🇯🇵 Nyūzen (入善町) is a town in Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
1History The area of present-day Nyūzen was part of ancient Etchū Province. The area was organised as part of Shimoniikawa District, Toyama after the Meiji restoration. The town of Nyūzen was created with merger of seven villages in Shimoniikawa District on October 1, 1953.
1Geography With the Sea of Japan to the north, and Kurobe River to the west, Nyūzen is in the centre of an alluvial fan. The town is known for its jumbo watermelons, as well as its tulips which became the official town flower in 1983.
Groundwater bubbles forth from various manmade and natural springs in the town. Of special interest is a flat area near the coast the name of which translates to: The Japanese Swamp Cedars of Sugisawa (杉沢の沢スギ, Sugisawa no Sawasugi) where a large volume of flowing spring water has created a rare ecosystem that is protected as a natural monument.
1Surrounding municipalities • Toyama Prefecture ◦ Kurobe ◦ Asahi.
1Rail • Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line ◦ Nishi-Nyūzen - Nyūzen
1Highway • Hokuriku Expressway National Route 8.
1Nyūzen has a population of over 25,007 people. Nyūzen also forms part of the wider Toyama Prefecture which has a population of over 1,044,588 people. Nyūzen is situated 8 km north-east of Kurobe.
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Locations Near: Nyūzen 137.5,36.9333
🇯🇵 Kurobe 137.453,36.874 d: 7.8
🇯🇵 Kamiichi 137.367,36.7 d: 28.5
🇯🇵 Toyama 137.2,36.683 d: 38.5
🇯🇵 Takaoka 137.017,36.75 d: 47.6
🇯🇵 Nanao 136.967,37.033 d: 48.6
🇯🇵 Nanto 136.929,36.591 d: 63.6
🇯🇵 Nagano 138.191,36.649 d: 69.2
Antipodal to: Nyūzen -42.5,-36.933
🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19106.6
🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18895
🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18895.6
🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 18981.6
🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18918.9
🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18909
🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 18908.1
🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 18903.8
🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 18945.1
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 18900.3