. "Echigo Province (\u8D8A\u5F8C\u56FD, Echigo no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It was sometimes called Essh\u016B (\u8D8A\u5DDE), with Echizen and Etch\u016B Provinces. Echigo and K\u014Dzuke Province were known as the J\u014Detsu region. Today the area is part of Niigata Prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado Province."@en . .