Hokurikudō (北陸道, literally, "northern land circuit" or "northern land region") is a Japanese geographical term. It means both an ancient division of the...

Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was ' (Esshū, 越州). Koshi Province (越国...

Circuit": 6 provinces Saikaidō (西海道) "West Sea Circuit": 8 provinces Hokurikudō (北陸道) "North Land Circuit": 7 provinces San'indō (山陰道) "Shaded-side Circuit":...

bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was Kashū (加州). Koshi Province (越国...

Kinai Tōkaidō Tōsandō Hokurikudō San'indō San'yōdō Nankaidō Saikaidō...

created four military divisions: the Tōkaidō, Tōsandō, San'indō, and Hokurikudō, each of which was named for a major highway. Overseeing these four armies...

Bungo Kaidō Chichibu Ōkan Hokkoku Kaidō Hokurikudō Kawagoe Kaidō Kawagoe Kodama Kaidō Kamakura Kaidō Kōya Kaidō Kyōkaidō Matsumaedō Mikuni Kaidō Nagasaki...

Chūbu region. It is almost equivalent to the former Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern Japan. From the Heian period until the Edo period,...

Tōsandō (northeast through the Japanese Alps). Northern land circuit / Hokurikudō (northeast along the Sea of Japan coast). Dark (Northern) mountains circuit...

Fudoki (風土記) are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local...