With the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to the neighboring city of Tsuruga, access from the Kanto region has become very smooth.
One of the most popular tourist spots in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture, "Mikata Five Lakes" allows you to enjoy the charm of the Mikata Five Lakes from different perspectives, from the sky (rainbow line), from the lake surface (battery-propelled sightseeing boat), and from the lake circumference (Cycling)!
We will send out sightseeing Recommendations on COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, so thank you!
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Hello! This is the Wakasamihama Tourist Association.
We will COOL JAPAN VIDEOS to disseminate the tourist Recommendations of Mikata-gun Mihama Town Fukui Prefecture, so thank you!
◆What is Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture? ◆
Mihama Town Fukui Prefecture is a Town with a beautiful beach facing the Sea of Japan, as the name suggests.
With a population of about 8,600 as of 2024, it fascinates tourists with its magnificent natural scenery and numerous Specialty Products that can only be visited in Mihama Town.
With the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to the neighboring city of Tsuruga, access from the Kanto region has become very smooth.
◆The charm of Mikata Five Lakes, a recommended tourist Spot in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture◆
The most popular tourist spot in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture is the Mikata Five Lakes, which is a Ramsar Convention Wetlands and a Japan Agricultural Heritage Site.
"Mikata Five Lakes" is a general term for the following five lakes that straddle Mihama Town and Wakasa Town in Fukui Prefecture.
Kugushi Lake
Hiruga Lake
Mikata Lake
Suigetsu Lake
Suga Lake
"Mihama Town Lake Center" is recommended as a base to fully enjoy sightseeing in the Mikata Five Lakes Sightseeing.
In the Inside the facility, there are stylish cafes, restaurants such as Hot dog using deer sausage, and an outdoor terrace where you can spend Healing time while looking at There are lake.
If you want to enjoy the Mikata Five Lakes from the surface of the lake, a sightseeing boat is recommended.
Powered by renewable energy stored from solar panels, it is a lake mobility battery-propelled sightseeing boat. This is the first ship in Japan powered solely by renewable energy. Guided tours can be enjoyed for about 50 minutes round trip.
Mihama Station Bicycle Rental is recommended for those who want to enjoy the Mikata Five Lakes from around the Lake Shu.
"Around the Five Lakes = Gokoichi", which goes around the lake by bicycle, is a course of about 33 Kilometers and you can enjoy cycling for about 4 hours.
Feel the breeze of the Mikata Five Lakes and soak up the different scenery of each lake.
For those who want to enjoy the Mikata Five Lakes from the sky, we recommend the "Mikata Five Lakes Rainbow Line" where you can see the spectacular view of the five lakes from above.
It is a Driving course with a total length of about 11 kilometers, and you can climb the Rainbow Line Summit Park on the way by lift or cable car.
Restrooms available at the top of the mountain, where you can overlook a 360-degree panorama of the Mikata Five Lakes and the Sea of Sea of Japan, including Footbath and sofa terrace, where you can enjoy sweets and special lunch boxes.
Mikata Five Lakes, you can enjoy the charm of Mikata Five Lakes from different perspectives, from the sky rainbow line, from the surface of the lake battery-powered sightseeing boat, and from the Lake Shu Cycling!
◆Introduction to Sightseeing spots in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture◆
・Suishohama Beach
There are seven Beaches in Restrooms available Mihama Town, and the most popular of them is the Suishohama Beach that was selected as the "88 best bathing beaches in Japan".
Visit by more than 150,000 Beachgoers every year, with a beautiful white Coast with fine sand and emerald green shallow waters.
・Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum
It is a document museum where you can learn about the mountain castle "Kuniyoshi Castle Ruins" of the Sengoku period and its Castle Town.
A topographic model of the area around Kuniyoshi Castle introduces the historical towns.
・Roadside Station Wakasa Mihama Hamabiyori
The Roadside Station opened in 2023 and is packed with Fresh vegetables, fruits, and gourmet foods from the Mihama Town of Fukui Prefecture that can only be enjoyed here.
Use it can be used as a tourist information or as a resting place, so it is perfect for stopping by during your trip.
◆Specialty products of Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture◆
・Heshiko
Fukui's Local cuisine "Heshiko" is a traditional fermented food Ancient tradition in Fukui Prefecture and is pickled in Mackerel rice bran for one year.
