We’ve decorated the tanks with Christmas trees again this year 🎄 Keeping adding more Is it just me, or do they seem more and more gorgeous each year?! 🧑‍🎄On weekends and holidays through December 25, Santa will appear between 12:00 and 12:30🧑‍🎄 Also, on December 24 and 25 at 12:00 there will be an “Underwater Santa Raffle”🐟 You can get a good deal with a digital ticket♪ *Before normal admission, buy the “Sightseeing Digital Ticket” and let’s go🙌 📍Echizen Matsushima Aquarium ◾ Address: 74-2-3 Saki, Mikuni Town, Sakai City ◾ Phone: 0776-81-2700 ◾ Hours: 9:00–16:30 (winter season)

Special exhibition until Sunday, December 14th "Mago Nagasaka Exhibition" Mago Nagasaka’s solo show, his first museum exhibition in the Hokuriku region. From paintings to three-dimensional works, this rare opportunity presents the trajectory of Nagasaka’s creative practice on an unprecedented scale that uses the natural setting of Kanazu Forest of Creation. To support Nagasaka’s global efforts driven by his strong belief that art exists to save people and promote world peace, the museum will attempt artwork sales second only to the Ueno Royal Museum. Through this exhibition, we aim to convey the future roles and possibilities of art and foster a sustainable cultural environment. 📌Hours 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30) 📌Venue Kanazu Forest of Creation Museum Artcore and open-air museum 57-2-19 Miyanoyatsu, Awara City, Fukui Prefecture 919-0806 📌Admission General 300 yen (200 yen), 65 and over / people with disabilities 150 yen, Free for high school students and younger, and one caregiver per visitor with a disability Prices in parentheses apply to groups of 20 or more ★Part of the admission fees will be used to support activities in Ghana.

🚩 Program Overview (Awara Hot Spring/Local Sake Pairing Experience) ■ Contents: Sake course by a proprietress who is qualified as a sake master 　　　　Toast with a welcome drink (sparkling Sake "Landlady's AWA") 　　　　Tasting 3 kinds of local sake built into Fukui Prefecture 　　　　Pairing experience with Local cuisine 　　　　Use of sake vessels of traditional crafts such as Echizen pottery and Echizen lacquerware ■ Held in: Local Sake Brewery Kondo (1 501 Hot Spring, Awara City, Fukui Prefecture) 　　　　　　　Echizen Railway "Awara Yunomachi Station" Get off and walk for about 2 minutes ■Implementation Time: 14:00~15:00 (Opening 10 minutes before) ・Duration: Approximately 1 hour ≪ schedule≫ 14:00 Start of the experience Welcome Toast with a drink 　　 　　　　　　Explanation of Sake / How to drink Sake / Sake tasting / Pairing experience 　　15:00 End / Dismissal　　　 ■ Number of participants: Minimum 4 people, capacity 12 people (will be closed as soon as the capacity is reached) 🚩 Special Terms and Conditions for Fees and Monitors Regular participation fee: 6,000 yen (tax included) / 1 person ▶ Special price for this limited monitor: 2,000 yen / 1 person ■ Conditions for participating in the monitor: (1) Posting the Scene of the experience on social media, etc. (2) Cooperate with a simple questionnaire after participation. * Basically, people under the age of 20 and Car are not Subject to participate 🚩 How to apply (payment is cash only on the day) Google Forms or Email kanko-k@awara.info 🚩 Held in Events Held in "October Festival" at Awara Hot Spring Yunomachi Square (2 minutes walk from the venue) 15:00~21:00 🔄 Cancellation Policy Up to 3 days in advance: 30% of the Fee 2-1 day ago: 50% Same-day or no-show cancellation: 100%

Our official character "Yumeguri Gonzo" We are entering Yuru Verse 2025. It seems that you can vote every day, so please vote for us! ■ Awara City Official Character "Yumeguri Gonzo" ■ Nature and Hot Spring Town, Awara City, Fukui Prefecture The character "Yuzuru Brothers" was born from the "spirit of hospitality". yellowtail a tub of hot water on his head, he runs around in a yukata all year round for Awara PR. He is a little laid-back, but he is the best of the brothers, and the one who always Summary everyone is the third son, "Yu Patrol Gonzo". Search for "Yuru Verse 2025"

