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In Fukui・・・・・・P8 Zen Contact us: Fukui Prefectural Inbound Tourism Promotion Department 3-17-1 Ote, Fukui city, Fukui 910-8580 Tel: +81(776) 20-0699 Fax: +81(776) 20-0381 E-mail: [email protected] Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation 1F Shokuin Kaikan Bldg., 3-16-10 Matsumoto, Fukui city, Fukui 910-0003 Tel: +81(776) 23-3677 Fax: +81(776) 23-3715 E-mail: [email protected] Get information about all around Fukui! http://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/ Fukui International Acivities Plaza 3-1-1 Hoei, Fukui city, Fukui 910-0004 Tel: +81(776) 28-8800 Fax: +81(776) 28-8818 http://www.f-i-a.or.jp/en/plaza/ 健康長寿な 福井です。 Fukui Publisher: Fukui Prefecture Tourist Guide Travel around Fukui Prefecture. From its intoxicating natural beauty to its rich traditional culture, Fukui offers a taste of days long gone. With its many exquisite destinations, Fukui will remain in your heart for years to come. Find your 禅 in Fukui・・・・・・・・p8 Zen Traces of the Samurai・・・・・・・・p10 CONTENTS A Stroll through Days Long Past ・・・・・・・・p12 Spectacular Scenery・・・・・・・p14 World-Class Traditional Techniques・・・・・・・p16 Walking around Fukui City・・・p20 Walking around Tsuruga・・・・・p22 More tourist Destinations・・・・・・・p24 Getting to Fukui・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ p4 Map of tourist Destinations and Transit Routes・・・・・・・・・ p6 Unlimited-Use Transit Pass Information・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ p31 How to Ride Buses and Trains・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ p32 Fukui Prefecture Event Calendar・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ p34 Index ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ p35 Access Information Key access Public transit line or route Echizen Railway Keifuku Bus Katsuyama Eiheiji Line Eiheiji-Tojinbo Line or Eiheiji Line Walk Station or bus stop Fukui Sta. Eiheiji-guchi Sta. Eiheiji-guchi Sta. (bus stop) Eiheiji (bus stop) Travel time and fare 25 min. / ¥450 14 min. / ¥410 5 min. 02 03 Niigata Sta. By Airplane Komatsu Airport is the closest airport to Fukui. Flights available to and from Getting to Fukui Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Sapporo, Sendai, Fukuoka, and Naha Airports. Direct shuttle bus service is available from Komatsu Airport to JR Fukui Station. Ban-etsu Expressway The trip is approximately one hour (with nine trips per day). Nagaoka JCT Nagaoka Sta. You can also go to JR Komatsu Station and take a Limited Express train on the JR Hokuriku Main Line, as well. Tohoku Contact: Expressway All Nippon Airways (ANA): (0570) 029-222 Sapporo Joetsu JCT Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Transocean Air (JTA): (0570) 025-071 Sea of Japan Sendai Joetsu Shinkansen Line Ibex Airlines: (03) 6741-6688 Toyama Sta. Fukuoka Komatsu Airport Naha Kanazawa Sta. Departing from: Joshin-Etsu Flights/day: Airline(s): Travel time: Nagano Sta. Expressway Kan-etsu Expressway Toyama Kitokito Airport Haneda 10 JAL (6 flights) & ANA (4 flights) 1 hr. Oyabe Tonami JCT Koshoku JCT Komatsu Airport Tohoku Narita 1 IBX/ANA 1 hr., 15 min. Gokayama IC Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazu IC Line Shinkansen Line Sapporo 1 ANA 1 hr., 35 min. Awaraonsen Sta. Fukui-kita IC Shirakawago IC Nagano Fujioka JCT Takasaki Sta. Sendai 2 IBX/ANA 1 hr., 5 min. JR Hokuriku Main Line Fukui IC Chubu-Jukan Expressway Expressway