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Seoul Hokuriku Shinkansen Line Packed with experiences like nowhere else! Access to Toyama * Required time is an estimate only. Nanao IC Dalian Sapporo

2 hrs 8 min (fastest route) (Hokuriku Shinkansen) from Tokyo Shanghai Nagaoka JR 3 hrs 10 min (Limited Express Thunderbird/Hokuriku Shinkansen) from Osaka Taipei Himi IC 3 hrs 10 min (Limited Express Shirasagi/Hokuriku Shinkansen) from Nagoya Naoetsu Noetsu Expwy Toyama Nagaoka 1 hr from Tokyo (Haneda Airport) on ANA Shin-Takaoka JCT Kanazawa Joetsu Joetsu 1 hr 30 min from Sapporo on ANA Echigo-yuzawaEchigo-Yuzawa Toyama JCT Myoko Oyabe-Tonami Hokuriku A mazing Tour IC 1 hr 50 min from Seoul on Air Seoul JCT Expwy Toyama Airport Kamioka Airplane 3 hrs 15 min from Dalian on China Southern Airlines Takayama Joetsu Shinkansen Line 3 hrs 20 min from Shanghai on China Eastern Airlines Hida-Kiyomi IC

Fukui Nagano Expwy 3 hrs 55 min from Taipei on China Airlines Joshin-etsu Gero Tsuruga Abo Tunnel Kan-etsu Expwy Matsumoto 4 hrs 50 min from Tokyo (Kan-etsu, Joshin-etsu, Hokuriku Expressways) Expwy

Tokai-Hokuriku Takasaki 4 hrs from Osaka (Meishin, Hokuriku Expressways) Minoseki Toki Fujioka Highway JCT JCT 3 hrs from Nagoya (Tokai-Hokuriku Expressways) JCT Kansai Kosei Line Omiya

Kyoto Takayama Line International Maibara Tokaido Shinkansen Line 6 hrs 30 min from Tokyo (Ikebukuro) Airport Narita 6 hrs 55 min from Tokyo (Shinjuku) Maibara Ichinomiya Komaki Nagoya Tomei Expwy Tokyo International Highway bus Osaka JCT JCT JCT Airport 5 hrs 40 min from Osaka (Osaka Station) Meishin Expwy Chubu International Haneda 3 hrs 45 min from Nagoya (Nagoya Station) Airport [Centrair] Airport TToyamaO City NamerikawaYAMA City Funahashi Village Transportation Kamiichi Town Tateyama Town AREA City Tram, City Tram Loop Line (CENTRAM) Toyama Light Rail Ainokaze Toyama Railway Runs from Toyama Station to Toyama city center. (PORTRAM) Goes from Toyama Station to Namerikawa Station and Higashi-Namerikawa Station. Travel from Toyamaekikita Station to Iwasehama Station. Toyamaekikita Toyama Chihou Railway Hokuriku Shinkansen Line Goes from Toyama Station to Namerikawa City, Funahashi Toyama Station Village, Kamiichi Town, and Tateyama Town. C Iwasehama Toyama Station 15 Keirinjo-mae Mizuhashi Ainokaze Toyama Railway Namerikawa Higashi-Namerikawa Dentetsu Toyamaeki ESTA-mae 電鉄魚津 C 14 Chitetsubiru-mae 新魚津 C Higashiiwase Shintomicho C 16 13 Higashi-Toyama 電鉄石田電鉄黒部 Oohirota C C Denkibiru-mae Kencho-mae 17 12 経田

C Hasumachi Sakurabashi Nishi-Namerikawa Naka-Namerikawa Namerikawa Hama-Kazumi Hayatsuki-Kazumi Etchu-Nakamuraa Marunouchi C 11 18 Toyama Station 東三日市 C Inujimashinmachi C C C C 10 Aramachi 22 21 20 19 C Kokusai Nishi-Kazumi 荻生 23 Main Line Kaigijo-mae C Nakamachi 09 Jogawara Naka-Kazumi 長屋 C (Nishicho-kita) 24 Shin-Miyakawa 新黒部 C C 25 Nishicho Yasunoya Etchu-nakajima

08 Dentetsu-Toyama Inarimachi Shinjo-Tanaka Higashi-Shinjo Etchu-Ebara Etchu-Sango Etchu-Funahashi Terada Etchu-Izumi Ainoki Shin-Ainoki Kamiichi 舌山 Ote Mall Daigaku-mae C Kamihonmachi Suwanokawara 07 Awashima 若栗 (Osaka-ya supermarket mae) Sakaemachi Chigozuka (Gofukusuehirocho) C 栃屋 06 Kokando-mae Shimo-okui Fujikoshi Tazoe 浦山 C 05 Nishinakano Oizumi Gohyakukoku