A customer who has been transformed wonderfully!! ✻ With your permission. The bright red kimono is perfect for your face. In the maiko / geiko transformation experience, we prepare kimonos in several shades. ✻ Everyone chooses a color that looks good on you! ・It takes about 2 hours. ・ It is OK to experience it as a reward for parents and children, families, anniversaries, and yourself. ・ Even foreigners and men can transform with confidence. * Men can also transform into maiko and geiko, but if Katsura does not fit, it will be an experience without Katsura. ・Photo taken by a professional photographer + 11,000 yen (per person. It is possible to take pictures using drums and Japanese umbrellas at the traditional performing arts hall) If you wish to do this, please make a reservation from the plan with shooting. Apply for a trial on Jalan ▶ NET 【Phone reservation】0776-78-6767 (Weekdays 9:00-16:00)

Held in ♨️ a special experience Events presented by the proprietress of Awara Hot Spring, who is qualified as a sake tasting master You can 🍶✨ experience pairing the Sake "proprietress" that can only be tasted at Fukui's Local Sake and Awara Hot Spring and Snacks such as Fukui's Local cuisine "Heshiko" * Local sake from 4 breweries in Fukui Prefecture * Sake mini-course by the proprietress of the sake master * Snacks are Fukui's Local cuisine * Sake vessels are traditional crafts of Fukui Held in days: January 11 (Sat) 14:00~15:00 ✻ January 12 (Sun), 25 (Sat), 26 (Sun) 4 times in total Implementation Place: Local Sake Brewery Kondo Fukui Prefecture Awara City Hot Spring 1-chome 501 Number of applicants: 12 each time Participation fee: 6,000 yen (tax included) How to apply: At Jalan NET

Stay at Awara Hot Spring If you lend us a colored yukata and go around the town There are services that offer various Privileges. 🙋 【Shops where you can receive Privileges】Awara City Tourist Association HP NEW Light up facilities 【Two-sided Hot Spring Yakushido】 Light up with a Japanese umbrella production. Held in from November 1st ~ December 15th (Sun). #Awara color yukata Sanpaku Please post it with the following.

✻Notice✻ Every year, they Fascination us with very beautiful bamboo lights Events It is a "Township Minamoto Awara lamps", but in the entire Awara Hot Spring Yunomachi Square, Implementation was held for two days on November 2 and 3. 👏👏 Some of them Only the installation in front of the Fujino Gor Kuro Memorial Hall will be on display until December 6th. Bamboo lights gently illuminate the ✨✨ night It's very fantastic, so I'd love to see it.

Find your 📍 favorite dog There is also a voting Zone, so be sure to check it out! It's not a komainu in front of a nearby shrine. The dog that was stored in the back of the Main hall of the shrine is the best! What's more, each komainu has a different design depending on the era and fashion. Hairdo? I mean, Maki hair style and straight hair There is a coil around the arm, three tails, and a coil I wonder if there was some kind of "winding"? 🙋 If you answer the quiz, you will win 📍 an "Original Komainu Can Badge" File containers made of Echizen washi paper, which can only be obtained here, are also on sale Of course, the komainu design 【Awara City Township Historical Materials】 ▪ Address: Fukui, Awara City, Spring Shrine, 2-14-1 ▪ Phone 0776-73-5158 ▪ Hours: 9:30 a.m. ~ 6 p.m. (Admission until 5:30 p.m.) ▪ Closed days: Every Monday, 4th Thursday of every month (if these days are a Holidays, the next day), New Year's holidays (December 29th ~ January 3rd) For detailed dates and times, please check the 2024 (Reiwa 6) Township Saturday Historical Materials Opening Calendar. ▪ Admission fee: Free (except for some special exhibitions)

Did you know there's a Pokémon manhole cover, a “Pokéfuta,” on the road beside the west exit multi-storey car park in front of Awara-Onsen Station? In March, when the Hokuriku Shinkansen station opened, a Pokéfuta featuring Dragonite—the Fukui support Pokémon—and designs inspired by various local landscapes were installed around the prefecture. Hunting for them could make a fun trip. More installation sites are planned. Awara City's Pokéfuta shows Dragonite soaking in a hot spring—perhaps a nod to Awara Onsen! ©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. Pocket Monsters, Pokémon, and Pokémon are registered trademarks of Nintendo, Creatures, and GAME FREAK.

It's very good news and I would like to inform everyone Mr./Ms.. Awara Hot Spring long-established ryokan "Beniya" has been selected as the only hotel in Fukui Prefecture to be selected as one star in the Michelin Guide. Only 108 restaurants in Japan have been named Michelinquis.

