• Look up Hokuriku in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hokuriku may refer to: Hokuriku (train), a sleeping car train in Japan Hokuriku Shinkansen, a high-speed...
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    The Hokuriku region (北陸地方, Hokuriku chihō) is located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lies along the Sea of Japan and...
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    The Hokuriku Shinkansen (Japanese: 北陸新幹線) is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It is...
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    Kōfu City The Hokuriku region lies on the Sea of Japan coastline, northwest of the massive mountains that comprise Kōshin'etsu. Hokuriku includes the four...
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    Hokuriku Tunnel (北陸トンネル) is a tunnel on JR-West Hokuriku Main Line in Japan that runs between Mizanji temple, Tsuruga city, Fukui prefecture and Shindo...
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    Hokuriku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (北陸放送株式会社, Hokuriku Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as MRO, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Japan...
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    "Kantō-Kōshin'etsu"); and it is sometimes combined with Hokuriku region (as in "Kantō-Kōshin'etsu-Hokuriku" or "Hokuriku-Kōshin'etsu"). Nippon Telegraph & Telephone...
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    The Hokuriku dialect (北陸方言, Hokuriku hōgen) is a Japanese dialect group spoken in Hokuriku region, consists of northern Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture...
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    (discontinued) Kagayaki (express, Hokuriku) Hakutaka (semi-express, Hokuriku) Tsurugi (local, Hokuriku) Asama (local, Hokuriku) Kamome Trains are up to sixteen...
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    The Hokuriku Expressway (北陸自動車道, Hokuriku Jidōsha-dō), (abbreviated as Hokuriku Expwy (北陸道, Hokurikudō), is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It...
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    The Hokuriku Bank, Ltd. (株式会社北陸銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Hokoriku Ginkō) is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Toyama, Toyama; Hokoriku refers to a greater...
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    ALO's Hokuriku (アローズ北陸, Arōzu Hokuriku) was a Japanese football club based in Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture. They played in the Japan Football...
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  • The Hokuriku salamander (Hynobius takedai) is a species of salamander in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests...
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    The Hokuriku Railroad (北陸鉄道, Hokuriku Tetsudō) is a transportation company in Kanazawa, Japan. The company or its lines are commonly known as Hokutetsu...
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    the section of the former JR West Hokuriku Main Line that lay within Fukui Prefecture. This section of the Hokuriku Main Line was separated from the JR...
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    Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (北陸朝日放送株式会社, Hokuriku Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha), also known as HAB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated...
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    Japanese high-speed electric multiple unit train types operated on the Hokuriku and Jōetsu Shinkansen lines, and jointly developed by East Japan Railway...
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    Hokuriku University (北陸大学, Hokuriku Daigaku), abbreviated as Hokudai (北大) is a private university in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. The university is locally...
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    The Hokuriku Main Line (Japanese: 北陸本線, romanized: Hokuriku-honsen) is a 45.9-kilometer (28.5 mi) railway line owned by the West Japan Railway Company...
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    Ishikawa Prefecture (category Hokuriku region)
    the largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of...
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    The Hokuriku (北陸) was a "Blue Train" limited express sleeper train service formerly operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by East Japan...
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    Press of Kentucky. pp. 18–21, 41. ISBN 978-0-8131-2342-4. "Climate of Hokuriku district". Japan Meteorological Agency. Archived from the original on November...
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    The Sengoku period, also known as Sengoku Jidai (Japanese: 戦国時代, Hepburn: Sengoku Jidai, lit. 'Warring States period'), is the period in Japanese history...
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    Toyama Prefecture (category Hokuriku region)
    including Takaoka, Imizu, and Nanto. Toyama Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region, and the majority of prefecture's population lives on Toyama Bay...
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    The Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway (東海北陸自動車道, Tōkaihokuriku Jidōsha-dō) is a national expressway in the Chūbu region on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is...
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    Machinery, an international heavy machinery manufacturing company Morinaga Hokuriku Dairy, a dairy products subsidiary of Morinaga Milk Industry Kumagai Gumi...
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    served by the JR West Hokuriku Main Line and the Hokuriku Railroad. Since 14 March 2015, the city is also served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen, shortening...
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    part) Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis) Chūbu region (central part) Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu) Kōshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu) Tōkai...
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  • This is an incomplete list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Japan. List of Japanese restaurants List of Michelin three starred restaurants List of sushi...
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    start of the revised timetable on 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, all Thunderbird services were shortened for the first time...
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