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Happy Bus
“Happy Bus” is a convenient bus tour that lets you hop around Fukui Prefecture’s major attractions with ease. A professional bus guide accompanies the tour, introducing Fukui’s charms and the features of …
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Images courtesy of <Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum>.This museum specializes in geology and paleontology with a focus on dinosaurs. It is known as one of the three leading dinosaur museums in the world because of its scale and contents.The …
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Megane Museum
Sabae produces over 90% of all eyeglass frames made in Japan. The Megane Museum (“Glasses Museum”), located here, teaches visitors about the history of glasses, and the more than 200 steps involved in making a pair. Visitors can make re…
- Tannan
Tsuruga Aka Renga (Diorama and Restaurants)
The Tsuruga Aka Renga red brick warehouse is a facility consisting of two historic brick buildings. One of the buildings serves as a museum showing the history of Tsuruga, with a 27-meter-long diorama that depicts the city as it was in the 1940s. T…
- Wakasa
Fukui Prefecture Children and Family Center
This experiential children's center offers a wealth of play, learning, and hands-on activities. Features include a workshop zone for hands-on crafting and cooking experiences; an adventure play zone with Japan's largest ball pool, a large s…
- Wakasa
Echizen Washi Village Paper Culture Museum
This museum introduces the origins of Echizen Washi, from its legends and history to the advanced techniques that have supported the production of essential papers for Japanese art, including ceremonial paper, and the creation of banknotes. On the …
- Tannan
Echizen Gani Crab Museum
The Echizen Crab Museum is a hands-on facility where visitors can play and learn about the mysteries of Echizen crabs and the fish of the surrounding seas. The museum is filled with fun zones such as the Sea Walkway, Theater, Fishing Boat Challenge…
- Tannan
Varve Museum
At the bottom of Suigetsu Lake, one of the Three Lakes of Mikata, sediment from the past 70,000 years forms distinct stripes. These annual growth rings, known as "nenko," are recognized as the global standard for dating. Inside the museum…
- Wakasa
Angel Land Fukui
Angel Land Fukui is a children’s museum that aims to help kids develop an interest in science, outer space, and the world as a whole. The museum offers a practical introduction to science and space concepts. Visitors can learn through hands-o…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Echizen Lacquerware Hall
Echizen Lacquerware Hall provides visitors with the opportunity to learn about and experience Echizen Lacquerware. Visitors can see traditional lacquerware artisans at work here. Hands-on workshops are available, to decorate lacquered wood or apply…
- Tannan
Katsuyama Castle Museum
Katsuyama Castle Museum is a registered museum that opened in 1992, featuring a five-story, six-level keep. As a keep-style structure, it boasts the tallest height in Japan at 57.8 meters from the stone foundation to the shachi roof ornaments.Insid…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum
The Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum has opened, offering visitors the chance to learn about the full picture and historical value of the once-prosperous Asakura clan's Sengoku-period (the 'Warring States" period of Japanese histo…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Saba Kaido Museum
Opened March 8, 2020. This Japan Heritage Guidance Facility introduces cultural properties and festivals in Obama City, including the Japan Heritage site "Saba Kaido" (Mackerel Highway) and another Japan Heritage site, "Kitamae-sen P…
- Wakasa
Kitanosho Castle Site & Shibata Shrine
The ruins of Kitanosho Castle can be found at Shibata Park. Construction of the castle was started in 1575, by the warlord Shibata Katsuie (c. 1523–1583), but it was destroyed in 1583 with Shibata’s defeat. The park also includes a shri…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Fukui City History Museum
The Fukui City History Museum offers visitors a look at the history of Fukui. Exhibits on display include items found buried in ancient tombs, and animations that show the World War II air raids of Fukui. Hands-on workshops are available.The perman…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Murasaki Shikibu Park
Echizen City is where Murasaki Shikibu (970–1019), the author of The Tale of Genji, lived away from the capital for the only time in her life. It is said that she visited the city with her father, Fujiwara no Tameoki, who became the governor …
- Tannan
Kuzuryu River Museum: Waku Waku RiverCAN
If you want to learn about the Kuzuryu River and Narika Dam, this is the place. You can enjoy learning through models showing how the dam works, large water tanks, live shows, and more.
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Yumeole Katsuyama Textile Factory Museum
Yumeole Katsuyama is a museum dedicated to Katsuyama’s history of making silk fabric. Visitors can see the large old machines that were once used to weave silk, or try hands-on experiences such as weaving a coaster using a hand loom, or makin…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Echizen Washi Village Uritate Craft Museum
This craft museum, with its rare udatsu-style gabled roof that creates an atmosphere befitting the village of washi paper, allows visitors to observe traditional craftsmen using old-fashioned tools to make washi paper. To create high-quality washi,…
- Tannan
Kogyoji Temple, Museum Hana-no-Kura
Kogyoji Temple was founded in 1406 by Shūgaku Shōnin, the third son of Shōnyo Shōnin, the fifth head priest of Hongan-ji. Its "weeping cherry blossoms in spring" and "ginkgo trees in autumn" are renowned, and the museum "Ha…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
