Toyama

Toyama Prefecture (富山県 Toyama-ken) is in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu.

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Tourist Information Site edit

Visit Toyama is the prefecture's official multilingual guide site.

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Map of Toyama (prefecture)

36.695917137.2136941 Toyama - the prefectural capital
36.754056137.0256672 Takaoka - beautiful city-by-the-sea and home to the Takaoka Great Buddha Statue (高岡大仏 Takaoka Daibutsu)
36.675528136.8686943 Oyabe
36.855917136.9734 Himi
36.647472136.9621395 Tonami
36.557444136.8754726 Nanto
36.827306137.4091677 Uozu
36.764361137.3411678 Namerikawa
36.730556137.0755569 Imizu
36.698361137.36244410 Kamiichi
36.871444137.4477511 Kurobe
36.933528137.50205612 Nyuzen
36.703528137.30736113 Funahashi

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36.425556136.9357221 Gokayama — World Heritage Site famous for its gassho-zukuri houses
Kurobe Gorge -In Kurobe city. Notable for having a unique truck train that goes about half way up the gorge, but also for great hiking and hot springs. Access from Unazuki Onsen station.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route - A remote link between Nagano and Toyama through a string of several unique forms of transportation constructed to give access to Kurobe dam. Access from Tateyama station (near Toyama) or Shinano-Omachi near Matsumoto.

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Tiny 36.648333137.18751 Toyama Airport in Toyama (TOY^IATA) has flights from Tokyo, Sapporo, Seoul and Taipei.

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Toyama is connected to Tokyo (2 hrs) and Kanazawa (30 min) by the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line. There are stations at Toyama, Takaoka and Unazuki Onsen.

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Suganuma Village

Oyabe - a traditional field festival, onsen spot
Namerikawa - water skiing and hang-gliding, scenic views
Himi - secluded seaside fishing village with excellent fish market
Gokayama - deep in the mountains near the border with Gifu, has a couple of well-preserved gassho-style thatched-houses villages

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