Jukoen

Echizen Ceramic Art Village Cuisine Inn Jukoen There are only five guest rooms on a site of about 6,600 square meters. It is said to be a hidden inn for adults. On the day of our stay, there was a heavy rain warning and the trains were stopped from noon? Perhaps because there were only our family and one other group, the large inn was almost reserved for us. The natural hot spring bath and dining room were also reserved for us, so we were able to relax and enjoy ourselves. As the owner is the head chef of a famous inn in Kobe and Arima, the food was very satisfying, with a wide variety and quantity of traditional Fukui cuisine and dishes using local ingredients. This time, we ordered the course to enjoy a higher level of Echizen [Luxury Large Abalone], where you can choose sashimi, butter-grilled, or kinome-grilled as you like. Since there are three of us in the family, we decided to have them make sashimi, butter-grilled, and kinome-grilled separately and share them! The abalone was soft and very delicious, and it was the best. It was so delicious that next time I would like to come for the winter Echizen crab course. At night, the rain stopped and the heavy rain warning was lifted. I talked to the landlady and heard a rumor that fireflies could be seen near the irrigation channel of a nearby rice field. I immediately took a flashlight and went there, and was amazed to see 4-5 fireflies flying around the rice field about 200 meters away! The next day was Monday, so the Fukui Ceramic Art Museum in front of the inn was closed, but I went to listen to the sound of the wind chimes in front of the entrance to the Echizen Ancient Kiln Museum, Former Mizuno Family Residence, as I had heard that you can hear the sound of 3,000 Echizen ware "Tofurin". Takefu has extremely few buses, making it inconvenient for travel, but the newly built Shinkansen "Echizen Takefu Station" is 3km away, so the tourist association issues discount taxi tickets for travel to tourist sites and designated shops in the city, and you can ride for 500 yen per trip to affiliated places in the city and 1000 yen per trip to tourist sites outside the city. I bought two 1000 yen tickets to the Ceramic Art Hall at the tourist information desk in front of Takefu Station, so I got to the inn for 1000 yen instead of the usual 5500 yen one way. It is run by a married couple, and although they do not offer attentive service, they are very friendly and I had a relaxing time.