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Old Hokuriku Line Tunnel Group
丹南
The old Hokuriku line, opened in 1896. The tunnels cut through the steep section from Tsuruga to Imajo remain.
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Kawada Onsen Lapose Kawada
丹南
A hot-spring facility in the hills, with a mixed spring rare anywhere in Japan.
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Roadside Station Kono
丹南
A roadside station marked by a large wind turbine, dealing in the specialities of the Echizen coast.
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Hanahasu Park
丹南
A lotus garden gathering about 130 varieties from around the world. July and August are the season.
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Nishiyama Zoo
丹南
Held to be the smallest zoo in Japan, known for its red pandas.
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Crab Factory Kora-gumi
若狭路
The first crab processing plant in Japan opened to visitors.
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Mizushima
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An uninhabited island off the tip of the Tsuruga peninsula, known for clear water and white sand.
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Rainbow Line Summit Park
若狭路
A terrace over the Mikata Five Lakes and Wakasa Bay. The road runs 11.24 kilometres.
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三方五湖
若狭路
The collective name for Mikata, Suigetsu, Suga, Kugushi and Hiruga lakes, each with different water.
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Wakasa Uriwari Famous Water Park and Uriwari Falls
若狭路
One of Japan's hundred finest waters, ranked second for taste.
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Kumagawa-juku
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A post town on the Saba Road linking Wakasa with Kyoto, which grew from 1589 onward.
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Suishohama Beach
若狭路
A swimming beach known for fine sand that glitters white.
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Kehi-no-Matsubara
若狭路
White sand and green pine at the head of Tsuruga Bay, one of Japan's three great pine groves.
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Kanegasaki Castle Ruins
若狭路
A mountain castle site above Tsuruga Bay, with stories attached from the Genpei wars onward.
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Wakasa Wada Beach
若狭路
The first beach in Asia to receive the Blue Flag environmental certification.
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Nihonkai Sakana-machi
若狭路
Souvenir shops for seafood stand alongside restaurants serving it.
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Shiroyama Park
若狭路
The site of Takahama Castle, with one of the eight sea caves of Takahama cut by the waves.
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氣比神宮
若狭路
The first shrine of Echizen, honouring Emperor Chuai and five other deities, with one of Japan's three great wooden torii.
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Fukui Children's Family Center
若狭路
Has a climbing wall 16 metres high, among the largest indoors in Japan.
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Angel Line
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A drive up Mount Kusuyagatake.
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Sea Park Nyu
若狭路
Fish taken in set nets are released into pens for you to catch.
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Elgaia Oi
若狭路
An energy learning centre with one of the largest virtual-image theatres in the world.
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Sotomo
若狭路
Sea caves on the north side of the Uchitomi peninsula, with about six kilometres of cliffs.
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Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum
若狭路
Displays the varved sediment of Lake Suigetsu, 70,000 years of banded layers.
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