Address | 64-1 Mikunicho Anto, Sakai City |
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Access | Ride a Keifuku Bus from JR Awaraonsen Sta. for 40 min. and get off at Tojinbo bus stop. It's a 5 min. walk from the bus stop to Tojinbo Cruise. |
Tel | 0776-81-3808 |
URL | http://www.toujinbou-yuransen.jp/?lang=en |
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.
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.
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.