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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…

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The children's center offers a variety of hands-on experience zones where children can play, learn, and experience things, including a workshop zone where they can experience manufacturing and cooking, a play exploration zone where they can enj…

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HighlightsSabae City in Fukui Prefecture is the City of Eyeglasses! Stepping off at Sabae Station, eyeglass motifs greet you throughout the town. Plus Jack is a rare workshop in this eyeglass city, handling every step of eyeglass production entirel…

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A renovated 90-year-old traditional house in Imajo-juku. With the concept of "stepping into the local daily life," it offers experiences that let you immerse yourself in the diverse ways of life in the area.

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For over half a century, we've cultivated pearls in the waters of Wakasa, Japan's northernmost region. The temperature difference in the seawater, born from the winter cold, creates pearls with a fine, deep luster—a beauty unique to Wakasa Pearls. …

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　Why not capture your "Memories of Tsuruga" in a preserved flower arrangement? This type of arrangement is relatively quick to make and easy even for beginners.　Choose original herbarium stickers printed with Tsuruga's tourist spots or local spec…

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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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Echizen City has a long history, serving as the seat of the provincial government of Echizen Province during the Nara period (710-794 CE) and flourishing as a center of politics, culture, and economy.The cityscape exudes charm, featuring traditiona…

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Maruoka Town in Sakai City is a major production center for narrow-width textiles, fabrics with a width of 10cm or less.We infiltrated a precious factory said to be the last in Japan capable of mass-producing Tyrolean ribbon,where you can witness f…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

The Garden LABO Hill in Kuguko, Mihama Town, is a facility where visitors can deepen their understanding of gardening while having fun through experiences of 'learning,' 'creating,' and 'eating.' The grounds feature an 'Experience Facility', 'Exhib…

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Various lacquerware items are displayed and sold, and visitors can also try painting their own lacquer daruma dolls.

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Experience welding, create things in workshops, learn about the craft while playing with iron toys, and see, touch, and feel iron furniture.

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

■HighlightsYamaken Woodworking is the only company in Takefu, the heartland of Echizen cutlery, specializing in crafting handles for Japanese kitchen knives. While it's a part we rarely notice in daily life, the knife handle is packed with meti…

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This is a heart-centering prayer bead crafting experience held after zazen meditation at the Head Temple Eiheiji. It is offered as a collaborative program with the Head Temple Eiheiji's day-trip zazen sessions. Zazen is the foundation of practice. …

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Highlights Inui Lens specializes in sunglass lenses. It is also a company dedicated to protecting eyes from harmful elements like ultraviolet rays, which can cause eye diseases. Experience creating safe and secure sunglasses—something only Inui Len…

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Using "Ise katagami" stencils traditionally employed for dyeing kimono and formal wear patterns, we'll create coasters through katayūzen dyeing. Under the guidance of a master artisan, you'll create your own stencil with your favorite pattern and f…

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Handmade Wakasa washi paper. We make paper in the size of a color paper.

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Create Your Own Chopsticks and Explore JapanWakasa Takumi Musubi – A Hands-On Traditional Craft Experience in Obama City, FukuiDiscover the craftsmanship of Wakasa not by simply watching, but by creating with your own hands.Wakasa Takumi Musu…

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On the windswept hills of Echizen, the Echizen narcissus blooms robustly. Using pressed Echizen narcissus flowers, you can create original coasters, bookmarks, and more.

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Ishida Shima, the roots of Fukui's textile kingdom, flourished as a cotton cloth production area from the late Edo period through the Taisho era. To help visitors rediscover its appeal, the center offers Ishida Shima hand-weaving experiences and di…

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