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of
Fukui Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geographic area of 4,190 km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, Gi ...
, Japan. , the city had an estimated
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of 264,217, and a
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of 69.2 persons per km2, in 102,935 households. Its total area is . Most of the population lives in a small central area; the city limits include rural plains, mountainous areas, and suburban sprawl along the Route 8 bypass.


Overview


Cityscape

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of FukuiCity（2018） File:Fukui city aerial 03.jpg, FukuiCity Aerial（2014） File:Tsukumo bridge.jpg,
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of FukuiCity（2013）


Geography

Fukui is located in the coastal plain in north-central part of the prefecture. It is bordered by the
Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...
to the west and the
Ryōhaku Mountains The are a mountain range spanning Gifu, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui and Shiga prefectures in Japan. It is divided into the Kaetsu Mountains (加越山地 ''Kaetsu Sanchi''), whose major peak is Mount Haku, and the Etsumi Mountains (越美山地 ''Etsu ...
to the east. The
Kuzuryū River The is a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It has its source at the Aburasaka Pass (油坂峠 ''Aburasaka-tōge'') in the city of Ōno and empties into the Sea of Japan near the city of Sakai. River system Some of the main rivers ...
flows through the city.


Climate

Fukui has a
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(
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''Cfa'') with hot, humid summers and cool winters. Precipitation is high throughout the year, and is especially heavy in December and January.


Neighbouring municipalities

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Fukui Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geographic area of 4,190 km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, Gi ...
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Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and incl ...
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Sabae is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 69,338 in 24,167 households and the population density of 820 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Sabae is located in central Fuku ...
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Eiheiji 250px is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the largest single religious denomination in Japan (by number of temples in a single legal entity). Eihei-ji is located about east of Fukui in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In E ...
* Echizen (town)


Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Fukui has remained relatively steady over the past 40 years.


History


Origins

Fukui was part of ancient
Echizen Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form ...
.


Sengoku Period

In 1471, Asakura had displaced the
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. The same year, Asakura Toshikage (1428–1481) fortified the Ichijōdani by constructing hilltop fortifications on the surrounding mountains and constructing walls and gates to seal off the northern and southern end of the valley. Within this area, he contracted a fortified mansion, surrounded by the homes of his relatives and retainers, and eventually by the residences of merchants and artisans, and Buddhist temples. He offered refuge to people of culture or skills from Kyoto attempting to escape the conflict of the Ōnin War, and the Ichijōdani became a major cultural, military, and population center, and by the time of Asakura Takakage (1493–1548) it had a peak population of over 10,000 inhabitants. Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and castle lord of Ichijōdani Castle in 1548. The Asakura maintained good relations with the
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, and thus eventually came into conflict with
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. Following Nobunaga's capture of
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Asakura Yoshikage was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his deat ...
as regent and requested aid in driving Nobunaga out of the capital. As a result, Nobunaga launched an invasion of
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. Due to Yoshikage's lack of military skill, Nobunaga's forces were successful at the Siege of Kanegasaki and subsequent
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in 1570, leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion. Ichijōdani was razed to the ground by Nobunaga during the 1573
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.
Kitanosho Castle was a ''hirashiro'' (castle located on flatland). Its remains are located in current-day Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As the castle lasted merely eight years, few records survive about it. It is known, though that it was built by Shibata Katsuie ...
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Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins The are historic ruins located in the Kidonouchi section of the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. This area was controlled by the Asakura clan_for_103_years_during_the_ ">DF_7_of_80">"Asa_..._for_103_years_during_ ...
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Kitanosho Castle was a ''hirashiro'' (castle located on flatland). Its remains are located in current-day Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As the castle lasted merely eight years, few records survive about it. It is known, though that it was built by Shibata Katsuie ...
（Sibata Jinja）


Edo Period

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and centre of Fukui Domain during the
Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
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. Fukui Domain played a key role in the
Meiji restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...
. The modern city of Fukui was founded with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. File:Yuki Hideyasu.jpg,
Yūki Hideyasu was a Japanese samurai who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was the ''daimyō'' of Fukui Domain in Echizen. Early life Hideyasu was born as in 1574, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by Lady Oman (also known as L ...
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Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a branch of the Matsudaira clan, who were hereditary ''daimyō'' of Fukui domain under the Tokugawa ...


