15 Pond and Garden at Kongorinji Cathy Cawood A teahouse and an Edo Era hall with beautiful door paintings of lotuses and dragons stand in a lovely pond garden at Kongorin...
Food Jiki Miyazawa: Tea and Kaiseki Shozo Fujii It is no coincidence that the art of the tea ceremony developed along with the aristocratic culture of the emperor and imperi...
23 Nasushiobara: Where Royalty Relax Louise Archer Nasushiobara: Rural and relaxing but lots to do at the same time
Food Sendai hand-roasted Senbei Crackers Justin Velgus Sendai Kouren Honpo is a store specializing in hand made senbei crackers. With five tasty flavors and just a five minute walk...
14 Sauce-Katsu Diner "Europe-Ken" Takako Sakamoto Sauce-Katsu Restaurant 'Europe-Ken' in Fukui city; If you are interested in trying out the Fukui's specialty 'Sauce Katsu (De...
14 Beautiful Garden of Fukui's Library Takako Sakamoto Fukui's Prefectural Library has a beautiful, spacious, garden park. It's free to enter. A great place to bask in the sun, pic...
15 Enjoying Otsuka Museum Cathy Cawood Otsuka Museum in Naruto is an impressive museum displaying life size replicas of famous artworks from all over the world, and...
9 Hakusan Shrine at Taicho-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto On the grounds of Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui, there is a small shrine standing alone in the deep woods.
11 Fox Shrine Inside Taicho-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto The Fox Shrine inside Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui doesn't have fox statues. There is a 'cemetery' of broken jizo statues in an ...
Gardens & Pagoda of Eikan-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima The Gardens and Pagoda of Eikan-do Temple: The murmur of the streams was comfortable to my ears. And maple leaves beautiful w...