福井県 · Chubu Region
Fukui Hidden Gems
A rugged coast, Japan's most complete dinosaur museum, and a strict Zen monastery still training monks after 800 years.
2 spots
Climate & Best Season
Heavy snow inland, milder on the coast; humid summers. Crab season (November–March) is the local peak.
Famous For (Food)
- Echizen crab
- Sauce katsudon
- Oroshi soba
- Wakasa mackerel
Signature Sights
- Eiheiji temple
- Tojinbo cliffs
- Fukui Dinosaur Museum
- Maruoka Castle
Fukui
Fukui· Sabae
Megane Museum
Around ninety-five per cent of the spectacle frames made in Japan come from Sabae, a city of sixty thousand people in in…
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Fukui
Fukui· Sabae
Urushi no Sato Kaikan
Echizen lacquerware has been made in the Kawada valley for around fifteen hundred years — the origin story involves a fi…
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