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Hakusan Heisenji Temple Historical Exploration Hall Mahoro…

This is the comprehensive visitor center for Hakusan Hieizuji Temple. It features touch panels, high-definition videos, and artifacts unearthed during excavations, serving as a guidance facility that introduces visitors to the temple's history,…

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Katsuyama Castle Museum

Katsuyama Castle Museum is a registered museum with a keep consisting of five stories and six floors, which opened in 1992. The Katsuyama Castle Museum is Japan’s tallest building in the style of a castle tower, at 57.8 meters tall. The museu…

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Katsuyama Castle Museum

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 …

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Murasaki Shikibu Park

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…

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Tsuruga City Museum

The building is the former main branch of the Yamada Bank, constructed in 1927 by local luminary Shōshichi Yamada. Designated a National Important Cultural Property, its opulent design symbolizes the prosperity of Tsuruga Port at the time. The buil…

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Tsuruga City Museum

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…

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Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum

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,…

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Echizen Washi Village Uritate Craft Museum

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…

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Fukui City Art Museum (Art Lab Fukui)

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…

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Echizen Ancient Kiln Museum

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…

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Tomiko Yamakawa Memorial Museum

Minato Tsuruga Float Museum

The Tsuruga Festival floats are on display. Three of the six floats are exhibited, and visitors can view powerful footage of the float procession in the screen theater, as well as see the armor and Noh masks that adorn the floats. The annex, utiliz…

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Minato Tsuruga Float Museum

At Home Science Museum (Fukui Nuclear Energy Center)

A science museum where you can experience hands-on learning about nuclear power, energy, and electricity. In addition to nuclear power and electricity, you can experience exhibits packed with knowledge and information about energy, the environment,…

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At Home Science Museum (Fukui Nuclear Energy Center)

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…

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Yumeole Katsuyama Textile Factory Museum

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…

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Fukui Prefectural Museum of History

Echizen Ceramic Village Cultural Exchange Hall

A facility serving as a stage for more people to enjoy culture amidst nature and beautiful surroundings, also available for various cultural and artistic activities. Particularly at the coffee corner, where you can enjoy coffee from your favorite c…

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Echizen Ceramic Village Cultural Exchange Hall

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…

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Mihama Town History and Culture Museum

Kohama Townscape Preservation Museum

In June 2008, the Kobanishi District, an area preserving its traditional townscape, was designated as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. This museum is a traditional Kyoto-style machiya townhouse built d…

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Kohama Townscape Preservation Museum

Wakasa Town History and Culture Museum

Approximately 170 items, including various haniwa clay figures and gold earrings with pendants excavated from ancient burial mounds within Wakasa Town, are on permanent display.

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Wakasa Town History and Culture Museum

House of Learning

In addition to works by animation artist Kuri Yōji and Western-style painter Shinichi Nishiyama, the museum features a permanent exhibition room where visitors can learn about Sabae's transformation and history from ancient times to the early moder…

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House of Learning

Jomon Roman Park

Jomon Roman Park offers an experience of ancient romance. The Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum, housed in a building designed to resemble the belly of a clay figurine, displays artifacts excavated from Jomon-period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE) sites, including d…

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Jomon Roman Park
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