Fukui Prefecture · Japan
Where to stay in Fukui
Fukui is a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, home to about 261,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Fukui.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- KMQ40 km · Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Language
- Japanese
About
About Fukui
Fukui is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2024, the city had an estimated population of 255,332 in 107,553 households.
The city is a regional commercial and finance centre; however, manufacturing, agriculture and commercial fishing also are contributors to the local economy. Fuku-iro (福いろ) is the city's official guide site. Japanese only with integrated Google Translate.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Fukui
See
- Fukui Castle
- Fukui City History Museum
- Yokokan Garden
- Bhutan Museum
- Fukui Prefecture Fine Arts Museum
- Fukui City Museum of Natural History
- Osagoe Minkaen
- Fukui City Art Museum
- Ichijodani Historic Site
- Ichijodani Asakura Family Museum
Do
- Gokurakuyu Onsen
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Fukui
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
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| Toyoko Inn Fukui Ekimae hotel |
When to go
The best time to visit Fukui
Fukui has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 335 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Fukui: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY, 108 km) and Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM, 110 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The nearest airport to Fukui is in Komatsu (KMQ). Buses connect Komatsu Airport with Komatsu Station for ¥260, from which you can take a Hokuriku Line local train for the 50-minute run to Fukui (¥820). If coming internationally, the best airport to arrive at is Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka. From the Airport, you can reach Fukui by train in about 3½ hours by taking the Haruka limited express train to Shin-Osaka, and transferring across the platform to the Thunderbird, described below.
Getting around
Fukui Railway runs a tram that makes the city more accessible and is relatively cheap. Trams conveniently depart from Fukuieki Station (outside JR Fukui Station). There are two lines, one traveling north and the other south. The northern line runs to Tawaramachi Station (convenient for the art museum, history museum, and Yokokan Garden) while the southern line runs all the way to Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen. Within city limits the final station is Sanjuhassha Station, although most visitors will find most attractions accessible from Asuwayama-Koenguchi Station.
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KMQ · Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base
TOY · Toyama Kitokito Airport
NKM · Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Fukui
Eat
While most of Japan prefers to eat its katsudon (breaded pork cutlet on top of rice) topped with a sweet omelet, Fukui is famous for creating the sauce katsudon, which is instead covered by a sweet and salty sauce similar to Worcester sauce. It is ubiquitous on menus throughout the prefecture. Another famous local food is oroshi soba, cold or hot buckwheat noodles with grated Japanese radish. Restaurants serving oroshi soba can be found throughout the prefecture.
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Questions
Fukui: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Fukui?
Fukui has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 335 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Fukui?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), about 40 km from the city centre in a straight line; Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY, 108 km) and Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM, 110 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Fukui?
yen (JPY).
Nearby
Destinations near Fukui
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.