What this area is like
The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama is one of the world’s great dinosaur museums, and Eiheiji is a working Zen training temple. Ono’s castle can appear to float above a sea of clouds in autumn, and Fukui City has the ruins of the Asakura clan at Ichijodani.
Plan your visit
Fukui is on the Hokuriku Shinkansen; the Echizen Railway runs to Eiheiji and Katsuyama.