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Echizen-Takefu Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen
Echizen-Takefu Station is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It opened on 16 March 2024 with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga.
Horiki worked with Echizen washi artisans to create a washi artwork featuring the Echizen City flower ‘Chrysanthemum’ on the walls of the waiting room and the Echizen City bird ‘Stork’ on the ceiling of the concourse.
The works were created in the hope that the people of the Echizen region will bloom a large flower of life like the beautiful chrysanthemum flower and that the local industry will spread to the world like the stork flapping its wings.
