Echizen [town] - Echizen

Japanese: 越前[町] - えちぜん

A town in Nyu District, Fukui Prefecture, facing the Sea of Japan. The entire town is mountainous, with a fishing community centered on a narrow coastal terrace, where sardines, mackerel, and other fish are caught, and Echizen crabs and sea urchins are local specialties. The Echizen Cape area is home to daffodil colonies. Cape Echizen and Shikaura Beach are part of the Echizen Kaga Coast Quasi-National Park, and there is also a swimming beach. In February 2005, Asahi Town, Oda Town, and Miyazaki Village from Nyu District were incorporated, and the town hall became the former Asahi Town Hall. 153.15 ^km2 . Population 23,160 (2010).

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Japanese:

福井県丹生(にゅう)郡，日本海に面する町。全町山地で，狭い海岸段丘に中心の漁業集落があり，イワシ，サバなどを漁獲，エチゼンガニ，ウニを特産。越前岬一帯はスイセンの群生地。越前岬，四ヶ浦(しかうら)海岸などは越前加賀海岸国定公園に属し，海水浴場もある。2005年２月丹生郡朝日町，織田町，宮崎村を編入し，町役場を旧朝日町役場とした。153.15km²。２万3160人（2010）。

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