Coordinates: 36°43′N 137°9′E
Toyama Prefecture
T oyama Prefecture (富山県 Toyama-ken) is a prefecture Toyama Prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main 富山県 Honshu island.[2] The capital is the city of Toyama.[3] Prefecture Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Japanese transcription(s) Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap • Japanese 富山県 electricity from abundant hydroelectric resources. It also • Rōmaji Toyama-ken contains East Asia’s only known glaciers outside Russia, first recognized in 2012.[4]
Symbol Contents Flag History Geography Municipalities Cities Towns and villages Mergers Economy Agriculture Manufacturing Energy Demographics International links Transportation Rail Coordinates: 36°43′N 137°9′E Expressway Air Country Japan Domestic Region Chūbu (Hokuriku) International Island Honshu Culture Capital Toyama UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Sites National Treasures of Japan Government Festivals • Governor Takakazu Ishii Spring Area Summer 2 Fall • Total 4,247.22 km Winter (1,639.86 sq mi) Regional Foods Area rank 33rd Regional sake Population (Estimated as of March 1, Sports 2018) Sister Regions • Total 1,053,555 Tourism • Rank 38th • Density 248.06/km2 (642.5/sq mi) Notes References ISO 3166 JP-16 External links code Districts 2 Municipalities 15 History Flower Tulip (Tulipa)[1] Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.[5] Tree Tateyama Cedar [1] Following the abolition of the han system in 187 1, Etchū (Cryptomeria japonica) Bird Ptarmigan[1] Province was renamed Niikawa Prefecture, but Imizu Fish Japanese amberjack District was given to Nanao Prefecture. In 187 2 Imizu Pasiphaea japonica District was returned by the new Ishikawa Prefecture. Firefly squid[1]
In 187 6, Niikawa Prefecture was merged into Ishikawa Website pref.toyama.jp (http://w ww.pref.toyama.jp/maste Prefecture but the merger was void in 1881 and the area r/02guide/welcome/welc was re-established as Toyama Prefecture. ome_e.htm)
The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.
Geography
Toyama Prefecture is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Niigata to the northeast, Nagano to the southeast, Gifu to the south and Sea of Japan to the north.
As of April 1, 2012, 30% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Toyama Prefectural Office Building Chūbu-Sangaku and Hakusan National Parks; Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park; and six Prefectural Natural Parks.[6]
Municipalities
Due to the mergers in the 2000s, Toyama has the fewest municipalities of any prefecture in Japan with 10 cities, 2 districts, 4 towns, and 1 village (before the mergers took place, the prefecture had 9 cities, 18 towns, and 8 villages).
Cities
Ten cities are located in Toyama Prefecture:
Himi Oyabe Imizu Takaoka Kurobe Tonami Namerikawa Toyama (capital) Nanto Uozu
Towns and villages These are the towns and villages in each district:
Nakaniikawa District Shimoniikawa District Funahashi Asahi Kamiichi Nyūzen Tateyama
Mergers
Economy Map of Toyama Prefecture City Town Village Agriculture
In 2014 Toyama contributed approximately 2.5% of Japan's rice production [7] and makes use of abundant water sources originating from Mount Tate. It also has many fisheries along its Sea of Japan coastline.
Manufacturing City of Toyama Toyama is famous for its historical pharmaceutical industry which remains a top manufacturing industry in the prefecture in terms of manufacturing shipment value followed by electronic parts and devices (industrial robots, general machinery, etc.), and metal products (aluminum, copper etc.) manufacturing.
Energy
Kurobe Dam generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.
Demographics
As of 2010, the population of the prefecture was 1,090,367 .[8]
Kurobe Dam International links
China, Liaoning Province - May 9, 1984 Brazil, São Paulo State - July 18, 1985 United States, Oregon State - October 19, 1991 Russia, Primorsky Region - August 26, 1992 India, Andhra Pradesh State- Dec 2015 Transportation
Rail
Tokyo: 2 hr 7 min via Hokuriku Shinkansen
Osaka: 3 hr via Hokuriku Shinkansen and Thunderbird Limited Express
The Hokuriku Shinkansen line is scheduled to extend to Osaka in the future, and will shorten the Osaka- Toyama trip to approximately 1 hr 40 min.
