Fukui Prefecture
prefecture of Japan
Fukui Prefecture (福井県, Fukui-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshū.[1] The capital is the city of Fukui.[2]
HistoryEdit
In the early Meiji period, Fukui was created by the merger of Wakasa Province and Echizen Province.[3]
GeographyEdit
The prefecture faces the Sea of Japan. It shares a northern border with Ishikawa Prefecture. East of Fukui are Gifu Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture. Kifu's southern border meets Kyoto Prefecture.
CitiesEdit
Fukui Prefecture includes the following cities:
National ParksEdit
National Parks are established in about 15% of the total land area of the prefecture.[4]
Shrines and TemplesEdit
Wakashiko jinja and Kehi jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.[5]
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fukui-ken" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 217; "Chūbu" at p. 126.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Fukui" at p. 217.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-13.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2012-3-13.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Fukui prefecture at Wikimedia Commons
