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Six months have passed since the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line, but the effects on the area along the line have been varied. In some places, ruins are lined up near Kaga Onsen Station in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. With improved access by rail, the number of tourists from the Tokyo metropolitan area has increased, as has the number of inbound foreign tourists. However, it seems that the number of tourists from the Kansai and Chukyo regions has decreased even more. The transfer at Tsuruga Station, which requires transfers between the Shinkansen and conventional express trains, has become inconvenient. In the case of Katayamazu Onsen, the peak was in 1980, when the Hokuriku Expressway was opened. Since then, the number of tourists has decreased due to the collapse of the bubble economy and other factors. It is not clear when the special demand for the Shinkansen will end, and it is said that there is a high possibility that it will decrease again. #HokurikuShinkansenReferences・Hokuriku Broadcasting, "Kaga hot spring area: "No effect of Shinkansen opening felt" four months after extension", July 16, 2024, https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/mr... ・See various other reports, etc. <Image source> ・Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Map, https://maps.gsi.go.jp/ (partially edited and posted)