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I had the opportunity to join a tour visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins in June 2017. I went with the president of the Hotel Riverge Akebono, Mr. Shimizu, the intern of the hotel, Ms. Julia Coslian, the manager of Fukui City Hospitality and Tourism Promotion Office, Mr. Takama and his staff member, Mr. Juancho Santamaria. I rediscovered the charms of Fukui.

It was coming to the end of the tour.
We passed through the Karamon gate and walked toward Suwayakata-ato Garden. On the way to the garden, there was a stream and many large and tall trees, so we enjoyed walking in the nature and reaching the garden at the same time.

The woman who showed us around said that “Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins is a great place to visit because it has the crisp and clear air which is very soothing. The visitors enjoy not only the scenery and relocated town, and they can also enjoy learning about Japanese history as well. Mostly, I personally feel that it is very soothing and peaceful to be here. “ As soon as she said that, I started realizing that how I was feeling much more uplifted and more energetic than when I arrived at Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins.

Suwayakata-ato Garden was made by the 11th leader of Sengoku period Asakura family, Asakura Yoshikage to please his concubine. As you can see, his concubine lived in such a beautiful atmosphere which is surrounded by the rich nature.

We finished touring at Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins. We crossed the bridge and went back to the parking lot.

The woman who showed us around was kind enough to walk with us from the beginning to end. She also told many things about Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins with beautiful smile so we felt comfortable and enjoyed learning about Japanese history as well. We had such a great time touring in Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins and rediscovered the charms of Fukui.

Stay tuned for the next blog!

T.F

Ichijodani Asakura Family Site Museum

Address：4-10, Abaka, Fukui-shi

Tel：0776-41-2301

Open：9:00AM～5:00PM (No admission after 4:30PM)

Closed：(29 Nov. ～ 2 Jan.) and other days, refer to calender

Admission Fee：Individuals 100yen per person, elementary and junior high school students, and senior citizens over 70 years of age admitted free of charge.

Restored Townscape

Address：28-37, Kidonouchicho, Fukui-shi

Tel：0776-41-2330

Open：9:00AM～5:00PM (No admission after 4:30PM)

Closed： 29 Nov. ～ 4 Jan.

Admission Fee：Adults 210 yen per person, junior high school students and younger, and senior citizens over 70 years of age admitted free of charge.

Source: The tour spots information of ”Fukui Tour Guides Association (http://fukuitourguides.org/en/english-tourist-spots/ichijodani/)

Please enjoy our previous blogs as well.

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 1-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 2-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 3-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 4-
Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 5-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 6-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 7-

You can see some tourist attractions and the directions to these places from the webpage, "Hotel Reiverge Akebono, Tourist attractions around our hotel".

Made by Julia during her internship, this webpage has directions that are easy to follow.

She researched these tourist attractions, before visiting them and experiencing

the charms of Fukui herself. As I mentioned in our previous blog, it can be difficult for tourists

to get to some great places in Fukui, so this map that Julia made will help you

get around easier.

There is also a Japanese version of this webpage(only available in Japanese).

However, some of the places which are introduced on the Japanese webpage

are different to the English version that Julia made.

As I have introduced in our previous blog that I visited Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins in June 2017 with the president of the Hotel Riverge Akebono, Mr. Shimizu, the intern of the hotel, Ms. Julia Coslian, the manager of Fukui City Hospitality and Tourism Promotion Office, Mr. Takama and his staff member, Mr. Juancho Santamaria.

There are some staff members wearing Kimono standing in front of the restored warrior’s residences, temples, merchant’s houses, craftsman’s houses. If you ask them any questions they’d answer nicely and politely.

Usually, the staff members do not walk with visitors, they stay in front of the places in Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins but one of the staff members gave us a special guidance. She showed us around and explained about the history and the things were exhibited. She was very kind and nice from the beginning to the end.

Inside of the restored houses, you can see how people used to live from 1471 to 1573 in the area.

174 Shogi pieces were found outside of the castle in 1973. It was discovered that they were from 1558 to 1570.

During the Warring States Period, people were focusing on making lightweight and high performance armor but Asakura clan made people make the heavy and luxurious ones.

In side of these restored warrior’s residences, temples, merchant’s houses, craftsman’s houses, you can see how things used to be and how people used to live closely. It is enjoyable to see these things imagining how everything used to be. When you have a chance, how about visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins.

I’d like to share a video which has been provided by Fukui Prefecture, "Letter of the Fortune: Fukui, home for happiness to come". Ai Takahashi, an actress born in Fukui introduces various places and things including Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins. Please enjoy!

T.F

Please enjoy our previous blogs.

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 1-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 2-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 3-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 4-

Spreading the Charms of Fukui to the World! -Visiting Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins Part 5-

You can see some tourist attractions and the directions to these places from the webpage, "Hotel Reiverge Akebono, Tourist attractions around our hotel".

Made by Julia during her internship, this webpage has directions that are easy to follow.

She researched these tourist attractions, before visiting them and experiencing

the charms of Fukui herself. As I mentioned in our blog, it can be difficult for tourists

to get to some great places in Fukui, so this map that Julia made will help you

get around easier.

There is also a Japanese version of this webpage(only available in Japanese).

However, some of the places which are introduced on the Japanese webpage

are different to the English version that Julia made.