TOYAMA PREFECTURE

is located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island, Japan. The capital is the city of Toyama.
Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan-sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity. The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.

Contents

History

Geography

Region

Eastern Toyama

Toyama Region

Niikawa Region

Western Toyama

Takaoka Region

Tonami Region

Economy

Demographics

Transportation

Culture

Sports

Tourism

External links

History

Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.

Geography

Region

★ 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).

Eastern Toyama

Toyama Region

★ Toyama (capital)

★ Namerikawa

★ Nakaniikawa District

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★ Funahashi

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★ Kamiichi

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★ Tateyama

Niikawa Region

★ Kurobe

★ Uozu

★ Shimoniikawa District

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★ Asahi

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★ Nyuzen

Western Toyama

Takaoka Region

★ Himi

★ Imizu

★ Takaoka

Tonami Region

★ Nanto

★ Oyabe

★ Tonami

Economy

The Kurobe dam generates hydroelectricity for Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.

Demographics

Transportation

The region is traversed by the Hokuriku Line, with high speed rail access to Osaka via the Thunderbird train. The Shirasagi train allows for easy transfer to the Nagano shinkansen bullet-train line. For travel to Tokyo, take the Hakutaka train to Nagaoka or Echigo Yuzawa and transfer to the Joetsu Shinkansen.

Culture

Regional dishes of Toyama include trout sushi and firefly squid.

Sports

The sports teams listed below are based in Toyama.
Football (soccer)


★ ALO's Hokuriku (Toyama city)


★ YKK AP F.C. (Kurobe)
Basketball


★ Toyama Grouses (Toyama city)
Rugby Union

★ Takaoka Mariners (Takaoka)

Tourism

Kaze no bon is a festival that is held every year in September in the small mountain town of Owara.

External links

★ Official Toyama Prefecture homepage