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..
Activities 4 Days in Fukui and Shiga: Venturing South Featured The success of the Hokuriku bullet train has helped put Kanazawa city on the map, halving what was previously a 5-hour journey from..
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...
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 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..
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 Fukui City Fukui City is the capital of Fukui prefecture, which is located along the coast of the Sea of Japan. While most attractions lie just outside of the city center, there are a number of places ..
17 Accommodation Auberge Fujii Fermier Shozo Fujii Auberge Fujii Fermier is located in a small village close to the Echizen seashore in Fukui Prefecture, Japan