Food Three Things to Eat in Echizen Jerome Lee Echizen city in Fukui Prefecture is famous for the Big Three: oroshi soba, volga rice and chuka soba. Discover the city's ..
11 Activities Chuo Koen in Susono City Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu Be in rhythm with nature at Go Ryu no Taki (the Five Dragon Falls) in Susuno City, where the sound of rushing waters under the..
Shopping Echizen's Cutting-Edge Knife Culture Jerome Lee The knife culture of Echizen city in Fukui Prefecture precedes its reputation. Discover Takefu Knife Village, Shimizu Uchihamo..
Shopping Experiencing Echizen Washi Paper Jerome Lee Echizen city in Fukui Prefecture is famous for washi paper, and has flourished and contributed prominently to Japanese culture.
7 Food The Seafood of Tojinbo Jerome Lee The Tojinbo area of Sakai City in Fukui Prefecture boasts of two things: its famous cliffs, and the seafood on sale along its streets...
15 Activities Sakura on Mt. Minobu, Yamanashi Rachel Chang A scenic walk to a temple underneath blooming cherry blossoms on Mt Minobu, Yamanashi prefecture
12 Culture Jounji temple, Numazu Peter Sidell In Numazu on the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Jounji is a Buddhist temple with a lavish green garden setting,..
11 Activities Night-time Ohanami: Asuwa Riverbank Takako Sakamoto After a long hibernation in snow, people in Fukui finally wake up and venture out of their comfortable nests to do just one thing...