7 Sights in Tsuruga, Japan (with Map and Images)

Saifukuji is a Jodo sect temple located in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Its mountain name is Ohara-yama. The main deities are the Three Amida (Amida Nyorai, Kannon Bosatsu, and Seishi Bosatsu). The famous scenic garden of the study hall is well-known.

Wikipedia: 西福寺 (敦賀市) (JA)

Jogu Shrine is a shrine located in Tsunemiya, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikiuchi company and the former company name is a prefectural company. The divine crest is "16-petalled yae chrysanthemum", "Tomoe", and "paulownia".

Wikipedia: 常宮神社 (JA)

Cape Tateishi Lighthouse is a medium-sized lighthouse made of chalk tower-shaped stone that stands at the tip of Cape Tateishi in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. The surrounding area is designated as Wakasa Bay Quasi-National Park and is a scenic place shaped by the Rias coast. It is also the design of the city emblem of Tsuruga City.

Wikipedia: 立石岬灯台 (JA)

Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum is a museum that displays the history of Tsuruga Port, located in Kanegasaki Park, Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan. It emphasizes Chiune Sugihara, who saved the lives of many Jewish refugees during World War II by issuing transit visas. Tsuruga Port was the place they disembarked after their long journey from their native Europe.

Wikipedia: Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum (EN)

Mt. Hachibushi is a mountain with an altitude of 761.8 meters on the border between Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture and Minami-Echizen Town, Nanjo District. There is a second-class triangular point at the top of the mountain.

Wikipedia: 鉢伏山 (福井県) (JA)

Sazaegatake is a mountain located in the northern part of the Tsuruga Peninsula, and together with Nishikatagatake, which rises to the south of the mountain, it forms a ridgeline that overlaps the boundary between Tsuruga City and Mihama Town.

Wikipedia: 蠑螺が岳 (JA)

Myokenji is a Nichiren sect temple located in Motomachi, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Its mountain name is Gokusoku Mountain. It is one of the four sacred sites of Myokenji. The former head temple is the Daibonzan Myokenji (Shijo school) and the Tenshi Hōen (Tensōkai).

Wikipedia: 妙顕寺 (敦賀市) (JA)