Cultural Property Spots in Toyama Area

  • Sugano Family Manor
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    Toyama Takaoka-shi Kifunemachi 36
    This merchant's house was designated an Important Cultural Asset in 1994 as the best of Takaoka's earthen-walled townhouses in terms of scale, quality, and level of preservation. The walls are finished with black plaster, and the second floor has a set of double doors. The roof has a boxed ridge, as well, and all of these are hallmarks of Takaoka earthen-walled town house construction. The Sugano family built a vast family fortune from the beginning of the Meiji period when the fifth generation head, Denemon, began trading on routes to Hokkaido.

    高岡市の山町筋にある土蔵造りの重要文化財の民家です。火災防止のためのいろいろな工夫がしてあります。民家ですが、見学料を払うとお住まいの方の説明で見学できます。昔の高岡市の豪商が偲ばれます。

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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