Meiji, Taisho & Showa Period

During the pre-war period, Fukui grew to become an important industrial and railroad centre. Factories in the area produced aircraft parts, electrical equipment, machine motors, various metal products and textiles. Fukui was largely destroyed on June 19, 1945 during the Bombing of Fukui during World War II. Of the city's at the time, 84.8% of Fukui was destroyed, per the
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's
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. File:Fukui District Court01b3200.jpg, Fukui District Court File:Fukui-shi suido-kinenkan03n4592.jpg, Fukui City Water Service Memorial File:Fukui Prefectural Office in 1950s.JPG, Fukui Prefectural Office Building (1923)


Modern Fukui

Fukui was again devastated by a major earthquake in 1948. On February 1, 2006, the town of Miyama (from Asuwa District), the town of Shimizu, and the village of Koshino (both from Nyū District) were merged into Fukui. Fukui's city status was designated a
core city In urban planning, a core city, principal city metropolitan core, or central city, is the largest or most important city or cities of a metropolitan area. A core city is surrounded by smaller satellite cities, towns, and suburbs. A central city i ...
on April 1, 2019.


Government

Fukui has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city legislature of 32 members. The city also contributes 12 members to the Fukui Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, Fukui forms part of Fukui 1st district, a single-member constituency of the
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in the national
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.


External relations


Twin towns – sister cities


International

Fukui is twinned with: ;Sister Cities ;Friendship Cities


National

;Sister Cities ;Friendship cities ;Partnership cities


Economy

The economy of Fukui is mixed. The city is a regional commercial and finance centre; however, manufacturing, agriculture and commercial fishing also are contributors to the local economy.


Primary sector of the economy


Agriculture

;
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives , also known as or JA Group, refers to the national group of 694 regional co-ops in Japan that supply members with input for production, undertake packaging, transportation, and marketing of agricultural products, and provide financial services. A ...
（JA） *Fukui Prefecture Agricultural Cooperatives（JA FukuiPrefecture）


Fishing industry

; Japan Fisheries cooperative（JF） *FukuiCity Fisheries cooperative（JF FukuiCity）


Secondary sector of industry


Manufacturing industry

Fukui is home to several companies, including: * Matsuura Machinery, an international heavy machinery manufacturing company *Morinaga Hokuriku Dairy, a dairy products subsidiary of
Morinaga Milk Industry is a milk products and sweets company based in Tokyo, Japan, in operation since September 1, 1917. Their products include milk products, drinks, candy, confectioneries, and infant formula. Morinaga has distribution agreements with Mondelez Int ...
*
Kumagai Gumi is a Japanese construction company founded in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The company still has registered headquarters in Fukui, but the actual head office is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. History Santaro Kumagai, the company's founder, bega ...
, a large general construction company, was founded and has its registered head office in the city.


Tertiary sector of industry


Service industry


Emori Shoji
a trading house with strong ties to China *
Keifuku Bus is a bus transportation company based in Fukui Prefecture, Japan in operation since June 1941. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Keifuku Electric Railroad is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Pre ...


Education


Universities and colleges

*
Fukui Prefectural University is a public prefectural university founded in 1992 in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geo ...
*
University of Fukui The is a national university of Japan located in the city of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. History University of Fukui was established in 1949 by integrating three national colleges in Fukui Prefecture: , and . The university at first had two faculti ...
* Fukui University of Technology *
Jin-ai Women's College is a private women's junior college in Fukui, Fukui is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,217, and a population density of 69.2 persons per km2, in 102,935 households. Its total area ...
* Fukui College of Health Sciences


Secondary schools

* Fujishima Senior High School * Koshi Senior High School *Fukui Commercial Senior High School *Usui Senior High School *Asuwa Senior High School *Michimori Senior High School *Kagaku-Gijutsu Senior High School *Fukui Norin Senior High School *Hokuriku Senior High School *Fukui University of Technology - Fukui Senior High School *Jin-ai Girl's Senior High School *Keishin Senior High School *Fukui Minami Senior High School


Other schools

* Fukui Prefectural School for the Blind * Fukui Prefectural School for the Deaf *A North Korean school: Hokuriku Korean Elementary and Junior High School ( 北陸朝鮮初中級学校).