Grand Plaza-mae 下立口 Okuda-chugakko-mae Limited express stop Toyama Toyopet Honsha-mae Toyopet Toyama Minami-Toyama Enokimach C Koizumicho 下立 04 Limit Express Alpen stop INTEC Asanamachi Shitadan 愛本 Route 1 (Minamitoyamaeki-mae –– Toyama Sta.) C Horikawakoizumi 03 Toyamaekikita Honsha-mae Kamihori Kamagafuchi Route 2 (Minamitoyamaeki-mae –– Daigaku-mae) Fujikoshi/ 内山 C Toyama Station Omachi Kosugi Kamidaki Sawanakayama Route 3 (Loop Line) 02 C 音沢 Toyama Station 15 Line Routes 1 and 2 for Minamitoyamaeki-mae do not Nunoichi Tateyama Line * C Minamitoyama 宇奈月温泉 stop at Nakamachi. 01 eki-mae

● Fares: Adults 200 yen/children 100 yen (City Tram, City Tram Loop Line, Toyama Light Rail) Information current as of July 2019 Osho Yokoe Hongu Daisenji Chigaki Tsukioka The City Tram and Toyama Light Rail will be linked north-south on March 2020. Kaihotsu Kamidaki Iwakuraji

* Tateyama Arimineguchi

Car Rentals For tourist information contact:

Times Car Rental Toyama Station North Of ce 1-4-48 Ushijimahonmachi, Toyama ☎ 076-432-1515 Toyama City Tourism Association [Toyama City Tourist Information Center] Orix Rent-A-Car Toyama Eki Kita-guchi Rental Site 8-7 Ushijimacho, Toyama ☎ 076-432-0543 1-45 Honmaru, Toyama ☎076-439-0800 Open 9am to 6:30pm Closed End/start of year Nippon Rent-A-Car Toyama Station North Exit Branch 24-5 Ushijimacho, Toyama ☎ 076-441-1022

JR Rent-A-Car Toyama Shop 1-237 Meirincho, Toyama ☎ 076-444-7544 Namerikawa Tourism Association 410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa ☎076-476-9200 Toyota Rent A Car Toyama Station Shop 1-1-12 Takaramachi, Toyama ☎ 076-433-0100 Open 9am to 5pm Closed End/start of year Nissan Rent a Car Toyama Station Shop 1-4-7 Takaramachi, Toyama ☎ 076-442-2317

Orix Rent-A-Car Toyama Eki Minami-guchi Rental Site 1F CiC Bldg., 1-2-3 Shintomicho, Toyama ☎ 076-442-3900 General Affairs Section, Funahashi Village Of ce 55 Busshoji, Funahashi-mura ☎076-464-1121 J-Net Rent a Car Toyama Ekimae Shop Chitetsu Bldg. Entrance, 1-1-32 Sakuramachi, Toyama ☎ 076-422-6886 Open 8:30am to 5:15pm Closed Sat/Sun, Holidays, End/start of year

Toyota Rent a Car Toyama Shop 6-18 Honmachi, Toyama ☎ 076-432-0100 Kamiichi Town Tourism Association Toyota Rent a Car Toyama Airport Shop 81-3 Akigashima, Toyama ☎ 076-429-8888 Inside Kamiichi Station, 3-3 Wakasugi, Kamiichi-machi ☎076-472-1515 Open 9am to 5pm Closed End/start of year Nissan Rent a Car Toyama Airport Shop 155-6 Akigashima, Toyama ☎ 076-428-2317

Nippon Rent-A-Car Toyama Airport Branch 91-1 Akigashima, Toyama ☎ 076-495-3138 Tateyama Town Tourism Association Times Car Rental Toyama Airport Counter Shop 30 Akigashima, Toyama ☎ 076-432-1515 2440 Maezawa, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-1001 Open 8:30am to 5:15pm Closed Sat/Sun, Holidays, End/start of year Dale Chihuly, Toyama Mille Fiori, 2015, H280 × W940 × D580, Toyama Glass Art Museum Orix Rent-A-Car Toyama Airport Rental Counter 30 Akigashima, Toyama ☎ 076-432-0543

Use this AR app to get a feel for the ner points of the Toyama Area and More information on page 2 * All posted information current as of July 2019. Issued July 2019 Issued by Toyama City Tourism Association Enjoy Toyama even more using AR! watch videos of famous tourist spots. CONTENTS

Regional Map/town Overview・・・・・・1-2

Traditional Experiences Package・・・ 3-4 From the sea to the mountains— Historical Exploration Package・・・ 5-6 Natural Beauty Package・・・・・・7-8 amazing sights abound here! Recommended Cuisine/Souvenirs ・・・・・・9 Recommended Accommodations・・・・・・10

