Fukui

12/11/2014

Shichiken Street in Ono Castle Town

Like Kyoto without the crowds

Por Takako Sakamoto

Community writer

Front view of one of the shops on Shichiken Street in Ono Castle Town

Very Japanese-looking shop sign says, 'Rice, gas, heating oil, house appliance, equipment installation work and more'...this shop seems to be a jack-of-all-trades!

This beautiful Japanese stone marker says 'Shichiken Street'

People leisurely strolling on Shichiken Street

The sign says, 'Welcome to Shichiken Street Morning Market'

You can put your face in one of the round holes and take photos to show your friends that you visited the Shichiken Street!

Deserted Shichiken Street in the late afternoon. The morning market is open from 7 am to 11 am.

Beautiful wooden sign of a Japanese cake shop. What beautiful wood grain!

Front view of a sake shop. I wonder what this orange-brown round thing signifies?

Peeping into a sake shop

Beautiful faceted glasses line the shelves

Japanese style Noren door curtain on a sake shop

Wow! Even the bank looks very Japanese here! Am I in Kyoto?

Black wooden sign of an apothecary shop

Long line of people...I wonder what they are lining up for? Perhaps for a delicious ice cream?

Round sign of a soy sauce and miso shop

When I visited Ono Castle in Fukui, I parked my car in 'Ono Castle Town East Square' and walked down a street called 'Shichiken Street'. On this street, a famous morning market has been held for more than four hundred years. It's open from 7 am to 11 am EVERYDAY from Vernal Equinox Day (March 20 or 21) to the end of a year (December 31). Since I didn't know about it, I arrived there in the late afternoon and missed the activity. However, this street is filled with the atmosphere of old Japan, and just walking along it was such a pleasure. I almost felt like I was in Kyoto, not in Fukui. Kyoto minus crowds, that's Shichiken Street!

Ono Castle

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