Toyama Prefecture Totally Explained

Everything about Toyama Prefecture totally explained

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.
Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources. The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.

History

Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.

Geography

Municipalities

Due to the mergers in the 2000s, Toyama has the fewest municipalities of any prefecture in Japan with 10 cities, 2 districts, 4 towns, and 1 village (before the mergers took place, the prefecture had 9 cities, 18 towns, and 8 villages).

Niikawa Region

Kurobe
Uozu
Shimoniikawa District
- Asahi
- Nyuzen
  Takaoka Region
Himi
Imizu
Takaoka
Tonami Region
Nanto
Oyabe
Tonami
Toyama Region
Namerikawa
Toyama (capital)
Nakaniikawa District

Mergers

Economy

Agriculture

Manufacturing

Toyama is famous for it's historical pharmaceutical industry which remains a top manufacturing industry in the prefecture in terms of manufacturing shipment value followed by electronic parts and devices (industrial robots, general machinery, etc.), and metal products (aluminum, copper etc.) manufacturing.

Energy

The Kurobe dam generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.

Demographics

Population: 1,104,239 (estimated as of Feb. 1, 2008)

Friendship Relationships

, Liaoning Province - May 9, 1984

, São Paulo State - July 18, 1985

, Oregon State - October 19, 1991

, Primorsky Region - August 26, 1992

Transportation

Train

Tokyo: 3 hr 8 min via Joetsu Shinkansen, transfer to Hokuriku Main Line via the Hakutaka Limited Express at Echigo Yuzawa
Osaka: 3 hr 5 min via Thunderbird Limited Express

The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line is expected to be completed in 2014 and will shorten the Tokyo-Toyama trip to approximatley 2 hrs 7 min and the Osaka-Toyama trip to approximatley 1 hr 40 min.

Expressway

Tokyo: 5 hr
Osaka: 4 hr 10 min
Nagoya: 3 hr 15 min

Flight

Toyama Airport (TOY)
Domestic:
Tokyo 1 hr Sapporo 1 hr 20 min Fukuoka 1 hr 30 min International:
Shanghai 2 hr 30 min Via Shanghai Airlines Dalian 2 hr 30 min Via Southern China Airlines Seoul 1 hr 50 min Via Asiana Airlines Vladivostok 2 hr 40 min Via Vladivostok Airlines

As of April 2008 all international carriers have 3 flights a week with additional flights during peak seasons

Culture

UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Sites

Gokayama Historical Village (Nanto City)

National Treasures of Japan

Zuiryū-ji Temple (Takaoka City)

Festivals

Spring

All Japan Chindon Competition (Toyama City (Toyama Castle Park), Mid April

Tonami Tulip Fair (Tonami City), May

Marumage Festival (Himi City), May 17 Summer

Sassa Narimasa Sengoku Era Festival (Toyama City), Late July Fall

Toyama Festival (Toyama City), Sept. 1

Owara Kaze no Bon (Toyama City (Yatsuo Area)), Sept. 1-3

Mugiya Festival (Nanto City (Johana Area)), Mid Sept.

Kokiriko Festival (Nanto City (Hakusan Shrine)), Sept. 25-26 Winter

Nanto Toga Soba Festival (Nanto City (Toga Village Area)), Mid Feb.

Regional Foods

Trout Sushi (Masu no Sushi)

White Shrimp (Shiro Ebi)

Matured Yellow Tail (Buri)

Firefly Squid (Hotaru Ika)

Fish Paste (Kamaboko)

Regional Sake

Tateyama (立山)

Narimasa (成政)

Masuizumi (満寿泉)

Sports

The sports teams listed below are based in Toyama. Football (soccer)

Kataller Toyama (Toyama City) Basketball

Toyama Grouses (Toyama City) Baseball

Toyama Thunderbirds (Toyama City) Rugby Union

Takaoka Mariners (Takaoka)

Tourism

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