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Fukui Prefectural Museum of History

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4.1 (572)

2-chōme-19-15 Ōmiya, Fukui, 910-0016, Japan

Museum devoted to Fukui history with diverse exhibits, including films & reconstructed period shops.

hourglassDuration: 01h30min

phone+81 776-22-4675
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clockOpening hours

Mondays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Tuesdays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Wednesdays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Thursdays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fridays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Saturdays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Sundays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Naoto YM a week ago

I come from Kanazawa as a tourist. Before going to this museum, I took a bus and a long walk from 丸岡城. After arriving at 4:40 they told me that the time for entrance was 4:30 as they closed as 5:00. Considering the extremely limited bus between tourist attractions in this city, tourist attractions have the right to reject customers. It is quite interesting isn’t it?

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John Smith 3 months ago

Beautiful and well put together museum about the history of Fukui prefecture. The museum is split in twos, in laymen's terms it's basically prewar and postwar. Both areas are really interesting and exhibit many different items in all kinds of shapes and forms. But both areas are also very different from one another. While the prewar area is a traditional kind of museum set up (with all due respect), the postwar area is set up to immitate a bit of a typical street back in the day, just like it would've been back then. Complete with sound effects. Even as a foreigner, you will undoubtedly recognise things from there. The admission fee at the time of writing is ¥100, which I think is well and truly worth the visit. Parking is free, the place is entirely wheelchair accessible, and there's a cafe attached. One note of caution for those who cannot read Japanese: almost all titles and descriptions of the exhibits are in Japanese only (with furigana). It might be helpful to use Google Translate in photo mode, but I feel the museum could also work towards bilingual description plates, so that people from all over can understand what everything is.

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Mary Grace Cantos a year ago

We came here on weekdays and there were very few people so it was nice to look around inside, by the way the entrance fee is only 100¥ each person. I spent 3 hours inside lol. Cause I just loved history and artifacts.

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Amogh Kutumbe a year ago

Nice museum in just ¥100

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Jean Ann Moale 5 years ago

Excellent displays. Very detailed, life size 1950/60s village on one wing. Worth a visit.