The Larger Toyama Core Partner City Region (Toyama Area) is home to the mysterious Toyama Bay, known for its firefly squid and broad velvet shrimp, as well as the Toyama Plain, which stretches out around the Bay, and the majestic peaks of the Tateyama Mountain Range. From the sea, to the city center, to the mountain peaks̶some rising as high as 3,000 meters̶there are plenty of sights and activities in this pamphlet exist 至七尾 only in this area. This pamphlet shows the reader the fine sightseeing spots in

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470 Kamiichi Town, Tateyama Town) broken down into To Itoigawa/Tokyo the three categories of tradition, history and nature, and gives an overview of sightseeing 160 Kurobe River packages in these three categories. Hokuriku Shinkansen Line

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石川県 Joganji River 415 30 min drive to Namerikawa City Core Partner City Spanning from the Sea to the Mountains 8 8 Namerikawa Toyama Toyama has much to offer visitors: from the city center, the epitome of a compact city, See Toyama Area spots 156 415 City and Iwase, the lasting legacy of an ancient Japanese shipping route, to the refined City elegance of Yatsuo with its Owara Kaze no Bon festival, to Kureha, the home of the with AR! Shin-Takaoka 472 Glass City Toyama, to the outdoor adventures in the foothills of Mt. Tateyama. 471 Station Use this AR app to experience the charms of the 至金沢 Toyama Station 41 Funahashi City of Firefly Squid and Deep Sea Water Toyama Area, and gain even 8 25 min drive to Kamiichi Town more detailed information! SuAR! Village Namerikawa Namerikawa City faces Toyama Bay and is famous for its catches of countless firefly 8 squid (hotaruika). In addition to observing firefly squid out at sea and the Hotaruika Hokuriku Expwy 359 City Museum, this city also offers bathing facilities that utilize deep sea water. 至金沢 Hokuriku Shinkansen471 “Bullet” Train Kamiichi Town Download and install the free app SuAR! 30 min drive to Tateyama Town 1 The Smallest Village in Japan with Lotus and Cherry Blossoms 359 359 Mt. Tsurugi Funahashi In summer, lotus blossoms bloom in lotus fields at the gates of temples of this small For iPhone For Android Tateyama Town village. There is also a row of cherry trees that stretch for a kilometer along the 至金沢 156 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Village Kyonotsubo River, making this spot quite lively in spring with the blooming of the (entry prohibited for personal automobiles) cherry blossoms. 304 Mikurigaike Launch the app and hold your smartphone 41 Shomyo Falls Toyama City Oyama Peak Home to Mt. Tsurugi, the Dream of Every Mountain Hiker 2 over the AR marks in this pamphlet. 471 These are the Huge walls of snow Ogizawa Kamiichi Here visitors will find mountains, like Mt. Tsurugi, that have been considered sacred symbols you should A since ancient times, as well as temples and parks situated in lush natural surroundings look for! r im with sacred water said to help with all ills. There are also many opportunities to use this 472 A in Town ri e Nagano m i F natural bounty to enjoy forest therapy and trekking. 471 n o e r Prefecture e F s o

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304 471 471 What is the Larger Toyama Core Partner City Region? Fun In January 2018, Toyama City signed a partnership agreement to form the Larger Toyama Core Partner City Region Videos with the municipalities of Namerikawa City, Funahashi Village, Kamiichi Town, and Tateyama Town. This software 41 agreement forms a partnership between Toyama City and four surrounding municipalities to sustain the region’s Gifu population and economy so that the area residents can live with more comfortably and with peace of mind as * AR contents are viewable until August 1, 2020. Prefecture Japanese society faces an impending reduction in population, a declining birthrate, and increasing median age. Recommended OS: iOS8 or higher/Android 4.1 or higher This pamphlet will showcase lovely tour routes and hands-on programs that make use of the tourism resources of 360 156 the Toyama Area to help promote long-stay tourism.

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156 至白川郷 This course offers experiences especially characteristic of the Toyama Area, such as washing away your worries with waterfall meditation as well as creating your own keepsakes with glassblowing and pottery. Why Other Recommended Sights Rare experiences make travel memories that last a lifetime! not bring home a real piece of Japan? Toyama Glass Art Museum Traditional Experiences Package 1 Toyama Glass Studio 4 Etchu Pottery Center Tonokan

This museum serves as the launching point for the glass culture and art designed by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Visitors will encounter the spatial art of the contemporary glass artist Dale Chihuly, as well as other numerous outstanding glass works from both Japan and abroad. (5-1 Nishicho, Toyama ☎076-461-3100)

