Attractions

Ryokan Azumaya

We operate our own octopus and gillnet fishing businesses, so we provide our guests with fresh, wild-caught fish. With the ocean right in front of us, you can enjoy the view from your room. We also offer fishing boats, so please let us know if you'…

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Ryokan Azumaya

Kamiyama Inn

The ocean stretches right in front of our inn, and some guests enjoy fishing from the pier. In summer, enjoy swimming and seaside activities until evening, then savor dishes made with fresh local ingredients at our inn. Try Oshima's "freshly caught…

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Kamiyama Inn

Fujii Inn

As a family of fishermen spanning two generations, we offer freshly caught shellfish such as abalone, rock oysters, and turban shells during the summer months (June to August). We also offer fresh fish caught using bottom trawls and fixed nets.

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Fujii Inn

Kosue Inn

"Welcome!" we greet you with bright smiles. Enjoy freshly caught seafood unique to a fisherman's inn. We hope this will be "your inn," where you can refresh yourself and recharge your energy while gazing at the tranquil sea before you, enveloped in…

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Kosue Inn

Oshima Ryokan

Our motto is to serve you the freshest local fish.

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Oshima Ryokan

Ebisuya

In spring, you're surrounded by beautiful mountain cherry blossoms; in summer, you can dive right into the sea right in front of you, and there's also a beach accessible by boat ferry. In autumn, you can enjoy squid fishing and sashimi. From April …

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Ebisuya

Wakasa Inn Hamahito

Before you lies the vast blue sea, and this is Sekumi Inn, rich in nature with the scent of the shore. Unfettered by time, savor fresh seafood caught in fixed nets during your leisurely stay. Enjoy swimming in summer and relish our prized Wakasa pu…

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Wakasa Inn Hamahito

Hamano-ya

Please savor our abundant "Wakasa Fugu," lovingly raised by my husband. Summer beach swimming is right in front of us. The sunset viewed from the second-floor cypress bath is simply the best. We await you with heartfelt seasonal cuisine, generously…

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Hamano-ya

Sekumi Beach

Summer brings crowds of beachgoers to Wakasa Bay. After enjoying the sea to your heart's content, why not savor the delicious fish of Wakasa Bay at a minshuku or ryokan and fully experience the summer sea?

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Sekumi Beach

Tomb of Shigemori Komatsu

Komatsu Shigemori Tomb, located near the Minamikawa Sand Control Dam in the former Noda-sho Village (Komatsu District). Komatsu Shigemori was the eldest son of Taira no Kiyomori. Legend holds that people associated with Taira no Shigemori fled to a…

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Tomb of Shigemori Komatsu

Suiseiji Temple

The principal image enshrined within the altar cabinet at Suisei-ji Temple is a standing statue of the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva. Standing 99 cm tall, it is a yosegi-zukuri (joined wood) sculpture. Its elongated face, large, prominent feature…

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Suiseiji Temple

Canyoneering Activity

Why not get serious about having fun while climbing waterfalls and rappelling down them, all while enjoying natural showers in the beautiful, nature-rich gorge of Wakasa Town? We hold events from summer through fall. Let's enjoy ourselves to the fu…

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Canyoneering Activity

Satoyama Culture Garden OISAKO

Experience the joys of satoyama living at thatched-roof farmhouses, old-style cafes, hands-on farms, biotopes, and satoyama forests.

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Satoyama Culture Garden OISAKO

Fukui Prefectural Mikata Youth Center

Located in the central part of Wakasa Bay Quasi-National Park, this youth education facility sits on the shores of Lake Mikata, one of the renowned Mikata Five Lakes registered as a Ramsar Site. It offers various experiences such as nature observat…

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Fukui Prefectural Mikata Youth Center

Sueno Creative Center

Experience Sueyaki pottery making that showcases the robust character of materials from Sueyama—a region renowned for its abundant high-quality clay and history as a Sueiki pottery production center for nearly 1,000 years.

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Sueno Creative Center

Agricultural and Forestry Experiences

Example: Rice Planting Experience Experience the joys, pleasures, and challenges of farming through rice planting led by an instructor from a family of farmers who have cultivated rice for generations in this rice-growing region, using traditional …

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Agricultural and Forestry Experiences

Matsubara Shrine

This shrine was established in 1875 to honor the Mito Tengu Party. Although no shrine hall existed at the time of its founding, a shrine monument was erected in October 1883. Subsequently, with funding from the Marquis Maeda family, the shrine hall…

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Matsubara Shrine

Eikaku-ji Temple

A Jōdo Shinshū temple. On January 29, 1865 (Genji 2), after confining the Mito Tengu Party to 16 warehouses, the shogunate established a temporary interrogation area at Eikaku-ji Temple on February 1 and conducted a preliminary investigation. Follo…

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Eikaku-ji Temple

Honkatsuji Temple

A temple of the Nichiren Shu sect. Originally founded in 810 as a Shingon sect temple, it was converted to Nichiren Shu by Saint Nichiryu in 1426. Members of the Mito Tengu Party who had surrendered to the Kaga Domain forces participating in the s…

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Honkatsuji Temple

Jōkōji Temple

The second daughter of the Asai sisters, Ohatsu (Jōkō-in), built this temple to mourn her husband Kyōgoku Takatsugu. She invited Zen Master Shūko of the Enjō school, a native of Obama, to serve as the founding priest. Ohatsu is also historically no…

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