profusely in early spring. The hiking trails feature few steep sections, making for a relatively easy climb. Alpine plants not found in urban area…

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　By brewing tea yourself, you can appreciate the "aroma" of the tea leaves more than when simply drinking it. Tea also contains theanine, a component known for its relaxing effects.　To let you experience these qualities, this experience invites y…

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A museum centered on artifacts excavated from the Tori-hama Shell Mound in Wakasa Town, focusing on Jomon culture. Inside the building, designed to resemble the belly of a clay figurine, exhibits include dugout canoes, Jomon pottery, stone tools, w…

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Near Kibino Matsubara, long-term stays for business, tourism, or group retreats—budget-friendly rates welcome! Crab and pufferfish dishes, plus class reunions and memorial service meals are highly acclaimed.

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Fukui Prefectural Library is a public library. The facility also houses the Fukui Prefectural Archives and the Fukui Prefectural Hometown Literature Museum.

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The Echizen Ancient Kiln Museum consists of the "Museum," which displays nationally registered tangible cultural properties; the "Former Mizuno Family Residence," relocated from Fukui; and the authentic tea rooms "Tenshindo" and "Tenshin-an." The M…

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Hashimoto Sainai was a samurai of the Fukui domain during the late Edo period, a man who demonstrated exceptional talent at a young age. Born the eldest son of a domain physician, he entered the Tekijuku school founded by Ogata Koan in Osaka to stu…

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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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The approximately 2-hectare cosmos field in the Yakushigamiya district of Nokoucho, Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture reaches its peak in mid-October, with approximately 800,000 cosmos blooming in full splendor. The cosmos bathed in the setting sun …

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Just a 4-minute drive from Suisho Beach. We pride ourselves on fresh local seafood dishes. Fish caught in our own fixed nets boast unparalleled freshness. You won't find fish more vibrant anywhere. In autumn and winter, we also offer crab and Wakas…

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Shirahama-so Inn, featuring Echizen Crab and Sweet Shrimp, is a lodging famous for its proprietress—known as "Muscle-bound Michan" from TV and other media—renowned for her speedy crab shelling and lively conversation. Shirahama Fishing Center offer…

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Located on the border between Echizen City and Minami-Echizen Town, it is said to have been founded in 718 by the eminent monk Taichō Daishi. It has been a sacred mountain since ancient times, with the inner shrine of Hino Shrine situated at its su…

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