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The Wakasaji Route Tateishi Cape Lighthouse (constructed in 1881) Wakasa Bay Tourism Federation, Fukui Prefecture General Incorporated Association To To To Tsuruga Tourist Information Center Tel. (0770) 21-8686 (Tsuruga – Niigata – Sakai Fukui Shiraki Inogaike-yachoen Fukui To Mihama Town Tourism Association Tel. (0770) 32-0222 Tsuruga Genshiryoku-kan Akita – Tomakomai) City I.C. Shin Nihonkai Ferry Fukui Wakasa-Mikatagoko Tourism Association Tel. (0770) 45-0113 Urasoko Wakasa Obama Tourist Information Center Tel. (0770) 52-2082 Ohida Mt. Sazaegatake Mizushima (General Incorporated Association) Ohi Town Tourism Association Tel. (0770) 77-1734 HHonryujionryuji TempleTemple ((PathPath ofof Basho)Basho) Echizen-Kono Shokusai Kaido (Route of Foods and Festivals) Wakasa Takahama Tourism Association Tel. (0770) 72-0338 ⼵3 Mt. Shiokaze Line ⼵4 Ryukeiji Saihogatake IIrogahamarogahama Amidaji Temple The Wakasaji Route Temple Mihama Nuclear MMizushimaizushima FerryFerry Hands-on Fishing Experience Public Information Center (runs(runs summersummer only)only) Sea Park Nyu 28 SSuizuuizu Ginmeisui Water Higashiura Big Sago Palm of Tsunegami Nyu-shirahama Nyu-ohashi Bridge Mandarin PAPA Nyu-shirahama Camp Site Yuki-no-shirahama-kan Tanoura Suizu Orange Takanami-jinja Shrine Orchard Takenami Tsuruga Bay (One of Japan’s 100 best white sand and green pines) 8 Suishohama Itsuhata Uchiura Mt. Hibiki Terraced Rice Fields Bay Wakasa Bay Daiyahama JJogu-jinjaogu-jinja ShrineShrine Era 8 Hachibuse (one of Japan’s 100 best ((nationalnational treasure:treasure: KoreanKorean bbell)ell) Glass-bottom Boat Tsunegami terraced rice fields) Ongamijima (Operating Dates: Daiyahama Hokuriku Otomi Cliff (Site of scenic beauty) Island Camp Site KKirameki-minato-kanirameki-minato-kan Tai Expressway May 11 to Oct. 31) Mountain Cherry FFormerormer TTsurugasuruga ⼵32 Shorakuji Temple Otomi of Miko Kinome Nago PortPort BuildingBuilding Pass Maruyama Maruyama 476 Mikata-kaiiki Park Camp Site Hiruga-kaijo Fishing Pond The setting of Kehi no Goshikiyama Miko TTsurugasuruga AAkaka KKanegasakiguanegasakigu SShrinehrine 20 the film Sakura Saku Sugahama Hokuriku Park Takumi Matsubara RRengaenga ((10001000 ccherryherry blossoms)blossoms) Hirose Auto Sotomo Hyuga Mt. 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Iimori Temple ⼵18 Jintsuji Temple 27 Ohi Town HHitokoto-jinjaitokoto-jinja Road ⼵Myoyuji Tadaji Kokubunji Temple Hokuriku Oya Temple Temple SShrinehrine Wakasa Town Wakasa ⼵19 Wakasa- Line Washi 卍20 Myorakuji hime-jinja Shin-Hirano Kawara-jinja Village Enshoji Temple Shrine Shrine Mt. Akasaka Mt. Norikura Shidare-zakura 162 ⼵25 Daichiji Temple Wakasa- Wakasa-Arita cherry blossoms Mt. hiko-jinja Mantokuji Temple ⼵26 Temple Tadagadake Shrine MMihotokeihotoke nono SSatoato Ebisu-jinja Shrine Mt. Sanju-sangen-zan To Maibara Dankeiji NNationalational TTreasurereasure TTourour Parea Wakasa To Osaka Temple Tokinzan Youth Trip Village 7 To Nagoya Noka Falls Taniguchi KKami-Funazukaami-Funazuka To Kyoto 10 Mori-no-mizu AncientAncient TombTomb Kaminaka Nogakusha PR-kan Kaminaka Nishizuka To Nagoya Tsuchimikado Historic Site Muku Tree at Monzen Shimo-FunazukaShimo-Funazuka Ancient Tomb ⼵16 Jinguji Temple AAncientncient TTombomb Mt. 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