Fukui is an interesting city. It is fairly small, around 250,000 people, but because it is more condensed than say Reno, for example, it feels bigger. There are buses and trains and the strangest cable cars that are entirely unlike San Francisco cable cars. I'm a little scared of them. Also the rail tracks in the middle of the roads are not terribly pleasant on a bicycle (or in heels for that matter). The city has a river running through the middle, with bridges every half mile or so (sometimes less than that). There are beautiful cranes and herons that stand peacefully in the river, making it very picturesque. There are also 2 bike paths along the river, one at the river level and one a bit higher on the bank. Fukui has random little pieces of art hidden in the most obscure places. There are bronze people sitting on random benches-- one is playing a flute, another reading a paper, and one pair stares stoically at a building (although if they turned around they would have a much better view of the river). The sidewalks are wide and well kept (which helps with all of the bikes and pedestrians that clog them). The town was obviously well planned and thought out, which makes it a very pleasant place to live.