In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...

Local governments are taking advantage of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo’s popularity by proactively promoting attractions and specialties in their localities to boost tourism to regional areas.

Japan's first university department dedicated to dinosaur research opened last month in a prefecture known for major dinosaur fossil discoveries. The Faculty of Dinosaur Paleontology at Fukui ...

Fukui Prefecture is famous ... the Minamiaso Railway and the surrounding attractions. Tickets are ¥490 for adults and ¥250 for children for a one-way ride. The Minamiaso Railway is a separate company ...

can be collecting in most train stations and many tourist attractions in Japan. Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the ...

He has learned to love just about every genre of game that exists. The Fukui Curse in Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an affliction (real or imagined) that affects some of the people you’ll meet.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Walking up to Akasaka Palace is like stepping into 18th-century Europe. Built in the early 1900s, this neoclassical structure was designed to resemble European palaces ...

at an event showcasing visitor attractions in the central Japan region for international media after the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line. Representatives of Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui ...

Japan’s largest fossil excavation site, is also home to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the Muroko district—one of the most popular attractions in the area. As tourist numbers rise ...

Fukui University of Technology (FUT) is a private university with about 2,400 students in the city of Fukui, Japan. It began life as an electrical engineering school in 1955 before gaining university ...

In Fukui, ESHIKOTO blends sake heritage with culinary artistry ... If you’d like to download photos and videos of Japan's tourist attractions, please visit the Japan Online Media Center (JOMC) For ...