北陸地方 ほくりくちほう Meanings Noun Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures) Kanji 北 north. Read as ホク. 陸 land. Read as リク. 地 land 方 direction. Read as ホウ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists