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福井県 · Shrines & temples

Eiheiji

永平寺町嶺北

It is still a working training monastery. Dogen taught that not only zazen but cleaning, eating and washing the face are all practice. His Tenzo Kyoku…

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Kehi Jingu

敦賀市嶺南

Its great torii, eleven metres high, is counted with Itsukushima in Aki and Kasuga Taisha in Nara as one of the three great wooden torii of Japan.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Jinguji

小浜市嶺南

The Omizu-okuri rite, in which water drawn here is sent on, pairs with the Omizu-tori at Nigatsudo in Todaiji. Wakasa and Nara are joined by water.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Daianzenji

福井市嶺北

The funerary temple of the Matsudaira, lords of the Fukui domain. On the Senjojiki behind it stand the great stone mausolea of the lord's family.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Tsurugi Jinja

越前町嶺北

It holds a National Treasure temple bell. Oda Nobunaga's ancestors are said to have been priests here, and the place name Ota is the origin of the fam…

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Myotsuji

小浜市嶺南

Both the main hall and the three-storey pagoda are National Treasures. Wakasa keeps many old temples tied to Nara.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Eiheiji Sanmon

永平寺町嶺北

Trainee monks enter by this gate and do not pass out again until their training is done.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Heisenji Hakusan Jinja

勝山市嶺北

A precinct covered in moss. It is said once to have held 48 shrines, 36 halls and 6,000 lodgings.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Hagaji

小浜市嶺南

An old temple of Wakasa. Its principal image is said to have been modelled on Empress Gensho.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Mantokuji

小浜市嶺南

A dry landscape garden that uses the slope of the hill, designated a Place of Scenic Beauty.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Kehi Otorii

敦賀市嶺南

About eleven metres high. One of the three great wooden torii of Japan.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Kanegasakigu

敦賀市嶺南

The stage of Nobunaga's retreat from Kanegasaki. Known for the Hanakae festival.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Okamoto Jinja

越前市嶺北

The only shrine in Japan to a deity of paper. It stands at the heart of Echizen washi country, and the carving on its halls is superb.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Sojadaijingu

越前市嶺北

The soja of Echizen Province, on the site of the provincial capital.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Heisenji

勝山市嶺北

Moss from end to end. At its height it is said to have kept eight thousand warrior monks.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Wakasahiko Jinja

小浜市嶺南

Divided into an upper and a lower shrine. A thousand-year-old cedar stands here.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Jogu Jinja

敦賀市嶺南

Its Korean bell is a National Treasure, brought back during Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Asuwa Jinja

福井市嶺北

It enshrines Emperor Keitai, and is known for its weeping cherries.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Okamoto Okumiya

越前市嶺北

The only shrine in Japan to a deity of paper. The inner shrine sits at the summit of Mount Gongen.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Mikuni Jinja

坂井市嶺北

The tutelary shrine of a kitamaebune port town. Floats come out for the Mikuni festival.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Shinokura Jinja

大野市嶺北

A sacred spring rises here, said to be good for ailments of the eye.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Nakaikemi

敦賀市嶺南

A lowland marsh holding forty thousand years of strata.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Shibata Jinja

福井市嶺北

It enshrines Shibata Katsuie and Lady Oichi, on the site of Kitanosho Castle.

福井県 · Shrines & temples

Fujishima Jinja

福井市嶺北

It enshrines Nitta Yoshisada.