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- Echizen Washi Village: What's There and How to Pair It with Takefu Knife Village
Short answer: Echizen Washi Village (越前和紙の里) is a small district in Echizen City, Fukui, where several papermaking facilities stand along one street: a paper museum, a restored …
- Echizen-Takefu Station: Exits, Taxis and Lockers for Takefu Knife Village
Short answer: At Echizen-Takefu Station, follow the yellow signs to the West Exit for taxis, buses and the tourist information center. Coin lockers are by the East Exit, and the …
- How an Echizen Knife Is Made: What the Takefu Knife Village Museum Teaches
Short answer: The small museum at Takefu Knife Village explains, mostly through objects and panels, how Echizen blades are made: two wall boards show a kitchen knife and a sickle …
- Murasaki Shikibu Museum of Echizen: Where the Author of The Tale of Genji Lived Away from the Capital
Short answer: Murasaki Yukari no Yakata (紫ゆかりの館), the Murasaki Shikibu Museum of Echizen, is a free museum in Echizen City, Fukui, about the time the author of The Tale of Genji …
- Takefu Knife Village: The Workshop, the Museum, and How to Get There
Short answer: Takefu Knife Village is a group of blacksmith workshops in Echizen City, Fukui, where you can watch Echizen knives being made from a viewing walkway, learn their …