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Takaoka Mikurumayama Museum

4.0

35 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Takaokashi Moriyamamachi 47-1

This museum houses a permanent exhibit on Takaoka's mikurumayama floats, which have been designated by the government as both important tangible and intangible folk cultural properties. Only five of these floats exist in Japan. The history of the floats is said to have begun when Maeda Toshinaga, the town founder of Takaoka, gave a coach used when Hideyoshi Toyotomi welcomed Emperor Goyozei to Jurakudai in 1588 to the people of Takaoka. The gorgeous floats are decorated with a variety of industrial arts including goldsmithing, lacquer work, dyeing, and weaving. The museum's first floor exhibits a mikurumayama float designated as an important tangible folk cultural property, as well as parts of mikurumayama floats. Its second floor features hands-on exhibits on the music that accompanies mikurumayama floats and on mechanical dolls.

少し高いかと思いましたが、時間もあったので入ってみました。お祭りの４K映像のほか、展示も充実していて楽しめました。
Ensho-no-Yakata

4.0

32 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Suganuma 134

The Ensho-no-Yakata (Nitrate Museum) is located adjacent to the Gokayama Folk Museum in Suganuma, Nanto City. The Museum has displays on the manufacturing of nitrate (a key ingredient for making gunpowder), which was a major industry in the Gokayama district in the days when this region was ruled by the Kaga Domain. Dioramas etc. are used to bring to life every stage in the production process, from raw materials extraction through to manufacturing and shipment, enabling visitors to learn about the history of nitrate production.

合掌造り集落が点在している富山県南砺市の五箇山。その五箇山にある菅沼合掌造り集落は、世界遺産にも登録されています。煙硝の館は、菅沼合掌造り集落内にあり、館自体が小ぶりな合掌造りの建物でした。すぐ近くには五箇山民族館があり、こちらの煙硝の館との共通入館券300円がありました。民族館には担当職員がいましたが、こちらにはおりません。勝手に室内に入って、中の展示物を見学するという仕組みです。煙硝づく...
Koshi no Kuni Museum of Literature

4.0

32 Reviews

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Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Funahashiminamichou 2-22

This museum is a place for people to experience the wonder of works by authors with ties to Toyama Prefecture, as well as those set in Toyama. The museum features permanent exhibits on the personal histories and careers of artists with ties to Toyama Prefecture such as Yoshie Hotta, Fujiko Fujio A., and Fujiko F. Fujio, including original manuscripts. Hometown Literature Storehouse 1 features a stunningly massive 13 meter-long, five meter-tall stack packed with literary works tied to Toyama Prefecture. Some of the books and comics in the Library Corner can be viewed. There are also digital picture books on how manga and anime are created, as well as a kid's space, making the facility well-suited as a destination for a family outing.

富山には数度訪れていますが、高志の国文学館を初めて立ち寄りました。藤子不二雄(A)(本名...
Takaoka City Earthen Walled House Town Museum (Former Murosaki Family Manor)

4.0

19 Reviews

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Toyama Takaoka-shi Konmadashimachi 26

This manor belonged to the Murosaki family, one of Takaoka's leading merchants and dealers in cotton yarn and fabrics up to 1945, and is now opened to the public by the city as a museum. The Yama-cho Suji street is lined with machiya townhouses that bring out the particular characteristics of earthen-walled buildings. You can take a full tour of the main building. There are also displays related to the history of Takaoka's town building, and earthen-walled construction.

このいえのこと、伊藤博文と関わりがあったこと、家の作りのこと、お祭りのこと、北前船のことたくさんの話を聞けました。時間があまりなかったのですが一時間ほどがあっという間でした。中に入って暮らしぶりを見た方がいいと思います。
Takaoka City Metal Casting Museum

3.5

15 Reviews

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Toyama Takaoka-shi Kanayamachi 1-5

This is an exhibition of valuable materials related to Takaoka metalworking. The items on display are changed to match the details of special exhibitions. You can also try out a recreation of a tatara smelting bellows, with its see-saw like wooden plank pump.

無料スベースと有料スペースに分かれていた。無料スペースは高岡の鋳物工業の成り立ち、昔の鋳造に使われていた道具が展示されていて、これはこれで理解が深まった。また、近傍の鋳物体験等に関する情報発信スポットのようなコーナーもあった。Wi-Fiも使用できた。有料スペースは大人一人３００円を徴収されるが、高岡の美しい鋳物作品の工程に関するビデオ（12分ぐらい）を見せてもらったあとで、実際のところ館内も空いて...
Tonami Municipal Museum

4.0

13 Reviews

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Toyama Tonami-shi Hanazonomachi 1-78

"The Chuetsu Bank main branch building, built at the end of the Meiji period, was moved to this Tulip Park in 1982, and in 1983 became a public museum. The permanent exhibits include materials related to ""The Heart and Topography of the Tonami Province,"" with folk tools, archaeological finds, and more related to the area's history and culture. It offers and easy-to-understand glimpse into the history, folklore, and geology of the Tonami area."

