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A temple of the Nichiren Shu sect. Originally founded in 810 as a Shingon sect temple, it was converted to Nichiren Shu by Saint Nichiryu in 1426.　Members of the Mito Tengu Party who had surrendered to the Kaga Domain forces participating in the s…

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Jishū sect temple. Founded in 1387 by Priest Kokua. By the late 16th century, it gained the patronage of Otani Yoshitsugu, lord of Tsuruga Castle. Decorated waist-high sliding screens, said to have been entrusted to the temple by Otani Yoshitsugu b…

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Approximately 500,000 sunflowers, sown in staggered waves across the expansive 3-hectare fields of Hanano Sato Miyagawa, bloom in all their glory. Visitors can enjoy these sunflowers blooming in sequence from mid-July to mid-August. (As the bloomin…

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Offshore fishing rafts are available, making it a great spot for families.

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It's a place with white sandy beaches and very clear water.

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The quality of the sand covering this expansive beach is unmatched even among the many beaches in Obama, making Inukuma the finest. Its rocky areas are also beautiful, perfect for fishing, and it's a beach that stirs the traveler's heart. This is a…

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The water is clean, making it safe for families with children to enjoy swimming. The guesthouse is right next to the beach, making it perfect for overnight guests.

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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…

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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…

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The site of the residence where Yokoi Shōnan, invited from Kumamoto Domain by Matsudaira Sōgaku to serve as political advisor to Fukui Domain, stayed during his visit to Fukui. Sakamoto Ryōma visited this residence when he came to Fukui at the behe…

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Mount Arajima, towering over the southeast of the Ono Basin, is renowned for its beautiful form and has been selected as one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains. Also called "Ono Fuji," this mountain has long been revered as a sacred peak, with a shrin…

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On November 1, 1864, the Mito Tengu Party, having raised their banner at Mount Tsukuba in Hitachi Province to realize the cause of revering the Emperor and expelling the barbarians, set out for Kyoto. In December, the Tengu Party passed through Ike…

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A waterfall with a drop of approximately 40 meters. It can be seen at an elevation of about 830 meters, where the Tanigide River, flowing southwest from the plateau within Hōonji Mountain, turns its course southward. The "Echizen Geography Guide" r…

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Sabae City Cultural Center reopened on April 1, 2021, after approximately one and a half years of seismic retrofitting work.

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The grounds feature a spacious lawn area equipped with several children's play structures. This comprehensive park serves the Fukui and Sakai areas and is located in the mountainous central region of the former Kanazu Town. It is about a 15-minute …

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Hakuryu Falls Park is located along National Route 305, which runs along the Echizen coast at the northernmost tip of Minami-Echizen Town. Legend holds that a dragon, which once protected the boat carrying nineteen people who drifted ashore at Nuka…

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Zenkei-ji Temple is the family temple of Hashimoto Sainai, a great figure of the late Edo period born in Fukui. Zenkei-ji and Myōkyō-ji were originally located in what is now Ichijōdani before the Edo period, but were relocated to their current sit…

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Kōraku Castle features the cave at Shimo-Hase, recorded in the Meisho-ki as "the place where Crown Prince Tsuneyoshi of Emperor Go-Daigo was hidden in Kenmu 4 (1337), and this is Shōboku-ura." It is said that during the fall of Kanegasaki Castle in…

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This temple, originally the residence of Hidemi—a disciple of Kusunoki Masashige's younger brother—was converted to the Jōdo Shinshū sect. Its proper name is Kongōzan Okunenji. From the Tenpō era through the early Shōwa period, it produced many lea…

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Located at the western foot of Mt. Sannō, this shrine is listed in the Engishiki Jinmyōchō. By the late Kamakura period, it received generous patronage from the Uryū clan, lords of Somayama Castle, under whose support the shrine flourished greatly.…

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