Fukui is directly across the Sea of Japan from the Korean Peninsula. Its harbors are frequented by Russian and Korean cargo vessels.
Although the present characters for Fukui means "lucky well" (福 = lucky or fortunate 井 = well - ie. water hole), the city was originally given the name "福居" in 1623 by its daimyo Matsudaira Tadamasa. The name was changed during the Genroku era for uncertain reasons -- one theory even claims that it was due to a clerical error.
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