Transport


Railways


High-speed rail

;
West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
(JR West) *
Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...
： (under construction)


Conventional lines

;
West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
(JR West) *
Hokuriku Main Line The Hokuriku Main Line ( ja, 北陸本線, ) is a 176.6 kilometer railway line owned by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting the Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga, with the Naoetsu Station in Joetsu, Niigata. The section betwee ...
： Echizen-Hanandō - ( Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal) -
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- Morita *
Etsumi-Hoku Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 52.5 km (32.6 mi) from Echizen-Hanandō Station in Fukui to Kuzuryūko Station in Ōno with a total of 22 stations. It ...
(Kuzuryū Line)： - - - - - - - - - - - ;
Fukui Railway is a bus and railway company located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Fukubu Line between Tawaramachi Station in Fukui and Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen. Overview Although Fukui Railway's name refers to its f ...
*
Fukubu Line The is a 21.4 km railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen to and stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs wi ...
： - - - - - - - - - - - - - ;
Echizen Railway is a third-sector railway operating company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai. History In 1992, Keifuku Ele ...
* Mikuni Awara： - - - - - - - - - - - ''Jin'ai Ground-Mae'' - *
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line The is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line extends 27.8 km from the city of Fukui to Katsuyama with a total of 23 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took o ...
： - - - - - - -


Roads


Expressways

*
Hokuriku Expressway The , (abbreviated as , is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company. Overview The first section was opened in 1972 by Japan Highway Public Corpo ...


Japan National Route

* * * * *


Seaways


Sea Port

*Port of Takasu


Visitor attractions

*
Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins The are historic ruins located in the Kidonouchi section of the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. This area was controlled by the Asakura clan_for_103_years_during_the_ ">DF_7_of_80">"Asa_..._for_103_years_during_ ...
, one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Japan * Yōkōkan Garden *
Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a branch of the Matsudaira clan, who were hereditary ''daimyō'' of Fukui domain under the Tokugawa ...
* Fukui Fine Arts Museum *
Kitanosho Castle was a ''hirashiro'' (castle located on flatland). Its remains are located in current-day Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As the castle lasted merely eight years, few records survive about it. It is known, though that it was built by Shibata Katsuie ...
*
Asuwa River The is a river in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It stretches from Mount Kanmuri in the town of Ikeda to the Hino and the Kuzuryū rivers. Row of Sakura About 600 cherry trees are planted along the levees in the center of the city of Fukui. Many ...
* Harmony Hall Fukui * Fukui International Activities Plaza * " Yoroppaken", creator of Fukui's trademark dish, *
Peace Pagoda A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa; a monument to inspire peace, designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them in their search for world peace. Most, though not all, peace pagodas built since World War II ...
, the second of its kind in the world, inaugurated in 1959 File:Youkoukan03s4592.jpg, Yōkōkan Garden File:Youkoukanteien.jpg, The Yōkōkan Kantei File:Fukui Castle04bs4592.jpg, Fukui Castle File:Fukui District Court01b3200.jpg, Fukui District Court File:Fukui International Activities Plaza03b3200.jpg, Fukui International Activities Plaza File:Harmony Hall Fukui.JPG, Harmony Hall Fukui File:Koshino beach.jpg, Koshino beach


Culture


Sports


Baseball

* Fukui Wild Raptors（ BC.League）


Handball

*Hokuriku Electric Power Company Blue Thunder（ JHL）


Soccer

*
Fukui United FC is a football (soccer) club based in Fukui, the capital city of Fukui Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Hokushinetsu Football League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues. They were founded in 2019 to take the place of their dissolved ...
（
Hokushinetsu Football League is the Japanese fifth tier of league football, which is part of the Japanese Regional Leagues. It covers the regions of Hokuriku and Shin'etsu, the prefectures of Fukui, Ishikawa, Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a p ...
） File:FUKUI"fenikkususutajiamu".JPG, Fukui Phoenix Stadium File:Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium 20110617121141.jpg, Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium File:Technoport Fukui 20140504.JPG,
Technoport Fukui Stadium is a baseball stadium in Sakai, Fukui, Japan. As a stadium exclusively for baseball games, it is the largest in the Hokuriku region The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japa ...
File:2018年夏の福井県営陸上競技場.jpg, Fukui Prefectural sports Park（9.98 Stadium） File:Fukui-keirin-2.jpg, Fukui Velodrome


References


External links

* * {{Authority control Cities in Fukui Prefecture Port settlements in Japan Populated coastal places in Japan