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Kenrokuen Garden
One of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens, featuring meticulously maintained ponds, bridges, and seasonal flora in Kanazawa.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Fukui, Japan · Asia
Maruoka sits on the route: 15 minutes from Sakai, 57km from Kenrokuen Garden.
Maruoka is a town located in Fukui, Japan. With a population of 33,563, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Maruoka sits in Japan, where you drive on the left. It's in the Asia/Tokyo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Maruoka to your route.
Maruoka Castle (丸岡城, Maruoka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It also called Kasumi-ga-jō (霞ヶ城, Mist Castle) due to the legend that whenever an enemy approaches the castle, a thick mist appears andRead more
hides it. Built at the end of the Sengoku period, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Maruoka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now a public park noted for its sakura. The castle's relatively small tenshu (castle keep) claims to be the oldest in the country, a claim which is challenged by both Inuyama Castle and Matsumoto Castle.
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Maruoka is located in Fukui, Japan, Asia. The coordinates are 36.1534 latitude, 136.2703 longitude.
Maruoka has a population of approximately 33,563 people, making it a town in Japan.
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Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
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One of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens, featuring meticulously maintained ponds, bridges, and seasonal flora in Kanazawa.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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A UNESCO World Heritage village of traditional steep-thatched gassho-zukuri farmhouses nestled in a remote mountain valley.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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A beautifully preserved geisha and teahouse district in Kanazawa with traditional wooden lattice facades and gold-leaf shops.
59 km · about 70 min drive
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