福井県 · Regional selections
Karikomi Pond
永平寺・奥越
A place known for autumn colour, with a legend of a great serpent sealed here. The road is currently closed.
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JAM Fukui Katsuyama Mountain Resort Green Season
永平寺・奥越
From late April to early November the ski area opens in its summer form.
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Hoon-ji Onsen Sasayuri
永平寺・奥越
The large bath of a hotel in Katsuyama, with mountains seen from the open-air pool.
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Habutaemochi-no-Furusato Maeda Seika
永平寺・奥越
Founded in 1954. The factory shop for habutae mochi, Fukui's best-known sweet.
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Gotanjo-ji Temple
丹南
A Soto Zen temple in Echizen, known for the cats it takes in.
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Kazura Bridge
丹南
A vine bridge over the Asuwa gorge: 44 metres long, 1.8 wide and 12 above the water.
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Ryuso Falls
丹南
A drop of about 60 metres, the only waterfall in Fukui among Japan's hundred finest.
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岡太神社・大瀧神社
丹南
Honours Kawakami Gozen, the deity of paper. An important cultural property with what is called the most complex roof in Japan.
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紫式部公園
丹南
Where Murasaki Shikibu lived, the one time in her life she left the capital. It has a shinden-style garden.
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Tree Picnic Adventure Ikeda
丹南
One of the largest adventure forests in Japan, in the woods of Ikeda town.
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めがねミュージアム
丹南
Fukui makes over 90 per cent of Japan's spectacle frames. This shows the history and the craft.
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Echizen Soba-no-Sato
丹南
Run by a noodle works that makes about 50,000 servings a day, where you can try cutting soba.
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Sun Dome Fukui
丹南
The name comes from sun, industry and participation. The event hall stands 55 metres high.
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Takefu Knife Village
丹南
A shared workshop for Echizen forged blades. Fourteen makers work here, and the work can be watched.
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Yasha-ga-ike Pond
丹南
A pond at 1,099 metres, near the border with Gifu prefecture.
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Echizen Coast
丹南
A quasi-national park of strange rocks and cliffs, running from Tojinbo in the north to Suizu in Tsuruga in the south.
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Echizen Crab Museum
丹南
A hands-on centre for learning about Echizen crab and the local fish through play.
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Roadside Station Minami Echizen Sanghasato
丹南
Beside the Nanjo service area on the Hokuriku Expressway, reached from the motorway or the ordinary road.
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Roadside Station Echizen
丹南
Opened in November 2014, the gateway to the Echizen coast.
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Nishiyama Park
丹南
Some 50,000 azaleas bloom here, among the finest such places on the Sea of Japan coast.
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Echizen Ceramics Village
丹南
A wide ceramics park, with cherry trees planted throughout.
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越前和紙の里 パピルス館
丹南
In Japan's foremost district for handmade paper, you can try making a sheet yourself.
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越前和紙の里
丹南
Echizen has the largest share in Japan of fine handmade paper.
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Forest and River Promenade
丹南
A path of about four kilometres along the Asuwa gorge.
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