Nyūzen, Toyama

Nyūzen 入善町
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Location of Nyūzen in Toyama
Nyūzen
Coordinates: 36°56′N 137°30′E / 36.933°N 137.5°E / 36.933; 137.5Coordinates: 36°56′N 137°30′E / 36.933°N 137.5°E / 36.933; 137.5
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Toyama
District	Shimoniikawa
Area
– Total	71.29 km2 (27.5 sq mi)
Population (March, 2008)
– Total	27,670
– Density	388.1/km2 (1,005.3/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Website	Town of Nyūzen

Nyūzen (入善町, Nyūzen-machi^?) is a town located in Shimoniikawa District, in north-eastern Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

With the Sea of Japan to the north, and Kurobe River to the west Nyūzen is located in the center of an alluvial fan. The town is famous for its jumbo watermelons, as well as its tulips which became the official town flower in 1983.^[1]

Groundwater bubbles forth from various man-made and natural springs within 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 amount of flowing fresh spring water has created a rare ecology that is protected as a national monument.

References

1. ^ "Special Products of Nyūzen" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080601121259/http://www.town.nyuzen.toyama.jp/welcome/d001.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-11. 

External links

Media related to Nyūzen, Toyama at Wikimedia Commons

• Official town website (Japanese)