Description Hokkoku Bank knows that, no matter how hard it tries, not all of the gold in its hometown will be in the bank vault. The regional bank is headquartered in Kanazawa (which translates to marsh of gold), a city noted for its production of gold leaf. The bank serves the Ishikawa, Fukui, and Toyama prefectures, which together are known as Hokuriku. It also has offices in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, as well as overseas operations in Shanghai. In addition to its traditional deposit banking offerings, Hokkoku bank subsidiaries are active in such areas as leasing and credit guarantee.