Hokuriku

English Etymology From en ja 北陸 Hokuriku. Proper noun + region A region in northwest Japan, west of Tokyo, along the Sea of Japan. en 1998 Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Hokuriku Hokuriku, industrial region, west-central Honshu, Japan, lying along the Sea of Japan. It is neither an administrative nor a political entity. Hokuriku July 20 https://web.archive.org/web/20260129005239/https://www.britannica.com/place/Hokuriku 29 January 2026 en 2020 Ancient vessel depicting 'bird-costume shaman' found for 1st time in eastern Japan The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201119/p2a/00m/0na/028000c It is believed that the picture was conveyed through the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast, but the Nagano Municipal Government noted that the figure bears no shield and that the vessel contains a circular emblem -- features setting it apart from those unearthed in the western half of the country. November 20 https://web.archive.org/web/20250722172830/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201119/p2a/00m/0na/028000c 22 July 2025