Activities Maruoka Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around early to mid April, the grounds of the Maruoka Castle and the neighboring Kasumigajo Park are home to the..
Food Regional Cuisine - Fukui Sleiman Azizi Fukui prefecture is home to some of Japan's best snow crab and soba noodles. Dishes like Eihei-ji goma tofu, Echizen oroshi..
Area Echizen Explore Echizen City, in Fukui Prefecture, and discover Echizen's famous temples and shrines, experience Echizen's traditional crafts of knife-making, washi and tansu, and enjoy eating..
8 Kikuzushi Illaura Rossiter Located along the banks of the Kuzuryu River in the Funahashi area of Fukui City is a Japanese bar with an Edo Style Sushi menu...
Activities 4 Days in Fukui and Shiga: Venturing South Featured Thanks to the Hokuriku bullet train, Kanazawa is now easier to reach—cutting the old five-hour trip from Tokyo in half.
11 Accommodation Beniya in Awara Onsen Illaura Rossiter In Awara Onsen in Japan's Fukui Prefecture, Beniya is a long-established traditional inn with 24 cozy rooms, and service that..
Area Sakai Sakai is Fukui Prefecture's second most populous city and home to Maruoka Castle, Japan's oldest remaining castle. Maruoka Castle is known as Kasumi-ga-jo, or Mist Castle, as legend has..
Area Katsuyama Katsuyama is a mountain city and the definition of Fukui Prefecture's "snow country" tag, as well as the location of one of the best dinosaur museums in the world. The Fukui Prefecture Dinosaur..