Fukui Echizen Gani

Fukui Prefecture faces the Wakasa Bay and is enveloped in green mountains and Wakasa's clear water. A ria coast made from sunken valleys spreads along its coastline on the southern ridge of the Sea of Japan's shore (Wakasa Bay).

Thanks to the Tsushima Current, winters in the coastal side of the prefecture are relatively warm with more rain than snow. On the other hand, the mountain regions in the north experience one of the heaviest snowfall nationwide with an annual precipitation of more than 3,000mm (maximum amount).

Fukui has a history of prospering as "Koshi-no-Kuni" since ancient times. During the Edo period, the Fukui Castle was built and the land flourished as a castle town.

Even today, the city still holds a historical atmosphere that is deemed as one of the greatest nationwide. Although many of its assets were lost because of war and natural disasters, travelling along the Echizen Wakasa Route on a historical tour still allows visitors to have firsthand knowledge of the Japanese culture's allure.

Additionally, Fukui has unique local industries and is also a prefecture blessed with rich harvests from the mountain and the sea such as crabs and soba (buckwheat noodles).