Best Tourist Spots In Toyama
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Goyakama is an area of a world heritage with Shirakawago. Suganuma area and Ainokura area of Gokayama are smaller than Shirakawago, but there are full of the atmosphere of secret countryside with the mountains standing very close! You can see the peaceful country scene of gassho zukuri architectures (historical thatched steep roof).◎Suganuma and Ainokura both have parking lot. There're bus from JR Johana Sta. and Takaoka Sta. but you need to confirm the bus timetable. The illumination date changes every year, so check out the web beforehand.
Name
Gokayama Village Of Gassho Houses
Address
Gokayama, Nanto-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
Tel
0763-66-2468
How to get there
From Gokayama IC by car: 1 min - Suganuma Area. 15 min - Ainokura Area. From Johana Station by bus: 25 min - Ainokura-guchi, then 5 min walk to Ainokura Area. 40 min - Suganuma, then 1 min walk to Suganuma Area.
In a large site, there're many places to see such as tulip ground pictures, flower valleys and flower beds on the water. It's as wonderful as Keukenhof Park in the genuine country, the Netherlands.◎Tonami Tulip Fair: around 4/20-5/5 Open: 8:30-17:30 Entrance Fee: adult￥1000 child￥300
At Ecchu-yatsuo, Toyama, 'Owara Kaze-no Bon' is a traditional event held every September, and has been handed down since Edo period. Sounds of Japanese musical instruments in a tasteful town, and beautiful dancers will captivate you at this nice festival.
Name
Owara Kaze-no Bon Festival
Address
Yatsuo-machi, Toyama-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 8 min from Ecchū Yatsuo Station, 30 min from Toyama Station, 20 min from Toyama Airport. By bus, 45 min from Toyama Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
In Kansui Park, there is a red thread telephone of 58 meters long and it becomes a spot for confession of one's love. At night, you can enjoy the illuminated one as a night view.
Somebody say 'fall into the pits of hell if you behave like that!', but you can experience the hell actually at Mandara Yuen of Tateyama Museum Of Toyama. Being excited and sweating with fear, you can enjoy the fearer time than a haunted house.
Name
Mandara Yuen
Address
15 Furuyashiki Ashikuraji Tateyama-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun, ToyamaGoogle Map
Tonami Plain is famous for the scenery of studded houses among the paddy fields. The paddy fields are filled up with water around May, then the houses look to be surrounded with water mirrors. Particularly, you'll be fascinated with the evening scene!◎Car parking area is available. I'm sorry but you can't access by bus.
Name
Sankyo-son Observatory
Address
160 Gotani, Tonami-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
25 min by car from Tonami Station of JR Johana Line, or 20 min from Tonami IC.
Though everyone knows the name of the Kurobe Dam, we can be overwhelmed much more than we expect when see it actually! This is the most strongest dam in Japan!
Name
The Kurobe Dam
Address
Ashikuraji Tateyama-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
From Nagano Prefecture: 15 min by trolley bus from Ougisawa Station. To Ougisawa Station by car, 75 min from Nagano Station, or 25 min from Shinano Omachi Station. From Toyama Prefecture: Tateyama Station→ Bijodaira → Murodou → Daikambo → Kurobedaira → Kurobe Lake
Parking
Parking area is available
There're characters in DORAEMON at Otogi-no Mori Park! We can enjoy taking funny photos from various angles. On this day, some tourists from China visited here.
Name
Otogi-no Mori Park
Address
1342 Sano, Takaoka-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from Shin Takaoka Station
Parking
Free parking area is available
Toyama's spring specialty, firefly squids. You can sometimes see firefly squids thrown up on the shore. The sparkling blue lights on the night shore was very fantastic.
Name
Yaeduhama Beach
Address
Yokatanishiwase, Toyama-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
All mountain climbers long for, Kumono-daira Tableland is located in the depth of Japan North Alps. It's called as 'the last trackless region in Japan', I was so fascinated with the dynamic expanse of flower fields, lava stones, and snowed fields!◎You need to climb the mountain from Oritate or Shin-hodaka Gate, and it takes more than 1 day even for good walkers! Yukinodaira Tableland has a mountain hut and a campsite. The mountain hut has a little water, you should supply the drinking water at the campsite.
Name
Yukinodaira Tableland
Address
Arimina Kurobe Taniwari, Toyama-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
9 hours walk on the mountain from Oritate.
Parking
Free parking area is available
At this museum, you can appreciate the collection of Picasso and Taro Okamoto, and various kinds of chairs created by famous designers. What's more, it's happy for us to be permitted to use cameras.◎Access: 20min walk from Toyama Station. The museum restaurant is Taimeiken famous for a chef Hiroshi Modegi.
Name
Toyama Prefectural Museum Of Art & Design
Address
3-20 Kiba-machi, Toyama-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
Tel
076-431-2711
Hours
9:30-18:00
Closed
Wed
How to get there
By car, 10min from Toyama Station, 20min from Toyama Airport, 15min from Toyama IC. By bus, 4min from Toyama Station
Zuiryu-ji Temple is an only and one national treasure architecture, and a family temple of Toshinaga Maed, a feudal lord of Kaga. It's powerful, magnificent, and beautiful with many heraldries. I can feel the great existence of Maeda Family who had a wide estate in Kaga in old times.◎Admission fee: adult 500yen, children 200-100yen. Access: 10 min walk from Takaoka Station, or 15min walk from Shin-takaoka Station of JR Line.
Name
Zuiryu-ji Temple
Address
35 Sekihon-machi, Takaoka-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
Here's a station near Toyama Glass Art Museum. Toyama has very beautiful Tateyama Mountain Range that blends into the city landscape. The mountains covered with snow look more beautiful than that in other seasons.
Name
Nishi-cho Teiryujo Stop
Address
1-4 Tsutsumicho-dori, Toyama-shi, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Just near Nishi-cho Station
Midagahara Highlands, located in the middle of Mt. Tateyama, is an enjoyable place to walk with sneakers. The mountains and nature change their appearance, and you can enjoy walking in the various autumn colors.
Name
Midagahara Highlands
Address
Ashikuraji Tateyama-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun, ToyamaGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min by bus from Murodo Station, or 30 min from Bijodaira Station to Midagahara.
Shomyo Waterfall has its source in Tateishi mountain range. Its drop is as high as 350m, famous as the highest in Japan. If it's the good time, Hannoki and Somen Falls appear close to the waterfall, you can see three falls at the same time.
Name
Syomyo Falls
Address
Tateyama-cho, Nakaniikawa-gun, ToyamaGoogle Map
