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Hakusan Shrine (Ikeda Town)
Shizuhara Village's Shirayama Shrine stands quietly, with ancient cedar and zelkova trees of unknown age standing side by side before its torii gate. Until the late Edo period, Noh plays were dedicated here, and many ancient Noh masks, costumes, an…
- Tannan
Nukase Beach (Minami-Echizen Town)
Located in the Nagashima district lined with inns and guesthouses, this beach is also convenient for lodging.
- Tannan
Nashikadaira Senmaida Narcissus Garden (Echizen Narcissus …
The defeated Heike fugitives from the Genpei War hid in the Seven Plains (Nashigahara, Oojara, Obanjara, Yukigajara, Takegajara, Iwanjara, and Sakanjara). By the Edo period, people had gathered to live in the largest, Nashigahara, which flourished …
- Tannan
Kura no Tsuji
Diagonally across from Soja Grand Shrine lies a stylish corner known as "Kura no Tsuji," lined with white-walled storehouses. Since the Edo period, this area flourished as a transit hub for goods traveling from Kansai to the Hokuriku region, with m…
- Tannan
Akatan Sand Control Dam Group
The Akatan Erosion Control Weir Complex, located on the Akagawa River flowing through Furuki, Minami-Echizen Town, consists of seven stone-built weirs and two earthen weirs constructed in the 1890s. Even after more than 100 years, it continues to f…
- Tannan
Funatsu Shrine
The large torii gate standing approximately 6.5 meters tall along the approach path and the red torii gate, constructed partly of wood and partly of stone, are valuable wooden torii gates built during the mid-Edo period. The main hall, with its cyp…
- Tannan
Amino Shrine
A shrine dedicated to Emperor Keitai. Legend holds that Emperor Keitai lived in Ajimano before his ascension to the throne. During the Muromachi period, the Kuratani clan maintained a castle here, and remnants of earthen ramparts remain to the nort…
- Tannan
Gekkō-ji Temple
Upon entering the main hall, a magnificent, lustrous bronze Buddha statue immediately greets visitors. Standing approximately 5.5 meters tall from lotus pedestal to crown, it features a serene countenance. Erected in 1847 (Kōka 4), it was dedicated…
- Tannan
Ikegami Sunflower Park
Ikegami Sunflower Park, located along the Sakai Northern Wide-Area Farm Road "Fruit Line," features approximately 300,000 sunflowers reaching their peak bloom around August each year. Covering a total area of about 50,000 square meters—roughly the …
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Roadside Station Nadasho
The local products hall features specialties from the region and surrounding areas. We invite you to savor our exclusive natural yam gelato, made with Nata-jo's specialty natural yams.
- Wakasa
Footprints of God
Along the Echizen Coast, renowned for its many natural rock formations and scenic wonders, stands a pair of massive rocks resembling footprints, each 5 meters tall and 2 meters wide. Legend has it these are the footprints left by the gods as they w…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Fukui City Atagozaka Tea Ceremony Art Museum
This exhibition clearly introduces the history of tea ceremony in Fukui City through four sections: an overview of tea ceremony history using a chronological table; the tea ceremony of the Warring States period revealed by research at the Asakura C…
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Chōenji Temple
An independent temple. This temple was one of three where the Mito Tengu Party was held immediately after their surrender, housing 90 members of the group. Their treatment at the temple was generous, but after being handed over to the shogunate, th…
- Wakasa
Eiganjiji Temple
Sōtō Zen sect. The first temple of the Wakasa Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage. Founded in 1413 in what is now Eishin-chō. Relocated to its present site in 1607 by Uta no Sōtei. The Mito Tengu Party included 11 young boys. It is said that Ryudo, the…
- Wakasa
Townscape and Food Pavilion Shikisai-kan Sui-getsu
The Townscape and Food Museum, developed by Obama City as part of its townscape preservation efforts, is housed in the former "Suigetsu" restaurant. Built in the early Meiji period, it served as a central restaurant in Chayamachi throughout the Mei…
- Wakasa
Taneumi Beach
Located along National Route 8, it's conveniently close to a convenience store. Facilities such as showers are also well-equipped.
- Wakasa
Fukui City Gymnasium
This gymnasium is ideal for sporting events. With its own meeting rooms, combined with the adjacent Phoenix Plaza, it can also host large-scale conferences for up to 2,000 people.
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Hōkyōji Temple
Hōkyōji Temple is a renowned temple located approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Ōno City, situated upstream along the Kiyotaki River. Founded in 1278 by the eminent monk Jaku'en, who came to Japan out of reverence for Dōgen Zenji, the founder …
- Eiheiji, Okuetsu
Legendary Battlefield of Yoshisada Nitta at Tomyoji-nada (…
According to the Taiheiki (Volume 20), in the first year of the Kōei era (1338), Nitta Yoshisada was heading to relieve Fujishima Castle when he encountered the forces of Spada Takatsune from the Ashikaga-aligned Kuromaru Castle near Tomyoji-nawa. …
- Awara,Sakai,Fukui
Yamanaka Pass
During the Nara period, travelers entering the province of Etchu (Hokuriku) from the capital crossed the Yamanaka Pass (elevation 389m) from Tsuruga. This was the oldest Hokuriku official road passing through the province of Echizen. It is also cal…
- Tannan
