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石川県 · Regional selections

Ishikawa Zoo

加賀

A zoo that uses the natural lie of the land, with Asian elephants, pygmy hippos and red pandas.

石川県 · Regional selections

Tatsunokuchi Onsen Soyu Satoyama-no-Yu

加賀

A day-use bathhouse opened in 2009, with a garden-style open-air bath and sodium chloride-sulphate water.

石川県 · Regional selections

Tsuki Usagi-no-Sato

加賀

A theme park for meeting rabbits, which roam freely in the outdoor ground.

石川県 · Regional selections

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komatsu Air Base

加賀

Opened in 1961. The only fighter unit on the Sea of Japan coast is based here.

石川県 · Regional selections

Ayatori Bridge

加賀

A winding bridge designed by the flower artist Hiroshi Teshigahara. Painted red-purple, it looks over the Kakusen gorge.

石川県 · Regional selections

Kakusenkei Riverside Terrace

加賀

Riverside platforms set in the Kakusen gorge, for new green in spring and colour in autumn.

石川県 · Regional selections

Kaga Fruit Land

加賀

An orchard of some 80 hectares with fruit picking through the seasons.

石川県 · Regional selections

Yamanaka Onsen Kiku-no-Yu

加賀

The communal bathhouse of a hot-spring town 1,300 years old. Basho wrote a verse here on the scent of its water.

石川県 · Regional selections

Komatsu Awazu Factory

加賀

A factory making medium and small construction machinery.

石川県 · Regional selections

Awazu Onsen

加賀

Said to have been opened by the priest Taicho, the oldest hot spring in the Hokuriku region, with 1,300 years of history.

石川県 · Regional selections

Yamanaka Onsen

加賀

Said to have been found by the priest Gyoki. Basho stayed nine days here in 1689 on his Narrow Road journey.

福井県 · Regional selections

Saiko-ji Temple

あわら・坂井・福井市

The mortuary temple of Katsuie Shibata and his wife Oichi.

福井県 · Regional selections

東尋坊

あわら・坂井・福井市

Sheer cliffs dropping to the Sea of Japan, known as a setting for television mysteries.

福井県 · Regional selections

Shibata Shrine

あわら・坂井・福井市

Where Katsuie Shibata and Oichi met their end. Nobunaga granted Katsuie 490,000 koku, and he built his castle here.

福井県 · Regional selections

Shibamasa World

あわら・坂井・福井市

A 560,000-square-metre leisure park above the Sea of Japan. A dinosaur zone was added in 2024.

福井県 · Regional selections

Fukui Castle Ruins

あわら・坂井・福井市

The castle built by Hideyasu Yuki, second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Stone walls and moat remain.

福井県 · Regional selections

Oshima

あわら・坂井・福井市

Twenty-seven metres high and two kilometres around, the largest island on the Echizen coast, long held to be a god's island.

福井県 · Regional selections

一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡

あわら・坂井・福井市

The castle-town site of five generations of the Asakura, spanning about a century, some ten kilometres southeast of Fukui City.

福井県 · Regional selections

丸岡城

あわら・坂井・福井市

Built in 1576 by Katsutoyo, nephew of Katsuie Shibata. One of the twelve surviving castle keeps.

福井県 · Regional selections

Echizen Matsushima Aquarium

あわら・坂井・福井市

A hands-on aquarium for looking, touching and learning.

福井県 · Regional selections

Mikuni Minato Retro

あわら・坂井・福井市

A port town that prospered on the kitamaebune trade, with latticed townhouses and traces of its merchant wealth.

福井県 · Regional selections

Miyanoshita Cosmos Hiroen

あわら・坂井・福井市

Some 100 million cosmos flowers over grounds more than four times the size of Tokyo Dome.

福井県 · Regional selections

Kunimi Kurage Community Center

あわら・坂井・福井市

A small aquarium made from a community hall on the Echizen coast.

福井県 · Regional selections

Koya Kokuryu Shrine

あわら・坂井・福井市

Founded as guardian deity of the Kuzuryu River, counted among Japan's four ancient great deities.