Its flavorful taste is loved on Local tables. It is also a great Souvenir.
・Seafood
Yellowtail, crab, and pufferfish dishes are recommended specialty products of Mihama Town in winter.
Freshly Unloaded seafood makes many tourists' Tantalize your taste buds!.
There are many inn such as inns and guesthouse in the Mihama Town of Fukui Prefecture, Restrooms available you can taste these seasonal Fresh Seafood at dinner.
◆Events in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture◆
・Hiruga Underwater Tug-of-war
The nearly 400-year-old country selection Intangible folk cultural assets "Underwater tug of war" is Held in every January. A large rope 30 cm thick and 40 Meter long is stretched over the canal that connects the Hiruga Lake and the Sea of Japan, and in a headband men excitingly tug of war the rope and pray for a good fishing year and the safety of the sea.
・Munakata Shrine Benten Festival
At the Munakata Shrine Benten Festival, which is held every July, Mikoshi portable shrines are moved on a boat with bright streamers, and young people take sumo wrestling on the boat and drop each other into the sea in a rough manner
◆Disseminating recommended Tourist Information in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture◆
Mihama Town in Fukui Prefecture is an attractive town with rich nature and history.
We will send out Recommendations so that you can fully enjoy sightseeing in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture, so thank you!
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On Sunday, May 25, the "2025 Kiipasu Satsuki Festival" will be Held in at the Mihama Town Energy and Environmental Education Experience Center "Kiipasu".
There will be experience booths by elementary, junior high, and high school students in the prefecture, as well as interesting experiences and exhibitions by companies! Adult and children alike are engrossed in the experience. Kitchen Car and food are also sold outdoors! It is an Events that both children and adults can enjoy.
2025 Kiipasusatsuki Festival
Date & Time: Sunday, May 25, 2025 10:00~15:30
Location: Mihama Town Energy and Environmental Education Experience Center "Kiipasu"
62-1 Tanyu, Mihama-cho Phone 0770-391116
1. Meals area
2. In-Motion Experience *Elementary school students and above
3. Morino Storytelling and Woodworking Class 10:00 13:00 First 5 groups each
(Mihama Town Industrial Policy Division) * Elementary school students and above
4. Genden Experience Corner
(Japan Atomic Energy Co., Ltd.)
5. Build a balloon hovercraft and play with it!
(Fukui City Shimin Junior High School Science and Information Department)
6. Slime making
(Sabae Junior High School, Faculty of Life Sciences)
7. Explosions are art!
(Sabae Junior High School, Faculty of Life Sciences)
8. Bilibili Microphone
(Wakasa Town three sides junior high school)
9. Balance Dragonfly
(Awara City Awara Junior High School)
10. Make your own Original Octopus
(Mihama Junior High School Art Club)
11. Take a quiz on Global Warming!
(Mihama Nishi Elementary School)
12. Let's play with bows and arrows!
(Wakasa Town three sides junior high school)
13. Mr.K's Science Show 13:30~14:00 14:30~15:00
14. Let's make accessories using UV resin
10:00、10:40、11:20、13:00、13:40、14:20
15. GO with Kiipasu Row Car
16. Mysterious experience with radiation!
(Nuclear Science Museum "Attohomu")
17. Make it! Let's fly and playDrawing gliders and frisbees
(Kansai Electric Power Mihama Power Station) First 60 people
18. Let's make our own pokkailo
(Fukui Prefectural Mikata High School) First 30 people
19. Color your room! Creating a Room Plate to Protect the Ocean with Eco-friendly Art
(Fukui Prefectural Mikata High School) First 20 people
20. My horn keychain, ♪ a gift from Mr. Deer!
(Fukui Prefectural Mikata High School) First 100 people
21. Make exciting keychains with plastic!
(Tsuruga Kehi High School Science Department) First 100 people
22. [Speech] "Protecting the Ocean of the Future"
~The Challenge of Ocean Plastics~ 12:30~13:30
(Pirika Corporation)
23. Let's take a look at the distribution data of Traditional Japanese straw raincoat 13:00~15:00
(Pirika Corporation)
outdoors
・ There is a battery car experience tour course
・Kamado Chaya First 100 Families Stamp Rally & Questionnaire
・Kitchen Car
・Food sales
https://www.town.fukui-mihama.lg.jp/site/kiipasu/14033.html...
