Discovering Fukui by Shinkansen | japan-guide.com

On March 16, 2024, the new service started along the recently extended Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line beyond Kanazawa and into Fukui Prefecture.
In this video, we will discover some of the highlights in the capital city of Fukui and its surroundings. This includes a historic archeological site, a dinosaur museum and local food specialties.

This video was filmed in mid-November 2023.

- Chapters -
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Ichijodani
04:50 Dinner
06:10 Yokokan Garden
07:27 Dinosaur Museum
10:07 Outro

- Video Credits -
Host & Narrator: Raina Ong
Videographer: Charles Sabas
Producers: Stefan Schauwecker & Export Japan

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[leonscheuber]

Always love when a new Japan Guide video pops up.

[joeljenkins]

I love Fukui, I lived there for four months many years ago as a missionary. This video was great but could’ve included several other incredible places like Eiheiji and Tojinbo

[Vishwang]

One of the most nostalgic parts of the video were the bird sounds at the crossings!

[swissfoodie]

Fukui looks really cool. Thanks for sharing less well know places with us. What I love in Japan, is the love for details - in museums, gardens, food, accommodation etc. This was shown on every place you visited in this short trip to Fukui.

[ionelovegood]

Enjoyed your travel video again❤️ thank you for showing/introducing to us Fukui.

[ThatSameer]

I visited Fukui for 2 days in November 2023 - best prefecture I visited

[lukasmihara]

Fukui is quite the hidden gem, It's often overlooked there between Kanazawa and Kyoto, but it has lots to offer - not only the beautiful places you showed but many other places, too.
Surely worth another video or two :)

I still remember I was in Fukui when the new Hokuriku Shinkansen opened the route to Kanazawa.
Getting the Shinkansen all the way to Fukui felt like ages away. Now it's finally there!

I'm looking forward to my next trip there for sure 🙂

[patrickrobinson]

Great video. 😃 I hope to visit soon.
Thank you for making this video. 😃
I am Patrick from Bethesda, Maryland, USA !!!

[mohsinsk]

こんにちわらいな❤
Notification of new video from japan guide always makes me happy😊
Love ur work ❤️ keep it up
Thank you and whole japan guide team for such amazing video
ありがとうございます❤
Lots of love from India 🇮🇳❤🇯🇵

[KellieLStimson]

Looks like Fukui will to added to an ever growing list.

[sawadakedavra]

please also visit Eiheiji Temple if you're headed to Fukui. It's a large temple construction with dozens of buildings. Just don't take pictures of monks if you go there

[airaabbot]

Thaks for this. I will visit japan for 3rd times this 27 march

[whatthenihon]

Holy cow dinosaurs. That looked so awesome. I heard about the Shinkansen going there and I thought this would be an awesome place to try and get back to. I've only been to the beaches in the south. I had no idea about the dinosaurs. And considering what I've seen you guys eat over the past few years...hearing the words "this is the best meal of my life" isn't something I take lightly...it means Fukuii is jumping way up the list of places I must go... Crab is so good ...

[pbyfr]

Nice place. The museum is great, even for someone like me who isn't a dinosaur fan. Eiheiji also has some tourists, but Heisenji Hakusan and the Great Buddha were mostly empty. The only issue is that I needed a car.
Even without shinkansen, Fukui is a nice day trip between Kanazawa and Kyoto.

[suliwa]

The Daimyo's house is very nice. But I would be worried about ninjas coming across the lake at night. 😂

[kerri-annkumar]

Will you do a post on the rest of the hokuriku route?

[ryanmckayw]

This is perfect, I'm heading there this fall!

[JenniferNg]

I went to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum earlier this month and I loved it! I want to go again, but it's such a hassle to travel there from Tokyo 😢

[yanthykumaladewi]

I want to visit Fukui Prefectural museum on this July, could you inform me how to buy tiket from fukui prefectural website on detials, since I'm not japanese? Thank you for your video very helpfull

[wee-senchoo]

Hi Charly! And no castle in the sky - Echizen Ono Castle Raina?