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Maruoka Castle — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Maruoka Castle

Maruoka Castle (丸岡城) possesses the oldest surviving castle keep (tenshu) in Japan, constructed in 1576 — a claim dispute…

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Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins

Ichijodani (一乗谷) was the castle town of the Asakura clan, who ruled Echizen Province (now Fukui) for 103 years (1471–157…

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Oroshi Soba — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Oroshi Soba

Echizen oroshi soba is Fukui's traditional buckwheat noodle dish, defined by the use of coarsely grated daikon radish mi…

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Sauce Katsudon — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Sauce Katsudon

Sauce katsudon is Fukui's regional soul food and the polar opposite of the egg-bound katsudon known elsewhere in Japan.…

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Echizen Crab — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Fukui

Echizen Crab

Echizen crab is male snow crab caught in designated waters off Fukui Prefecture between November 6 and March 20, with ea…

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Wakasa Bay — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Wakasa Bay

Wakasa Bay (若狭湾) is a deeply indented coastal region facing the Sea of Japan, historically famous as the terminus of the…

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Tojinbo Cliffs — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Tojinbo Cliffs

Tojinbo is a 1-kilometer stretch of vertical basalt columnar jointing cliffs rising 20–30 meters above the Sea of Japan…

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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Fukui

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum ranks among the world's three premier dinosaur museums (alongside Beijing and Drum…

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Eiheiji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Fukui

Eiheiji Temple

Eiheiji is a working Zen monastery founded in 1244, where 150-200 monks follow a training schedule unchanged since the E…

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Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Yamanashi

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine has served as the traditional starting point for Mt. Fuji pilgrimages via the Yoshida…

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Daizenji Taisekiji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Daizenji Taisekiji Temple

Daizenji Taisekiji Temple, nestled in the Katsunuma wine valley, has an unusual claim: it houses a 1,200-year-old wooden…

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Erin-ji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Erin-ji Temple

Erin-ji Temple, located in the mountains east of Kofu, served as the family temple of the Takeda clan during the Warring…

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Lake Shojiko and Lake Motosuko — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Lake Shojiko and Lake Motosuko

Lake Shojiko (西湖) and Lake Motosuko (本栖湖) are the westernmost of the Fuji Five Lakes, connected by a 2km walking path th…

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Momiji Kairo Maple Corridor — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Momiji Kairo Maple Corridor

The Momiji Kairo (紅葉回廊, 'Maple Corridor') is a 150-meter pathway along the northern shore of Lake Kawaguchiko lined with…

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Maizuru Castle Park — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Maizuru Castle Park

Maizuru Castle Park occupies the grounds of historic Kofu Castle (舞鶴城), built in 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's vassal and…

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Lake Saiko Bat Cave and Forest — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Lake Saiko Bat Cave and Forest

Lake Saiko, the fourth-largest of the Fuji Five Lakes, remains the quietest and least developed — no lakeshore hotels, m…

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Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum

The Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum is a European-style garden and music box museum set against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji…

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Oshino Hakkai — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Oshino Hakkai

Oshino Hakkai is a collection of eight crystal-clear ponds fed by snowmelt from Mt. Fuji that has filtered through under…

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Aokigahara Forest — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Aokigahara Forest

Aokigahara, also known as the 'Sea of Trees' (樹海, Jukai), is a dense virgin forest that spreads across 30 square kilomet…

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Yamanashi Fruit Picking — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Yamanashi Fruit Picking

Yamanashi Prefecture is Japan's fruit basket — the nation's top producer of grapes and peaches, and second for cherries.…

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Isawa Onsen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Isawa Onsen

Isawa Onsen, located in the Fuefuki Valley surrounded by peach and grape orchards, is Yamanashi's largest hot spring res…

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Hoto Noodles — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Hoto Noodles

Hoto is Yamanashi's signature comfort dish — thick, flat wheat noodles simmered in a miso-based broth with kabocha squas…

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Takeda Shingen Historical Sites — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Takeda Shingen Historical Sites

Takeda Shingen (1521–1573) was one of the most formidable daimyo of Japan's Warring States period, ruling Kai Province (…

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Kofu Wine Wineries — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Yamanashi

Kofu Wine Wineries

Kofu Basin in central Yamanashi is Japan's premier wine-producing region, responsible for 40% of domestic wine productio…

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