Fukui
Travel plans
Wakasa: Tsuruga's Great Shrine, the Five Lakes & Obama's National-Treasure Temples — 2 Days
Kehi Jingu's great wooden torii and the red-brick warehouses of Tsuruga, the colour-shifting Mikata Five Lakes from a hilltop sky-terrace and a lakeside onsen, then Obama's National-Treasure temple buildings, a maple garden temple, Wakasa lacquered chopsticks and the start of the Mackerel Road
Echizen-Ono's Castle in the Sky, the Moss Shrine of Heisenji & Katsuyama's Dinosaurs — 2 Days
The 'castle in the sky' and samurai streets, spring wells and 470-year morning market of Echizen-Ono, then the moss-carpeted forest shrine of Heisenji Hakusan, the world-class Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and the Katsuyama Castle Museum
The Echizen Crafts Corridor: Handmade Paper, Lacquer, Blades, Eyewear & Pottery — 2 Days
The 1,500-year papermaking village of Echizen with a hands-on washi workshop, the paper-god shrine and a working papermaker's house, the forged-blade co-op of Echizen knives, then the lacquerware hall at Kawada, the eyewear museum of Sabae and the kilns of Echizen-yaki pottery
Tojinbo Cliffs, Awara Onsen & the Mikuni Port Town — A Fukui Coast Escape, 2 Days
The basalt sea cliffs of Tojinbo and a cruise beneath them, the sacred island of Oshima, a seafood lunch and a refined Awara Onsen ryokan, then the preserved kitamae merchant town of Mikuni Minato with its Meiji bank, shrine and a crab-and-sushi table
First-Time Fukui: Eihei-ji Zen, the Castle City & Japan's Oldest Keep — 2 Days
Eihei-ji, the Soto Zen head temple, then Fukui City's Yokokan water garden and castle ruins, and on day two Japan's oldest castle keep at Maruoka, Asuwa Shrine's cherry avenue and a bowl of Echizen oroshi-soba
Fukui travel guides
Echizen Crafts Guide 2026: Washi Paper, Lacquer, Knives & Eyewear
Fukui Dinosaur Museum & Echizen-Ono Guide 2026: Castle, Moss & Bones
Fukui Guide 2026: Eihei-ji Zen, the Castle City & Japan's Oldest Keep
Tojinbo & Awara Onsen Guide 2026: Fukui's Cliffs & Coast Escape