Happy New Year: New Year’s Castle Goshuin for the Year of the Snake
2025.01.09 / Last updated: 2025.01.09

The “Goshoin” castle seal—now a staple among castle goods—appears at Kuniyoshi Castle as the “Gosho-shuin.”
Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum will begin selling a New Year limited castle seal. It features a gold “snake” seal appropriate for the New Year of Reiwa 7.
In keeping with Kuniyoshi Castle’s reputation as an impregnable fortress, the museum also offers a “Pass-the-Exam Version” stamped with the “Unfallen” seal for the upcoming exam season, as well as a “Castle Visit Commemorative Version.”
For the start of the New Year, and for examinees, these make a fitting protective charm for success in exams.

Sales Period
January 6, 2025 (Monday) – January 31, 2025 (Friday)
*Excluding closed days. Note that January 6 is a special opening day.
Closed days: every Monday (if Monday is a public holiday, the following day), and the day after public holidays.
Information
Sales location: Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum reception desk
Price: 300 yen each

*Limit of 3 per person.
*Please check the museum’s opening hours and closed days in advance. Sales are not available outside opening hours. Mail-order sales are not offered.

Wakasa Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum
Address: 25-2 Sakaki, Mihama Town, Mikata-gun, Fukui Prefecture
Phone: 0770-32-0050
Opening hours: 9:00–17:00; winter (Dec–Mar) 10:00–16:30
*Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
Admission fees: Adults 100 yen; Children (junior high school age and younger) 50 yen
*Group discounts available for 20 or more people.
*Free admission for holders of a physical disability certificate, a rehabilitation certificate, or a mental disability health and welfare handbook, and for preschool children.
Closed: every Monday, the day after public holidays, and during the New Year holidays (Dec 29–Jan 3)
*If Monday is a public holiday, the following day is closed.
*Other temporary closures may apply.
Access: ◇ By JR (get off at Mihama Station)
・Walk along Route 27 toward Tsuruga: 25–45 minutes
・By rental bicycle: about 15–25 minutes
・Bus toward Tsuruga, get off at “Sakakiguchi,” then 5 minutes on foot
・Mihama community bus, get off at “Sakaki,” then 3 minutes on foot
*Walking and rental bicycle times vary by individual.
◇ By car (Route 27)
・About 20 minutes from Tsuruga
・About 40 minutes from Obama