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We journey through the snowy landscapes of northern Fukui Prefecture in central Japan on the Echizen Railway. The local trains, which are a lifeline for residents, operate over a total distance of ...

FUKUI--Suspicions have emerged that a rogue dolphin may be responsible for a spate of attacks off Fukui Prefecture over the past three years that left at least 53 people with wounds and sometimes ...

Daffodils sway in the sea breeze on a cliff on the Echizen coast of Fukui Prefecture. Farmers grow the flowers for ikebana, traditional floral arrangements, ordered by customers around the country.

“People would run away if it were a bear,” Ryoichi Matsubara, the director of Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in Fukui, tells the New York Times. “There is no difference between dolphins and ...