Accommodation APA Hotel Fukui Katamachi Peter Sidell In Fukui in central Japan, APA Hotel Katamachi is business hotel that makes up for its distance from the station by being comfortable..
Activities Maruoka Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Early - Mid Apr Each year from around early to mid April, the grounds of the Maruoka Castle and the neighboring Kasumigajo Park are home to the..
Activities Nishiyama Park Azalea Festival Early - Mid May The Nishiyama Park Azalea Festival is an annual event held in early May, where around 50,000 azaleas bloom in various shades of..
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..
9 Food Echizen Tsuruki Soba Restaurant Amanda Ho In Fukui, buckwheat is usually grinded on a traditional mill stone slowly so it retains the flavor. As such, the soba had a stronger..
16 Food Oden Ishida-Ya at JR Fukui Station Takako Sakamoto A good old Japanese oden restaurant Ishida-Ya is located in front of JR Fukui Station's West Exit. This casual drinking place..
Spider Lilies at Asakura Ruins Takako Sakamoto Spider Lilies at Ichijodani Asakura Ruins: Scarlet flowers heralding autumn at a historical site in Fukui prefecture.
Fukui Botanical Garden in the Rain Takako Sakamoto Fukui Botanical Garden Plantopia in the Rain: a video of beautiful flowers and plants under the autumn rain in Echizen town, Fukui...