Hikiyama Festival Float Center/ The Toyama Glass Studio, which is home to local artisanal Here visitors can experience Etchu Seto-yaki ceramics with Yatsuo Owara Museum glassmakers, offers glass blowing sessions and Tateyama traditional techniques. Using either Etchu Seto paper-weight making. Even beginners will feel comfortable clay, sourced from the Seto district where the techniques trying glassblowing under the careful instructions of their originated, or Shigaraki clay, visitors can make a dish, mug, artisanal glassmakers. or teacup. (152 Furusawa, Toyama ☎076-436-3322 / Reservations) (31 Setoshin, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-3929)

2 Keijusha (Japanese Traditional Paper Exhibit) 5 Iwamuro Falls The Etchu-Yatsuo Hikiyama Festival is held every year on May 3. The three gorgeous festival oats (hikiyama) are on display and can be seen by the public at any time. The Museum will deepen your understanding of the history behind the Owara Kaze no Bon. (2898-1 Yatsuomachi Kamishinmachi, Toyama ☎076-454-5138 / Hikiyama Festival Float Center) (2105-1 Yatsuomachi Higashimachi, Toyama ☎076-455-1780 / Yatsuo Owara Museum)

Ganmokuzan Ryusen-ji Temple

Etchu-Yatsuo Japanese paper is a durable, yet beautiful This waterfall has a straight drop of 24 meters. The lateral material that was formerly used to make medicine bags in depression seen on the right-side when facing the waterfall Toyama. At the Keijusha studio, visitors will have the is a special feature. This weak mudstone has been eroded by opportunity to make a one-of-a-kind sheet of Japanese water and the spray from the waterfall, thereby inspiring the paper using ancient paper-making technaiques. name of the waterfall Iwamuro (rock room) Falls. (668-4 Yatsuomachi Kagamimachi, Toyama (Iwamuro, Mushitani, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-1001 / ☎076-455-1184) Tateyama Town Tourism Association） This famous temple in the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism was built in 1370. Visitors get a feel for the age of the temple from the old Japanese hemlock trees that line the approach to the temple Oiwasan Nisseki-ji Temple Sasaraya Tateyama Main Store gates. In recent years, this spot has become well 3 6 known by those seeking “forest therapy.” Waterfall meditation at Oiwasan Nisseki-ji Temple (15 Sakka, Kamiichi-machi ☎076-472-0699)

Package (2-day plan) Insect Kingdom Tateyama/ Uozu IC Tateyama Shizen Fureai Kan Toyama Bay Ainokaze Toyama Railway Hayatsuki River Oyabe River Overnight in

Sho River Toyama Station Arisoumi SA (southbound) Tateyama Town 黒 15 min 30 min 部 Arisoumi SA (northbound) Day 1 Jinzu River 8 峡 drive drive 415 Joganji River 谷 Day 2 1 8 鉄道 4 156 472 415 Namerikawa IC Hokuriku Shinkansen Toyama Glass Etchu Pottery 新高岡 Toyama Line Toyama Glass Studio Station Studio Center Tonokan 1 Toyama Light Rail (Toyama City) (Tateyama Town) ● Ganmokuzan Ryusen-ji Temple Waterfall meditation here is famous for the cold-water Here visitors can enjoy the process of cooking a special At the Insect Kingdom Tateyama, visitors not only 41 Toyama ChihoTateyama IC Kureha PA Railway ascetic practices in the coldest days of winter and for the Toyama snack, shiroebi senbei rice crackers. After cooking ● Sasaraya Tateyama Main Store ▶Hands-on pottery handle insects, they can even purchase them. Kosugi IC Main Line ▶Glass-blowing Toyama Glass Art Museum wy Exp waterfall opening ceremony in the summer. Visitors can the rice crackers over a brazier for around 15 minutes, the There is also a farmers’ market where local produce Toyama-nishi IC uriku Insect Kingdom Tateyama/Tateyama Shizen Fureai Kan 359 Hok 6 ● borrow white ceremonial robes at the temple to try waterfall crackers are dipped in a vat of soy sauce to add the nishing and specialty items can be purchased. 高岡PA 3 Oiwasan Nisseki-ji Temple 15 min drive Nagaresugi PA SIC meditation. Visitors may also calm their minds as they trace touch. The taste of freshly cooked rice cracker is unbeatable. (177 Shidanio, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-8555) 高岡砺波 SIC Toyama IC 5 Iwamuro Falls 2 5 the image of Acala (Fudo Myo-o), a designated important (21 Sawahata, Tateyama-machi ☎076-463-6011) T 4 oy cultural property of Japan. 359 am a 剱岳 Keijusha (Japanese Iwamuro Falls C Ka hi ● Etchu Pottery Center Tonokan (163 Oiwa, Kamiichi-machi ☎076-472-2301) m ho (Tateyama Town) ida Railw Traditional Paper Exhibit) ki L ay ine Green Park Yoshimine (Toyama City) Keijusha 41 40 min

