Special Exhibition "Echizen Kitashou Castle and Castle Town"

In the third year of Tensho (1575), Oda Nobunaga established Kitashou as the base for governing Echizen Province and appointed his formidable vassal, Shibata Katsuie, as the lord of the castle. The castle that Katsuie built is thought to have been a magnificent structure, with the castle town featuring a grand half-stone, half-wood bridge that was considered to surpass Nobunaga's stronghold, Azuchi (located in Omi Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture), in its vastness. This exhibition commemorates the 450th anniversary of Kitashou Castle's construction and introduces the castle and its town, which became the origin of the castle town Fukui.

Date & Time

5/17(Sat) 09:00～19:005/18(Sun) 09:00～19:005/19(Mon) 09:00～19:005/20(Tue) 09:00～19:005/21(Wed) 09:00～19:005/22(Thu) 09:00～19:005/23(Fri) 09:00～19:005/24(Sat) 09:00～19:005/25(Sun) 09:00～19:005/26(Mon) 09:00～19:005/27(Tue) 09:00～19:005/28(Wed) 09:00～19:005/29(Thu) 09:00～19:005/30(Fri) 09:00～19:005/31(Sat) 09:00～19:006/1(Sun) 09:00～19:006/2(Mon) 09:00～19:006/3(Tue) 09:00～19:006/4(Wed) 09:00～19:006/5(Thu) 09:00～19:006/6(Fri) 09:00～19:006/7(Sat) 09:00～19:006/8(Sun) 09:00～19:006/9(Mon) 09:00～19:006/10(Tue) 09:00～19:006/11(Wed) 09:00～19:006/12(Thu) 09:00～19:006/14(Sat) 09:00～19:006/15(Sun) 09:00～19:006/20(Fri) 09:00～19:006/21(Sat) 09:00～19:006/22(Sun) 09:00～19:006/23(Mon) 09:00～19:006/24(Tue) 09:00～19:006/25(Wed) 09:00～19:006/26(Thu) 09:00～19:006/27(Fri) 09:00～19:006/28(Sat) 09:00～19:006/29(Sun) 09:00～19:006/30(Mon) 09:00～19:007/1(Tue) 09:00～19:007/2(Wed) 09:00～19:007/3(Thu) 09:00～19:007/4(Fri) 09:00～19:007/5(Sat) 09:00～19:007/6(Sun) 09:00～19:00

Note

Closed for exhibition changes on June 13 (Friday) and from June 16 (Monday) to June 19 (Thursday)

Venue

Fukui City Local History Museum

Address

3-12-1 Houei, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture

Free

General 700 yen, High school/University students 500 yen

parking

Free parking

Access

About 6 km from the Fukui IC on the Hokuriku Expressway

Access (Public)

About a 10-minute walk from JR Fukui Station

Contact

0776-21-0489 （Fukui City Local History Museum）

URL

https://www.history.museum.city.fukui.fukui.jp/tenji/tenran/202505kitanosho.html