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Fukui, Fukui
Fukui Castle
福井城
The main enclosure, still ringed by its Edo-period stone walls and moat, is now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government.
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Matsudaira Tadamasa
松平忠昌
Second son of Yuki Hideyasu and third lord of the Fukui domain. He is said to have renamed the castle and town from Kitanosho to Fukui (福居), the origin of today's name.
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He is said to have changed the name to 福居 in 1624 because the character for "north" also appears in the word for "defeat" and was thought unlucky. The characters later changed to 福井.
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