Tsuruga City

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Tsuruga City, the gateway to the Reinan area, has long flourished as a vital port town. Known as the "Port of Humanity," it has a moving history of welcoming Polish orphans and Jewish refugees. The city features a nostalgic port area with Red Brick Warehouses and Kehi Jingu Shrine, the guardian of Hokuriku. At "Nihonkai Sakana-machi," one of the largest fish markets on the coast, visitors can savor incredibly fresh seafood. It is a captivating base city where history, culture, and gastronomy intersect.

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TSURUGA WAKASA ーFUKUIー

TSURUGA WAKASA ーFUKUIー

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Tsuruga City

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TSURUGA WAKASA ーFUKUIー

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Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation

Tsuruga City

Address
1-1-5 Kagura-cho, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui
Website
https://tsuruga-kanko.jp/
Operator
Tsuruga Tourism Association

Tsuruga City Spots List

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  • Kehi no Chomeisui
  • Kotone Tunnel
  • Meganebashi Bridge (Anada Culvert)
  • Former Tsuruga Port Station Lamp Hut
  • Kami Warabe Museum
  • Izumi no Oshozu
  • Mariyama Beach
  • Tsuruga City Museum
  • Minato Tsuruga Yamahoko Museum
  • Kehi no Matsubara
  • Kanegasaki Ryokuchi
  • Nakaikemi Wetland
  • Seimei Shrine
  • Susaki no Taka-dourou
  • Tsuruga Castle Ruins Shinganji Temple
  • Nihonkai Sakana-machi
  • Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse
  • Kehi Jingu Shrine
Kehi no Chomeisui
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Kehi no Chomeisui

Kehi no Chomeisui is a very sacred and pure spring water welling up continuously within the precincts of historic Kehi Shrine, revered as the chief guardian of Hokurikudo, cherished by people since ancient days. Legend says drinking it extends life, purifying visiting travelers' body and soul while giving new vitality. Touch pure water feeling historic shrine solemn air for a special travel moment.

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Kotone Tunnel
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Kotone Tunnel

Kotone Tunnel is a modernization heritage boasting extremely high historical value as Japan's oldest active road brick tunnel fully constructed by Japanese hands in early Meiji era. Beautiful heavy red-brick arch structure conveys past predecessors' excellent civil engineering technique and passion. Trace Japan's modernization history and receive deep impression on this special travel moment.

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Meganebashi Bridge (Anada Culvert)
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Meganebashi Bridge (Anada Culvert)

Meganebashi Bridge (Anada Culvert) is a historic, extremely valuable modernized heritage bridge featuring beautiful stone arch drawing. Classic appearance harmonizing with surrounding idyllic scenery quietly invites travelers to good old Meiji era. Touch Japanese railway and civil engineering history deeply, spending an intellectual and luxurious holiday.

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Former Tsuruga Port Station Lamp Hut
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Former Tsuruga Port Station Lamp Hut

Former Tsuruga Port Station Lamp Hut is a precious wooden architectural heritage built in the Meiji era to store lamps and oil indispensable for railway operation, conveying Tsuruga Port's history. Retro and rustic appearance left as it is makes visitors feel the weight of Japanese railway dawn history. Ponder history romance while tracing modernization footsteps on this special travel moment.

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Kami Warabe Museum
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Kami Warabe Museum

Kami Warabe Museum is a very emotional and soothing facility exhibiting creative dolls warmly expressing traditional Japanese children's play and nostalgic scenes using Washi paper. Simple and adorable dolls warmly heal the visiting traveler's heart, inviting back to warm memories of childhood. Immerse in traditional crafts and heartwarming handmade culture, spending an intellectual and special travel moment.

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Izumi no Oshozu
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Izumi no Oshozu

Izumi no Oshozu is a very beautiful spring water spot where pure groundwater brought by Wakasa's rich nature wells up continuously, cherished for long as community living water and resting place. Touching cool, pure water gently loosens the visiting traveler's body and mind from the depths. Touch regional warm people's lives and water culture, spending a luxurious holiday.

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Mariyama Beach
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Mariyama Beach

Mariyama Beach is a hidden swimming beach very popular among families and travelers seeking relaxation, spreading beautiful high transparency sea and calm waves. Strolling coastal lines surrounded by beautiful natural environment or enjoying swimming makes you forget daily busyness, gently refreshing body and soul. Savoring beautiful nature of the Japan Sea deeply, spend an intellectual, heart-fulfilling special holiday.

