Travel in Fukui (prefecture)
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Fukui (??) is the southernmost prefecture in the Hokuriku (??) part of the Chubu area of Honshu, Japan.
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Cities
- Fukui — seat of government for and situated in the Norther part of the Prefecture, it is still an important crossroads historically and also related to transportation in the Hokuriku area.
- Ono — historic castle town
- Tsuruga — a small harbor city on both the Hokuriku Toll Road and the Hokuriku Rail Line, it is home to one of the Kansai Electric Power's Nuclear Reactor power plants as well as the small village of Mihama where apparently Oda Nobunaga, who is famous for uniting almost all of Japan under one rule, spent a night after a rough battle and thanked the locals by having a garden placed in the backyard of the fief lord's house.
Other destinations
- Echizen_Coast — Echizen is famous because of Lord Echizen who served under Shogun Yoshimune, and the rocky coastline is famous for delicious crab.
- Eiheiji Temple — the head temple of the Soto Zen school of Buddhism. Established in 1244.
- Mihama — literally "Beautiful Beach", a small ancient fishing village near Tsuruga
Understand
Fukui means "lucky well". It is directly across the Sea of Japan from Korea. Its harbors are frequented by Russian and Korean cargo vessels. Fukui is well know for its beef grown in the Wakasa area of Western Fukui Prefecture.
Talk
The dialect most spoken in Fukui now is the Kansai dialet, however several smaller dialects still persist from long ago. The Mihama dialect is like many country dialects in Chubu. The northern Fukui dialect is a very distant cousin to modern standard Japanese spoken mainly by the elderly.
Get in
By train
Fukui is on the Hokuriku Rail Line from Osaka and Kyoto.
By Car
If you are able to travel by car or by bus, Fukui is accessible via the Hokuriku Tollway by car from all parts of Chubu, and several different bus lines make stops at Tsuruga and Fukui City from places like the new Chubu International Airport and Nagoya home of the 2005 World Expo.
Get around
Do
- Beach Activities
- Historical Sites
External links
- Fukui Prefecture (http://www.pref.fukui.jp/english/)