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360 The Tateyama Mountain Range—the very symbol of the Tateyama folk belief. This region is lled with places that transcend time and space, including museums that unlock the history of the area, a theme park that lets Other Recommended Sights Many stories make for a great trip! visitors experience the hell and paradise of Shinto and Buddhist lore, and the shipping agent houses that remain as the legacy of the prosperous ancient shipping routes. Explore the many stories of this region. Toyama City Tourist Information Center Muryo-ji Temple Toyama Folk Museum Historical Exploration Package 1 4 Takeuchi Tenjindo Ancient Tomb

This information center is located within Toyama Castle Ruin Park. Visitors can try on a helmet and war jacket, or even full armor. Additionally, between March and November, visitors can try on full armor and ride on horseback like a samurai knight. (1-45 Honmaru, Toyama ☎076-439-0800 / Toyama City Tourism Association)

This museum is housed within the tower of Toyama Castle. Muryo-ji Temple, founded during the Kamakura period Mori Shusui Museum of Art Visitors can learn of the 400-plus-year history of Toyama (1185-1333), is popular for the lotus blossoms best seen Castle through videos and display panels. The 140cm helmet during the Obon period in early- to mid-August. Visitors can said to have been used by Toshinaga Maeda is also a also see the 38.4 meter-long tomb, said to be built by a must-see. despotic king during the early Kofun period (300-538). (1-62 Honmaru, Toyama ☎076-432-7911) (323 Takenouchi, Funahashi-mura ☎076-464-1305 / Takenouchi, Funahashi Village)

Yuminosato Historical and 2 Matsu River Boat Cruise 5 Cultural Museum The domain that is now Toyama Prefecture produced swords during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). This private museum exhibits Etchu swordmaker sword collections that include blades designated as nationally important cultural properties and art treasures. (1-3-6 Sengokumachi, Toyama ☎076-425-5700)

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This sightseeing cruise passes under seven bridges that This museum is situated next to the Yuminosho Castle Ruins span the Matsukawa River, giving visitors wonderful scenery of Dohi Clan that ruled over the Nakaniikawa region during throughout the four seasons. The 460 cherry-blossom-tree the Age of Civil Wars. Pottery from the Jomon and Yayoi tunnel in spring, the dazzling greenery of summer, and the periods unearthed from ruins in the town are considered blazing colors of autumn are certain to spellbind visitors at historical and cultural properties of the town, and they are Women were forbidden from climbing Mt. Tateyama any time throughout the year. preserved and on display here. during the Edo period (1603-1868), so the (1-34 Honmaru, Toyama ☎076-425-8440 / Reservations) (182 Tachi, Kamiichi-machi ☎076-473-8100） Nunobashi Kanjoe ceremony was held on Nunobashi Bridge serving as the border between this world and the next so that women could be reborn in the Buddhist paradise. This ceremony is listed with UNESCO Japan as a property for the Mori Residence Home of Tateyama Museum of Toyama future. 3 Kitamae-bune Shipping Agent 6 Mandala Yuen Park (Ashikuraji, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-1001 / Toyama Folk Museum Tateyama Town Tourism Association)

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Joganji River Ancient Tomb 415 3 谷鉄 (Funahashi Village) 8 1 道 156 472 Matsu River 415 Namerikawa IC Boat Cruise Hokuriku Shinkansen Toyama Folk Toyama Line Muryo-ji Temple 新高岡 Museum Overnight in Station 4 Takeuchi Tenjindo Ancient Tomb Toyama Light Rail (Toyama City) Kosugi IC ● ● Kamiichi Town This is the shipping agent representing the port town of Toyama This is a theme park that offers three-dimensional This museum researches and displays ndings on 2 41 Toyama ChihoTateyama IC Tsurugi Koizuki Toyama Folk Museum 1 Railway Iwase district during the prosperous times brought by the representations of the world of Tateyama Mandalas. It’s the relationship between the humans and the ● Main Line wy 5 natural surroundings of Tateyama, the home of the Kureha PA ● Mori Shusui u Exp Japanese eet (Kitamae-bune) along ancient shipping routes. comprised of four areas in total, including Chi-kai (hell), Toyama-nishi IC Hokurik Day 2 Tateyama folk religion of the past. This expansive 359 Museum of Yuminosato Historical and 5 min walk Visitors can observe the treasured architecture reminiscent of Hi-no-michi (path to Mt. Tateyama’s peak), and Ten-kai 高岡PA Toyama City Tourist Art premises contains a variety of facilities apart from Nagaresugi PA SIC Cultural Museum the prosperity of times past, such as the dif cult-to-obtain (heaven). Anyone can experience hell, paradise, and re-birth. Information Center 5 the Tenji-kan Hall. 高岡砺波 SIC Toyama IC Okome Shokudo Restaurant 2 premium woods and luxuriant coffered ceilings. It’s really stimulating! (93-1 Ashikuraji, Tateyama-machi T Yuminosato oy (108 Higashiiwasemachi, Toyama (93-1 Ashikuraji, Tateyama-machi ☎076-481-1216) 359 am 剱岳 ☎076-481-1216) a Matsu River Boat Historical and K Ch ☎076-437-8960 / Mori Residence Home) am iho id Rai aki lway Tateyama Museum of Toyama Cruise Cultural Museum Line Tenji-kan Hall (Toyama City) (Kamiichi Town) 41 Nunobashi Bridge