✻ Notice [Diffusion hope] ✻ Held in of festivals【Kanatsu Festival】 Saturday, July 13, 2024 ~ July 15, 2024 National Holiday Honjin Ornament Exhibition ✻ July 13 Sat Eve Festival Location: Kanazu Shrine Precincts 18:00~20:30 ✻July 14 Tue Main Festival festival float procession 3 units 📍 Closing at Kanazu Shrine 12:00 Stalls is also Stalls.

A direct shuttle bus connecting Awara Onsen and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum will operate again in fiscal 2024!! From fiscal 2024 the service is by reservation only. Please make reservations via the Hapi Bus website. ●Service period: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from April 5, 2024 (Friday) through September 29, 2024 (Sunday) During the Obon period, August 13–15, the bus runs daily ●Timetable and fares Direct shuttle fare: flat rate of ¥2,800 each way (elementary school students ¥1,400) ・Outbound 9:50 Depart Awara-Yunomachi Station 10:00 Depart JR Awara-Onsen Station 11:00 Arrive Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum ・Return 14:50 Depart Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 15:50 Depart JR Awara-Onsen Station 16:00 Arrive Awara-Yunomachi Station ●Notes The service is strictly reservation only and boarding with cash is not accepted. A flat handling fee of ¥200 will be charged for refunds due to customer circumstances. Please note that changes or refunds are not possible after departure. 📍Inquiries Keikan Kotsu TEL: 0776-78-6234

While children are having fun, they will expand their interest and interest in "work". By deepening your understanding, you can have a longing for a profession, Finding a new dream, Held in with the hope that you will learn about the structure of society through real experiences! Let's enjoy the exciting and exciting challenge! 【Job Introduction】 ・Engineer Toyota Corolla Fukui ・ Hertz clerk prefectural residents ・Sales Driver Yamato Transport ・Carpenter Mr./Ms. Shoei Construction ・Confectionery shop nishikando ・Bakery Okawa Bread ・ Locksmith / security work master key ・Photographer Photo Studio Happy Door ・Kids model Iwamoto Bridal House ・Cheer Dancer Manabi Site Cheer Dance Class ・ Driver, vehicle attendant, station staff Happy Line Fukui ・Nurse Mr./Ms. Fukui Prefectural Nursing Association ・ Otofu making Takeda's Aburaage Taniguchiya * Only on the 21st ・ Firefighter Awara Fire Station * 20 days only ・ Mr./Ms. Awara Fire Station Flare Police Box * Only on the 21st Date: July 20, 2024, 10:00 – July 21, 2024, 16:00 Venue: Affrea Square, Affrea Hall

"Notice" The Kanazu Sozonomori Art Museum is Held in the "Yusuke Asai Exhibition" until August 25. Not only are the works in museums, but they are also on display in the woods, and it seems 📍 that there are three places where it is fun 😊to look for them Mr./Ms. Asai creates works using familiar materials such as soil and stones, draws pictures everywhere, and exhibits many works that can be felt and felt with the five senses You can 🉑 take off your shoes and walk around to feel and touch the work. This is quite an interesting and mysterious experience 💦💦 【Kanazu Creative Forest Museum】 Held in: Saturday, April 27, 2024 ~ Sunday, August 25, 2024 ▪️ Address Awara City Miyatani 57-2-19 ▪️ Opening Hours: 10:00-17:00 last at 16:30 ▪️ Closed on Mondays open on national holidays, closed on the following weekday *Open on Tuesday, August 13 ▪️ Admission fee: Adults 600 yen 400 yen, 65 years old and over and people with Persons with disabilities 300 yen, Caregivers of high school students and younger and Persons with disabilities 1 caregiver per Persons with disabilities free of charge Discounts for groups of 20 or more people in parentheses

🚩 We are recruiting [Diffusion hope] Fukui Prefecture's first "37th Ryuou Battle 2nd Bureau Awara Game" will be held in I think everyone knows the news, Mr./Ms.. In line with that 🌷 The 37th Dragon King Battle Awara Contest Held in 🌷 Implementation contest will be held to coincide with this "Awara Game" and other menus provided at the time of the game, which are attracting attention from all over the country. ●Recruitment Department "Competition" Category "Snacks" category "Drinks" Category * About 10 items in each category will be selected as candidate menus and Publication in the Menu Book. ●Application Period 2024 2024 Reiwa 6 July 1 Monday to July 26 Friday Must arrive at 5 p.m. ●Plenary Briefing Date: Thursday, July 11, 2024 Reiwa 6, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Venue: Awara City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Main Office

