Unforgettable Experience in Tourist Map 6 Awara Onsen Fukui’s foremost hot spring town boasts 130 years of history. Japan Whether the central road paved with stones, or the alley of small restaurants and the naturally fed foot bath in the pavilion by Awara-Yunomachi Station, you’ll find a town positively overflowing with atmosphere. Ban-etsu Expressway Nagaoka Sta. HOW TO GET TO FUKUI .ǀUL\DPD6WD Hokuriku Expressway -ǀHWVXP\ǀNǀ From Tokyo Sta. Tohoku Expressway JR Nanao Line Itoigawa Echigo-Yuzawa Sta. Tokyo Kanazawa Fukui 3 hrs 20 min Sta. Hokuriku Limited Express Toyama Tohoku Shinkansen Train Sta. Hokuriku Nagano Joetsu Shinkansen Line Shinkansen Sta. Joshin-Etsu Line Tokyo Maibara Fukui Shinkansen JR Railway 3 hrs 30 min Line Expressway Tokaido Limited Express Kanazawa Shinkansen Train -5ƿLWR/LQH Hokuriku Sta. Shinkansen Komatsu Airport Tokai-Hokuriku Line Haneda Komatsu Fukui Sta. 2 hours Expressway JR Takayama Nagano Expressway Takasaki Sta. Airplane Direct Bus JR Hokuriku Main Line Sakudaira Airplane Main Line Matsumoto Sta. .LWD.DQWǀ Echizen Railway Takayama Sta. Expressway Sta. Fukui Sta. JR Shiojiri Sta. Kan-etsu Tokyo IC Maihara JCT Fukui IC 5 hrs 30 min Etsumi-Hoku JR Koumi Expressway Tomei Hokuriku Line Line Rent-a-car Expressway Expressway ƿPL\D6WD JR Narita Line Fukui JR Chuo Ken-O Line Expressway Tokyo Narita Tsuruga Sta. Prefecture International From Osaka Wakasa Bay Hokuriku Airport Expressway Chuo Expressway JR Chuo Line Haneda -56ǀEX Airport Main Line Gifu Sta. Osaka Fukui Maizuru-Wakasa Chuo JR 1 hrs 50 min Expressway Lake Expressway Uchibo Limited Express Train JR Iida Line Line JR San'in Biwa Mt. Fuji JR Railway Maibara Main Line JR Tokaido Kosei Sta. Nagoya Line Meishin Shinkansen Toyonaka IC Maihara JCT Fukui IC Expressway Line 2 hrs 40 min Kyoto Kyoto Sta. Meishin Hokuriku Jukan JR Kusatsu Tomei Atami Sta. Rent-a-car Expressway Expressway Expressway Line Expressway Shin-Tomei Shizuoka Sta. Shin-Meishin Expressway Shin-Kobe Expressway Sta. Chubu Centrair JR Tokaido JR Kisei International Airport Main Line Main Line From Kyoto Nara Sta. Kansai Osaka International Ise Airport JR Kansai Expressway Kyoto Fukui 1 hr 20 min Main Line Limited Express Train Kisei Expressway JR Railway JR Shinkansen Hanwa Kyoto-higashi Expressway JR Railway IC Maihara JCT Fukui IC 2 hours Meishin Hokuriku Expressway Rent-a-car Expressway Expressway From Nagoya Nagoya Maibara Fukui 1 hr 40 min For Sightseeing Inquiries Tokaido Limited Express Shinkansen Train ●Fukui Prefectural Inbound Tourism ●Fukui Bangkok Business Support Center JR Railway Nagoya Fukui 2 hours Limited Express Train Promotion Department 63 Athenee Tower, unit 1204, 12th floor 3-17-1 Ote, Fukui city 910-8580 Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Tel: +81 (776) 20-0699 Fax: +81 (776) 20-0381 Bangkok 10330, Thailand Nagoya IC Maihara JCT Fukui IC hours 2 E-mail: [email protected] (Fukui Bank Bangkok Representative Office) Meishin Hokuriku Rent-a-car Expressway Expressway Tel: +66 (2) 168-8268 Fax: +66 (2) 168-8270 ●Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation E-mail: [email protected] 1F Shokuin Kaikan Bldg., 3-16-10 Matsumoto, Fukui city 910-0003 ●Fukui Shanghai Business Support Center From Kanazawa Tel: +81 (776) 23-3677 Fax: +81 (776) 23-3715 (Fukui Prefecture Shanghai Office) E-mail: [email protected] Bldg. 2, Room 212, Shanghai International Trade Echizen Gani Crab Visit Fukui's official sightseeing web site! Kanazawa Fukui 50 min URL: http://www.fuku-e.com/lang/english/ Centre, 2201 Yan’an W. Road, Shanghai, China Limited Express Train Tel: +86 (21) 6295-3322 Fax: +86 (21) 6295-9922 福 井「 越前・若狭」の 旅 情報 JR Railway ●Fukui International Activities Plaza E-mail: [email protected] Echizen Gani Crabs, caught in Fukui, are famous nationwide, and are considered fit for an offering 3-1-1 Hoei, Fukui city 910-0004 Kanazawa- higashi IC Fukui IC 1 hour Tel: +81 (776) 28-8800 Fax: +81 (776) 28-8818 to the Imperial Family. Enjoy their rich flavor and firm meat from November through March, Hokuriku URL: http://www.f-i-a.or.jp/en/plaza/ Rent-a-car Expressway when they’re in season. 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Japan Whether the central road paved with stones, or the alley of small restaurants and the naturally fed foot bath in the pavilion by Awara-Yunomachi Station, you’ll find a town positively overflowing with atmosphere. Ban-etsu Expressway Nagaoka Sta. HOW TO GET TO FUKUI .ǀUL\DPD6WD Hokuriku Expressway -ǀHWVXP\ǀNǀ From Tokyo Sta. Tohoku Expressway JR Nanao Line Itoigawa Echigo-Yuzawa Sta. Tokyo Kanazawa Fukui 3 hrs 20 min Sta. Hokuriku Limited Express Toyama Tohoku Shinkansen Train Sta.