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360 This diverse area stretches from the sea to the mountains. From the mentally and physically rejuvenating forest therapy to the museums exploring the mysteries of Toyama Bay, there is plenty of things to do here. Why not Other Recommended Sights Encounters with the mysteries of nature make for a thrilling trip! enjoy the bounty that nature has to offer? Healthian-wood

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Set to open in October 2019, this is a resort focused on health and beauty. Visitors can enjoy an aroma oil workshop using lavender and citrons from Tateyama, a restaurant, and an all-weather event space. (https://www.healthian-wood.jp/ [email protected])

Surrounded by green foliage, earthy scents, and fresh air, This museum provides visitors with a fun learning experience Fire y squid sea tours visitors can enjoy a stroll, hiking, or even yoga. This is great about the ecosystem of deep sea creatures, especially the not only for relaxation, but also maintaining or promoting rey squid. The very popular rey squid show goes from health and preventing illness. late March until the end of May. (55 Hara, Toyama ☎ 076-482-1311 / Executive Committee (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa ☎076-476-9300) to Promote Tateyama Foothills Forest Therapy Center)

2 Shomyo Falls 5 Fugan Canal Park Visitors leave Namerikawa shing port on a sightseeing craft before dawn to observe the rey squid shing with set nets. This is the only tour where visitors can observe the mysterious light emitted by the rey squid. The tour period goes from late March until early May. (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa ☎076-476-9300 / WAVE Namerikawa Co., Ltd.)

Deep Sea Water Bathing Thalassopia

Sourced from the Tateyama mountain range, this four-tiered This park was created using a former canal ship harbor. waterfall has the highest drop in Japan at 350 meters. The Visitors here can enjoy what is said to be the most beautiful Hannoki Falls are also a sight to behold when they appear to Starbucks in the world, a bridge with an observation deck, the right of the main falls after the snow melt in the spring or and a wide grassy space, as they stroll around the park. a heavy rain. (3-20 Kibamachi, Toyama ☎076-444-6041 / Park Center） (Bunazaka, Ashikuraji, Tateyama-machi ☎076-462-1001 / Tateyama Town Tourism Association) Thalassopia offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy the bene ts of a bath in deep sea water brought up from a depth of 333 meters in Toyama Bay. Visitors can boost their metabolism as they enjoy the pool, Toyama Prefectural Museum of walking bathtub, and hot tubs. 3 Toyama Bay Cruises 6 (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa Art and Design ☎076-476-9303) Shomyo Falls

Fugan Suijo Line Uozu IC Package (2-day plan) Fugan Canal Park Ainokaze Toyama Railway Toyama Bay Hayatsuki River Oyabe River Fugan Suijo Line

Sho River Toyama Station Overnight in Arisoumi SA (southbound) Namerikawa City Toyama Prefectural 黒部 50 min drive 8 Arisoumi SA (northbound) Day 1

