Toyama

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• Starbucks Coffee Toyoma Kansui Park Shop

  4.0

  399 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Minatoirifunechou 5 Toyama Mt. Fujiwa Canal Water Park

  This Starbucks Coffee is located inside Toyama Kansui Park, a 16-minute walk from Toyama Station's North Gate. It is notable for the simple design of its glass-walled building that blends into the scenery of the park. Customers can enjoy a coffee while taking in the beautiful scenery of Kansui Park, which was built on an old boat haven. The park is illuminated at night, giving guests an entirely different view to enjoy.

• Toyama Municipal Family Park

  4.0

  63 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Furusawa 254

  The Toyama Municipal Family Park is surrounded by nature and rich verdure, and makes fun for the whole family with its focus on animals, mountain villages, and local community. Divided into three sections—an animal corner, a large lawn, a section with amusement park rides—it makes for a great time with nature or a barbeque. With many events such as the night zoo, you can interact with animals in a variety of ways, and see them in a more natural state. 10 minutes by car via Kosugi Interchange, a Hokuriku Expressway.

• Toyama Municipal Folk Museum, Toyama Castle

  3.5

  55 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Honmaru 1-62

  This castle also known as Ukishiro (The Floating Castle), which stands in a corner of Toyama Castle Ruin Park, was chosen for the second selection of Japan's best 100 castles. Toyama Castle is believed to have been constructed by Mizukoshi Katsushige on the orders of his lord, Jinbo Nagamoto, around 1543. While the castle tower is a post-war reconstruction built in 1954, the castle's moats and stone walls are still original. The interior of the castle serves as the location of Toyama Municipal Folk Museum. The museum features exhibits on the history of Toyama Castle from when it was built during the Warring States Period until now. The observation deck at the top of the four-story castle keep gives visitors a feel for the size and scope of Toyama Castle at its peak in the Edo period. The 140 centimeter-tall helmet said to have been used by Maeda Toshinaga is well worth seeing.

• Wholesale Merchant Morike

  4.0

  84 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Higashiwasemachi 108

  "This historic site, the location of a Meiji period shipping agent, is a 20-minute drive from JR Toyama Station. Many a fortune was made through shipping in Higashi-Iwase Port between the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Meiji period. The merchant ships of the period, kitamaebune (""northbound ships""), where also called ""double ships"" because you could double your money in each direction. You can truly feel the history of Edo period merchant shipping in this home, a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property built in 1878. The flowing style of the curator makes tours a lot of fun. The building's biggest attraction is its luxurious construction using high-quality materials from across Japan, including a door made with Yakushima cedar, Noto black pine beams, and a massive monolith from the Shodoshima Islands. The building's oi-no-ma (a room that serves as a kitchen and living room), kote-e (plaster relief pictures) depicting dragons and tigers, and nightingale floor passageway adjacent to the courtyard add to its stately manner."

• The Suiboku Museum, Toyama

  4.5

  49 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Gofuku 777

  "This art museum primarily exhibits ink wash paintings from the Japanese modern era and later. It is a 10-minute walk north from Toyama Toyopet Honsha-mae Station (Gofukusuehirocho) on Prefectural Route 56. It is notable for its single-story Japanese-style building. The museum's permanent exhibits include the works of notable modern-era painters such as Yokoyama Taikan and Takeuchi Seiho, as well as paints with ties to Toyama Prefecture such as Kaho Akira. The ""Suiboku"" in the museum's name refers not just to ink wash paintings, but more broadly to Japanese aesthetics as a whole. As such, the museum is complete with a Japanese garden and tea room where guests can quietly commune with the natural environment."

• Ikedaya Yasubei Shoten

  4.0

  52 Reviews

  Toyama Toyama-shi Tsutsumichodori 1-3-5

  A chemist's established in 1936 situated along Heiwa-dori Avenue in Tsutsumi-cho-dori 1-Chome, Toyama City. The shop makes and sells traditional Japanese medicines and Chinese medicines, such as Hangontan, a vitalizing medicine which has been made since the Edo period. Visitors can also try making traditional round pills at the front of the shop.

• Hie-jinja Shrine

  3.5

  13 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Sannoumachi 4-12

  "This shrine located in the city center of Toyama City was highly revered by generations of the Maeda clan, the lords of Toyama Castle. Beloved by locals with the nickname ""Sanno-san,"" the shrine's primary enshrined deities, Oyamakui-no-kami and Onamuchi-no-kami, are worshiped as gods of matrimony. They are also said to grant prayers for things including success in business, safe childbirth, and passing exams and interviews. Every May 30th, the shrine sees huge crowds at its annual spring festival, the Sanno Matsuri, one of the biggest festivals in Toyama Prefecture. The shrine also hosts a number of other seasonal festivals and other events, including the Sannou-kou, a tranquil and harmonious Buddhist lecture group. "

• Manten-No-Yu Toyama Branch

  4.0

  26 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Ishigane 2-1-8

  "This ""super sento"" public bath is located immediately adjacent to Fujikoshi Station on the Toyama Chihou Railway Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line. Open from 8:00 a.m. to midnight, the ability to take your time enjoying yourself offered by such long hours is one of its charms. Its two large indoor baths, one for each gender, are designed to have the feel of an open air bath. Alternated each day, they feature scenery modeled after a mighty valley and the middle basin of the Jinzu River, respectively. Their other indoor baths include plain water baths with a great sense of openness, as well as massaging baths equipped with different five types of water jets, each with a different health benefit. In addition to standard baths, they offer other attractions including medicinal herb baths, saunas, and more. The facility also features a restaurant with a diverse menu, a beauty parlor, and body care facilities, making it a place to relax body and mind. "

• Kokando Museum

  3.5

  47 Reviews

  Toyama Pref. Toyamashi Umezawachou 2-9-1

  "The medicine manufacturers of Toyama are famous for creating the ""Etchu Toyama no okigusuri,"" in which medicines are left with a customer and only paid for when used. This museum features exhibits about Kokando, one of the most prosperous of these companies. The museum, a three-minute walk from Toyama City Tram Line Kokando-mae Station, is adjacent to Ryuzoji Temple. Free parking is also available. The museum's primary exhibits include ancient documents, materials about the medicine trade, and valuable materials owned by Kokando. The museum also plays videos on a big screen about the history of the medicine industry in Japan from the Edo period to today, as well as the pharmaceutical manufacturing process. The museum also features dioramas portraying scenes such as the Edo Castle stomach-ache incident, which lead to the spread of Etchu Toyama medicine in Edo, and of medicine peddlers plying their wares."