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Tsuruga City Museum
Fukui

Tsuruga City Museum

Tsuruga City Museum is a wonderful facility where you can deeply learn Tsuruga's history and culture through precious materials and beautiful buildings, having once flourished as an important international trading port on the Japan Sea side. The heavy historic building itself is a major highlight, enriching the visiting traveler's intellectual curiosity. Spend an intellectual, heart-fulfilling time tracing Tsuruga's dramatic history.

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Minato Tsuruga Yamahoko Museum
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Minato Tsuruga Yamahoko Museum

Minato Tsuruga Yamahoko Museum is a very gorgeous facility displaying and introducing gorgeous floats (Yama) actually used in the Tsuruga Festival, designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. Exquisite decorations and historic floats overwhelm visiting travelers, letting you feel Tsuruga people's passion and pride in traditional culture.

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Kehi no Matsubara
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Kehi no Matsubara

Kehi no Matsubara is counted as one of Japan's top three pine groves, a breathtaking beautiful scenic spot woven by blue sea, white sandy beaches, and tens of thousands of green lush pine trees. Strolling while feeling refreshing sea breeze blowing through the pine grove gently heals the visiting traveler's body and soul from the depths. Touch the essence of overwhelming natural beauty called Japan's original landscape, and spend a supreme experience that will be your life's best travel memory.

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Kanegasaki Ryokuchi
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Kanegasaki Ryokuchi

Kanegasaki Ryokuchi is a very beautiful park facing Tsuruga Port's blue sea where you can feel history's romance as a once-prosperous international port town while receiving gentle sea breeze. Rich green lawn plazas and maintained promenades let visitors view blue sea and passing ships leisurely. This waterfront spot harmonizes historic sites and port scenery to refresh body and mind.

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Nakaikemi Wetland
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Nakaikemi Wetland

Nakaikemi Wetland is a precious wetland registered under the Ramsar Convention, where rich natural environments remain miraculously despite being near Tsuruga City's urban area. Home to diverse flora, fauna, and rare wild birds, observing seasonal natural processes is possible. Completely forgetting digital urban busyness, strolling through this untouched nature resets mind and body from the depths, bringing deep peace.

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Seimei Shrine
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Seimei Shrine

Seimei Shrine is a very sacred shrine associated with Abe no Seimei, the legendary Onmyoji of the Heian period, drifting history and mysterious atmosphere. Solemn precincts filled with silence strongly stimulate the visiting traveler's intellectual curiosity. Touching ancient Japanese history, legends, and spiritual culture deeply, spend an intellectual, special travel moment for adults.

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Susaki no Taka-dourou
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Susaki no Taka-dourou

Susaki no Taka-dourou is a historic, extremely valuable oldest-class wooden lantern in Japan that continued watching over Kitamaebune and other navigation safety through the night in the Edo period. The heavy appearance conveying Tsuruga Port's history quietly invites travelers to the good old days. Visit this wonderful historic site to spend an intellectual and luxurious holiday for adults touching sea history.

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Tsuruga Castle Ruins Shinganji Temple
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Tsuruga Castle Ruins Shinganji Temple

Tsuruga Castle Ruins Shinganji Temple is a historic and serene temple established on the historic castle site of Tsuruga Castle once ruled by Oda Nobunaga's vassal, Otani Yoshitsugu. Walking through the history-romance-conveying precincts richly stimulates the visiting traveler's intellectual curiosity. Leaving urban busyness, strolling through the quiet temple while tracing Sengoku period footsteps brings deep peace and new awareness.

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Nihonkai Sakana-machi
Fukui

Nihonkai Sakana-machi

One of the largest seafood markets on the Sea of Japan coast, featuring freshly caught crab, shrimp, and more directly from Tsuruga Port. You can enjoy seafood bowls and sushi at the on-site restaurants. The energetic atmosphere with vendors calling out is the heart of Fukui’s vibrant food scene.

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Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse
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Tsuruga Red Brick Warehouse

Built in 1905, these nostalgic brick warehouses are a symbol of Tsuruga Port. They now house a massive diorama museum recreating the town's history and restaurants serving local Fukui ingredients. It’s a photogenic spot where history and modern leisure meet by the sea breeze.

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Kehi Jingu Shrine
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Kehi Jingu Shrine

Known as the supreme guardian of the Hokuriku region, this ancient shrine features a magnificent 11-meter red torii gate, one of the three largest in Japan. It’s a sacred site where history weighs heavy and offers a peaceful space to pray for safe travels and touch Japanese spiritual culture.

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