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Fukui · Japan Capital
In the destination Fukui and Eiheiji.
In the photo: Gate and earthen ramparts of the Ichijodani ruins in the Fukui area.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Capital of Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, the city has a Hokuriku shinkansen station, castle ruins, the Yokokan garden and the cherry trees along the Asuwa River. It is the base for the ruins of Ichijodani, the Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama, Maruoka Castle and the Tojinbo cliffs.
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The local experience
Ruins of the Asakura family town, destroyed by Oda Nobunaga in 1573, in a narrow valley near Fukui, with rock gardens, excavated foundations, a reconstructed street of houses and a museum.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama, one of the world’s largest museums dedicated to dinosaurs, with dozens of mounted skeletons, fossils found in the region and an on-site excavation area for visitors.
About 1 km of andesite column cliffs, up to 25 m high, above the Sea of Japan, on the Sakai coast, with a boat tour at the base of the cliffs and nearby Oshima Island.
A castle in Sakai with one of Japan’s twelve original castle keeps, small with a stone-slab roof, surrounded by about 400 cherry trees.
Beyond the guide
