Hokuriku region

Hokuriku (北 陆 地方jap, Chiho, dt " region of North Country ") is a sub-region of the Chūbu region of Japan. It covers the portion of the region, which faces the Sea of ​​Japan.

The region includes the Fukui Prefecture, the prefecture of Ishikawa and Toyama Prefecture. The boundaries are not clearly defined, many are still to Niigata. Otherwise, Niigata and Nagano form the Shin'etsu region, which then forms the Hokuriku Region - Shin'etsu or shortly region Hokushin'etsu with Hokuriku.

Hokuriku less coincides with the historical region of Hokurikudō Gokishichidō system.

Ishikawa Prefecture, Chubu

Toyama Prefecture in Chūbu

Niigata Prefecture in Chūbu

Northern Japan: Hokkaido (East, North, Central, South, " Northern Territories" ( South Kuril Islands ) ) | Tohoku (North and South)

East Japan (in the narrow sense): Kanto (north, south, Tokyo, Kanto Kōshin'etsu ) | Chūbu ( Kōshin'etsu, Kanto Kōshin'etsu, Shin'etsu, Kanto - Koshin )

Central Japan: Chūbu ( Hokuriku, Tōkai, central highlands, San'ennanshin, Nōbi )

West Japan (in the narrow sense): Kinki (North, Keihanshin, Nanki ) | Chūgoku ( San'in, San'yo, Setouchi, Chugoku - Shikoku ) | Shikoku ( Setouchi, North, South, Chugoku - Shikoku )

Southern Japan: Kyushu ( North, South, Central, West, East ) | southwestern islands ( Satsunan Islands, Okinawa, Sakishima, Daitō )

  • Region in Asia
  • Region in Japan
  • Chūbu
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