Hokuriku
Hokuriku ( Japanese 北 陸 地方 , -chihō , dt. "Region Nordland") is a sub-region of the Japanese region Chūbu . It covers the part of the region that faces the Sea of Japan .
The region includes Fukui Prefecture , Ishikawa Prefecture, and Toyama Prefecture . The boundaries are not clearly defined, many also include Niigata . Otherwise, Niigata and Nagano form the Shin'etsu region , which then forms the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu region with Hokuriku, or Hokushin'etsu region for short .
Hokuriku essentially coincides with the historical region of Hokurikudō of the Gokishichidō system or the previous Koshi province .
Fukui Prefecture in Chūbu
Ishikawa Prefecture in Chūbu
Toyama Prefecture in Chūbu
Niigata Prefecture in Chūbu
Northern Japan : Hokkaidō ( east , north , center , south , "Northern Territories" (Southern Kuril Islands) ) | Tōhoku ( north , south )
Eastern Japan (in the narrower sense): Kantō ( north , south , Tokyo , Kantō-Kōshin'etsu ) | Chūbu ( Kōshin'etsu , Kantō-Kōshin'etsu , Shin'etsu , Kantō-Kōshin )
Central Japan : Chūbu ( Hokuriku , Tōkai , central highlands , San'ennanshin , Nōbi )
Western Japan (in the narrower sense): Kinki ( North , Keihanshin , Nanki ) | Chūgoku ( San'in , San'yō , Setouchi , Chūgoku-Shikoku ) | Shikoku ( Setouchi , North , South , Chūgoku-Shikoku )
South Japan : Kyushu ( north , south , central , west , east ) | southwestern islands ( Satsunan Islands , Okinawa , Sakishima , Daitō )