Kurikara Station (倶利伽羅駅, Kurikara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
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Kahoku is a district located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 62,374 with a density of 476.79 persons per km2. The total area is 130.82 km2.
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The battle of Kurikara Pass, also known as the battle of Tonamiyama, was a crucial engagement in Japan's Genpei War; in this battle the tide of the war turned in the favour of the Minamoto clan.
"Yoshinaka won by a clever strategy; under cover of nightfall his troops enveloped the main body of the Taira, demoralized them by a series of tactical surprises, and turned their confusion into a disastrous, headlong rout."
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Hanyu-ohike is an earthfill dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 0.5 km2. The dam impounds about ha of land when full and can store 225 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1989 and completed in 1993.
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Naka-Tsubata Station is a railway station on the Nanao Line in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
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National Institute of Technology, Ishikawa College is one of national 5-year Colleges of technology, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The college accepts junior high school graduates for a five-year program or a seven-year program From early in the program and throughout, It provides a highly technical education in order to meet the demands in society for engineers with practical knowledge.