is located in the
Chūbu region on
Honshū island,
Japan. 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. The
Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around
1950.
History
Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.
Geography
Map of Toyama Prefecture.
Region
★ 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).
Eastern Toyama
Toyama Region
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Toyama (capital)
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Namerikawa
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Nakaniikawa District
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Funahashi
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Kamiichi
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Tateyama
Niikawa Region
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Kurobe
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Uozu
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Shimoniikawa District
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Asahi
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Nyuzen
Western Toyama
Takaoka Region
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Himi
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Imizu
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Takaoka
Tonami Region
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Nanto
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Oyabe
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Tonami
Economy
The
Kurobe dam generates
hydroelectricity for
Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.
Demographics
Transportation
The region is traversed by the
Hokuriku Line, with high speed rail access to
Osaka via the
Thunderbird train. The
Shirasagi train allows for easy transfer to the
Nagano shinkansen bullet-train line. For travel to
Tokyo, take the
Hakutaka train to
Nagaoka or
Echigo Yuzawa and transfer to the
Joetsu Shinkansen.
Culture
Regional dishes of Toyama include trout sushi and firefly squid.
Sports
The sports teams listed below are based in Toyama.
Football (soccer)
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ALO's Hokuriku (
Toyama city)
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YKK AP F.C. (
Kurobe)
Basketball
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Toyama Grouses (
Toyama city)
Rugby Union
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Takaoka Mariners (
Takaoka)
Tourism
Kaze no bon is a festival that is held every year in September in the small mountain town of
Owara.
External links
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Official Toyama Prefecture homepage
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