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Murodo Terminal

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Muro

This bus terminal, part of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route, is the highest bus terminal in Japan. The terminal, which is the departure point for the Tateyama Highland Bus and the Tateyama Tunnel Trolley Bus, features the largest restaurant on the Alpen Route, a rooftop observation deck, a tea lounge, and more. Restaurant Tateyama, located inside of Hotel Tateyama, offers a variety of quick food options featuring the flavors of Toyama, like their shiroebi karaage-don sarasara-jiru set (fried broad velvet shrimp on rice and soup set). If you mail something from the Tateyama Mountain Top Branch Post Office on the first floor of the hotel, the staff will cancel your postage with a commemorative stamp.
Fugan Suijo Line

4.5

32 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Toyama-shi Minatoirifunecho Tomi Iwa Unga Kansui Park

"This sightseeing cruise boat runs on the waterways of Toyama City. The boat pier is in Minatoirifune-cho's Fugan Canal Kansui Park where you can board to ride through the Iwase district, which was once a bustling port town, and on the way you can experience the ""water elevator"" Nakajima Komon gate, a nationally registered Important Cultural Property. You can also rent out a ship privately (reservations needed)."

コースは３コースあるようだが、私たち観光客はこのコースがいいんじゃないかな？所要時間往復で７０分程度、中島閘門でいったん下船し閘門や中島閘門操作所を見学。そうして発着所へ戻る。時間がない人には２０分コースもあるらしい。船の定員は５０名ほど、乗船時に救命具が手渡される（腰に巻くタイプ）。乗船した船の名前は「kansui」であった。中島閘門に近づくと扉が開くので席は...
Matsukawa River Cruises

4.0

31 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Honmaru 1-34

Come take a relaxing cruise on a sightseeing boat along the Matsukawa River, which flows around Toyama Castle Ruin Park. The boat dock also features a teahouse, Matsukawa Chaya, which serves a variety of sweets. Passengers can enjoy the seasonal views while listening to the commentary from the boatman during the approximately 30-minute cruise. During the spring, the 460 cherry blossom tree that line both banks of the river come into full bloom, earning Toyama Castle a spot on Japan's best 100 places to view cherry blossoms. The castle, which served as the model for a song composed by composer Rentaro Taki, is also a place full of historic atmosphere.

文字通り松川を遊覧する観光船です。乗り場は松川茶屋で、まちなか観光案内所の北側、佐藤記念美術館の東側にあります。そばに行けば直ぐに判ると思います。ルートは遊覧船の発着所から船橋まで上流に進み、船橋を越えたところでUターンしていたち川との合流地点まで向かい、そこからまた発着所まで戻ります。所用時間は30分ほどでした。桜の時期は30分おき、それ以外の季節は45分おきに出発しているようです。ホームページ...
Kurobe Gorge – Electric Trolley

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Toyama Pref. Kurobeshi Kurobekyoukokuguchi 11

The Kurobe Gorge electric trolley is a train running through the Kurobe Dam—selected as one of Japan’s Top 3 Gorges and Top 100 Hidden Locales—that lets you fully enjoy Kurobe Gorge according to your schedule and goals. There are three different passenger trains which draw your attention to sites along the way with announcements. They run from mid-April to November 30. Approximately 20 minutes by car via Kurobe Interchange on the Kan-Etsu/Joshin-Etsu/Hokuriku Expressway.
Toyama Glass Studio

3.5

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Furusawa 152

This glass studio a 20-minute drive from JR Toyama Station is located in the center of Toyama City, which has made glass a part of its community building initiatives. The harmony of wood and glass makes the studio a rather soothing space. Visitors can watch the studio's glass sculptors work, touch the various exhibits in the shop gallery, and even try their hand at glass blowing or making glass paperweights. The staff's careful guidance means that even a beginner can enjoy making a one-of-a-kind piece of glass art. Stopping to enjoy a drink served in a handcrafted glass at Glass Cafe Clie, the studio's cafe, is a truly special experience.

