Hokuriku Arch Pass
Place of Scenic Beauty, Yokokan Garden
This garden used to be the second home of the Matsudaira Clan, the ruling feudal lords of Fukui. The strolling garden with a central pond and the Sukiya-zukuri style buildings around it are worth seeing. It is one of the gardens representative of the mid-Edo Period and, being a superb garden with a present layout which has remained unchanged from the original drawings, it was designated as one of the country's places of scenic beauty.
- FUKUI
- Sightseeing
| Address | 3-11-36 Hoei, Fukui City |
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| Access | It's a 15 min. walk from JR Fukui Sta. to the famous Yokokan Garden. |
| Tel | 0776-21-0489 (Fukui Municipal History Museum) |
| URL | http://www.fukuisan.jp/en/yokokan/index.html |
Other Tourist Attractions in This Area
Eihei-ji Temple
Head temple of the Soto sect founded by Zen monk Dogen, assembling monks entering priesthood from all over the country. It assembles many features worthy of appreciation such as corridors scattered with delicate engravings and painted ceilings.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
One of the three biggest dinosaur museums in the world. 43 whole body dinosaur skeletons, full-impact reconstruction models as well as fossils are exhibited in an extensive space.
Tojinbo Sightseeing Pleasure Boat
The Tojinbo wall of rocks consisting of pyroxene andesite columnar joints stretches across continously for more than 1 km. Visitors can get on a pleasure cruise and admire rocks with characteristic peculiar shapes such as the beehive rock, the lion rock or the candle rock.