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On May 3, 2025 (Saturday and holiday) ~ May 5, 2025 (Monday), "Red Dodan Azalea Festival" will be Held in at the Acorn Club campsite where people live with the forest.
It is one of the red azalea festivals in Japan. In addition to Appreciation of red azaleas, we also sell them.
Red Dodan Azalea Festival
Date & Time: Saturday, May 3, 2025 ~ Monday, May 5, 2025 10:00~16:00
Location: Acorn Club Campground for Living with the Forest
Mihama-cho Shinjo
Inquiries 0770-32-3330
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【Implementation during GW】
We will inform you of the congestion status of Car parking spaces at tourist facilities in the Three Sides Five Lakes area during the GW period.
https://www.mikatagoko-kouiki-kankou.jp//
The period is Saturday, April 26, 2025 ~ Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Use the status of Car parking at 14 tourist facilities around Three Sides Five Lakes is displayed as "quite crowded", "slightly crowded", and "vacant".
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From Saturday, April 26th, Car the "Hokuriku 3 Prefectures Digital Stamp Rally 2025" will be Held in from Saturday, April 26.
Cars will tour each spot in the three Hokuriku prefectures, and according to the total number of points earned, you will win luxurious prizes for each prefecture by lottery.
【Events Overview】
Go around in a rotating Car! Hokuriku 3 Prefecture Digital Stamp Rally 2025
・ Held in period: April 26, 2025 (Reiwa 7) (Sat) ~ Reiwa 7 (Reiwa 7) November 30 (Sun)
・Spots: 80 locations in Fukui Prefecture, 60 locations in Ishikawa Prefecture, 80 locations in Toyama Prefecture
(220 locations in total)
・How to participate: Download the smartphone app "Rotation Car NAVITIME" and participate from the "Cycle Stamp Rally" page
* Spots, prizes, and other details please check from the link.
Spots are set up in 44 locations in Lingbei and 36 locations in Lingnan in Fukui Prefecture. You can apply for the prize by checking in at least 5 places, so you can feel free to participate even if you rent a bicycle. Please join us by inviting fellow cyclists.
https://www.fuku-e.com/wakacycle/feature/hokurikustamprally2025...
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I'm going to run the Gokoichi bus again this year!
In 2025, the Gokoichi Bus will run only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the period of April 26 (Sat) ~ November 24 (Mon).
Tsuruga Station ~ Mihama Station ~ Hamacho Lake Center ~ Rainbow Line ~ Jomon Roman Park ~ Three Sides Station ~ Mihama Station ~ Tsuruga Station will make one lap.
(* Some flights departing from Mihama Station, flights attached to Mihama Station There are)
As for the differences from last year,
・ There is no direction for Kumagawa inn.
・ Weekdays during GW do not run.
It has become.
In addition, Obon is also only available on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
We look forward to your Use.
https://wakasa-mihama.jp/gokoichibus2025/...
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Horticulture LABO Hill GW Festa Held in (5/3)
GW Festa 2025 will be held in, where children and Adult can enjoy Golden Week at "Horticulture LABO Hill", including seasonal flower planting experiences, craft experiences, cooking experiences, and outdoor events.
Please join us!
【Held in Date & Time】May 3rd (Sat) 10:00~15:00
Place: 35-32-1 Kusako, Mihama-cho (adjacent to the Horticultural Research Center)
[Inquiry] 0770-47-6162
【Events】
・ Seasonal petit planting
Reception starts: 9:30~
Time: (1)10:00~11:30, (2)13:30~14:30
Capacity: First 15 people (each time)
Fee: 500 yen
・Gekikawa Magnet
Reception starts: 10:00~
Time: (1)10:30~11:30, (2)13:30~14:30
Capacity: First 15 people (each time)
Fee: 300 yen
・ Making strawberry daifuku
Reception starts: 10:30~
Time: 11:00~14:00
Capacity: First 50 people (experience at any time)
Fee: 300 yen
・Quiz rally for a walk around the park
Reception starts: 11:00~
Time: 11:00~15:00
Capacity: First 200 people
Fee: Free
In addition, there are a lot of fun and delicious projects such as Roux art, bingo tournaments, concerts, Mihama Ota Soba Fair, Kitchen Car, etc.!
