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.
3 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
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Karikomi Pond
A pond four hundred metres around and four and a half metres deep, at the foot of Mt. Gankyoji in the Hakusan national p…
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Echizen Ono Castle
Ono sits in a mountain basin, and on cold still mornings from autumn into spring the basin fills with cloud while the ca…
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Nanamachi Morning Market
Four hundred years of the same arrangement: farmers bring what they have grown into Ono, sit down on the street, and lay…
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