Takaoka City Toyama City Come to Kito-kito Amaharashi Coast Let’s look at Koshinokuni Museum Sept. 1-3 This is a scenic spot, from which the 3,000m-high Tateyama mountain range Zuiryu-ji Temple of Literature Toyama with a can be seen above Onna-iwa (female rock) off the shore. This place is called Toyama Bay, the national treasures! Offers information about literature, comics Panoramic View Most Beautiful Ariso-umi in the list of nationally designated scenic spots along the Narrow (National treasure) Takaoka City Art Museums t miss and animated films related to Toyama Road to the Deep North. The Yoshitsune Rocks on the shore are known as History Enjoy a canal Don’ s Prefecture. You can also enjoy reading while viewing the museum garden. Bays in the World Club the place where Minamoto Yoshitsune waited for the rain to stop when he This Soto-sect Buddhist temple was constructed for Lord cruise by Toyama’ was escaping to Oshu Province. This is the origin of the name of the place a Natural Fish Tank Maeda Toshinaga, and has the solemn atmosphere of a Museums artistic the Suijo Line! TEL.076-431-5492 Seasonal castle. The butsuden, hatto and sanmon gate are national culture! name Amaharashi, which means “the rain stops”. and ●Take a tram from Toyama Station, get off at Kencho-mae treasures, and the somon gate and grand tea house are and walk 5 min. ●5 min walk from Amaharashi Station, national important cultural assets. Toyama 15 min drive from the Noetsu Expressway Takaoka-Kita IC Toyama Bay, with its Festivals AR Toyama City D&DEPARTMENT Toyama City TEL.0766-22-0179 Toyama Prefectural Museum Toyama distinct sea-bed shape and Culture of Art and Design (TAD) TOYAMA (Toyama Civic Hall) a depth of over 1,000m, ●15 min walk from Shin-Takaoka Station, 10 min walk from Takaoka Station, Bay 10 min drive from the Noetsu Expressway Takaoka IC Experience art and design A café using ingredients produced Sightseeing contains both warm-current through various exhibits, including in Toyama, a gallery and a shop water and cold deep-sea world famous paintings such as convey Toyama’s characteristic Owara Kaze no Bon Picasso’s works. charm. Map water, and is a natural fish Toyama City Toyama Prefectural Museum TEL.076-471-7791 tank that produces over of Art and Design TEL.076-431-2711 This festival features a plaintive melody played with Chinese 200 kinds of seasonal fish. ●10 min walk from Toyama Station, fiddles and elegant dancing. The people of Yatsuo have ●Located in Fugan Canal Kansui Park 15 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Toyama IC. preserved this cherished festival. The fantastic scene of TOYAMA Fresh seafood from the Toyama City graceful dancers charms visitors. A pre-festival is held from nourishing water of both The Suiboku Museum, Toyama City Botanic Gardens of Toyama Toyama Aug. 20-30, and the festival reaches its climax from Sept. 1-3. tides is truly delicious. Enjoy rainforest plants, plants from Situated in a calm natural environment, Yunnan Province of China, orchids, Etchu Yatsuo Tourism Association Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route this museum allows you to appreciate (Float Museum) TEL.076-454-5138 the beauty of Japanese culture, tropical fruit trees, alpine plants, including ink wash paintings. etc. throughout the year. Yuki no Otani (Snow wall walk) / Kurobe Dam etc. TEL.076-431-3719 TEL.076-466-4187 Late Apr.-early May Designated as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2016 ●Take a tram from Toyama Station, get off at Toyama Toyopet Honsha-mae and walk 5 min. ●8 min drive from Hayahoshi Station. Oh, Toyama Bay is a Fugan Canal Kansui Park Toyama City Fugan Suijo Line 20 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Toyama IC. 15 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Toyama IC. natural fish tank! Toyama City Kurobe Gorge and Toyama Glass Toyama City This park, which was constructed by using the previous Contact: Fugan Senpaku Etchu Yatsuo Float Museum boat basin to the north of Toyama Station, provides a TEL.076-482-4116 Art Museum place to rest in the urban area. You can enjoy a Fugan Toyama Pref. Tourism Dept. TEL.076-444-4116 Gorgeous Yatsuo floats are Exhibits modern glass art as a exhibited here. Owara dancing is Unazuki Hot Springs Water Line canal cruise to the port town of Iwase. core facility of the “City of Glass performed on the 2nd and 4th Toyama Prefecture City Planning Dept. TEL.076-444-3348 - Toyama”. Saturdays of the month. Gorge Train / Keyakidaira / ●9 min walk from Toyama Station TEL.076-461-3100 TEL.076-454-5138 ●Take a tram from Toyama Station, get off at Nishicho, ●8 min drive from Etchu Yatsuo Station, Panoramic View Tour Matsukawa River Cruise Toyama City Fish from Toyama Bay and walk one min. 15 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Toyama-Nishi IC can be enjoyed at Boat cruises are offered from late March to the end of November. Mori Shusui