 Toyama Prefecture (富山県, Toyama-ken) - 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. The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around
1950.
Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.
The Kurobe dam generates hydroelectricity for Kansai
Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in
Toyama Prefecture.
 Regional dishes of Toyama include trout sushi and firefly
squid.
Kaze no bon is a festival that is held every year in
September in the small mountain town of Owara.
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.
Four cities are located in Tottori Prefecture:
Kurobe
Uozu
Himi
Imizu
Takaoka
Nanto
Oyabe
Tonami
Toyama (capital)
Namerikawa
Information source: “Toyama Prefecture.” wikipedia.org. Article
date: 4 Mar. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Mar. 2008 <Toyama Prefecture>. |
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