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Oshima Island
The island of Oshima is just off the coast of northern Fukui, near the Tojinbo Cliffs. With an elevation of 27 meters and a circumference of 2 kilometers, it is the largest islet on the Echizen Coast. For many centuries, this small, densely foreste…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Eiheiji Town Tourist Information Center
This tourist information center is located at the entrance to Eiheiji Temple, the head temple of the Sōtō Zen sect. We offer restrooms, small coin lockers, and tourist pamphlets for Fukui Prefecture and neighboring cities and towns. For inquiries a…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Mikuni Sunset Beach
This beach, located in the northwestern part of Mikuni Port, is popular with families with children because the water is shallow. During the season, it also becomes a marine resort destination for those who enjoy yachting, surfing, and windsurfing.…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Awara Onsen
Awara Onsen is one of Fukui Prefecture’s most famous hot spring towns.Since its discovery in 1883, Awara Onsen has welcomed countless visitors and is known as the “inner sanctum of the Kansai region” for its refined atmosphere. Th…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Wakasa Wada Campground
This campground offers comfortable seaside camping at Wakasa Wada Beach, featuring facilities such as a kitchen area, lighting, and parking. Please make reservations using the web reservation form on the page below.Wakasa Takahama Tabinavi Wakasa W…
- Wakasa
Mikatagoko (The Five Lakes of Mikata)
The Five Lakes of Mikata—Mikata, Suigetsu, Sugako, Kugushiko, and Hiruga—are all clustered together into a small area of southern Fukui, but all distinct from one another. Each one has a different depth and a different level of salt in …
- Wakasa
Kumagawa-juku Historic Post Town
The post town of Kumagawa-juku was established in 1589, as a place for travelers to rest between Kyoto and the Wakasa region of southern Fukui. Visitors today can explore its traditional townscape, lined with buildings that date back to the Edo per…
- Wakasa
Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
An interactive aquarium where you can see, touch, and learn while having fun. In addition to entertaining attractions like dolphin shows and penguin walks, you can touch sharks, giant octopuses, and doctor fish, and feed sea turtles and marine fish…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Angel Land Fukui
This interactive facility is headed by astronaut Mamoru Mori as its honorary director. In the exhibition area, visitors can have fun learning about the principles of space and science through seven themes, including numbers, shapes, and force. The …
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Nihonkai Sakanamachi Seafood Market
Nihonkai Sakanamachi Seafood Market is lined with shops offering a wide variety of souvenirs—including popular seafood—and restaurants where you can enjoy fresh seafood. It attracts many visitors from both within and outside the prefect…
- Wakasa
Doki-doki Dinosaur Digging Land: Fossil Digging Experience
Katsuyama City boasts the highest number of dinosaur fossil discoveries in Japan.At Dokidoki Dinosaur Digging Land, try your hand at fossil hunting by breaking rocks from the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago!Feel the thrill and …
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Souvenir Shop Raptor
Raptor, the souvenir shop in front of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, is one of Japan's leading dinosaur goods specialty stores, offering approximately 3,000 different items.Discover exclusive products and adorable dinosaur souvenirs ava…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Katsuyama Dino Park
Katsuyama Dino Park is a walk-through amusement facility located in the Katsuyama Dinosaur Forest Park.A total of 87 life-size dinosaur robots that move and make noises welcome visitors to this 1.7-hectare, 600-meter-long walk-through adventure att…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Echizen Ono Castle [Special Opening: From Friday, March 20…
＼Special Opening Announcement／ To coincide with the "Shichiken Morning Market," which heralds the arrival of spring, Echizen Ono Castle will be open for a special viewing.○ Special Opening Dates and Times March 20 (Fri) – March …
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Site of Fukui Castle
The ruins of Fukui Castle are located a few hundred meters from Fukui Station, now surrounding the Fukui Prefectural Office building. Fuku-no-I, an old well said to be the origin of the name “Fukui,” can be found in the northwest corner…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Fukui Station Dinosaur Plaza
At "Dinosaur Square" on the west side of JR Fukui Station, visitors are greeted by a 7.3-meter-wide by 4.6-meter-tall dinosaur optical illusion that appears to leap out from the wall, a massive 45-meter-wide by 10-meter-tall dinosaur illu…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Kuzuryu Lakeside Mobillage
An auto campground on the shores of Lake Kuzuryu. In spring, cherry blossoms; in summer, green foliage; in autumn, vibrant autumn leaves—all beautifully reflected on the lake's surface. It's also an ideal outdoor spot for canoeing, ba…
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Yokokan Garden
A 10-minute walk from Fukui Station and about 5 minutes from the ruins of Fukui Castle, Yokokan Garden is known for its harmony between the garden and the buildings in it. The villa inside is set on a large koi carp pond, with a number of stone &ld…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Restored Town
The ruins of the castle town where the Asakura clan ruled Echizen for 100 years during the Warring States period, in the 15th and 16th centuries, and where the Asakura clan flourished for five generations, have been excavated and recreated in almos…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Saikoji Temple (Shibata Katsuie and Oichi's Tomb)
Saikoji Temple is the family temple of Shibata Katsuie and Oichi. After the fall of the Asakura clan, it is said that Katsuie relocated the temple from to its current location when he built his castle in Kitanosho. Within the temple grounds lies th…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