JR Etsumi-Hoku Line Fukuoka 4 IBX/ANA 1 hr., 15 min. Fukui Sta. Okaya JCT 福井駅 Narita International Naha 1 JTA 2 hr., 10 min. Takefu IC Ono IC Õmiya Sta. JR Obama Line Takefu Sta. Shirotori IC Airport Tsuruga Sta. Echizen-Ono Sta. Ayabe JCT Tokai-Hokuriku Obama Sta. Tsuruga IC Expressway By Highway Bus Kyoto Jukan Tokyo Sta. Tsuruga JCT Chuo Expressway 東京駅 From Tokyo Expressway Chuo Expressway Hokuriku Expressway Departing from: To Fukui Station: Maibara Sta. Shin-Yokohama Sta. Obama IC Ichinomiya JCT Tokyo Sta. Yaesu South Exit 8 hr., 20 min. Oi-Takahama IC Haneda Airport Kyotamba-Wachi IC Lake Biwa Komaki JCT Shinjuku Sta. New South Exit 7 hr., 40 min. Kyoto Sta. Maihara JCT Maizuru-Wakasa 京都駅 Nagoya Sta. Expressway 名古屋駅 From Osaka Tanba IC Meishin Expressway Departing from: To Fukui Station: Yokawa JCT Suita JCT Oyamazaki JCT Osaka Umeda 3 hr., 30 min. Kobe JCT Toyonaka IC Tomei Expressway Departing from: To Obama Station: Chubu Centrair Shin-Kobe Sta. Shin-Õsaka Sta. International Airport Kintetsu Namba Sta. West Exit (OCAT Bldg.) 3 hr., 30 min. 新大阪駅 Kansai International Tokaido Shinkansen Line Osaka Sta. & Higashi-Umeda Subway Sta. 3 hr., 5 min. Airport Hanwa Expressway From Nagoya By Train By Rental Car Departing from: To Fukui Station: From Tokyo, come via the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line or the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. From Nagoya, the Shirasagi Fukui prefecture rarely experiences Meitetsu Bus Center 2 hr., 50 min. Limited Express train provides direct service. heavy road traffic, making getting JR Nagoya Station 2 hr., 40 min. Additionally, you can take the Tokaido Shinkansen Line to Maibara Station, then transfer to a Shirasagi Limited around by car smooth and pleasant. Express train. From Osaka, the Thunderbird Limited Express train also provides convenient direct service. Car rentals are available at airports, so Contact: you can drive to Fukui from there. For Tokyo, Osaka, or Nagoya to Fukui: Departing from: To Tsuruga Sta. To Takefu Sta. To JR Fukui Sta. To Awaraonsen Sta. Chubu Centrair International Airport: Fukutetsu Highway Bus Reservation Center: (0778) 21-5489 Tokyo Sta. via Kagayaki Shinkansen (transfer to Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express at Kanazawa Sta.) 3 hr., 28 min. 3 hr., 10 min. 3 hr., 3 min. See the Access Plaza Information Counter for car Keifuku Bus Ticket Center: (0776) 24-4890 Tokyo Sta. via Hikari Shinkansen (transfer to Shirasagi Limited Express at Maibara Sta.) 2 hr., 40 min. 3 hr., 1 min. 3 hr., 15 min. 3 hr., 27 min. rentals. For Tokyo to Fukui: JR Bus Kanto: (03) 3844-0496 Kansai International Airport: For Osaka to Fukui: Hankyu Bus Reservation Center: (06) 6866-3147 Nagoya Sta. via Hikari Shinkansen (transfer to Shirasagi Limited Express at Maibara Sta.) 55 min. 1 hr., 16 min. 1 hr., 29 min. 1 hr., 41 min. See the Aero Plaza 1F Car Rental Counter for car For Nagoya to Fukui: Meitetsu Bus Center: (052) 582-0489 Nagoya Sta. via Shirasagi Limited Express 1 hr., 34 min. 1 hr., 52 min. 2 hr., 5 min. 2 hr., 17 min. rentals. Komatsu Airport: For Osaka to Obama: Osaka Sta. via Thunderbird Limited Express 1 hr., 19 min. 1 hr., 39 min. 1 hr., 47 min. 2 hr. See the 1F Car Rental for car rentals. Fukutetsu Highway Bus Osaka Line Reservation Center: (0770) 53-5489 Travel times do not include time spent at stations for transfers. Car rentals also available near Fukui and Tsuruga Stations. Kintetsu Highway Bus Center: (06) 6772-1631 04 05 Travel to Sightseeing Destinations around Fukui See p. 31 to find out by Train and Bus! ❷ how to save money with unlimited- Tojinbo JR Hokuriku Main Line use transit passes! 