Toyama City Takaoka Takaoka City May 1 roadside stations, too. Museum of Art Mikurumayama Museum Magnificent Reservations/Inquiries: Reservation Center World Heritage Tonami Tulip Fair Tonami City Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival Takaoka City Seasons for eating fish from Toyama Bay ※Approximate time for fishing techniques! TEL.076-425-8440 Exhibits a Japanese sword collection Here you will find an exhibit of Historic Villages of Gokayama (Ainokura/Suganuma) Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club (important cultural properties and art floats and explanations of the January Tonami City boasts the largest area of tulip fields in Japan. The seven floats decorated with gold craft and lacquer The various attractive features of Toyama Bay, such as February March April May June July August September October November December treasures) as well as modern art works. crafts and culture of Takaoka. Over three million tulips of 700 varieties color the fields in techniques are magnificent. It is one of the five properties the landscape of the Tateyama mountain range viewed Japanese Amberjack Japanese Amberjack spring. designated as both an important tangible asset and an over the sea, the mysterious, remarkable natural (Nov.～Feb.) (Nov.～Feb.) TEL.076-425-5700 TEL.0766-30-2497 intangible folk-cultural asset of Japan. phenomena and ecosystem, and abundant aquatic Takaoka ●Take a tram from Toyama Station, get off at Ote Mall, ●12 min walk from Takaoka Station, resources have been highly evaluated internationally, and Red snow crab (Sep.～May) Red snow crab (Sep.～May) and walk 5 min. 12 min drive from the Noetsu Expressway Takaoka IC the bay joined the club in October, 2014. Other members Kurobe City Designated as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2016 Designated as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2016 Firefly squid (Mar.～Jun.) YKK Center Park Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Takaoka City include the world heritage sites Mont-Saint-Michel and its Copperware Art Gallery bay in France, and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. Japanese glass shrimp (Apr.～Nov.) Designated as the first national traditional Introduces the mechanisms of Toyama Castle Park zippers and window frames, founder The accomplishments of F. Fujiko craft, this craft accounts for over 90% of are exhibited here. You can see the History and Culture Toyama City the Japanese production volume. Products Tadao Yoshida’s philosophy, and YKK’s history. originals and enjoy manga pieces. Takaoka City Zuiryu-ji Temple (National Treasure) / made by skillful craftsmen include Local products are sold and Nousaku Thirteen generations of lords of the ⒸFujiko Pro stationery, vases, temple bells and great Yatsuo Suwamachi Hondori Street Iwase Townscape Shinminato Imizu City Roadside Station Imizu City exhibited. Experience casting (New company building, factory) Toyama Domain lived here. The present Kurobe Tourism Co., Ltd. TEL.0765-54-8181 TEL.0766-20-1170 Fugan Canal Kansui Park etc. Buddha statues. castle building was reconstructed in Toyama City Toyama City Mirages in Kittokito Market “Come on Park Shinminato” and makie lacquerware-making. The new building contains a casting ●17 min drive from Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station. ●2 min walk from Etchu Nakagawa Station, 1954, and is now used as the city Takaoka City studio for tourists and a coffee shop. Latticed white clay houses stand along Here you can enjoy walking, looking 17 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Kurobe IC. 15 min drive from the Noetsu Expressway Takaoka IC Fresh seafood from Shinminato Port Dishes of glass shrimp and local products Takaoka Area Local Industry A factory tour is available. Cute museum. Boat cruises can be enjoyed the cobblestone slope. This street is one at old shipping-agency houses and Mirage Road such as glass shrimp and red snow on the nearby Matsukawa River. Dispersed settlement along Uozu Coast crab is sold here. You can register for are served and sold here. Hamburgers and Promotion Center original goods are for sale. of the best 100 nostalgic streets of Japan. traditional latticed houses. viewing point Toyama Bay a fish auction tour of Shinminato Port. rice bowls with glass shrimp are popular. Toyama Municipal Folk Museum Etchu Yatsuo Tourism Association Iwase Canal Hall Uozu City TEL.0766-25-8283 TEL.0766-63-0001 Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club You can enjoy a beautiful view of TEL.0766-84-1233 TEL.0766-83-0111 ●11 min by bus from Takaoka Station, get off at ●15 min drive from Shin-Takaoka TEL.076-432-7911 TEL.076-454-5138 TEL.076-438-8446 dispersed houses and rice fields A mirage can be seen on fine spring days ●20 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Kosugi IC ●10 min drive from the Hokuriku Expressway Kosugi IC Kumano-machi, and walk 3 min.