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is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu island.

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is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chubu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Fukui.
History
Fukui originally consisted of the old provinces of Wakasa and Echizen, before the prefecture was formed in 1871.
During the Edo period, the daimyo of the region was surnamed Matsudaira, and was a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Geography
The province faces the Sea of Japan, and has a western part (formerly Wakasa) which is a narrow plain between the mountains and the sea, and a larger eastern part (formerly Echizen) with wider plains including the capital and most of the population. The mountain side of the eastern part has much snow in winter.
Cities
Nine cities are located in Fukui Prefecture:
Towns and villages Towns and villages in each district:
Mergers
Economy
Demographics
Culture
- Fukui Prefecture is home to Maruoka-jo, the second oldest standing castle in Japan, after Inuyama Castle. It was built in 1576.
- Eihei-ji is a serene temple offering training and education to Buddhist monks. Founded by Dogen Zenji in 1244, Eiheiji is located on a plot of land of about 330,000 mē.
- Many dinosaur fossils have been excavated in Fukui and they can been seen at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.
- Residents of Fukui Prefecture have a distinctive accent, Fukui-ben.
- Fukui has long been a center for papermaking in Japan (along with Kyoto). Its Echizen Papermaking Cooperative is a world-famous collection of papermakers making paper in the traditional Echizen style.
Tourism
- Echizen Kaigan Coast
- Eiheiji Temple
- Tojinbo, a scenic piece of coastline, which is also a notorious spot for suicide.
- Visitors to Fukui can enjoy eating echizen-kani crabs prepared by local residents. Male crabs are called zuwai and female ones are called seiko. Another traditional sea-side Fukui dish is genge, a small guppy-like fish, that when eaten raw as sashimi, gives the body a brief tingling sensation.
- In Fukui City, a trademark dish of Fukui prefecture (sauce katsudon) was created at Yoroppaken, a restaurant that started making the simple, inexpensive dish during the Taisho Period. By the 1940s, sauce katsudon became known throughout Japan as one of Fukui's trademark dishes.
- Awara is a famous onsen in the north of the prefecture.
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