Fukui prefecture

\nFukui prefecture (福井県 Fukui-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. The capital is the city of Fukui.

Table of contents

1 History 1.1 Cities 1.2 Districts 2 Economy 3 Demographics 4 Culture 5 Tourism 6 Prefectural symbols 7 Miscellaneous topics 8 External links

History

\nDuring the Edo period, the daimyo of the region was surnamed Matsudaira, and was a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu.\n

Geography

Cities

\n*Fukui (capital)\n*Katsuyama\n*Obama\n*Ono\n*Sabae\n*Takefu\n*Tsuruga

Districts

\n*Asuwa\n**Miyama\n*Imadate\n**Ikeda\n**Imadate\n*Mikata\n**Mihama\n**Mikata\n*Nanjo\n**Imajo\n**Kono\n**Nanjo\n*Nyu\n**Asahi\n**Echizen\n**Koshino\n**Miyazaki\n**Ota\n**Shimizu\n*Oi\n**Oi\n**Takahama\n*Ono\n**Izumi\n*Onyu\n**Kaminaka\n**Natasho\n*Sakai\n**Harue\n**Maruoka\n**Mikuni\n**Sakai\n*Yoshida\n**Eiheiji\n**Kamishihi\n**Matsuoka

Economy

Demographics

Culture

\n* Fukui prefecture is home to Maruoka-jo, the oldest castle still standing in Japan. It was built in 1572.

• Eiheiji is a serene temple offering training and education to Buddhist monks. Founded by Dogen Zenji in 1244, Eiheiji is located on a plot of land of about 330,000 sq.m.
• Many dinosaur fossils have been excavated in Fukui and they can been seen at the Fukui Dinosaur Museum.
• Residents of Fukui prefecture have a distinctive accent, Fukui-ben.

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

\n*Official Fukui prefecture homepage Category:Chubu regionCategory:Fukui prefecture \n\n\n\n