Expressway
Tokyo: 5 hr Osaka: 4 hr 10 min Nagoya: 3 hr 15 min Niigata: 2 hr 30 min
Air
Toyama Airport (TOY)
Domestic
Tokyo: 1 hr Sapporo: 1 hr 20 min Fukuoka: 1 hr 30 min
International
Shanghai: 2 hr 30 min via Shanghai Airlines Dalian: 2 hr 30 min via Southern China Airlines Seoul: 1 hr 50 min via Asiana Airlines Vladivostok: 2 hr 40 min via Vladivostok Airlines
Culture
UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Sites
Gokayama Historical Village (Nanto City)
National Treasures of Japan
Zuiryū-ji Temple (Takaoka City)
Festivals
Spring All Japan Chindon Competition (Toyama City (Toyama Castle Park), Mid April Tonami Tulip Fair (Tonami City), May Marumage Festival (Himi City), May 17
Summer
Sassa Narimasa Sengoku Era Festival (Toyama City), Late July Japan Wildlife Film Festival (Toyama Prefecture), Early August Tonami Yotaka Festival (June) Fall
Toyama Festival (Toyama City), Sept. 1 Owara Kaze no Bon (Toyama City (Yatsuo Area)), Sept. 1-3
Winter
Nanto Toga Soba Festival (Nanto City (Toga Village Area)), Mid Feb.
Regional Foods Uozu Tatemon Festival (August) Trout Sushi (Masu Zushi) White Shrimp (Shiro Ebi) Matured Yellow Tail (Buri) Firefly Squid (Hotaru Ika) Fish Paste (Kamaboko)
Regional sake
Tateyama (立山) Narimasa (成政) Masuizumi (満寿泉) Sanshoraku (三笑楽）
Sports
The sports teams listed below are based in Toyama.
Football (soccer)
Kataller Toyama (Toyama City) Basketball
Toyama Grouses (Toyama City) Baseball
Toyama Thunderbirds (Toyama City) Rugby Union
Takaoka Mariners (Takaoka) Sister Regions
People's Republic of China, Liaoning Province[9] United States, Oregon[10] Russia, Primorsky Krai[9]
Tourism
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
Notes
1. 富山県の魅力・観光>シンボル (http://www.pref.toyama.jp/gaiyou/symbol.html). Toyama Prefectural website (in Japanese). Toyama Prefecture. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Toyama prefecture" in (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmE C&pg=PA991)Japan Encyclopedia, p. 991 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA991), p. 991, at Google Books; "Hokuriku" at p. 344 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA344), p. 344, at Google Books. 3. Nussbaum, "Toyama" at p. 991 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA991), p. 991, at Google Books. 4. First glaciers of Japan recognised (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120406a3.html) 5. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780 (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA7 80), p. 780, at Google Books. 6. "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture" (http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/ doc/files/np_6.pdf) (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 29 June 2012. 7. "米の生産 〔2014年〕" (https://www.teikokushoin.co.jp/statistics/japan/index13.html) (in Japanese). Retrieved May 11, 2015. 8. "Location - Area - Population". (http://www.pref.toyama.jp/english/location.html) Toyama Prefecture. (http:// www.pref.toyama.jp/english/index.html) Retrieved December 26, 2017. 9. Sister/Friendship Affiliation (http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1002/nichienren/en/friendship.html) 10. Oregon State Archives Copy, Governor's Office Press Releases (http://archivedwebsites.sos.state.or.us/Gover nor_Kitzhaber_2003/governor/press/p951024.htm)
References
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. (https://books.google.com/books?id=p2 QnPijAEmEC&client=firefox-a) Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128 (http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition)
External links
Official Toyama Prefecture Homepage (http://www.pref.toyama.jp/master/02guide/welcome/welcome_e.htm) Toyama Prefecture International Center (http://www.tic-toyama.or.jp/index_e.html) National Archives of Japan Toyama Map (1891) (http://jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp/jpg_prg/jgmWeb?%TmpFileDis p%env=jpeg2k_images/ezu/fukenchizu/021_toyama_e.env)
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