History / Culture / Tour Spots in Toyama Area

  • Yakushusho-no-Yakata Kanaoka-tei Residence
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    Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Shinjoumachi 1-5-24
    The Yakushusho-no-Yakata Kanaoka-tei Residence is a museum located on Prefectural Route 177 in 1 Chome, Shinjo Town, Toyama City. The museum has exhibits on traditional medicine manufacturing, focusing on the Toyama medicine industry, which has a history going back 300 years. The museum’s main building was built in the early Meiji period, and was originally a store belonging to the Kanaoka family of medicine vendors, who made an important contribution to the development of Toyama Prefecture by investing in infrastructure projects, banks, a university, etc. A wide variety of exhibits, including an entire wall of traditional medicine storage cupboards, give visitors a real sense of the history of Toyama’s traditional medicine industry.

    富山市内にある富山の薬の歴史に触れる為 3軒の資料館を訪問した内の1軒です(他の2軒[池田屋安兵衛商店][廣貫堂資料館])。3軒の内 こちらは 富山地鉄の東新庄駅の近くにある為 他の2軒と比較すると アクセスとして少し面倒ですが 多少時間的に余裕あり 富山の薬の歴史に触れると言う意味では こちらの訪問を一番お薦めします。 又 建築物鑑賞ファンの方 必見です、《店舗の畳縁(たたみべり)》が 綿製や麻...

  • Himi City Museum
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    Toyama Himi-shi Honmachi 4-9 (Himi-shi Education Bunka Center)
    This museum is in Honmachi, Himi City. The permanent exhibits are divided into four thematic sections: Introductory Display, Himi History, Himi's Fishing Industry, and Agricultural Living, and they also hold special exhibits related to local history. They have a diorama of the National Historic Site, Ozakai Cave Dwelling Site and other historical materials dating back to primitive times, as well as tools used in Himi's fishing industry, agriculture and other folk materials to bring the city's history and culture up close.

    氷見市の歴史的な遺産を展示しています。一部撮影禁止のエリアも有りますが、ほとんどは可、それどころかネットでの登録を推奨しています。受付の方も大変丁重でした。結構対応してくれた方の感じというのは観光客の心に残ります。

  • Johana Oriyakata
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Johana 648-1

    城端曳山会館の道路をはさんだ向かいにある国登録有形文化財の建築物。1928年昭和3年建築で、スクラッチタイル貼の外観が美しい。旧城端織物組合事務棟。

  • Gyotokuji Temple
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Nishiakaomachi 825
    This temple was opened at the end of the Muromachi period, by abbot Rennyo's leading disciple Akao Doshu. Must-sees include the thatched roof Sanmon gate, built about 300 years ago, and the monk's quarters particular peaked, gabled roof architecture. The Doshu Itokukan heritage museum exhibits treasures connected to Doshu and paintings by Munakata Shiko.

    西赤尾のバス停前にある浄土真宗のお寺。国指定重要文化財の岩瀬家の隣です。寺に隣接している遺徳館は、残念ながら冬季休館中でした。茅葺の山門が歴史を感じ、趣あります。本堂へは雪と雪囲いもあり、これまた残念ながら、本堂前までは行けませんでした。

  • Inami Wood Carving Composite Hall
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    Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Kitagawa 733
    This art museum exhibits works of Inami woodcarving, the traditional handicraft of Inami. Modeled after the layout of Zuisenji Temple, the museum building completely surrounds a central courtyard. Inside the museum, which was designed to capitalize on natural light, more than two hundred works of traditional handicraft and Inami woodcarving are on display and available for sale. In some cases, you can even see the craftsperson actually carving the pieces. Among the many abstract works of art on display, including partitioning screens?, lion masks, and carvings of Tenjin, the most stunning works are the transoms featuring kasanebori carvings, which are layered to create a three-dimensional effect. In all, the museum is a great place to enjoy the history and beauty of Inami woodcarving. The capsule vending machine offering lion-dog wood carvings is popular with people of all ages.

    井波彫刻バスを使って行きました。実際彫刻をされている方々の様子も見ることができ、興味深かったです。お土産物屋さんで買ったお饅頭がおいしかったです

  • Shotaro Ikenami Gallery
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Inami 3110-1
    Ikenami Shotaro is an author responsible for popular historical novels such as Onihei Hankacho, Kenkaku Shobai, and Shikake-nin Fujieda Baian, He often visited Inami as his home town with familiarity and attachment. The exhibits here offer documents, self-portraits, autographs, photographs, and more that demonstrate the depth of communication between Ikenami Shintaro and the people of Inami, as well as books by the author and items loved by him.

