An Illustrated Japan / Chubu / Fukui

Famous Views

The sights a prefecture is known for — the ones on the postcards, and a few that should be.

Tojinbo

東尋坊

Mikata Five Lakes

三方五湖

Echizen Ono-jo

越前大野城

Mizushima

水島

Karikomi-ike

刈込池

Cape Echizen

越前岬

Uriwari Falls

瓜割の滝

Kazura Bridge

かずら橋

Soto-mon

蘇洞門

Hakusan Heisen-ji

白山平泉寺

Townscape & Scenery

Streets, harbours, hillsides: the places that give a prefecture its face.

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

福井県立恐竜博物館

Tojinbo Cliffs

東尋坊

Heisenji Hakusan Shrine

平泉寺白山神社

Maruoka Castle

丸岡城

Yokokan Garden

養浩館庭園

Suisho Beach (Suishohama Beach)

水晶浜海水浴場

Mikata Five Lakes Rainbow Line

三方五湖レインボーライン

Kehi Shrine (Kehi Jingu)

氣比神宮

Mizushima

水島

Wakasa Wada Beach

若狭和田ビーチ

Culture & Tradition

Crafts, festivals, temples and the traditions still practised today.

Zazen Experience at Eihei-ji Temple

永平寺での座禅体験

Echizen Washi

越前和紙

Echizen Forged Cutlery

越前打刃物

Echizen Lacquerware

越前漆器

Shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine)

精進料理

Echizen ware

越前焼

Wakasa-nuri chopsticks

若狭塗箸

Echizen Tansu

越前箪笥

Wakasa Agate Craft

若狭めのう細工

Daishiyama Seidaiji (Echizen Great Buddha)

大師山清大寺（越前大仏）

Life & Daily

Food, bathhouses, morning routines — what an ordinary day tastes like.

Sauce Katsudon

ソースかつ丼

Echizen Oroshi Soba

越前おろしそば

Whole-Grilled Mackerel

鯖の丸焼き

Heshiko

へしこ

Echizen Crab

越前がに

Japan Sea Fish Market (Nihonkai Sakana-gai)

日本海さかな街

Steam Rising at Awara Onsen

あわら温泉の湯けむり

Shichiken Morning Market

七間朝市

Canola Flower Fields

菜の花畑の風景

Shopping Experience in Local Shopping Streets

商店街での買い物体験