Where is it?

Panoramic view of Tsuruga City

　Tsuruga City is located roughly in the center of Fukui prefecture and a seaport town facing the Sea of Japan. It is right in the north direction of Lake Biwa. The access from Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area is convenient and you can go to Kyoto in less than one hour and in one and a half hours to Osaka/Nagoya by JR trains. The new rapid train services started in October, 2006 and the access to Kyoto/Osaka has become even more convenient.

Access to Tsuruga

What is Tsuruga City like?

　Tsuruga City has been known as a natural good seaport since a long time ago and it is a seaport town flourished as a sea gateway to foreign cultures. Even now, foreign containerships and high-speed ferries are in services, and people and goods are being carried via Tsuruga port. It also has a characteristic as the supplier city of energy providing sites for electric generating facilities such as nuclear power plants.
　As for traditional industries, food processing business using marine foods such as shredded tangle and steamed fish paste are popular and, believe it or not, the share of shredded tangle accounts for 85% of the nation.

Boast of Tsuruga

　The rich nature and fresh seafood are sources of pride for Tsuruga. For nature, we have “Kehi-no-Matsubara”, one of the three most beautiful alongshore pine groves in Japan and “Mizushima”, uninhabited island where emerald green water stretches, and as for seafood, “Tsuruga blowfish” being tossed about by angry waves and “Echizen crab”, the king of winter tastes are famous. Also, we have historic resources such as “Kehi Shrine”, the tutelary shrine in Hokuriku mantled in green and “Kanegasakigu” famous as a shrine of love/for its cherry blossom-viewing, and statues of cartoon characters of a cartoonist Reiji Matsumoto, which is pleasing to the eyes of visitors.

Kehi-no-Matsubara

Torii - sacred arch of Kehi Shrine

Kanegasakigu

Statue of cartoon character of Reiji Matsumoto

敦賀市役所  〒914-8501 福井県敦賀市中央町２丁目１番１号  TEL:0770-21-1111(代)