Long-established Western-style restaurant Minamoto no ya Our store is a Western-style restaurant in Hokuriku, and we are particular about Local ingredients and finish with traditional cooking methods. The Sauce katsu-don pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice, which is all homemade, and the old-fashioned omelet rice made by the chef are popular tastes that have remained unchanged. Address Awara City Hot Spring 1-405 1 minute walk from Echizen Railway Awara Yunomachi Station TEL 0776-77-2045 Business hours 11:00~14:00 /17:00~19:00 Regular holiday: Wednesday

The 37th Ryuo Title Match, Game 2 in Awara, Confirmed The Ryuo Title, established in 1987 after reorganizing the 26-edition Tenth Dan competition, is the highest title in professional shogi. Each year, players advance from the ranking tournaments (Groups 1–6), which begin in December, and from the final knockout tournament to become the challenger. The challenger will contest a best-of-seven series against the 36th titleholder, Ryuo Sota Fujii. The year 2024 marks two milestones for Awara City: the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Awara-Onsen Station and the 20th anniversary of Awara’s municipal status. Awara has been selected to host the Ryuo Title match, the first time this event will be held in Fukui Prefecture. 1 Overview of the Awara Match 1 Dates: Friday, October 18 to Sunday, October 20, 2024 2 Venues Mimatsu (the match) ※Fukui Prefecture, Awara City, 26-10 Funatsu Grandia Hosen (pre-match banquet) ※Fukui Prefecture, Awara City, 43-26 Funatsu Seifuso (large-board commentary session) ※Fukui Prefecture, Awara City, Onsen 3-chome 803 3 Organizers: Yomiuri Shimbun and Japan Shogi Association 2 Contact for the Awara Match Secretariat, The 37th Ryuo Title Match, Game 2 in Awara Executive Committee (within Awara City, Economic and Industrial Department, Tourism Promotion Division) Phone: 0776-73-8006

🍈🍈 During Held in Awara melon Fair 🍈🍈 Fair at 🍈🍈 "Roadside Station Renyo no Sato Awara" Fill out the questionnaire you get when you shop in the store ▶ You can apply for a campaign to win the king of melons, Earls Melon. Weekends only You can try a comparison of melon!!! melon Parfait is also on sale!! Business hours 9:00-18:00 Phone 0776-65-2453 #Awara City #Fruit Kingdom Awara #Melon

About Awara The happiest town in the happiest prefecture Located at the northernmost tip of Fukui Prefecture, Awara borders Mikuni in Sakai to the west, Sakai and Maruoka in Sakai to the south, and Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture to the northeast, while its northwest faces the Sea of Japan. Covering 116.98 square kilometers, Awara features Lake Kitagata and the Sakai northern hills in the north; two urban centers centered on JR Awara-Onsen Station and the Awara hot spring district in the center; farmland in the southwest; and forested mountains rising 500–600 meters in the east. Major north–south transport routes cross the city, including the JR Hokuriku Main Line (Awara-Onsen Station), the Hokuriku Expressway (Kanazu I.C.), and National Route 8. The area includes rice paddies north of the Kuzuryu River, hilly zones known for vegetables and fruit production, satoyama countryside landscapes, the coastline and Lake Kitagata within the Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park, and the Awara hot springs, which will soon mark 140 years—together offering a diverse and rich environment. History of Awara Awara Onsen is known for its pastoral views from the inns. It began in 1883 when a warm, slightly salty spring unexpectedly bubbled up while villagers were digging an irrigation well in a rice paddy. Villagers later dug more wells and hot springs appeared in many places; today the springs are limited to 74 wells. Shrines were built and the hot spring district was divided into three areas, and those structures still protect the springs. Each ryokan soothes travelers with lavish gardens designed with care, fresh seafood from the Sea of Japan, and warm, attentive hospitality. About 30 lodging facilities operate today, each offering a different style. Guests can choose accommodations that suit their tastes and travel party. Spring qualities and benefits of Awara Onsen Awara Onsen has no joint public management of its waters; each facility owns one or more spring wells. As a result, mineral content varies slightly by facility, letting visitors enjoy baths with subtly different textures. Known by those in the know as a hot spring area with many beautiful proprietresses, it is celebrated as “baths for beautiful skin.” [Spring Type] A neutral to slightly alkaline saline earth chloride spring containing sodium and potassium [Spring Temperature] 33.5–77.5°C [Benefits] For bathing: rheumatism, chronic dermatitis, neuralgia, atopic dermatitis For drinking: chronic gastritis, chronic hypochlorhydria