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Fukui Prefecture
Zen Buddhism, Castles & Dinosaurs
14 min readApr 1, 2020
Welcome back to yet another installment of my in-depth area guides for Japan’s hidden gems. In today’s article, we’ll be taking a look at Fukui Prefecture. Lovingly referred to as “Dinosaur Country” by members of the expat community (more on that later), this rural region rarely pops up on the radars of…