Fukui Prefecture

The Fukui Prefecture (Japanese福井 県, Fukui - ken) is a prefecture of Japan and is located on the Sea of ​​Japan in the middle of the main Japanese island of Honshu. It borders the prefectures of Ishikawa (north), Gifu ( East), Shiga and Kyoto (south).

The prefecture is mountainous and climatically of rainfall, marked high humidity and intense snowfalls. As evidenced by archaeological remains, there was in the Fukui already in the prehistoric age settlements. The seat of the prefectural government, the city of the same name Fukui, however, was only founded in the 16th century. Before the Meiji Restoration, the province was composed of the provinces of Echizen and Wakasa. The two provinces were mostly owned by large temple.

The most famous temple and probably the most important attraction of the province is the temple Eihei -ji, the head temple of the Soto Shuu, one of the three main schools of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

Politics and Administration

Issei Nishikawa, since 2003, the governor of Fukui, a former official of the central government and under predecessor Yukio Kurita Vice Governor. Most recently, he was confirmed in the regional elections in April 2011 at the office, where also the Prefecture Parliament was elected. There, the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) defended with 25 of the 37 seats, a clear majority.

For the Shūgiin, the lower house of the national parliament, Fukui is divided into three electoral districts, the Sangiin selects the prefecture one delegate per part choice. After the 2010, 2012 and 2013 elections, the delegation consists of Fukui in the national Parliament:

• In Shūgiin for the constituency 1, which comprises the bulk of the city and the district of Fukui, Yoshida, Tomomi Inada (LDP, 3rd term ), since 2012 deregulation Minister in the Cabinet,
• For the constituency 2, which fills the rest of the north-eastern part of the prefecture, Taku Yamamoto (LDP, 6th term )
• For the constituency 3, to which the entire coast is southwest of the capital, Tsuyoshi Takagi (LDP, 5th term )

• 2016 Masaaki Yamazaki (LDP, 4th term ), since 2013 President of the Sangiin, and
• 2019 Hirofumi Takinami (LDP, 1st term ), the 2013 replaced by three terms Ryuji Matsumura in the election.

With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) 0.4 Fukui is financially weaker prefectures of the country.

• LDP: 24
• DPJ: 6
• Kōmeitō: 1
• Fukui Kibo ( "Hope Fukui " ): 1
• JCP: 1
• Non-attached Members: 1

Parliament Building of Fukui

Administrative divisions

Independent cities (市shi )

• Tokureishi ( "Special City " ) Fukui, seat of the prefectural government

• Other county-level cities Awara
• Echizen

• Katsuyama
• Obama
• Ōno

• Sabae
• Sakai
• Tsuruga

Counties (郡, gun)

List of counties of Fukui Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō ).

• Imadate Ikeda

• Mihama

• Wakasa

• Nanjo Minami- Echizen

• Echizen

• Ōi Ōi
• Takahama

• Eihei

Biggest Towns

Economy

On the coast of Fukui prefecture, there are six nuclear power plants. They make an important contribution to electricity supply Japan and are often locally the largest taxpayers and employers.

Eihei -ji

Tōjimbō

Maruoka castle