DISCOVER FUKUI

Harmony Hall Fukui, the prefectural concert hall located in Imaichimachi, Fukui City, serves as a hub for promoting the prefecture's musical culture, where visitors can enjoy the sounds performed by artists from around the world. It features two ha…

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The summit area of Mount Ochi is said to have once been a sacred mountain site blending Shinto and Buddhist elements. Near the trig point at the peak are the inner sanctuary, the Daishi Hall, the shrine office, Hiyoshi Shrine, the main hall, and th…

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The large rock within the grounds of Oyatani Hakusan Shrine is a massive boulder over 20 meters in size, transported here by a debris avalanche triggered by the collapse of Mount Kyogatake volcano. It broke away from near the summit approximately 3…

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The Kitamaebune ships, designated as a Japan Heritage site. Ukon Gonzaemon, one of the five major shipowners of the Hokuriku region. We'll guide you through the history of the Kitamaebune ships, starting with his residence, the Ukon House, and incl…

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The Hokkoku Highway stretches approximately 520 km from Kyoto through Otsu, Hikone, and Lake Biwa into Fukui Prefecture, passing through Imajo, Nanjo, Echizen City (formerly Takefu City), Sabae City, and Fukui City, continuing on to Kanazawa, Toyam…

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This is the pilgrimage route to the sacred Mount Hakusan. In the past, three routes known as the Zen-jo-do (Zen Summit Paths) led to the summit from the three provinces of Echizen, Kaga, and Mino. These were named because the summit of Mount Hakusa…

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Ono City is rich in groundwater, with springs bubbling up throughout the town. Among these, the Oshozu Spring, selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Springs, has long been cherished as a place of relaxation for citizens. Historically used as water…

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The Sun Sun Hall at Kamishibi Cultural Center hosts various events such as lectures and concerts. A library is also located on the premises.

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The museum collects, preserves, and exhibits historical materials from the Jomon period through the modern era in Ono City. In particular, regarding the Hakusan faith, the museum houses valuable artifacts and materials illustrating its connection t…

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This flatland castle was built on the hills behind the settlement in southwestern Hikita (elevation approx. 100m). It is said to have been constructed during the Bunmei era (1469–87) by Kubo Hikita, a vassal of the Asakura clan and Lord of Ts…

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Located within Yoshikage Park, the area is also famous as a prime spot for cherry blossoms. The Asakura clan flourished for 103 years across five generations, from the Muromachi period through the age of civil war. Yoshikage, the shugo daimyo of Ec…

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A nationally designated historic site steeped in 500 years of tradition. This is the location chosen by Rennyo Shonin, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu revival movement, as the central base for his missionary work in the Hokuriku region. Even today,…

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Murasaki Shikibu ーthe author of the Tale of Genji, believed to be one of the oldest novels in the worldー spent about a year and a half in Echizen City. Our temple is located adjacent to the east side of Murasaki Shikibu Park. It is a Shingon Budd…

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Nestled halfway up Mt. Aoba, Nakayama-dera Temple is the first temple of the Hokuriku Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage. Its main hall and Kongo Rikishi statues are designated as Important Cultural Properties by the national government. From the templ…

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A temple protected by Maeda Toshiie, the first lord of the Kaga domain. The cemetery contains memorial towers for Toshiie's parents.Toshie's connection to Takefu (present-day Echizen City) began when Oda Nobunaga, having suppressed the Ikko…

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Kongo-in Temple, exuding the simple atmosphere of a mountain temple, is a Soto Zen temple. It was founded in 1433.In 1610, Honda Tomomasa relocated it to its current site, where the castle of the former lord, Aoki Kii-no-kami, once stood. Within th…

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Founded during the Yoro era (717-724) of the Nara period by the great master Taicho, this Tendai sect temple was originally located in Nojiri, Ikeda Town. It was relocated to its present site in Fuchu, Echizen, in 1533 (Tensho 2) by order of the As…

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The Hashimoto family, whose members served as village headmen and wardens in the Hōkyōji settlement for generations, built this residence around the mid-Edo period, in the first half of the 18th century. It was relocated and restored to its present…

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"Writing things down, Opening the fan, What lingering echoes!" This is a gift verse composed by Matsuo Bashō during his journey along the Narrow Road to the Deep North, when he stopped at Tenryū-ji Temple. The Bashō Tomb was erected in 18…

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Buddhist statues painted on the rock face at the entrance to the Shibi district, home to the head temple Eiheiji. Beneath the large rock formation jutting out from the east side of Sogen Bridge over the Eiheiji River, Jizo statues, stone monuments,…

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