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Fukui Prefectural Museum of History
From ancient times to the present day, Fukui's history is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner. Highlights include the "History Zone," where you can trace Fukui's history through visually engaging exhibits like authentic materials and full-sca…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Port of Humanity: Tsuruga Museum
【Reopened November 3, 2020】 Tsuruga Port served as a key hub for transportation to Europe from the Meiji era through the early Showa period. It is the only port in Japan where Polish orphans landed in the 1920s and Jewish refugees carrying "life-…
- Wakasa
Echizen Pottery Museum
Echizen-yaki pottery kilns showcase and sell their products and works all in one place. The spacious venue permanently displays approximately 1,000 diverse items, ranging from traditional natural-glazed jars and vases to everyday plates and bowls, …
- Tannan
Kumagawa-juku History Museum ＠ Kumagawa-juku Historic Pos…
This building was constructed in 1940 as the Kumagawa Village Office. It is a structure that conveys the rich history of Kumagawa, serving as a museum that showcases the history of Kumagawa-juku and the Saba Kaido, or Mackerel Road.
- 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
Kanaz Forest of Creation
The Kanaz Forest of Creation features a modern indoor venue for temporary exhibitions, as well as an outdoor art space. Walking paths guide visitors to fifteen works of art, surrounded by nature. Placing this art outside creates scenery that varies…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Tsuruga Railway Museum (Former Tsuruga Port Station Buildi…
The former Tsuruga Port Station building, with its distinctive pointed roof. This structure was recreated for the 1999 "Tsuruga Sparkling Port Expo 21" event, representing the former Tsuruga Port Station that once held a vital position as the depar…
- Wakasa
Echizen-cho Oda Museum of Culture and History
This complex facility houses a historical museum, library, and cultural exchange hall. The museum exhibits archaeological and documentary materials, models, and reconstructed dwellings, focusing on themes such as Echizen Ninomiya Tsurugi Shrine and…
- Tannan
Fukui City Art Museum (Art Lab Fukui)
The Fukui City Art Museum houses and exhibits works by Hiroatsu Takada, a sculptor with ties to our city who spent the turbulent period around World War II in France. Centered on Takada, who cultivated friendships with a wide range of cultural figu…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Chihiro's Birthplace Memorial Museum
This is the birthplace of Chihiro Iwasaki, the picture book artist from Echizen City. The main building retains the charm of its era throughout, and the second-floor gallery hosts several special exhibitions each year. The annex, equipped with a pi…
- Tannan
Griffith Memorial
The Fukui City Griffith Memorial Museum, which revived the Western-style residence of William Elliott Griffith (1843-1928), an American who worked as a teacher for the Fukui Domain in the early Meiji period, opened in October 2015. The city of Fuku…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum
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…
- Wakasa
Echizen Ancient Kiln Museum
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…
- Tannan
YUMIKATSURA MUSEUM WAKASA
BRIDAL LAND WAKASA, a wedding dress mecca, opens in Wakasa Town this April. The YUMIKATSURA MUSEUM WAKASA, featuring dresses by world-renowned bridal fashion designer YUMI KATSURA, permanently displays approximately 60 pieces, including archival dr…
- Wakasa
Mihama Town History and Culture Museum
The Mihama Town History and Culture Museum was established to collect, preserve, research, and publicly exhibit cultural assets and historical and cultural materials created by our ancestors dating back to the Jomon period. It serves as a hub for d…
- Wakasa
Noh Mask Museum
Ikeda Town is known as the "Home of Noh Theater," boasting numerous ancient masks at its various shrines. The museum displays over 100 Noh masks, including those passed down through generations and masks crafted by master mask makers. Regular mask-…
- Tannan
A Brief Note: The Museum of Japan's Shortest Letters
The "One-Stroke Letter: Japan's Shortest Letter Museum" has opened, showcasing past winning entries from the One-Stroke Letter Contest for Japan's Shortest Letter. The centerpiece of the permanent exhibition room, "FUMI NO TAKI," is a video install…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Awara City Local History Museum
The Awara City Local History Museum is located on the second floor of "Kanazu Honjin IKOSSA," a lifelong learning complex.For details about Kanazu Honjin IKOSSA, please click here. The museum houses and displays artifacts excavated from sites that …
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Takeshi Public Hall Memorial Museum, Echizen City
Completed in 1929, the Takefu Public Hall is a representative Western-style building from the early Showa period. It served as the town hall (city hall) from 1934 to 1955, and subsequently as a public hall, truly becoming a symbolic building for Ta…
- Tannan
Tomiko Yamakawa Memorial Museum
This facility opened in April 2007 as the Tomiko Yamakawa Memorial Museum after her birthplace and personal belongings were donated to Obama City. It displays Tomiko's personal belongings and song manuscripts. It was the filming location for the de…
- Wakasa
