IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Yamanaka Onsen Kiku-no-Yu
The communal bathhouse of a hot-spring town 1,300 years old. Basho wrote a verse here on the scent of its water.
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IshikawaCulture & HistoryIshikawa
Awazu Onsen
Said to have been opened by the priest Taicho, the oldest hot spring in the Hokuriku region, with 1,300 years of history.
IshikawaNature & SceneryIshikawa
Yamanaka Onsen
Said to have been found by the priest Gyoki. Basho stayed nine days here in 1689 on his Narrow Road journey.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Saiko-ji Temple
The mortuary temple of Katsuie Shibata and his wife Oichi.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Shibata Shrine
Where Katsuie Shibata and Oichi met their end. Nobunaga granted Katsuie 490,000 koku, and he built his castle here.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Shibamasa World
A 560,000-square-metre leisure park above the Sea of Japan. A dinosaur zone was added in 2024.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Fukui Castle Ruins
The castle built by Hideyasu Yuki, second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Stone walls and moat remain.
FukuiNature & Scenery
FukuiExperiencesAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
A hands-on aquarium for looking, touching and learning.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Mikuni Minato Retro
A port town that prospered on the kitamaebune trade, with latticed townhouses and traces of its merchant wealth.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Miyanoshita Cosmos Hiroen
Some 100 million cosmos flowers over grounds more than four times the size of Tokyo Dome.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Kunimi Kurage Community Center
A small aquarium made from a community hall on the Echizen coast.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Koya Kokuryu Shrine
Founded as guardian deity of the Kuzuryu River, counted among Japan's four ancient great deities.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Fukui Station West Exit Plaza
A plaza where dinosaur robots move, at the west exit of Fukui Station.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Awara Onsen Town
Opened in 1883 and long called the inner parlour of the Kansai region.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
WOW RIDE Ikossa! Fukui XR Bus
A sightseeing bus on which you experience a virtual world while travelling.
FukuiFood & MarketsAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Hoko Island
A rock island on the Echizen coast, known as a place to watch the sunset.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Yokokan Garden
The villa of the Matsudaira lords of the Fukui domain. A national scenic site built around a large pond.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Ancient Life Museum
On the Echizen coast, showing jellyfish alongside fossils and taxidermy.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Awara Onsen Ashizu
A footbath built entirely of cypress, using Shakudani stone quarried in Fukui.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Asuwayama Park
A hill 116.4 metres high, with burial mounds and a statue of Emperor Keitai, who laid the foundations of Fukui.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Ichijo Falls
A 17-metre waterfall, said to be where Kojiro Sasaki trained.
Awara - Sakai - Fukui
Awara Onsen Grandia Housen
An inn at Awara Onsen, now sixty years in business.
FukuiCulture & HistoryAwara - Sakai - Fukui
Reconstructed Townscape, Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins
A Warring States castle town rebuilt on the evidence of the excavations.