Dec–FebFour bases: Mikuni for the coast and our standout pick, Awara for onsen ryokan and crab, Fukui city for rail day trips, Eiheiji and Katsuyama for Zen and dinosaurs.
Ryokan prices are per person with dinner and breakfast; city hotel prices are per person, room only. Crab season (6 November to 20 March) is the most expensive time at coast and onsen ryokan.
The Auberge Homachi review explains why it is our standout stay in Fukui.
Slow, beautiful, few rooms.
Sixteen suites in nine restored Edo and Meiji townhouses, French dinner overseen by Michelin-starred chef Tateru Yoshino, MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. No onsen. Full review →
A four-room resort a short walk from the cliffs, for sunset and sunrise without the crowds. Listed on Rakuten Travel.
Fukui's big hot-spring town, found in 1883; about 74 spring sources. Awara-Onsen Station is 10 minutes by taxi. Awara Onsen guide →
Seventeen rooms, rebuilt after a 2018 fire, and the only MICHELIN Key hotel in Fukui. Private hot-spring baths, crab kaiseki in season.
Large upscale ryokan where many rooms have their own open-air bath. More than 2,500 Rakuten Travel reviews averaging 4.6.
Classic ryokan with one of Hokuriku's largest garden open-air baths, beautiful in snow.
Large ryokan with generous baths and buffet or kaiseki dinners at the value end of Awara.
Shinkansen, Echizen Railway, the Eiheiji Liner and the airport bus all leave from Fukui Station.
International hotel of 252 rooms beside the station and the robot dinosaurs.
Japanese-style hotel with natural hot-spring baths, opened February 2026: tatami corridors and late-night noodles.
Reliable business hotel with an onsen bath and free late-night ramen.
Guided zazen, an early-morning temple visit, a large bath and shōjin vegetarian kaiseki with Echizen sake. Listed in the MICHELIN Guide Hokuriku 2021.
Mountain resort hotel, the easy base for the Dinosaur Museum with children and for skiing in winter.
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