Toyama Prefecture

Understand

Tourist Information Site Visit Toyama is the prefecture's official multilingual guide site.

Getting there

By plane Tiny 1 Toyama Airport in Toyama (TOY IATA) has flights from Tokyo, Sapporo, Seoul and Taipei.

By train Toyama is connected to Tokyo (2 hrs) and Kanazawa (30 min) by the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line. There are stations at Toyama, Takaoka and Unazuki Onsen.

By bus

See

Oyabe - a traditional field festival, onsen spot Namerikawa - water skiing and hang-gliding, scenic views Himi - secluded seaside fishing village with excellent fish market Gokayama - deep in the mountains near the border with Gifu, has a couple of well-preserved gassho-style thatched-houses villages Kurobe Gorge, in Kurobe city is notable for having a unique truck train that goes about half way up the gorge, but also for great hiking and hot springs. Access from Unazuki Onsen station.