Fukui Pref
Family-Friendly Hotels in Fukui: Dinosaurs and Hot Springs
A family travel prefecture with a dinosaur museum, the celebrated Awara Onsen and the scenery of the Sea of Japan
27 family-friendly hotels in Fukui, verified by Kids Stay: 24 with tatami rooms, 4 with private onsen baths, 7 with in-room baths, 4 with crib rental and 5 with private cottages and villas. Every listing is checked against the official hotel website or Rakuten Travel.
Families choosing a place to stay in Fukui often wonder what to narrow the search by in the first place. Hot spring town or sightseeing base? Are the facilities right for traveling with a baby? There are so many ways to compare that it is easy to keep searching without ever settling on a shortlist.
Fukui offers destinations with quite different characters: large hot spring resorts such as Awara Onsen, the Mikuni and Eiheiji area, home to the Tojinbo cliffs and Eiheiji Temple, Katsuyama, known for its dinosaur fossil beds, and the Tsuruga and Wakasa coast on the Sea of Japan. If you want to unwind in a hot spring, Awara Onsen is the answer. If the dinosaur museum is your goal, it is Katsuyama. And if you want the atmosphere of the sea and a port town, look toward Tsuruga and Wakasa.
As for how to narrow things down, a good starting point is that 24 properties have Japanese-style or Japanese-Western rooms, so it is easy to find somewhere your small children can spend time on tatami. A toddler menu is available at 11 properties and allergy support at 11, which gives families who need care around baby food or food allergies real options. There are 7 properties with a bath or open-air bath in the guest room and 4 that serve meals in the room, which suits families who would rather not worry about other guests.
Whole-house stays such as detached villas and cottages number 5, and 5 properties can provide a baby bath, so families with strong preferences about private space or how they bathe will find these filters the fastest way in.
Getting to the prefecture has become easier from Tokyo and the Hokuriku region since the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened, and driving via the Hokuriku Expressway is common too. Many parts of Fukui are easier to tour by car than by public transportation, so having a car widens your options considerably once you start moving between attractions. We currently list 27 properties, ranging from long-established hot spring inns to whole-house rentals by the sea.
Highlights
- checkMostly Japanese-style rooms, making stays with children easy
- checkA good number of inns serving toddler meals and accommodating allergies
- checkWhole-house rentals and properties that provide a baby bath are also available
Family-friendly features in Fukui
Recommended hotels (27)
Awara Onsen Kofuyupo Beniya
Awara Onsen Seifuso
Yokokura Kousen
Awara Onsen Grandia Housen
Kyukamura Echizen-Mikuni
Mikuni Inkyojo
Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku
Matsuya Sensen
JAM Fukui Katsuyama Tokyu Hotels & Resorts
Eiheiji Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan
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- Awara Onsen Kofuyupo Beniya
- Awara Onsen Seifuso
- Yokokura Kousen
- Awara Onsen Grandia Housen
- Kyukamura Echizen-Mikuni
- Mikuni Inkyojo
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku
- Matsuya Sensen
- JAM Fukui Katsuyama Tokyu Hotels & Resorts
- Eiheiji Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan
- Courtyard by Marriott Fukui
- Namihanarou
- Mikuni Ocean Resort & Hotel
- Hotel Riverge Akebono
- Fukui Manten Hotel Ekimae
- Minshuku Jinya
- Takasusou
- 9STAY Fukui Ekimae
- Hotel Wansai
- Hokkoku Grand Hotel
- Prince Hotel Takefu
- Awara Kitagata Onsen Kohanso Hanayurari
- Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Awara
- Suigetsuka
- Hotel Route Inn Fukui Ekimae
- Hotel Fukui Castle
- Hotel Select Inn Tsuruga
Kid-friendly facilities at family hotels in Fukui Prefecture
Kids Stay checked the official information of 27 family hotels in Fukui Prefecture and found 71 kid-friendly facilities on site. Here is a sample by category so you can compare facilities before choosing a room.
