Chubu Wide-area Tourism Portal Site -- Travel to Ten Thrilling Scenic Sites This showcases sightseeing destinations in Japan's Chubu region (the prefectures of Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, and Shiga).

Fukui Prefecture Fukui Sakai Area

The highlight of Tojinbo is an area of various roughly cut rocks that have been eroded by the ocean. There is a cliff that is about 1 km long, and the way that the waves of the Japan Sea hit against it is stunning. This is the only place in Japan that has a giant pyroxene andesite pillar-shaped jointing. Because of this geologically rare phenomenon, Tojinbo is designated as a national natural monument.