Museum of Art and Design Jinzu River 峡 415 Joganji River 谷 Day 鉄 1 2 8 3 Toyama Bay Cruises 道 156 472 Tateyama Foothills 415 Namerikawa IC 4 HOTARUIKA Museum Hokuriku Shinkansen ● Forest Therapy Center 新高岡 6 5 Line Fireﬂy squid sea tours Fire y squid sea tours (Toyama City) Toyama Station Deep Sea Water Bathing Thalassopia (Namerikawa City) This is a canal cruise that links the Fugan Canal Toyama Light Rail Kosugi IC Visitors can enjoy a sightseeing cruise around Toyama Bay Visitors can enjoy art and design at this museum in a very Kansui Park with the port town of Iwase. Among the 41 Toyama ChihoTateyama IC Tofukujino Natural Park *Late March to early May Railway 10 min drive + with views of the magni cent Tateyama Mountain Range, the relaxed environment that feels more like going to a park than sights is the Nakajima Komon lock boat lift. This is Main Line wy the only place in Japan where visitors can Kureha PA u Exp 30 min walk tip of the Noto Peninsula, and Tateyama Kurobe Geopark. an art museum. The Tateyama Mountain Range is visible Toyama-nishi IC okurik ● 359 H Healthian-wood From the spring until early summer the rey squid set nets from both inside the museum and from the Onomatopoeia experience a lock boat lift that raises and lowers the 高岡PA 30 min drive water level by as much as 2.5 meters. Nagaresugi PA SIC 2 are also visible. Rooftop with its unique play structures. (☎076-482-4116 / Fugan Senpaku Co., Ltd.) 高岡砺波 SIC Toyama IC Shomyo Falls (410 Nakagawara, Namerikawa ☎076-476-9307 / (3-20 Kibamachi, Toyama ☎076-431-2711) T 5 oy Tateyama Foothills Forest Reservation telephone number) 359 am 剱岳 (Tateyama Town) a K Ch Therapy Center am iho id Rai Fugan Canal Park aki lway Line Pumo Ri 60 min drive (Toyama City) 41 Shomyo Falls 3

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Namerikawa City Toyama City River Retreat Garaku Hotel Morinokaze Tateyama Try it once and you’ll de nitely come back for more. Firey squid dishes all year round ☎076-467-5550 Toyama City ☎0120-111-680 Toyama City Toyama Black Soy Sauce Ramen Firey squid spaghetti Approximately 300 works of mainly contemporary At the foot of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine If you want to try rey squid— artists are exhibited in the Retreat. From Route, this resort hotel provides you with the the specialty of Namerikawa enjoying the gorgeous scenery of Jinzu Gorge, culinary pleasures of the mountains and sea City—go to the restaurant on to relaxing your mind and body in a natural hot and offers a hot spring bath gentle on the skin. the second oor of the spring and spa, to eating cuisine that gives you a If you’re after a bit of luxury, we recommend HOTARUIKA Museum. You’ll feel for the delicacies of the Hokuriku Toyama the Tateyama Bettei Shikisai separate cabins be able to enjoy many dishes region, you’ll have an extraordinary experience with hot spring-fed outdoor baths. there throughout the year as in this small, luxury hotel. you gaze out over the beautiful Toyama Bay. 3-6 Hara, Toyama Panorama Restaurant KOUSAI 56-2 Kasuga, Toyama 1 night & 2 meals from ¥14,040 (taxes incl.) 410 Nakagawara, 1 night & 2 meals from ¥30,000 (taxes incl.) Bathing tax ¥150 Namerikawa Bathing tax ¥150 IN 14:00 / OUT 11:00 IN 15:00–19:00 / OUT 10:00 ☎076-476-1370

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Sushi restaurant tour by tram Yamada Spa GENENROU Sky Hotel Namerikawa Toyama sushi ☎076-457-2121 Toyama City ☎076-475-8833 Namerikawa City

There are numerous delicious sushi This is an old ryokan inn nestled in the This hotel is situated a minute’s walk from restaurants along the tracks of the city mountains. You’ll feel refreshed by the lovely Ainokaze Toyama Railway Namerikawa tram CENTRAM that runs from Toyama mountain scenery and pure babbling brooks Station. Views of the Tateyama Mountain Station to around the city center. as you enjoy the direct-fed hot spring water Range and Toyama Bay are visible from every This ramen dish has earned Why not get your ll of fresh sh in 1,300 year-old Yamada Spa. The room. The complimentary breakfast service is the top ranking 5 years running from Toyama Bay? hearth-cooked land and sea delicacies are popular among guests (reservations required). in Japan’s largest ramen also a favorite. festival—Tokyo Ramen Show. The black broth is rich, but the 1017 Yamadayu, Toyama actual taste is much lighter 1375 Tatsuno, Namerikawa 1 night & 2 meals from ¥12,500 than you would imagine. 1 night & 2 meals from ¥8,200 Bathing tax ¥150 IN 14:00 / OUT 11:00 IN 15:00 / OUT 10:00 Menya Iroha CiC Branch 1-2-3 Shintomicho, Toyama ☎076-444-7211 City tram CENTRAM Ebigen Ebiyoshi

☎076-475-5656 Namerikawa City ☎076-475-0356 Namerikawa City

At this culinary ryokan inn you can enjoy the This ryokan inn is acclaimed for their kind fresh seasonal culinary pleasures of the sea, hospitality and their cuisine, which includes Recommended Souvenirs such as rey squid in spring, oysters in copious amounts of fresh seafood, such as summer, crab in autumn, and amberjack in rey squid. The re ned Japanese-style winter. All rooms are in traditional Japanese rooms give you a wonderful place to relax style, inviting you to escape and unwind. and unwind.