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Horticulture LABO Hill provides "time" and "space" to deepen your understanding while enjoying gardening through the actual experience of "learning", "making", and "eating".
We would like to inform you of the experience menu for May.
Held in experiences require reservations. Reservations start on April 12th, so please make a reservation as soon as you see the flyer and think "I want to try it!"
In addition, there are experiences that can be done without a reservation, so please stop by when you come to Mihama.
Horticulture LABO Hill l
Address: 美浜町久々子35-32-1
Phone: 0770-47-6162
Hours: 9:30~17:00
Closed: Monday (or the following weekdays if it is a holiday)
May is 5/7,12,19,26
https://www.pref.fukui.lg.jp/doc/noushi/engeitaikensisetsu/event.html...
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The schedule of the Kuniyoshi Castle History Course in 2025 (Reiwa 7) has been decided!
We look forward to your participation.
Appearance of Mr. Awaya, the lord of Kuniyoshi Castle, talking with his descendants (tentative)
Date & Time: May 6, 2025 (Reiwa 7) 14:00~15:00
Lecturer: Yuki Yabui (grandson of Ujiko (shrine parishioners) of Kuniyoshi Castle)
Yasuhiro Ohno (Director, Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum)
Wakasa Takeda's residence, Goseyama Castle (tentative)
Re: Under control
Lecturer: Curator, Culture and Tourism Division, Department of Economy, Trade and Industry, Obama City
Summer Vacation Workshop (1) Let's make Kuniyoshi Castle paper crafts
Date: July 27 (Sun) ~ August 17 (Sun) Every Sunday and Holidays
Summer Vacation Workshop (2) Let's make a Original seal of the castle
Date: July 26 (Sat) ~ August 31 (Sun) *Closed days
Location: Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum, Kuniyoshi Castle Ruins (25-2 Sagaki, Mihama-cho)
Capacity: 30 people each
Course fee: Free in principle
* Advance reservation required. Junior high school students and younger must be accompanied by a guardian.
* For the Summer Vacation Workshop, please prepare the Ingredients fee.
The amount will be announced as soon as it is confirmed.
Application / Inquiry
Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum
Address 25-2 Sagaki, Mihama-cho, Mikata-gun, Fukui
Phone 0770-32-0050
FAX 0770-32-0057
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Today, from 13:30 on 4/22 (Tuesday), an electrically assisted three-wheeled Car "LA SI QUE" test ride event was Held in in front of the Mihama Town General Gymnasium.
The tourism association, which rents out bicycles as rental bicycles, Tsubakimoto Chiein Co., Ltd., which developed "LA SI QUE", and the people involved in Mihama Town, who handled the intervening, gathered to actually take a test ride and try out the ride comfort.
The electrically assisted three-wheeled Car "LA SI QUE" can be rented from Saturday, April 26 at JR Mihama Station, so please Use it by all means.
"LA SI QUE" Rental Overview
Reception location: Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association (inside JR Mihama Station)
Use period: Saturday, April 26, 2025 ~ Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Use time:8:30~17:00
Use Fee: 500 yen for 4 hours, 1000 yen for 1 day, 1500 yen for 2 days and 1 night
(Use is a condition of use to answer the questionnaire after use)
Use: Phone the Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association (0770-32-0222).
Reservations can be made up to 2 weeks in advance. If you don't have a reservation
Can be rented on the day. Reception at the Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association Window.
(Identification card required)
Drop-off: Not allowed
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This time, we borrowed the electrically assisted three-wheeled car "LA SI QUE" from Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd., and decided to conduct a rental cycle monitoring business at the tourism association.
Please take this opportunity to give it a try.
Electrically Assisted Tricycle Car "LA SI QUE" Rental Details
Use period: April 26 (Sat) ~ September 30 (Tue) (planned) in 2025 (Reiwa 7)
Number of units: 2
Use Fee: 500 yen for 4 hours, 1,000 yen for 1 day, 1,500 yen for 2 days and 1 night
(Use is a condition of use to answer the questionnaire after use)
Use: Phone the Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association (0770-32-0222). 2 weeks in advance
Reservations available. If you don't have a reservation, you can rent it on the day.
Reception at the Wakasa Mihama Tourism Association Window (ID required)
Drop-off: Not allowed
Electrically Assisted Three-Wheeled Car "LA SI QUE"
https://www.tsubakimoto.jp/new-business/e-cargo-bike/...
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