Trip (Inside the Fukui city) [Sep.8-9]

Getting on a bus from Toujinbou, I came to JR Ashihara Onsen station, then I came back to Fukui station by a local train a little after 17 o'clock. Thinking of something interesting, I went through the ticket gate, and found leaflets 'JR-de iku Machi-meguri'. These are maps around some JR stations, and indicate some walk routes for tourists. The Fukui station version contains two courses (3 hours for typical tourists):
* in memory of 1500th anniversary of the succession to the throne of Keitai daiou; a course to places remembered in connection with him
* a course to feel the history of the Fukui castle town
I decided to take the second one.

After departing from Fukui station, soon we can see the inner moat of Fukui castle. Now the place where Fukui castle was is Fukui prefectural office.



Walking along the moat, go across a street, then you can find an old house called 'Youkoukan-teien'. The 3rd master of the Fukui Clan, Tadamasa, got this place, the 7th master, Yoshinori, built this garden. The original house was destroyed by the air attack in the World War II, and the present one is reconstructed in 1993.



You can enter the building after taking off your shoes at the entrance. In the building, there are many things like Wakidana-no Raden-zaiku in Otsuki-mi-no ma (a side shelf decorated by mother-of-perl work in the moon viewing room),



Keimei-no Itado in Kusari-no ma (hen's cry on a board door in the chain room),



and so on.

I entered a little before the closing time (around 18 o'clock), so there were nobody except me, and I could freely walk around (^_^)

Next to the Youkoukan-teien, there is 'Kyoudo Rekishi Hakubutsukan', a museum for the local history of Fukui. I did not know that there are many ancient remains around here in Fukui... There is 'Toneri-mon Ikou-no Fukugen', a restoration of the ruin of Toneri gate.



These two places (Youkoukan-teien and the museum) open between 9:00 and 19:00. Most public museums in the country regions close before 17:00, I think. So I was very astonished! Due to this I could enter and see many things (^_^)

One more good information.
The leaflet I took at the station is very powerful! This contains some coupons and we can enter these two places with a discount price for parties. You can get the leaflet freely, so you should take one!

When I went out of the museum, it had been already dark. So I checked in the hotel I reserved and rest.

Here I cannot upload more than 5 pictures in an article. More detailed explanations can be found here. (Sorry, but Japanese only.)

The trip will continue a little more!

The Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* JR-de iku Machi-meguri: JRで行く街めぐり
* Keitai daiou : 継体大王
* moat : 内堀
* prefectural office : 県庁
* Youkoukan-teien : 養浩館庭園
* Fukui Clan : 福井藩
* Tadamasa : 忠昌
* Yoshinori : 吉品
* Wakidana-no Raden-zaiku : 脇棚の螺鈿細工
* Otsuki-mi-no ma : 御月見ノ間
* Keimei-no Itado : 鶏鳴ノ板戸
* Kusari-no ma : 鎖ノ御間
* Kyoudo Rekishi Hakubutsukan : 郷土歴史博物館
* Tonerimon Ikou-no Fukugen : 舎人門遺構の復原