• 24th AUG ! Enjoy the “Kuzuryu Festival – Eihei-ji Temple Floating Lantern Festival– ” a great spectacle of light in the river!
• Experience the fantastic lantern floating on the Kuzuryu river, a traditional Japanese event!
• Shopping at "Echizen Soba no Sato", You can buy Echizen soba, one of the most famous types of soba in Japan.
• This tour is a Japanese tour. The tour conductor will provide language support using a translator (Pocket Talk).

**Kuzuryu Festival** During this festival, monks from Eiheiji Temple, local residents, and guests join together to float approximately 10,000 illuminated lanterns down the Kuzuryū River. It is an event for the community to express gratitude to their deceased relatives and pray for lasting peace and happiness. All the lanterns have been sent off, a fireworks display marks both the end of the event and the approaching end of summer. Today, it is the largest lantern festival in Japan. **Echizen Soba no Sato** Everything from buckwheat flour milling to noodle making and shipping is done here. Echizen soba is one of the famous soba noodles in Japan. The souvenir corner is well-stocked with Fukui specialties such as mizuyokan (sweet bean jelly), habutae mochi (rice cakes), and local sake.