Echizen
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Echizen may refer to:
- Echizen ProvinceEchizen Provincewas an old province of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui Prefecture. It was sometimes called , with Etchū and Echigo Provinces.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area. Echizen-produced Washi is still the most commonly sold traditional...
, an old province of Japan - Echizen, FukuiEchizen, Fukuiis a city in Fukui, Japan.Echizen took its present form on October 1, 2005, when the city of Takefu and the town of Imadate merged to form the new city, although the Echizen Basin has been an important regional center for over 1,500 years. It has many former castle sites and prehistoric...
, a city in Fukui PrefectureFukui Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed... - Echizen, Fukui (town)Echizen, Fukui (town)is a town located in Nyū District, Fukui, Japan.On February 1, 2005 the towns of Asahi and Ota, and the village of Miyazaki, all from Nyū District, were merged into Echizen....
, a town adjacent to said city, in Fukui Prefecture - Nomura's jellyfishNomura's jellyfishis a very large jellyfish, in the same size class as the lion's mane jellyfish, the largest cnidarian in the world. The diameter of one fully grown is slightly greater than the height of an average fully grown man. The species was named in tribute to Mr...
, also known as Echizen jellyfish