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福井県 · Regional selections

Fukui Station West Exit Plaza

あわら・坂井・福井市

A plaza where dinosaur robots move, at the west exit of Fukui Station.

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Awara Onsen Town

あわら・坂井・福井市

Opened in 1883 and long called the inner parlour of the Kansai region.

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WOW RIDE Ikossa! Fukui XR Bus

あわら・坂井・福井市

A sightseeing bus on which you experience a virtual world while travelling.

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Hoko Island

あわら・坂井・福井市

A rock island on the Echizen coast, known as a place to watch the sunset.

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Yokokan Garden

あわら・坂井・福井市

The villa of the Matsudaira lords of the Fukui domain. A national scenic site built around a large pond.

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Ancient Life Museum

あわら・坂井・福井市

On the Echizen coast, showing jellyfish alongside fossils and taxidermy.

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Awara Onsen Ashizu

あわら・坂井・福井市

A footbath built entirely of cypress, using Shakudani stone quarried in Fukui.

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Asuwayama Park

あわら・坂井・福井市

A hill 116.4 metres high, with burial mounds and a statue of Emperor Keitai, who laid the foundations of Fukui.

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Ichijo Falls

あわら・坂井・福井市

A 17-metre waterfall, said to be where Kojiro Sasaki trained.

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Awara Onsen Grandia Housen

あわら・坂井・福井市

An inn at Awara Onsen, now sixty years in business.

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Reconstructed Townscape, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins

あわら・坂井・福井市

A Warring States castle town rebuilt on the evidence of the excavations.

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Angel Land Fukui

あわら・坂井・福井市

A hands-on centre whose honorary director is the astronaut Mamoru Mohri.

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福井県立恐竜博物館

永平寺・奥越

Held to be one of the world's three great dinosaur museums, specialising in geology and palaeontology.

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Eihei-ji Temple

永平寺・奥越

A Zen training monastery founded by Dogen in 1244.

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Lake Kuzuryu

永平寺・奥越

A reservoir formed by a rockfill dam.

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Heisenji Hakusan Shrine

永平寺・奥越

Over 1,300 years old. Moss covers its grounds, so it is also called the moss shrine.

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Echizen Ono Castle

永平寺・奥越

A castle built by Nagachika Kanamori, known for appearing to float on a sea of clouds.

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Echizen Great Buddha

永平寺・奥越

At Daishizan Seidaiji. Its principal image follows the seated Buddha of the Longmen Grottoes in China.

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Roadside Station Echizen Ono Arashima-no-Sato

永平寺・奥越

At the foot of Mount Arashima, among the largest roadside stations in the prefecture.

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Outdoor Dinosaur Museum

永平寺・奥越

Opened in July 2014 at Japan's largest dinosaur fossil dig.

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Katsuyama Dino Park

永平寺・奥越

Walk among more than 80 life-size dinosaurs.

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Roadside Station Dinosaur Valley Katsuyama

永平寺・奥越

About five minutes from the Katsuyama interchange, on the way to the dinosaur museum.

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Hataya Memorial Hall Yumeole Katsuyama

永平寺・奥越

Try weaving a coaster by hand or making things from silk cocoons.

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JAM Terrace

永平寺・奥越

Ride the lift to about 1,000 metres for a view of Katsuyama town and the dinosaur museum.