Indoor playrooms and kids' spaces(2 hotels, 2 items)
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku · Kids Park: An indoor play space that runs from an area where little ones can play freely to a rough-and-tumble area with large play equipment, so children can enjoy it as they grow. It is a g
- Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Awara · Playroom and game arcade: A playroom is available among the hotel's facilities. The game arcade has a wide selection of games for everyone from children to adults, and there is table tennis too, so the fami
Pools and water play(3 hotels, 3 items)
- JAM Fukui Katsuyama Tokyu Hotels & Resorts · Indoor pool: An airy, glass-walled indoor pool that can be used year-round whatever the season. Staying guests use it free of charge from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and can swim before check-in and afte
- Awara Kitagata Onsen Kohanso Hanayurari · Stay plan with a Shibamasa World one-day pass (seasonal): A summer-only stay plan that includes a one-day Super Passport for Shibamasa World, about 10 minutes away by car. Elementary school children and children who have not yet started e
- Kyukamura Echizen-Mikuni · Family pool: There is a shallow pool 40 cm deep and a slightly deeper pool of 90-110 cm, and the shallow pool has a small slide. The 25 m irregularly shaped pool includes a pool for young child
Baby gear you can borrow(5 hotels, 18 items)
- Awara Onsen Grandia Housen · Adding meals and bedding for infants and toddlers: Depending on the plan, meals or bedding can be added for infants and toddlers. Under one plan, bedding with no meals is 5,500 yen and meals with no bedding are 4,400 yen, while chi
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku · Children's yukata and chanchanko available to borrow: Children's yukata are provided, and chanchanko (padded sleeveless jackets) are also available to borrow. Change into a yukata and enjoy your onsen trip traveling light.
- Awara Onsen Kofuyupo Beniya · Co-sleeping and stays for babies and toddlers: Co-sleeping is available for up to 2 children. Upper-grade elementary school children pay 70% of the adult rate, and lower-grade elementary school children pay 26,950 yen. Babies a
- Eiheiji Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan · Humidifiers available to borrow: Humidifiers for guest rooms are available to borrow. Baby items, on the other hand, are neither sold nor available to borrow, so you are expected to bring whatever you need. You ar
- Mikuni Inkyojo · Crib available to borrow: A crib is provided as part of the room equipment and is available to borrow. The room also has a humidifier and individually controlled air conditioning.
Kids' meals and baby food(5 hotels, 20 items)
- Awara Onsen Grandia Housen · Kids' meals: Kids' Meal A for elementary school children (70% of the adult rate, 6,600 yen) and Kids' Meal B for children ages 3 to 5 (50% of the adult rate, 4,400 yen) are available. Kids' Mea
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku · Children's tableware and chairs / baby food: The restaurant provides children's tableware and chairs, and baby food is available as well. If you would like baby food, just let a staff member know.
- Minshuku Jinya · Home-cooked meals and baby food: The simple, warm, home-cooked kaiseki (multi-course) meals have earned a good reputation, with the feel of coming home to your family's house. Baby food can be prepared on request,
- Awara Onsen Kofuyupo Beniya · Children's meals and cutlery: Children's meals are available, and items you can use during your stay, such as children's cutlery, are on hand too. If you have questions about borrowing them, you can ask the ryo
- Eiheiji Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan · Kids' meals: Dinner and breakfast are served at the Suisen dining room, and kids' meals are prepared for children, including those under school age. Dinner for children under school age is the
Baby-friendly bathhouses(5 hotels, 10 items)
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku · Baby items at the communal bath (baby bath, baby chair, baby bed): A baby bed is set up in the changing room of both the women's and the men's communal bath, and the bathing area has a baby bath and a baby chair, so you can bathe with peace of min
- Minshuku Jinya · An indoor bath in each detached building (heated water): The baths are not onsen; the water is heated. Each detached building has one bath and one toilet of its own, so families can use them freely on their own. There is no open-air bath
- Awara Onsen Kofuyupo Beniya · In-room semi-open-air bath (fed straight from the source): Every room has a semi-open-air bath fed straight from the source, so your family can enjoy the onsen on your own without watching the clock. Children who are not yet out of diapers
- Mikuni Inkyojo · Private-hire family bath (onsen straight from the source): There is one bathroom: an all-hinoki (Japanese cypress) family bath filled with Tojinbo Mikuni Onsen water flowing straight from the source, which your group has entirely to yourse
- Matsuya Sensen · Baby bed in the women's communal bath: One baby bed for infants is provided in the women's communal bath, so parents can bathe while bringing an infant along.
Themed and family rooms(5 hotels, 10 items)
- Awara Onsen Grandia Housen · Dinosaur Room: A dinosaur-design Japanese-Western room with beds in Sakura-tei. The 62 sq m room has a bath and toilet, accommodates 2 to 5 guests, and comes with breakfast and dinner. It is also
- Oedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Seiunkaku · Superior Western-style Fours Dinosaur Room: A guest room on a playful dinosaur theme. It is one of the many room types you can choose from to suit how your family wants to spend the stay.
