DISCOVER FUKUI

The Fukui City Tourism Exchange Center, which opened in October 2023, is a facility designed to welcome and guide visitors to Fukui.The first floor features a waiting room, restrooms, and bicycle rental services, while the second floor houses a caf…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

At the bottom of Suigetsu Lake, one of the Three Lakes of Mikata, sediment from the past 70,000 years forms distinct stripes. These annual growth rings, known as "nenko," are recognized as the global standard for dating. Inside the museum…

• Wakasa

The Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association offers bicycle rentals.Why not hop on a bike and enjoy the fresh breeze of Mihama to the fullest?Standard bicycles and electric-assist bicycles are available for a 2-day, 1-night rental period for guests stayin…

• Wakasa

Facing the scenic Five Lakes of Mikata, the terrace offers calming views of the changing seasons and wild birds in flight. As the largest plum-producing area on the Sea of Japan coast, the shop stocks a wide variety of plum products, filling the st…

• Wakasa

Both buildings feature private decks. Overlooking the beautiful Sea of Japan, which changes its expression with the shifting seasons, the guest rooms offer a relaxed and tranquil space based on the two colors "NOX (Black) and ALBUS (White)" as thei…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

Located within Awara Onsen Yunomachi Square, this food stall village is marked by nostalgic red lanterns. About 10 stalls offering a variety of cuisines, including ramen and teppanyaki, line the street, each serving up their signature dishes.The Aw…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

This ancient shrine enshrines Emperor Chuai and six other deities, and is known as the “First Shrine of Echizen” and the “Guardian Deity of the Hokuriku Region.” The grand torii gate, said to have been built from driftwood t…

• Wakasa

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,…

• Tannan

In addition to providing tourist information focused on downtown Fukui City, we offer services such as temporary luggage storage (for a fee, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM) and the sale of Fukui Railway tickets (afternoons only).We also offer rentals of rai…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

Katsuyama Castle Museum is a registered museum that opened in 1992, featuring a five-story, six-level keep. As a keep-style structure, it boasts the tallest height in Japan at 57.8 meters from the stone foundation to the shachi roof ornaments.Insid…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Roadside Station adjacent to the Hokuriku Expressway Nanjo SA (Upper). Accessible from both the expressway and general roads, offering dining and shopping at each facility.Directly connected to the adjacent park via a long slide, it functions as a …

• Tannan

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…

• Wakasa

This is a sunflower field blooming near the ball field in Asahi, Echizen Town.＜2025 Information＞※This year, the sunflower fields are divided into two locations: north and south of the ball field. August 3, 2025: The northern field reached its pea…

• Tannan

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

Founded in 1954, this long-established Japanese confectionery shop in Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture, is a purveyor to the Grand Head Temple Eiheiji. It is a "department store of Habutae mochi," offering the three major signature sweets&m…

• Eiheiji, Okuetsu

Kehi no Matsubara, one of the three largest pine groves in Japan, and the approximately 1 km-long sandy beach are colored in vivid contrasts of green and white. With facilities such as marine playground equipment for children, this beach is recomme…

• Wakasa

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

Lunch & Sweets Tour CouponThis coupon lets you explore Awara at a great value!Choose one item from the gourmet selection and one item from the sweets selection.It also includes other perks, such as a hot spring egg-making experience and admissi…

• Awara,Sakai,Fukui

■HighlightsAt Nishikikuri Lacquerware Shop in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware, brothers run a lacquer workshop. In this experience, you'll receive hands-on instruction directly from Masataka Nishikikuri, the elder brother and artisan at…

• Tannan

HighlightsYanase Ryōzō Paper Workshop specializes in producing traditional Japanese paper, primarily creating wrapping paper and packaging paper used by Japanese confectionery shops. They craft paper using the delicate technique of mold-made paper …

• Tannan