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カラフルでバラエティに富む福鉄の出発駅。元はドイツのシュツットガルト市電だった車両や湘南タイプと呼ばれるユニークな車両も。

橋本左内の像がある。橋本左内は、幕末の福井藩士。藩主松平春嶽の右腕として、将軍継嗣問題、外交問題について開国派として奔走。しかし、安政の大獄により捕らえられ、26才の若さで斬首された。

急勾配の階段坂で、愛宕坂に合流する百坂。石段には笏谷石が用いられています。

Tachibana Akemi was a poet during the closing days of the Edo Period. He was discovered by Shiki Masaoka during the Meiji Period and became widely popular thereafter. The Tachibana Akemi Memorial Literature Museum is built on the ruins of Akemi's former house, called “Koganaya,” or Golden Hut. At the age of 21, Akemi retired and lived a secluded life on top of Mt. Atago (currently Mt. Asuwa), where he continued to write poems about life, society and nature while living in poverty, but without the restraints of civilization. In one exhibit area, you can see a part of the restored straw house in which he lived; in another, you can see some of the letters and literary works he wrote during his life as well as learn about the famous people of the late Edo period. This is the place to visit to know more about Akemi’s world.

横井小楠に師事し、福井藩財政を再建した福井藩士由利公正は、明治新政府で金融財政を担当し、「五箇条の御誓文」起草にも参画。 現在の足羽川河川敷のところにあったとされている由利公正（当時は三岡八郎）の居宅跡には石碑が建てられている。 宅跡のあたりは、「毛矢侍」と呼ばれる下級武士が住んでいた地域で、由利公正は、この地から福井藩の重要な家臣として出世していく。

公正宅で会談中、龍馬が詠んだ歌が彫られている。石は龍馬の故郷(高知県)から取り寄せたもの。 『君がため捨つる命は惜しまねど心にかかる国の行く末』

横井小楠は福井藩主松平春嶽の招きを受けて、４度福井に訪れている。 文久３年（１８６３年）に来福した際にはこの地に寄留し、藩政を指導していた。 足羽川の対岸には由利公正の自宅跡もある。

The famous Fukui Castle has been around for seventeen generations of the Echizen Matsudaira family. Hideyasu Yuki, the second son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was the first feudal lord of Fukui and started building the castle in 1601 and finished it six years later. The vast castle, suitable for the powerful 680,000 koku clan that took over the Kaga Maeda clan, was encircled by four moats, protecting a five-storied castle keep that towered 37 meters, equivalent to a modern 12-story building. Today, only the castle stone walls and a portion of the moats are left. In addition, an old well called the "Fortune Well" was found beneath the castle tower. This well is said to be the origin of the name “Fukui City.”

山里口御門は、「廊下橋御門（ろうかばしごもん）」や「天守台下門（てんしゅだいしたもん）」とも呼ばれていた福井城本丸の西側を守る枡形門（ますがたもん）です。 　江戸初期から本丸の西につながる西二の丸には松林があり、山里丸と呼ばれていました。山里口御門は、この山里丸から本丸への入口の門として、築城当時に造られました。寛文９年（1669）の大火で天守などとともに焼失しますが、その後再建されました。 ２階部分に櫓（長屋状の建物）が載る櫓門（やぐらもん）、２本の柱とその上部を連結する冠木（かぶき）で屋根を支える構造の棟門（むなもん）、そしてこれら２つの門とともに枡形を形成する石垣上の土塀を復元しました。

The Yokokan Garden was formerly the villa of the Matsudaira clan, one of the lords of the Fukui Domain. It was used as a guesthouse during the Meiji era, but was destroyed during a war. However, as part of the Gosensui Plan, the garden was designated as a National Site of Scenic Beauty during the Edo Period and has since been restored. It is a tasteful garden with ponds, trees, rock arrangements, and out-buildings in the Sukiya architectural style. You can enjoy all four seasons here. This garden has been recognized both domestically and internationally and was ranked third among Japanese gardens in an American garden magazine for three consecutive years until 2010.