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Echizen Pottery Village is a collection of facilities where visitors can learn about, and experience, Echizen Pottery. Visit the Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics, explore a park full of modern sculptures, or shape your own Echizen Pottery out o…

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In Fukui City, the banks of the Asuwa River are a beloved springtime destination for cherry blossoms. Some 600 trees line a stretch of the river more than two kilometers long, and from late March to mid-April, they come into bloom. During this peri…

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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 …

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Yurinosato Park is known for vast fields of lilies and roses. On most evenings, from sunset to 9:30 p.m., the park lights up. The central building is colored with spotlights, and there is an arched tunnel wrapped in lights for visitors to walk thro…

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The Miyanoshita Cosmos Park, in the outskirts of Fukui City, is a 17.5-hectare field filled with some 100 million cosmos flowers. They bloom from the end of September through the end of October, filling the park with white, red, orange, and pink fl…

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The defeated Heike fugitives from the Genpei War hid in the Seven Plains (Nashigahara, Oojara, Obanjara, Yukigajara, Takegajara, Iwanjara, and Sakanjara). By the Edo period, people had gathered to live in the largest, Nashigahara, which flourished …

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Notice of Temporary Closure We sincerely appreciate your continued patronage.This year, the Garden Club House (Suisen no Yakata) at Cape Echizen Daffodil Land will be closed from June 1 to September 30, 2025.We apologize for any inconvenience …

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The Forest and River Promenade is a four-kilometer trail through the lush natural environment of Ikeda. Surround yourself with cherry blossoms in spring, greenery in summer, and red leaves in autumn. The trail passes by Tree Picnic Adventure Ikeda …

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Kakyo Park was established in honor of Echizen’s ties to Emperor Keitai (c. 450–c. 531). The park is known for its beautiful seasonal scenery, such as cherry blossoms in April, and the deep red of the maple leaves in November. 

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Echizen Daffodil is the generic name for Japanese daffodils that bloom along the Echizen coast. Along with the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Echizen is one of the three largest colonies of daffodils in Jap…

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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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It consists of an urban botanical garden and a green park. Green Park features a water stage, a lawn interaction plaza, a mini boat pond, and playground equipment, providing a spacious and open environment where children can play freely. It is a po…

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Ikegami Sunflower Park, located along the Sakai Northern Wide-Area Farm Road "Fruit Line," features approximately 300,000 sunflowers reaching their peak bloom around August each year. Covering a total area of about 50,000 square meters—roughly the …

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From Ota Bridge to Nogami Bridge, a magnificent row of cherry trees stretches along both banks, their branches reaching out toward the water. This is one of Echizen City's most renowned cherry blossom viewing spots.

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This is a large temple of the Honzan class within the Hokke-shu Shimon-ryu sect, boasting five sub-temples.Based on the size of the precincts recorded in ancient documents and the location of ancient grid-pattern settlement remains preserved in the…

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The Iris Garden on the shores of Lake Kitagata is one of the finest in Japan. From early June for about a month, approximately 200,000 irises of 300 varieties bloom in full splendor. In mid-June, the Iris Festival is held, featuring local performin…

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The cherry blossom avenue beside the town-operated ballpark in Asahi, Echizen Town. Planted along the site of a disused railway line, the 600-meter-long avenue stretches on.

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This botanical garden is the largest on the Sea of Japan coast, spanning 25 hectares. Designed to utilize the natural terrain, it also features a plant museum. To make it easy for visitors to navigate, the garden includes 35 distinct plant sections…

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Mount Monju is a sacred mountain founded by the great monk Taichō in the first year of the Yōrō era (717), approximately 1,300 years ago. It consists of three peaks: Great Monju, Small Monju, and Okunoin, and is a central and important mountain wit…

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Asuwayama Park, located on top of Mt. Asuwa, is known for seasonal flowers, such as weeping cherry blossom trees in late March and April. In spring, 3,500 cherry trees, selected as one of the "100 best cherry blossom viewing spots," bloom…

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