    父方の祖父が井波出身とのことで、井波と縁のあった池波正太郎の記念館。八日町通りにあるよいとこ井波に併設されています。入館料は無料で、池波正太郎と井波の関わりなども展示されています。

  • Ainokura Traditional Industry Hall
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Ainokura 204-2
    This hall exhibits tools related to Gokayama's three major industries of the Edo period: niter, sericulture, and washi paper. On the Ainokura gassho-style- village construction's designation as a national Historic Landmark in 1969, this museum was opened to collect folk materials from the region and display items related to the lifestyle nurtured by the local topography. It uses gassho-style old private home.

    相倉合掌造り集落の駐車場から一番奥まったところに位置しております。メインの散策路から少し離れており、見過ごしてしまいそうです。相倉民俗館とは異なり、五箇山の主要産業であった塩硝、養蚕、和紙づくりの道具などが展示されています。

  • Nishida Museum of Art
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    Toyama Nakaniikawa-gun Kamiichimachi Gokakizawa 1
    This art museum, opened in 1993, is focused on the private collection gathered overseas by Nishida Ansei of Fuji Chemicals. It is outfitted with four different galleries filled with artifacts like pottery, Buddha statues, and Russian icons gathered from China, Gandhara, Persia, Greece, Egypt and other lands connected by the ancient silk road. They also have temporary and special exhibits.

    円空×田中一光展でお邪魔しました。 円空の仏像はまず貸出されないらしく、館長の人脈で数年がかりで実現したそうです。 町外の方にはあまり知られていない美術館ですが、行ってみると面白いものが見れます。 入館料は600円です。

  • Taira Village Museum
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Iritani 139
    This museum is adjacent to Roadside Station Taira Gokayama Washi-no-Sato, on National Route 156 in Iritani, Nanto City. It offers education about Gokayama's history and culture since primitive times, including its industries of niter and silk production. It also displays pieces during the National Washi Chigiri-e (torn-paper art) Exhibition.

    モダンな合掌造りのような大きな屋根が印象的です。道の駅たいらの駐車場から長い階段を上って入館しましたが、郷土館のすぐ横に駐車場がありました。建物の中央には、竪穴式住居が造られています。五箇山伝統産業の養蚕と硝煙について興味深く見ることはできました。

  • Toyama International Conference Center Otemachi Forum
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    Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Otemachi 1-2
    "This convention center is notable for its exterior, which features glass walls and wooden lattice screens. Located just south of Toyama Castle Ruins Park, the center is also known by the nickname ""Otemachi Forum."" The third and fourth floors house a fan-shaped main hall with room for up to 825 people. The center offers simultaneous interpretation in six languages and can be also be used as venue for international conferences. The foyer leading to the halls can be used for events such as concerts and buffet parties sent in front of the backdrop of Toyama Castle Ruins Park. The first floor has an exchange gallery for citizens to enjoy that is also used for community events."
  • Japan Sea Center
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    Toyama Imizu-shi Kaiomachi 8
    This facility exhibits models of the world's great sailing ships. The exhibitions start in the powerful entry hall, where displays show materials related to the sea, ships, and port, as well as the development of ocean floor mineral development, and the whole museum offers a chance to see, know, and learn about the sea from a variety of perspectives. They also offer different cultural classes about the sea and other topics.

    世界の帆船の模型に加え、SDGsに関する展示、伏木富山港の沿革や経済的意義の説明といった専門的内容の展示施設だった。海事船舶関係に興味がある大人であれば、楽しめるかな?といった感じの施設だった。

  • Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village
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    Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Suganuma
    A small village surrounded by a riverbed on three sides in Suganuma, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. The village consists of nine gassho-zukuri style homes with steep thatched roofs as well as old earthen-walled storehouses and other structures surrounded by rural scenery. Here visitors can get a taste of old Japan. There’s a museum where you can learn about the history and traditions of Gokayama and come in contact with the harsh climate of the area and the simple lifestyles of the people who live here. The village is registered as part of the Ainokura Gassho-style Village World Heritage Site. The buildings of the village are also lit up differently each season at night.
  • Namerikawa Municipal Museum
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    Toyama Namerikawa-shi Hiraki 676
    This museum is particularly loved for its scenery, as the lobby offers a view of Namerikawa City, of course, as well as the Toyama Plain. The first floor offers displays on the history, folklore, and nature of Namerikawa, and the museum invites famous people from Namerikawa to come and present year-long. The second floor has a hall that can fit 100 people. The third floor is used most for special and temporary exhibits. The first floor also has a cafe perfect for a quiet break to enjoy its views of the Toyama Plain, Toyama Bay, the Noto Peninsula, and the grand Tateyama Mountain Range.

    地元の常設展示館や、郷土の先賢などのコーナーがありましたよ。 滑川の地元を大切にしている博物館を感じることができましたよ!!

