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The old-fashioned arcade shopping street is lined with cute Instagram-worthy spots and stylish cafes.

Habutae Mochi is a famous confectionary that represents Fukui Prefecture. This rice cake has a soft texture like a fine silk fabric. The texture is so soft that it will melt in your mouth.

At the Fukui City Griffis Memorial Hall, you can learn about the achievements of Griffis, a successful man during the early Meiji era, and the history of modern Fukui. The memorial hall itself is a charming Japanese and Western style building.

The Asuwa Shrine has a history of more than 1500 years and is known to be a sacred place for those who want to be blessed with children.The god enshrined here has many divine powers, but the shrine is especially famous for ensuring pregnancy and easy childbirth but also for safety during construction and warding off evil. In addition, on the grounds of the shrine, there are living monuments such as weeping cherry trees and Japanese maple trees.

The Keyakurotatsu Shrine was built to house the guardian deity of the Kuzuyu River and act as protector of the peace and harmony of the nation and its people. The shrine is home to one of the four great “myojin” gods in Japan, and was a place for the Echizen Matsudaira family to pray. After Fukui had survived the bombings of World War II and then the terrible earthquake of 1948, the people are said to have appealed for the protection of the gods in the shrine, the only shrine to have survived these disasters, for the power and wisdom to ward off evil and restore their lives and hearts to peace and health.

This is the related products sales building of the Fukui Central Wholesale Market. This building is always open, so you can buy fresh local fish caught in the morning of that day.

This museum is popular for its unique exhibits, including a history zone themed on the "history of things and manufacturing" in Fukui and a topic zone called "Life in the Showa Era," which recreates townscapes and farmhouses from the 1950s to the 1960s.