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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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    "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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  • high-speed railway line connecting Tokyo with Kanazawa The Hokuriku region in Japan ALO's Hokuriku, a Japanese football club based in Toyama, Japan This disambiguation...
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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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    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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    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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    The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history...
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    Ishikawa Prefecture (category Hokuriku region)
    largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of the...
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    refers to a greater region in Japan that encompasses Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyoma prefectures. In addition to the Hokuriku region, the bank has branches...
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    Nuclear Power Plant is located within the Tōkai region. Hokuriku region Kōshin'etsu region Shin'etsu region Karan, Pradyumna Prasad. (2005). Japan in the...
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    Takaoka, Imizu, and Nanto. Toyama Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region, and the majority of the prefecture's population lives on Toyama Bay...
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    2004 Chūetsu earthquake (category Hokuriku region)
    Niigata-ken Chuetsu Jishin). Niigata Prefecture is located in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The initial earthquake had...
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    Fukui Prefecture (category Hokuriku region)
    Prefecture is located on the Sea of Japan coast and is part of the historic Hokuriku region of Japan. The Matsudaira clan, a powerful samurai clan during the Edo...
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    Niigata Prefecture (category Hokuriku region)
    twelfth-largest in Japan. Niigata Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and features Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area...
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    period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune...
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    Kaga Province (category Hokuriku region)
    today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces...
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    produced in this region, derived from the rice grown in Ishikawa Prefecture with the considerable precipitation of the Hokuriku region, allowing for an...
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    settlement in the Mawaki neighborhood of the city of Noto, Ishikawa in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan...
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    Echizen Province (category Hokuriku region)
    area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces...
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  • Shinonoi — Nagano — Toyono — Naoetsu (Shin’etsu Main Line) Maibara — Tsuruga (Hokuriku Main Line) Ōmiya — Takasaki — Maebashi (Takasaki Line) Tokyo — Ōmiya —...
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    province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano...
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    Sado Province (category Hokuriku region)
    Sado Province (佐渡国, Sado no kuni) was a province of Japan until 1871; since then, it has been a part of Niigata Prefecture. It was sometimes called Sashū...
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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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    July"): Observed in Tokyo and some urban areas of the Tōhoku region and Hokuriku region regions where agricultural busy seasons do not overlap with the...
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    This is a list of daimyōs from the Sengoku period of Japan. Nanbu Nobunao Nanbu Toshinao Tsugaru Tamenobu Date Harumune Date Terumune Date Masamune Date...
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    Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest airport in the Hokuriku region and serves the southern portion of Ishikawa Prefecture including the...
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    Wakasa Province (category Hokuriku region)
    that is today the southwestern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Wakasa bordered on Echizen, Ōmi, Tanba, Tango, and Yamashiro...
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    (前田氏, Maeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan who occupied most of the Hokuriku region of central Honshū from the end of the Sengoku period through the Meiji...
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    The Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan or Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles (日本続百名城, Nihon Zoku Hyaku-Meijō) is a list of 100 castles, intended as a...
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    Tōhoku region (northern part) Kantō region (eastern part) Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis) Chūbu region (central part) Hokuriku region (northwestern...
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