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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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The Tomb of Sakon Tagaya

Tagaya Sakon Mitsutsune served as a senior retainer to Yuki Hideyasu, the first lord of the Fukui domain, and was entrusted with pacifying the border region between Echizen and Kaga provinces. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Sekigahara an…

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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…

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Kanegasaki-gu Shrine

This is the old battlefield where Nitta Yoshisada, the protector of Prince Tsunenaga and Prince Takera, fought against the Ashikaga forces in 1336. The battle was so severe that Prince Tonoara and 300 others set fire to the castle and committed sui…

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Echizen Kobushi Group Rickshaw

On weekends and holidays, you can see rickshaws carrying tourists through the downtown area of Ono City.This is a service provided by the local volunteer group "Echizen Kobushi-gumi," guiding tourists in nostalgic rickshaws.Of course, the…

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Tomb of Niwa Nagahide (Sōkōji Temple)

Nobuhide Niwa, a trusted vassal whom Oda Nobunaga called "a friend and brother," was known alongside Shibata Katsuie as one of the twin pillars of the Oda clan. Nobuhide's grave lies at Sōkōji Temple (founded by Nobuhide as his family…

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Tomb of Niwa Nagahide (Sōkōji Temple)

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

Varve Museum

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…

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Varve Museum

Umeda Family Garden

This garden is a “pond-viewing style landscape garden” that once belonged to the residence of the Umeda clan, a powerful local family in Ikeda Village. Descended from Taira no Yorimori, the Umeda family settled in this area following th…

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Myorakuji Temple

At the foot of the sacred Mount Tadagadake, passing through the mountain gate along the cherry-lined approach, the temple grounds' tranquility briefly lifts you from the mundane world. The main hall, Wakasa's oldest structure, features a hi…

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Kurotani Snow Fence

This massive wall in Shimokurodani, Ono City, was constructed for avalanche protection. It stands 15.5 meters tall and stretches 300 meters in length. Because avalanches once claimed many lives in this area, murals depicting wishes for eternal safe…

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Kurotani Snow Fence

Honkoji Temple

This is a large temple of the Honzan class within the Hokke-shu Shimon-ryu sect, boasting five sub-temples.Based on the size of the temple grounds recorded in ancient documents and the location of ancient grid-pattern settlement remains preserved i…

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Echizen Knife Kaikan

Echizen Forged Blades continues to uphold Japan's ancient fire-forging techniques and hand finishing to this day. Here, we introduce the 700-year history and manufacturing process of Echizen Forged Blades through panel displays and videos. Prod…

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Echizen Knife Kaikan

Shiroyama Park, Meikyodo Cave (Shiroyama Swimming Beach)

Shiroyama Park, the site of Takahama Castle built by Masanori Itsumi in the Warring States Period, has the famous Meikyodo Cave (a scenic spot in Takahama Town) and a large lawn area, and there is a walking trail in the park. Walking along the prom…

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Shiroyama Park, Meikyodo Cave (Shiroyama Swimming Beach)

Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum

The Wakasa Kuni Yoshikiyama Historical Museum introduces the history of Yoshikiyama Castle and Sakaki, known for repelling invasions by the Asakura army for several years and for being occupied by Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, …

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Saifukuji Temple

The Jodo Buddhist temple Saifukuji was built in 1368. The temple is best known for its huge garden, more than 4,600 square meters in size. The garden is said to represent the Buddhist land of perfect bliss, with rich greenery in spring and summer, …

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Kyoto Fuji Jingo Family

The Kyōfuji residence, distinguished by its fire-prevention gables that stand out strikingly, served as a secondary official inn in Imajō-juku. It houses calligraphy by late Edo-period national scholar and poet Tachibana Akiran, among others. Addit…

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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)

Jofukuji Temple

This temple belongs to the Shin-shū Izumoji sect. A garden lies south of the temple's kitchen quarters and is designated a National Scenic Spot. It is a landscape garden borrowing the mountain range of the Hinoyama range as its backdrop, featuring …

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Goryo Shrine

The enshrined deity is Prince Sawara, the son of Emperor Kanmu. It is said that an imperial edict was issued to provincial governors nationwide to establish Goryo Shrines to appease the vengeful spirit of Prince Sawara, who was caught up in politic…

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Goryo Shrine
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