福井県 · Regional selections
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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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
若狭路
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
若狭路
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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