Kurobe

Kurobe (黒部市 Kurobe-shi) is a city in eastern Toyama prefecture, Japan.

Understand

Kurobe roughly follows the Kurobe River, and the entrance of Mount Tate.

Tourist information

• 1 Kurobe Unazuki-onsen Tourist Board (黒部・宇奈月温泉観光局), 3212-1 Wakaguri (At Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station), ☏ +81 765 57 2851. 09:00-19:00. 

Tourist information site

The Tourist Board has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.

Get in

By train

Kurobe has two main train stations. Kurobe Station, in the center of town, is operated by the private Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains offering one-seat service from Toyama. JR's primary services have moved to Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station to the south, served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The two stations are connected with a short trip on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (¥310).

By bus

Highway buses from Tokyo depart from the terminal in Shinjuku, and from in Ikebukuro. The trip takes around three and a half hours, and the fare is ¥7500 one-way.

Do

• 1 Unazuki Onsen snow park (宇奈月温泉スキー場), 5738 Unazukionsen, ☏ +81 765 62 1757. 08:30-16:30. ¥1,020-.  

Sleep

Go to Unazuki Onsen or Ikuji Onsen.

Go next

• Tateyama
• Kamiichi
• Uozu
• Nyuzen
• Asahi
• Hakuba
• Omachi
• Toyama
• Funahashi

Routes through Kurobe

Kanazawa ← Toyama ←	W  E	→ Itoigawa → Jōetsumyōkō → Nagano
Takaoka ← Toyama ←	W  E	→ Itoigawa → Joetsu