Tateyama Town

La France pear juice 2155 Kamikoizumi, Namerikawa 200-1 Tanakamachi, Namerikawa 1 night & 2 meals from ¥12,000 1 night & 2 meals from ¥9,000 These La France pears have been IN 16:00 / OUT 10:00 IN 16:00 / OUT 10:00 carefully grown in the naturally-rich location of Shidanio, Tateyama Town. This juice is 100% made from the fruit, and is so rich in avor and color that you might as well be drinking a Tateyama Town fruit. Supplies limited. Kamiichi Town Yunomiko Onsen Ryori Ryokan Oiwakan (Tateyama Shizen Fureai Kan / ☎076-472-3111 Kamiichi Town ☎076-472-2307 Kamiichi Town Tateyama chiffon cake 177 Shidanio, Tateyama-machi / Mt. Tsurugi cookies This chiffon cake is 100% made from rice our and uses ☎076-462-8555） These healthy-choice cookies are made from This inn combines kind hospitality with 300 This cuisine-centered ryokan inn served as koshihikari brand rice and eggs sourced in Tateyama Town. （Tateyama Green Park Yoshimine carefully-selected taros from Kamiichi Town and year-old hot springs, lots of locally-sourced the location of a Japanese movie called Everything is made completely by hand from the milling to the Koryukan / 12 Yoshiminenobiraki, Tateyama-machi / rice our sourced in Toyama Prefecture. There are fresh vegetables and seafood, and quiet “Tsurugidake Ten no Ki.” They offer somen baking, and contains no color additives nor preservatives. ☎076-483-8022） no wheat our or eggs used in them that makes tatami-mat rooms to give you a place to noodles made with pure Toyama water, wild (Komekko Club K. K. / Inside Machinaka Farm, them safe to consume for people with allergies. refresh your mind and body. vegetable and char dishes (reservations 100-3 Gohyakukoku, Tateyama-machi / ☎076-463-2820） They make the perfect souvenir. required), tokoroten jelly noodles, and rice (Tsurugi no Ajikura / 2488 Hirono, Kamiichi-machi / our dumplings. Kamiichi Town ☎076-473-3212) 25 Yunomiko, Kamiichi-machi, (Kamiichi Town Tourism Information Center / Nakaniikawa-gun Kamiichi ginger syrup 3-3 Wakasugi, Kamiichi-machi / 1 night & 2 meals from ¥13,000 31 Oiwa, Kamiichi-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun ☎076-472-1515) Bathing tax ¥150 1 night & 2 meals from ¥9,000 This syrup is made from highly-aromatic ginger sourced from IN 15:00 / OUT 10:00 IN 14:00 / OUT 10:00 Kamiichi Town. You can add it to hot water, soda, or hot milk to make a delicious drink, use it to add that extra avor to your cooking, or use it anyway you please. (Tsurugi no Ajikura / 2488 Hirono, Kamiichi-machi / ☎076-473-3212) (Kamiichi Town Tourism Information Center / 3-3 Wakasugi, Inn Dangoya Green View Tateyama Kamiichi-machi / ☎076-472-1515） ☎076-472-2306 Kamiichi Town ☎076-482-1716 Tateyama Town

Toyama City Next to Oiwasan Nisseki-ji Temple, this old This public inn is a 3-min walk from Tateyama Namerikawa City inn has been operating for around 125 years. Station. You can admire the colors and features Masu-no-Sushi (trout sushi) Its 3-story wooden frame structure may be of the Tateyama Mountain Range changing old, but it’s beautiful. The inn can be made throughout the seasons while you soak in their Namerikawa rey squid This is common among lunch boxes available for many types of occasions, acclaimed natural hot springs. Their culinary These squid have been ash frozen using sold in Toyama Station. The pink trout including banquets, ceremonies, and creations made with love using fresh produce special freezing technology to ensure that contrasts with its green bamboo leaf meetings. and seafood are also well received. their fresh taste remains for as long as a year. wrapping. This traditional Toyama dish You’ll even be able to taste the squid’s is certain to please the palate with the 32 Oiwa, Kamiichi-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun Senjugahara, Tateyama-machi, viscera, which normally can’t be eaten moderately-fatty trout, Toyama-grown 1 night & 2 meals from ¥12,000 Nakaniikawa-gun without rst being cooked. rice, and the scent of the bamboo leaf. IN 15:00 / OUT 10:00 1 night & 2 meals from ¥11,722 (taxes incl.) (Council on Establishing the Flash-Frozen (Masunosushi Honpo Minamoto / 37-6 IN 16：00 / OUT 10：00 Firey Squid Brand / ☎076-475-2111) Nanocho, Toyama / ☎076-429-3100)

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