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Traditional Streets/Houses

Thatched-Roof Houses of Ainokura Village

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Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Ainokura

There are more than 20 houses, characterized by their heavily slanted thatched roofs, in this village located on a long, narrow plateau of land in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. Here visitors can get a feel for the old traditional Japanese way of life and beautiful countryside nestled in the mountains with fields of rice and other crops surrounding the houses. Ainokura Village offers an inn, souvenir shop, tea house, and folk museum all in the thatched-roof style. The village light up event held every season is also a must-see. Together with the village of Suganuma, the Ainokura Village is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

I preferred Shirakawago to Ainokura, but since there are very few tourists in Ainokura we could see tiny frogs and big grasshoppers in the woods in the viewpoint at the begining of the village. The...
Suwamachi Street

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Yatsuomachisuwamachi

This cobbled street in Suwamachi, Yatsuo-machi, Toyama City is lined with traditional buildings with tiled roofs, white plaster walls, and latticed doors. The historic neighborhood is a popular spot for experiencing the atmosphere of days long past. It was even selected as one of 100 Best Roads in Japan. It is one of the venues of the Etchu Yatsuo Owara Kaze no Bon, the forlk music festival, held from the first to the third of September each year.
Senbon lattice houses, Kanayamachi

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Takaoka-shi Kanayamachi
Sankyoson

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Toyama Tonami-shi Nomura Shima Shogawamachi Hoka
Sedge hats wholesaler townscape

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Takaoka-shi Fukuokamachi Otaki
Yamachosuji Old Town street

Travel / Tourism

Toyama Takaoka-shi Kifunemachi 30

This area is a designated Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, with machiya townhouses from mid-Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods in earthen walled styles, Shinkabe lime plaster walled styles, ones with western-style facades, and brick-built western banks. It covers 5.5 hectares, including all of Moriyama-machi and Konmade-machi districts, and parts of Onmadashi-machi, Kifune-machi, Ichiban-machi, Genpei-machi, and Moto-machi.

Toyama

Toyama Takaoka Himi Imizu / Tonami Nanto / Gokayama Uozu / Namerikawa Kurobe / Asahi Tateyama

Travel / Tourism Other Sightseeing Traditional Streets/Houses

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.