41 min. Tourist Destinations and 12 min. 25 min. Awaraonsen Sta. Mikuniko Sta. ❸ 15 min.❶ 14 min. Awara-Yunomachi Sta. Mikuni Sta. Transit Routes ❹ Echizen Railway 35 min. Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line Maruoka Sta. No. Destination Name Area Page Tawaramachi Katsuyama Eiheiji Line ❼ Sta. ❺ ❶ Awara Onsen (Hot Spring) Awara City P24 Daianzenji-mae 20 min. Honmaruoka ❻ Tojinbo Cliffs Sakai City P14 40 min. 5 min. ❷ ●❽ Eiheiji-guchi Sta. ❸ Mikuni Museum Sakai City P27 Fukui-ekimae Sta. Katsuyama Sta. JR Fukui Sta. Kyoryu Hakubutsukan-mae ❹ Mikuni-Minato machi Sakai City P12 70 min. JR Fukui Sta. 40 min. 14 min. ❺ Maruoka Castle Sakai City P11 Yumeore Katsuyama-mae ❻ Echizen Bamboo Doll Village Sakai City P26 20 min. Eiheiji ❼ Daianzen-ji Temple Fukui City P9 Ichijõdani Sta. Suisen Land Iriguchi Nishiyama Koen 60 min. Walking around Fukui City Fukui City P20 Fukui Railway Urushi no Sato ❽ Sta. Kaikan Heisenji-guchi Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Fukui City ❾ P10 Sabae Sta. Õnoeki-mae Togeimura-guchi Bukeyashiki-mae Eiheiji Temple Eiheiji Town P9 30 min. Echizen-Õno Sta. 44 min. ❾ Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Katsuyama City P25 ● JR Etsumi-Hoku Line Yumeore Katsuyama, Hataya Memorial Hall Katsuyama City P26 Active Land-mae 26 min. Takefu Sta. Skijam Katsuyama Katsuyama City P25 Echizen-Takefu Sta. 27 min. Washi no Sato Kuzuryuko Sta. Hakusan Heisenji Shrine Katsuyama City P25 40 min. 25 min. Echizen Ono Castle Ono City P14 Downtown Ono Tour Ono City P26 Kono Sogo Jimusho-mae Ajimano Jinja-mae Lake Kuzuryu Ono City P26 Sea of Japan Nishiyama Park Sabae City P27 Imajõ Sta. Megane Museum (Eyeglass Museum) Sabae City P27 Echizen Lacquerware Hall Sabae City P18 Cape Echizen Daffodil Land Echizen Town P28 Fukui Prefectural Museum of Ceramics Echizen Town P18 Echizen Roadside Station & Echizen Crab Museum Echizen Town P28 Echizen Washi Village Echizen City P17 Takefu Knife Village Echizen City P19 ● No. Destination Name Area Page Kazura Bridge Ikeda Town P27 Tsuruga Sta. Walking around Tsuruga Tsuruga City P22 Ukonke Museum (Kitamaebune Archives Center) Minami Echizen Town P28 Lake Center Sagaki Minato Tsuruga Yama Hall Tsuruga City P11 JR Hokuriku Main Line Nihonkai Sakana Machi Seafood Market Tsuruga City P28 Imajo-shuku Historic Post Town Minami Echizen Town P12 30 min. 8 min. Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum Mihama Town P29 Mihama Mikatagoko Mihama Town/Wakasa Town P15 Jomon Roman Park Sta. Mikata Five Lakes Jet Cruise Mihama Town P29 Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum Wakasa Town Wakasa-HongÕ Sta. 13 min. P29 ● Main Railway and Bus Lines Wakasa Uriwari Meisui Park Wakasa Town P29 ● JR Obama Line in Fukui Prefecture Kaminaka Sta. Kumagawa-juku Historic Post Town Wakasa Town P13 ● ● 15 min. Mikata Sta. JR Line Fukui Prefectural Wakasa History Museum Obama City P30 Wakasa-Takahama Sta. 4 min. Echizen Railway 10 min. Tentokuji Obama Sancho-machi Obama City P13 Obama Sta. ● Fukui Railway Ohi Chugakko-mae 6 min. Tachibana-cho Hashi no Furusato-kan Wakasa (Wakasa Chopstick Pavilion) Obama City P30 Keifuku Bus Higashi-Obama Sta.
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