  • Saishoji Temple
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    Toyama Nanto-shi Togamura Sakaue 1269
    This temple is on Prefectural Route 34 in Togamura Sakaue, Nanto City. It is an ancient temple from the Muromachi period, and in the feudal government period it received heavy protection from the Kaga domain. The Sanmon gate on the grounds display the skills of master Hida craftsmen, and its thatched roof is a very rare sight in temple Sanmon gates.

    利賀村の街道沿いにある風情ある古刹です。NHKのゆく年くる年にも登場したという名刹です、訪れる価値はあると思います。

  • Damukonkan
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    Toyama Kurobe-shi Unazukimachi Funami Akebi Otozawa 4-9
    The Unazuki Dam Information Center provides an overview of the Unazuki Dam, its various functions and the process of its completion, as well as information on efforts to solve the sediment problem of the Kurobe River, which is said to produce more than one cup of Tokyo Dome per year. A large topographical model of the basin, a search device that provides real-time information, and a mini-theater are also available.

    宇奈月ダムのダムサイトにある展示館です。宇奈月温泉から廃線跡のトンネルを抜け20分ほどです。立山砂防軌道のスイッチバックの鉄道模型が面白い。

  • Rennoji Temple
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    Toyama Imizu-shi Sanga Ko Temple 1597
    This temple offers memorial services for dolls and stuffed animals. They hold a doll memorial ceremony on the second Sunday of every October. It's main claim to fame is the statue of the Joroku Amitabha Nyorai (Kosugi Great Buddha). This great Buddha statue was burned in war in the Warring States period, leaving only the face and wrists, and the body was remade in the Edo period. It also holds a Dainichi-Nyorai statue, and a Jizo Bosatsu statue registered as a national Cultural Asset.

    普通の小さな大仏様です。高岡市の高岡大仏のようなイメージで行くととてもがっかりすると思います。ただ、このお寺一年に一度人形供養をしていて宗派を問わず供養してくれます。

  • Muryo-ji Temple
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    Toyama Nakaniikawa-gun Funahashimura Takenouchi 323

    無量寺のある舟橋村は「日本一小さな村」です。 どの位かというと、正方形として考えると1辺が1.8kmチョットくらい。 つまり、マラソンランナーなら6分程で通過してしまうし、車なら2分くらいで村を通過できてしまいます。 そして、この無量寺ですが、お寺周辺には特に案内は有りませんでしたが「ばんどり騒動」の集合場所だったとのことです。(全く知りませんでしたが駅近くの案内看板で知りました) 「ばんどり騒動...

  • Toyama City Takamura Gyujin Memorial Art Museum
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    Toyama Toyama-shi Anyobo 1000
    This art museum is in the Toyama Municipal Folkcraft Village, in Anyobo, Toyama City. It displays work by Japanese-style painter and Toyama native Takamura Gyujin. It offers a chance to admire his ink wash paintings, made using a Kappitsu technique in which a half-dry brush is applied to the surface of a piece of paper, and are marked by detailed lines and shaded depths.

    明治34年生まれの富山市出身の画家、篁牛人の作品を展示する美術館。入ってすぐから、大作が並びます。 墨絵のようでいて、大胆かつ繊細。独特の美しさもあるし、圧倒的なユニークさがあって、心地よいインパクトを感じました。

  • Ukita Family Residence
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    Toyama Toyama-shi Otaminamicho 272
    This historical building is on Prefectural Route 56 in Otaminami-cho, Toyama. It was built in 1828 as an office for the Kaga domain's mountain guards, and today it remains a valuable example of the wealthy farmer's house architectural style of the day. The main house, front gate, and earthen-walled warehouse are nationally registered Important Cultural Properties.

    江戸時代中期を代表する豪農民家です。加賀藩の役宅としての風格がにじみでています。豪華な長屋門や主屋などに目が行きますが、庭園も見逃せません。また主屋には、加賀藩の役人などを迎える特別な玄関・式台もあり、豪農ならではの建築物です。

  • Murakamike House
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    Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Kaminashi 725
    Murakamike house stands out even in Gokayama which is famous for Gassho style houses. It is a representative building that doesn’t remodel the style of olden days, and it even now conveys the architectural style of yesteryear to people of the present. It has also been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. There are a lot of folklore materials on display in this building which boasts a history dating back 400 years, and at the irori fire pit, you can hear an account by the present head of the house. There are snow camellia named “Gokayama Iris” in the garden, and the best time to come and see them is from late April until early May.

Toyama Areas

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Toyama is one of the three prefectures that house the Japanese Alps, with its southern and eastern borders comprising one long stretch of mountains, out of which the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is forged. While traditional crafts fill the northern coastal cities of Toyama and Takaoka, thatched roof houses offer unrivalled views against a backdrop of fantastic scenery at Gokayama in the mountainous area in the south of the prefecture.

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