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Echizen City
Fukui Prefecture · City
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Echizen City is near the center of the prefecture. The provincial capital of Echizen was here in ancient times, and Murasaki Shikibu spent over a year here when her father took office. It is known for traditional crafts such as Echizen washi paper, Echizen forged knives and Echizen chests, and has "Kura no Tsuji," a row of white-walled storehouses. It is also building a satoyama (village woodland) to welcome storks.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
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Other municipalities in Fukui Prefecture
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