砺波チューリップ公園にある郷土資料館。建物外観も内部も旧中越銀行本店の建物を利用しており、無料で見学ができます。1階部分は常時公開されていますが、2階部分は土日等のみ公開。特に2階会議室の天井彫刻や付柱、金唐革紙は素晴らしく、必見。
Takaoka City Fushiki Kitamaebune (Cargo Ship) Museum

4.0

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Takaoka-shi Fushikifurukoku 7-49

This home belonged to the Akimoto family, who prospered in the shipping business from before the early 1800s, and was considered as very old minka home. Its rare architectural style reflects the old fashioned glory of the Kitamaebune shipping families, and in 1998 it was designated a Takaoka City Cultural Asset. The main building has a gabled roof, with some sections extending to a second floor with a main entrance on the gabled side, with the beams, struts, and black walls creating a beautiful Azumadachi style architecture. Inside, they display artifacts from the house's heyday to help recall those grander times.

言ってみれば、かつての北前船の船頭クラスが泊まるラグジュアリーなホテル兼廻船問屋の建物を活用した北前船交易博物館といった感じ。江戸-明治期の海運・経済に関する展示品が多く、興味や知識がある人であれば楽しめそうな施設だった。自分が寄ったときは空いていて、スタッフの人がポイントを丁寧に説明してもらえたので、展示品への理解も進み、楽しめた。望楼は天気が悪いと閉められているが、天気がよければ開いているもの...
Johana Hikiyama Kaikan

3.5

10 Reviews

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Toyama Nanto-shi Johana 579-3

This hall exhibits expertly crafted festival floats like kasaboko, hikiyama, and ioriyatai. They have videos showing the Johana Shinmei-gu shrine's Johana Hikiyama Matsuri, held every May 4th and 5th, playing in the lobby. This is a place to have enjoy a taste of the festival year-round.

実際の祭で使われている曳山が展示されています。ロビーでお祭りの様子をビデオで見てから見学。曳山を見たあとは、蔵回廊の蔵見学。お祭りの神様の着物が素晴らしく豪華です。
Unazuki Yugakukan

4.0

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Kurobe-shi Unazukimachi Oritate 682

The facility houses the Kurobe City History and Folklore Museum, and the Kurobe City Library Unazuki Building. The History and Folklore museum has a half-scale model of Aimotohane Bridge, known as one of Japan's three great bridges. They also hold events like periodic special exhibits, history lectures, and more so visitors can learn about the history, literature, performing arts, folklore, industry, and nature of Kurobe.

図書館と博物館が併設された複合施設です。図書館は山岳関連の本をメインに収集しているようです。博物館には、日本三大奇橋といわれる愛本刎橋の縮尺二分の一のかなり迫力がある模型が展示されています。宇奈月の歴史などがパネルや資料で展示されています。
Yakushusho-no-Yakata Kanaoka-tei Residence

4.5

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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...
Johana Oriyakata

3.5

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Shotaro Ikenami Gallery

3.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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

3.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Taira Village Museum

4.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Japan Sea Center

3.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Damukonkan

3.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

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。
Shomyo Falls Viewing Area

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Nakaniikawa-gun Tateyamamachi Ashikuraji

A viewing area in Ashikuraji, Tateyama, Nakaniikawa. It's a part of the rest area near Shomyo Falls, Japan's largest waterfall with a drop of 350 meters. With models and materials on display regarding Shomyo Falls, you can learn all about waterfalls.
Tonami Sankyoson Museum

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Tonami-shi Taromaru 80

A museum in Taromaru, Tonami. Exhibits cover the history and folk customs of Sankyoson village, a collection of nearly 7000 farmhouses that dot the Tonami Plain. It's made up of four exhibition halls including the Folk Articles Hall which has a collection of nearly 1,000 farming tools and daily articles which has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan, and the Traditions Hall which is the relocated Azumadachi building, a great example of village architectural style.
Tonami Folk Items Museum

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Tonami-shi Ranjo 566 (Sho Higashi Elementary School 3F)

The museum is located on the third floor of Shoto Elementary School in Tonami City, and houses and exhibits about 12,000 folk tools used for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and social life, including farming tools from the Tonami region. and about 6,000 of them are displayed in the Tonami Folk Tools Exhibition Room.
Yatsuo Hikiyama Exhibition

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Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Yatsuomachikamishinmachi 2898-1

This hall exhibition Yatsuo's famous Hikiyama festival floats is next to the Hikiyama Tenjikan-mae bus stop, an 11-minute bus ride from JR Takayama Main Line Etchu-Yatsuo Station. The six 7.5 meter-tall floats, each decorated with dazzling carvings representing the pinnacle of Etchu artistic handicraft, have been designated as Toyama Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Properties. Three of the floats are on permanent display. The hall also features exhibits on the history and tools of sericulture (silk farming) in Yatsuo, as well as a collection of woodblock prints by printer maker Akiji Hayashi. The hall also holds Kaze no Bon stage shows on every second and fourth Saturday. Attendees can thoroughly enjoy the shamisen and kokyu (traditional Japanese string instruments) performances, magnificent dances, and other great parts of the Owara Kaze no Bon Festival.

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Toyama Areas

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.