Echizen Province
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Echizen Province was a province of Japan in the 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.
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Echizen" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Tsuruga Bay
Echizen, Fukui
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Echizen is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2018, the city had an estimated population of 83,078 in 20,341 households and a population density of 360 persons per km2. The total
Echizen Province
…The exact location of the provincial capital and Provincial temple of Echizen are unknown, but are believed to have been in what is now the city of Echizen. For most of the war between the Northern and Southern Courts, Echizen was under the control of the Ashikaga shogunate and Northern Courts. The province…
Echizen City Hall
Boiled snow crab from Echizen
Takefu Station
Ōtaki Shrine