Toyama

Hotaruika (Firefly Squid) Sightseeing Tour
Annually offered in spring, the season for "hotaruika" (firefly squid), this firefly squid sightseeing tour provides you with a first-hand experience of fishing a shoal of several hundreds of thousands of firefly squids. Only a few several centimeters in length, each emits bright light over 30cm in all directions, creating a fantastic world of light in the sea.
TEL. 076-475-0100 (Namerikawa Tourist Association)
Tour service offered in mid-April to early May in Namerikawa offshore fixed net fishing ground
10 minutes walk to the fishing boat boarding platform from JR Namerikawa Station. Namerikawa.
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Hotaruika (firefly squid) Museum
As the only one of its kind in the world, the Hotaruika Museum offers visitors the chance to have an interactive experience with "hotaruika" and learn what firefly squids are all about. Its various facilities include the "Illusion Theater" (with the mysterious light of firefly squids as its theme) and the "Live Theater" (where you can enjoy the light emitting show of firefly squids from March 20 to May 31).
076-476-9300
7 minutes walk from JR Namerikawa Station. Namerikawa.
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Deep Seawater Experiencing Facility "Thalassopia"
This facility was built to make use of seawater at a depth of more than 300m in the Toyama Bay for health promotion as the first of its kind in the world. The "Thalassopia" facility consists of two zones: the "Healing zone" where you can experience "thalassotherapie" (natural health and beauty therapy using naturally available marine resources such as seawater and sea algae) and the "Dynamic zone" equipped with a Jacuzzi.
076-476-9303
7 minutes walk from JR Namerikawa Station. Namerikawa.
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Toyama Kanko Bussan Center
The Kanko Bussan Center is the perfect place to get a feel for Toyama's sightseeing resources and specialty products. After making use of the latest media equipment to obtain all sorts of information, try the various attractions, such as a room where you can experience Toyama's four seasons.
076-444-7120
5th floor of the CIC Building, in front of Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Toyama Kenmin Kaikan Bunkan-Kanaokatei
This is the home of the Kanaoka family, who were traders of medicine from the late Yedo period. Easy-to-understand displays clearly illustrate each aspect of Toyama's traditional medicine peddling industry.
076-433-1684
A 5 minute walk from Higashi Shinjo Station on the main streetcar line that leaves from Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Toyama Folk Craft Village-Gohyakurakan
All aspects of Toyama's history and culture are on display at the folk craft museum, ceramic art museum, folk customs information center, medicine pedding information center, and other buildings in this village setting. You can also stroll through the grounds of the adjacent Chokeiji, where more than 500 stone statues of Rakan, Buddha's disciples, are enshrined.
076-433-8270
15 minutes by bus from Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Toyama Clay Doll Craftsmen's Workshop
Dating back to the Edo period (1600-1868), Toyama's traditional handicraft, "Clay Dolls", are famous as toys and good luck talismans ("engi-mono"). To preserve this traditional handicraft for generations to come, the Toyama Clay Doll Craftsmen's Workshop displays and sells such clay dolls characterized by their simplistic beauty, as well as offers visitors the chance to experience painting clay dolls made in the workshop.
076-431-4464
10 minutes by Toyama Chitetsu bus for Shinsakuradani-rohjin-center. Get off at Anyobo bus stop and walk 10 minutes. Toyama.
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Toyama Family Park
About 80 species of animals can be observed in the natural setting of this park. You can also enjoy a recreation ground and open spaces with your family.
076-434-1234
25 minutes by bus from Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Jinzukyo
The upper reaches of the Jinzu River offer some of Toyama Prefecture's most picturesque scenery. The river cuts a deep gorge with steep precipices. On the right bank is a place known as "Nobotoke no Sato," where a myriad of stone buddhas sit.
50 minutes by bus from Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Matsukawa River Yuran-sen (boat excursion)
As one way to enjoy the seasonal scenery of Toyama, including its spring cherry blossoms, you can take a hand-rowed boat excursion departing from a platform located in Joshi-Koen (Toyama Castle Park, the symbol of Toyama Prefecture). A cruise on the Matsukawa River, flowing through the center of the city, allows for an exciting tour as you pass under the seven bridges that cross over it.
076-425-8440 (Toyama Yuran-sen Co., Ltd.)
Not regularly closed(Reservations required)
10 minute walk to the boat boarding platform from JR Toyama Station. Toyama.
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Etchu Yatsuo Tourist Hall

Yatsuo's giant hikiyama festival floats have been the town's cultural prizes for about 250 years. They are on permanent exhibition at this exhibition hall. Large groups can also make reservations to see owara dancing.

076-454-5138
6 minutes by bus from Etchu Yatsuo Station. Toyama.
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Yatsuo Owara Museum
Built to pass down the tradition of "Owara kazenobon" (the symbolic festival of Yatsuo Town) for generations to come, this museum preserves and displays many documents and materials on the festival, including its historical background, dance and song. The museum also has exhibits such as a replication of a Yatsuo traditional representative tradesman's house (in which the essence of the "Owara" festival originates) and a film exhibition room where you can experience the "Owara" dance through the film content.
076-455-1780
8 minutes by car from JR Etchu-yatsuo Station. Toyama.
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