7 Sights in Fukui, Japan (with Map and Images)

The Fukui Prefectural Library is a prefectural public library located in Shimoma, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The facility is home to the Fukui Prefectural Archives, an archive, and the Fukui Furusato Literature Museum, a literature museum.

Wikipedia: 福井県立図書館 (JA)

Mr./Ms. Sansha Shrine is a shrine located in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Originally, it was called "Sake Shrine" (Saketoke-), but after the Meiji Restoration, the name was changed to "Sansha Shrine".

Wikipedia: 三社神社 (福井市) (JA)

Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a branch of the Matsudaira clan, who were hereditary daimyō of Fukui domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known by the name of Kitanoshō Castle , after an earlier castle built by Shibata Katsuie, over whose ruins it is partly built.

Wikipedia: Fukui Castle (EN)

Jizoin is a temple of the Soto sect located in the northwest of Yasuhara Town, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The main shrine is one of the four seats of the shrine of Umemiya Taisha, and the eleven-sided Kannon of the Buddha is the main place of the god Sake. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kongo, and the name of the temple is Jizoin, and it was also a prayer place for the Echizen Matsudaira family. The Kannon of the Honzon is worshipped as Koyasu Kannon, and some people come to pray for the blessing of children and thank them on the fairs of February and July.

Wikipedia: 地蔵院 (福井市) (JA)

Shinmei Shrine is a Shinmei Shrine located in Hoei, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The former shrine was a prefectural shrine, and now it is a separate shrine of the shrine main office. It is commonly known as the Mr./Ms. of Oshinmei (Oshinme Mr./Ms.). Enshrine Amaterasu.

Wikipedia: 神明神社 (福井市) (JA)

The Fukui City Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located in Asuwagami, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In addition, a branch library (Seiren Planet) is located on the 5th floor of Hapirin in front of Fukui Station.

Wikipedia: 福井市自然史博物館 (JA), Website

Izumo Taisha Fukui Branch (Izumo Taisha Fukui Bunin) is a shrine located in Ichibuchi, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the spirits of Izumo Taisha's deity and the Great Nation Lord Ōkami, known as the "God of Marriage" and "God of Fortune". As an Izumo Taisha religion, he was solicited in the Hokuriku area in Showa 29.

Wikipedia: 出雲大社福井分院 (JA)