An overview of the Hokuriku history notes. It lists the fifteen notes from prehistory to Reiwa in order, gathers the themes that recur across periods (place names and administration, the Hokuriku road and the Sea of Japan, Hakusan, Tateyama and Jōdo Shinshū, the Maeda family, Toyama's castle, medicine, and water, Komatsu's kilns, port, and airport, ties with Taiwan, and disasters), adds crafts and townscapes the notes did not cover, such as Ko-Kutani, Kanazawa gold leaf, and the teahouse districts, and ends with a table matching places on the trip to the notes.