薬の瓶がガラスと関連があるとはびっくりしました。体験もでき、工房やお土産購入もできるので、楽しめます。
Kurobe Bokujyo Makiba no Kaze

4.0

7 Reviews

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Toyama Pref. Kurobeshi Unadukimachitochiya Hiroya 4

This dairy ranch next to Lake Junikanno is a 20-minute drive from Hokuriku Expressway's Uozu Interchange. The ranch raises dairy cows and also processes and sells original dairy products. It also offers various hands-on activities fun for people of all ages, such as cow milking and a petting zoo with goats, rabbits, and other animals. The handmade gelato served at MOO GARDEN is a popular way to enjoy the delicious flavor of the ranch's milk. The ranch also sells processed foods including their lean boneless ham and their course-ground frankfurters, a long-time best seller.

牧場というと獣臭い印象ですが、ここは広々としてそういう心配はほとんどありません山羊や羊中心で、奥には清潔な環境で育てられている山羊牧場とそこで造られるヤギチーズの販売をしています私の良いな、と思うのは何といってもテラス席です眼下に広がる手入れされた牧草地を越えて黒部の街並み-海までの風景は、空も広くて心がとてもリラックスします一人で解放感に浸るにはいいですまた、BBQ施設もあり、トイレも...
Shogawa Gorge Cruise

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Tonamishi Shougawamachiomaki 73-5

This sightseeing boat operates on the Shogawa Gorge between Komaki Dam and Omaki Onsen. The Shogawa River boat dock is a 20-minute drive from Tonami Interchange. Passengers can enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings to their hearts content while also taking in the seasonal scenery. Two courses are available; the Omaki Onsen Course, a relaxed one-hour long round trip, and the shorter Nagasaki Bridge Tour Course. The company also offers a number of special seasonal cruises and is seeing increasing numbers of travelers from abroad.
Garve Lake Kurobe Pleasure Boat

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Tateyama cho, Nakashinagawa gun, Toyama Prefecture

The Garve, which does a circuit around Lake Kurobe in about 30 minutes, is the only pleasure boat in Japan that operates at such a high elevation (1,448 meters at the highest point). On the Alpen Cruise, you can watch as the Northern Alps (Hida Mountains) appear before you and experience the grandeur of Kurobe’s natural scenery. The mountains are still snowy even amidst the greenery of spring and summer, and the autumn colors and winter scenery are breathtaking as well. It’s about 60 minutes from the Azumino Interchange on the Nagano Expressway or 90 minutes from the Nagano Interchange on the Joshin-Etsu Expressway.
Tateyama Tunnel Trolley Bus

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Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Beechzaka outside 11 national forest Murododaira Hei

This underground trolley bus, the only one of its kind in Japan, operates in the 3.7 kilometer-long Tateyama Tunnel that runs right under Mt. Oyama, the main peak of Mt. Tate. It is notable for how it runs on electricity provided by overhead lines, just like a train. This prevents exhaust gasses from accumulating inside the tunnel and also helps protect the natural environment. The trolley bus departs every 30 minutes and reaches the next station in about 10 minutes. Riding inside the long tunnel that connects Daikanbo Station with Murodo Station almost feels like exploring a cave. Sightseeing information is broadcast on the intercom during the ride, which increases passengers' excitement for the upcoming parts of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route.
Tateyama Cable Car

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Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Buna Slope Foreign Forest

This cable car was once used to carry the materials used to build Kurobe Dam. Currently, it serves as a means of transportation between Tateyama Station and Bijodaira Station on the Kurobe Alpen Route. The cable car, which acts as the entrance to the Alpen Route, takes seven minutes to complete the 1.3 kilometer-long journey 500 meters up the mountain's surface. Passengers can enjoy watching the appearance of the forest dynamically change as the car climbs higher and higher up the mountain. In some places you can see pillar-like formations of exposed rock known as columnar jointing. Sightseeing information is broadcast on the intercom during the ride, which increases passengers' excitement for the upcoming parts of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route.
Kurobe Cable Car

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Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Beechzaka outside 11 national forest

This cable car, which traverses a 400-meters vertical distance at a maximum slope of 31 degrees, connects Kurobedaira Station to Kurobeko Station on the Kurobe Alpen Route. Japan's only completely underground cable car, the entire route was built inside of a tunnel in order to preserve the natural environment and protect the cable car from the snow. Make sure to check out the views from the front of the car. You will feel the excitement of a new adventure beginning as soon as the departure bell rings and the tunnel lights turn on. Passengers love the retro appearance of the cable cars, which have not changed in appearance since entering operation in 1969.
Tateyama Highland Bus

