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![Unpacking the charms of the Kitamae Shipowner Ukon Family Residence – a spot not to be missed when sightseeing in Minami-Echizen!](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ukonke1船絵馬(金毘羅宮奉納)-1024x512.jpg)
Unpacking the charms of the Kitamae Shipowner Ukon Family Residence – a spot not to be missed when sightseeing in Minami-Echizen!
![Experience time travel back to the Edo Period Imajo-juku, a post town along the Hokkoku Kaido](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mv-feature-03-1-1024x475.jpg)
Experience time travel back to the Edo Period Imajo-juku, a post town along the Hokkoku Kaido
![Introducing the highlights of Roadside Station Minami-Echizen Sankairi](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/top-mv-img-sankairi-1-1024x475.jpg)
Introducing the highlights of Roadside Station Minami-Echizen Sankairi
![Explore the Kono area, with its retro vibes and its historic past with the Kitamae-bune ships](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMGP3820-1024x681.jpg)
Explore the Kono area, with its retro vibes and its historic past with the Kitamae-bune ships
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Enjoy Minami-Echizen's nature and food delicacies!
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Experiences
Recommended experiences in Minami-Echizen
Enjoy a range of activities through the different seasons, from making soba to scuba diving in the beautiful blue waters of Echizen's sea.
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Food
Food places in Minami-Echizen
Enjoy scrumptious meals here in Minami-Echizen made from local ingredients gifted by nature.
What kind of a place is Minami-Echizen?
Minami-Echizen is a town made up of three main areas - the sea, the mountains, and the countryside village - where one can enjoy the four seasons.
![Imajoエリア](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/area-imajo.jpg)
Imajo Area
This is the mountainous region in Minami-Echizen. Visitors can walk along the streets of the old town dating back to the Edo Period, and experience travelling back to a time when steam locomotive trains ran through the town.
![Make Imajo’s local specialty, dried persimmons! Unique smoking method found only here in Japan](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/turushikaki_01.jpg)
Make Imajo’s local specialty, dried persimmons! Unique smoking method found only here in Japan
![Mochi Making Experience](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mochi_01.jpg)
Mochi Making Experience
![Soba Making Experience (Retreat Takura)](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ritosoba_01.jpg)
Soba Making Experience (Retreat Takura)
![Soba Making Experience (Imajo Soba Dojo)](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/soba_01.jpg)
Soba Making Experience (Imajo Soba Dojo)
![Yoshigo Shoten](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/yoshigo_01.jpg)
Yoshigo Shoten
![Retreat Takura](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ritorito_01.jpg)
Retreat Takura
![Brewing sake – Experience how the workers at a sake brewery control the fermentation of sake](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sakakura_01.jpg)
Brewing sake – Experience how the workers at a sake brewery control the fermentation of sake
![Cycling Tour – See the historic old railroads and vast nature](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cycling_01.jpg)
Cycling Tour – See the historic old railroads and vast nature
![Nenuphar](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nenufa_01.jpg)
Nenuphar
![Tsurubun](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/turubun_01.jpg)
Tsurubun
![Konoエリア](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_area-kono.jpg)
Kono Area
This is the area in Minami-Echizen that is by the sea. Visit the beautiful Echizen Coast and former residences of the Kitamae-bune shipowners here.
![Nanjoエリア](https://www.minamiechizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/area-nanjo.jpg)
Nanjo Area
This is the village area of Minami-Echizen. The roadside station Minami-echizen Sankairi is also located in this area.
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