Add Your Heading Text Here Bordering Ishikawa Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the east, Shiga Prefecture to the south, and Kyoto Prefecture to the southwest in the Hokuriku region of Japan, Fukui charms visitors with breathtaking scenery and a unique local culture born from traditional craftsmanship and a reverence of nature and religious […]
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