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Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Buna Slope Foreign Forest

These busses operate between Bijodaira Station and Murodo Station on the Kurobe Alpen Route, a vertical distance of around 1,500 meters. Mt. Tateyama's Murodo-daira, an area that sees some of the world's heaviest snowfall, is famous for Yuki no Otani. These massive snow walls can be seen from April to June. It is a stunning sight to watch the 20 meter-tall walls pass within centimeters of the busses' windows. Many passengers got off at one of the bus stops along on the route to enjoy its many attractions. These include the area's massive Tateyama cedar trees, a viewing platform where visitors can see Shomyo Falls, and more. Informational videos that provide information on these attractions play on monitors inside the bus.
Tateyama Ropeway

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Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Buna Slope Foreign Forest

This ropeway covers the 1,700 meter horizontal distance and 488 meter vertical distance between Daikanbo and Kurobedaira on the Kurobe Alpen Route. It is notable for having been built without support pylons in order to maintain the scenery and protecting the environment. It is also Japan's longest unsupported ropeway. Passengers can enjoy great 360-degree panoramic views of the Ushiro Tateyama Peaks to the East, the great slopes of Daikanbo to the west, and Kurobedaira Station and Lake Kurobe below. Depending on the timing, you may be able to see the Garve sightseeing boat that operates on Lake Kurobe. In the autumn sightseeing season, the mountains are carpeted in red autumn foliage, creating a magical scene.
National TATEYAMA Youth Outdoor Learning Center

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Nakanikawaguntateyamamachi Ashikuraji Maeya 1

This hand-on learning facility, a 45-minute drive from Hokuriku Expressway's Tateyama Interchange. is located on a hilly area called Fudodaira that ranges from 500 to 800 meters in altitude. Blessed with a great natural environment, the facility is surrounded by virgin forest with species such as Mongolian oak and Japanese chestnut and inhabited with a number of wild animal species including Japanese serow and Japanese monkey. Whether its mountain climbing, hiking, and camping in the summer, or alpine skiing and snow camping in the winter, visitors can various seasonal outdoor recreational and educational activities. Visitors can also enjoy stargazing with a diameter of 600-milimeter reflector telescope installed inside Tateyama Dome.
Shinminato Sightseeing boat Boarding place

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Imizu-shi Kaiomachi 2 Kaiomaru Park
Imizu City Tobo Takumi-no-Sato

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Imizu-shi Mitoda 17 Ko

A hands-on pottery learning facility that preserves the traditional Sue ware and Sandoda tiles of Mizutoda in the Daimon area, the pottery is located in a rich natural setting where visitors can enjoy the art in a relaxing atmosphere.
Inabayama Ranch

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Toyama Oyabe-shi Tagawa 16

This key farm in western Toyama Prefecture opened in 1967. In recent years it has become a production ranch for Inaba Meruhen Gyu beef cattle. It also has the Inabayama Fureai Dobutsu Hiroba petting zoo, a free rest station, and an observation deck that draws visitors from all over Japan to enjoy the stunning view.
Tatenogahara Tourist Farm

Leisure / Hobbies

Toyama Nanto-shi Habushin 2205

This farm is on Prefectural Route 291 in Habushin, Nanto City. They grow Hokowase strawberries, which are ready for picking fun from mid-May through mid-June. You can also try digging sweet potatoes around October.
Umaimonkan Soba Workshop

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Toyama Nanto-shi Togamura Sakaue 149

This activity center is on Prefectural Route 34 in Togamura Sakaue, Nanto City. You can try making soba from stone-ground local specialty Toga Soba (reservations only), and you can eat soba made by your own hands. They also serve handmade soba and a variety of other dishes.
Meiso no Sato

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Nanto-shi Togamura Uebatake 101

This multipurpose complex is in Togamura Uebatake, Nanto City. There is a training facility, a lodging facility (Saturdays only), a gallery, a garden Hanamandara. The gallery displays a four square meter mandara drawn by a monk invited from Tukuche Village, Nepal. They also regularly hold yoga therapy sessions.

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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.