NEWS
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NEW Call for Volunteer Staff — Echizen Asakura Mantouya 2026
We are looking for volunteer staff for “Echizen Asakura Mantouya 2026,” an event that lights up the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins — a nationally designated Special Historic Site — with 15,000 candles.Come help create a summer night together, surrounded by the history and culture of the Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, a treasure of Fukui…
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NEW One Wish at a Time — Message Cups by Miyama Elementary Students
Every summer, tens of thousands of lights fill the Ichijodani valley for the Echizen Asakura Mantouya festival. Ahead of this year’s event on August 22–23, children across the city have begun making their message cups. On July 8, 32 fifth- and sixth-graders at Miyama Elementary School drew their dreams and wishes on the cups…
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We held an organizing committee meeting!
Thank you very much for your continued warm support of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival.We recently held a meeting of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival Executive Committee to discuss the operational details for this year’s event. Thank you very much for your continued warm support of the Echizen Asakura Mantoya Festival. We recently held…
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