Toyama Hidden Gems
호쿠리쿠의 다테야마구로베가 자리한 곳, 매년 봄이면 높이 20m의 '눈의 대계곡' 설벽이 장관을 이룬다. 구로베 협곡의 붉은 다리와 에메랄드빛 계곡, 고카야마의 갓쇼즈쿠리 마을, 도야마만의 흰새우와 반딧불오징어까지. 산과 바다의 낙차가 도야마만의 독특한 미식을 만들어낸다.
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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route — Japan's Roof at 3,000 Meters
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is 90 kilometers of cable cars, ropeways, trolley buses, and highland coaches cutting t…
Kurobe Dam — Japan's Tallest Dam & Thundering Spillway
Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) is Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters, an engineering marvel completed in 1963 after a 7-year construct…
Gokayama Gassho-Zukuri Villages — UNESCO Farmhouses in Snow Country
Gokayama is three mountain villages deep in Toyama's Sho River valley, known for gassho-zukuri farmhouses—steeply thatch…
Kurobe Gorge Railway — Scarlet Bridges Over Emerald Gorge
The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道, Kurobe Kyokoku Tetsudo) is a 20.1km scenic railway that travels through Japan's deepes…
Toyama Bay Firefly Squid — Blue Bioluminescent Spring Phenomenon
Toyama Bay is the only place in the world where firefly squid (hotaru-ika, ホタルイカ) wash ashore en masse during their spaw…
Toyama Sushi — Toyama Bay's Fresh Seafood Harvest
Toyama Bay is renowned as Japan's 'natural fish preserve' — a unique underwater topography where depths plunge to 1,000+…
Toyama Glass Art Museum — Contemporary Glass in Kengo Kuma Design
The Toyama Glass Art Museum (富山市ガラス美術館, TOYAMAキラリ) is a striking contemporary museum designed by architect Kengo Kuma, f…
Toyama Black Ramen — Soy-Sauce Drenched Labor Fuel
Toyama Black Ramen (富山ブラックラーメン) is an intensely salty, soy-sauce-heavy ramen style created in post-war Toyama as fuel fo…
Unazuki Onsen — Gateway Hot Spring to Kurobe Gorge
Unazuki Onsen (宇奈月温泉) is Toyama's premier hot spring resort town, nestled at the entrance to Kurobe Gorge where the Kuro…
Zuiryuji Temple — Zen Architecture Perfection
Zuiryuji Temple (瑞龍寺) is a National Treasure Zen temple in Takaoka City, representing the pinnacle of early Edo-period t…
Himi Buri — Winter Yellowtail Fishing Capital
Himi City (氷見市) on Toyama Bay is Japan's premier fishing ground for kanburi (寒ブリ, winter yellowtail) — prized yellowtail…
Toyama Castle & Matsukawa River Cruise — Urban Moat Boat Ride
Toyama Castle (富山城) is a reconstructed castle in central Toyama City, originally built in the 16th century and destroyed…
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design — Picasso by the Pond
The Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design (富山県美術館, TAD) is a contemporary art museum opened in 2017, housed in a str…
Amaharashi Coast — Tateyama Range Rising from the Sea
Amaharashi Coast (雨晴海岸) is a 3km stretch of rocky coastline on Toyama Bay, famous for views of the 3,000-meter Tateyama…
Iwase Canal Historic District — Preserved Port Warehouses
The Iwase Canal (岩瀬運河) district in northern Toyama City is a preserved Meiji-era port town featuring historic wooden war…
Toyama City Night View from Kureha Hills — Illuminated Bay Panorama
The Kureha Hills (呉羽山, Kureha-yama) on Toyama City's western edge offer sweeping panoramic views across Toyama City, Toy…
Gokayama Washi Papermaking — 400-Year-Old Craft Tradition
Gokayama has produced traditional washi paper (和紙) for over 400 years, using kozo (mulberry bark) harvested from surroun…
Toyama Glassware & Traditional Crafts — Etchū Glass & Takaoka Casting
Toyama has two craft traditions worth knowing: Etchū glass from Toyama City (modern, 1990s-vintage, born when the prefec…