Area Tsuruga Veronica Carnevale Tsuruga City is a port town located along Wakasa Bay in Central Japan’s Fukui Prefecture. This seaside urban sprawl is renown...
Culture Eishoji Temple, Tsuruga: Fukui Takako Sakamoto Eishoji Temple (Tsuruga, Fukui) is the family temple of the famous Japanese samurai from Sengoku period, Otani Yoshitsugu. He...
Culture Kanegasaki Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Kanegasaki Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui, enshrines two tragic princes of the Southern Court, but it is now renowned as a 'Power S...
Culture Kehi Jingu Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Kehi Jingu Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui, has watched over the lives of the local people since the 8th century. It has the third t...
Culture Tokyo to Fukui Veronica Carnevale Join me on an adventure through Tokyo and Fukui, and discover some of Japan’s best kept secrets.
Culture Dramatic Kanegasaki Castle Ruins Takako Sakamoto In Tsuruga, Fukui, two major battles were fought; in 1337 between Ashikaga and Nitta Armies, and 1570 between Oda Nobunaga an...
Culture Fujishima Shrine, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Founded in 1876, Fujishima Shrine in Fukui city enshrines Nitta Yoshisada, the prominent historical figure who died supportin...
Culture Kehi Jingu Shrine Kehi Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In the former Modern system of ranked Shinto ...