- Minshuku Jinya · Traditional-house rooms and the whole-building plan: The inn is made up of a main house and detached buildings in a renovated white-walled traditional house, with Japanese-style tatami rooms and Japanese-Western rooms. You can also c
- JAM Fukui Katsuyama Tokyu Hotels & Resorts · Dinosaur Lab (Research Room) Room: An educational themed room built around a dinosaur research laboratory, laid out as a Japanese-Western room for 5 guests. The door carries a name plate with your child's name, and
- 9STAY Fukui Ekimae · Family room (Japanese-Western style, about 52 sq m): The non-smoking Family Room 8 with two beds is a Japanese-Western style room of about 52 sq m with a bath and toilet, for 1 to 8 guests. It has two 160 cm-wide Slumberland queen be
Kids' programs and activities(4 hotels, 4 items)
- Matsuya Sensen · Summer-holiday children's ticket for the festival square and bingo event: Guests on eligible plans receive one ticket per child, worth 500 yen, for the festival square and bingo event held inside the ryokan.
- Suigetsuka · Morning cruise (breakfast on a lake cruise): A morning outing of about 40 minutes around Lake Suigetsu and Lake Suga, available for a fee, with breakfast switched to a boxed meal. The fare is 1,800 yen for adults and 900 yen
- Hokkoku Grand Hotel · Table tennis and game corner: The ryokan has table tennis and a game corner, both for a fee. The recreation and mahjong room on the fourth floor can also be used for table tennis. The shop is next to the second
- Kyukamura Echizen-Mikuni · Wood-education corner and craft corner: The lobby in front of the reception desk on the 1st floor has a wood-education corner stocked with wooden toys that encourage children to think as they play. The lobby also has a c
Nursing rooms and changing tables(2 hotels, 2 items)
- Eiheiji Shinzen no Yado Hakujukan · Baby bed in the lobby's multipurpose restroom: Baby items are neither sold nor available to borrow, so you are expected to bring your own, but there is a baby bed in the multipurpose restroom off the lobby. The building has sev
- Kyukamura Echizen-Mikuni · Baby bed in the communal bath changing rooms: A baby bed is set up in the changing rooms of both the men's and women's communal baths, making it easier to change a baby. Bathing is free for children aged 3 and under, and 600 y
Nearby attractions
Travel tips
Fukui stretches a long way from east to west, and travel times add up between the Awara Onsen and Mikuni side, the Katsuyama and Eiheiji side, and the Tsuruga and Wakasa coast. Settling on one area to stay in and touring from that base keeps the strain on children down and makes the trip flow comfortably.
Best season
Summer brings swimming in the Sea of Japan, winter offers snowy scenery and nearby ski areas, and spring and fall are comparatively comfortable and well suited to sightseeing. With plenty of indoor attractions such as the dinosaur museum, Fukui is also chosen as a destination that does not depend on the weather.
Getting there
The Hokuriku Shinkansen provides access from Tokyo and the Hokuriku region, and driving via the Hokuriku Expressway is common as well. Public transportation is limited in parts of the prefecture, so planning around a car is the safer bet if you want to see the sights efficiently.
Frequently Asked Questions
From what age is Fukui enjoyable?
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With attractions for a wide range of ages, from the dinosaur museum to the hot spring towns, it works from infancy onward. On the accommodation side, many properties offer Japanese-style rooms, a toddler menu and allergy support, so it is easy to find somewhere suitable even with small children.
Which areas are best for families with a baby?
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Awara Onsen, a hot spring town, has many inns with Japanese-style rooms and guest room baths, making it easy to relax without worrying about the people around you even with a baby. You can also find properties that provide a baby bath, so it suits families with particular preferences about bathing. It is a popular choice for families who want to keep travel distances short as well.
Is Fukui inconvenient without a car?
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The attractions are scattered across the prefecture, from Awara Onsen to Katsuyama and the Tsuruga and Wakasa coast, and touring by public transportation alone can be time consuming. If you plan to visit several areas, building your plan around a car will let you cover the sights efficiently.
Are there attractions to enjoy on a rainy day?
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The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is mainly an indoor exhibition and is well known as a place to enjoy whatever the weather. For your stay, choosing an inn with a guest room bath or meals served in the room will keep the family comfortable indoors on a rainy day.
When is the best season for a trip to Fukui?
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Summer brings swimming in the Sea of Japan, winter offers snowy scenery and ski areas, and spring and fall have settled weather that makes sightseeing easy. With strong indoor options such as the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, the prefecture tends to be chosen as a family destination in any season. When choosing your stay, check that the facilities match how you plan to spend that particular season.