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富山県 · Regional selections

Anantan Sacred Water

立山

A spring said to cure all ills. From the approach, 108 stone steps climb to the sacred ground.

富山県 · Regional selections

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

立山

A route crossing the Northern Alps, linking ropeways and cable cars.

富山県 · Regional selections

Mikuriga-ike Onsen

立山

The highest natural hot-spring inn in Japan.

富山県 · Regional selections

Furusato Tsurugishin Nature Park Campground

立山

Free pitches and drive-in pitches, with an athletic course attached.

富山県 · Regional selections

Ganmokuzan Ryusen Temple

立山

A temple with seven hundred years of history, with a 300-metre tree-lined approach to its gate.

富山県 · Regional selections

Bijodaira

立山

A forest of Tateyama cedar and beech, partway along the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

富山県 · Regional selections

Tateyama Caldera Sabo Museum

立山

Tells the story of erosion control in the Tateyama caldera, with the inside of the caldera recreated in a diorama.

富山県 · Regional selections

Tateyama Museum Exhibition Hall / Yobo Hall / Mandala Yuen

立山

Shows how people and Tateyama have been bound together, with a spirit bridge shaped after hell.

富山県 · Regional selections

Sasaraya Tateyama Main Store

立山

Rice crackers made only from Toyama rice, with a white-shrimp cracker factory attached.

富山県 · Regional selections

Jade Coast (Miyazaki-Sakai Coast)

黒部・宇奈月

A shore where you can look for rough jade at the waterline.

富山県 · Regional selections

魚津埋没林博物館

黒部・宇奈月

Shows an ancient forest sunk beneath the sea in underwater displays, with an explanation of the Uozu mirage.

富山県 · Regional selections

Kurobe gorge Railway / Kurobe gorge

黒部・宇奈月

A trolley train from Unazuki deep into the gorge. It now runs as far as Nekomata.

富山県 · Regional selections

Higashiyama Ento Bunsuiso

黒部・宇奈月

A registered national cultural property, dividing water by siphon pressure alone.

富山県 · Regional selections

Shinkiro (Shinkiro Observation Point)

黒部・宇奈月

Appears between about March and June. Viewing points are scattered around the city.

富山県 · Regional selections

Ikuji Fish Station

黒部・宇奈月

A direct-sales shop at Kurobe's fishing port, with events on the terrace.

富山県 · Regional selections

Sugisawa Sawasugi Forest

黒部・宇奈月

A cedar wood growing in spring-fed marsh, with a path through it.

富山県 · Regional selections

Batabata-cha Denshokan

黒部・宇奈月

Try batabata tea, handed down in the mountain villages, drunk from a Gorohachi bowl.

富山県 · Regional selections

Shinkiro Seaside Station

黒部・宇奈月

A direct-sales shop by Uozu port, with beach grilling at weekends.

富山県 · Regional selections

Keyakidaira

黒部・宇奈月

The terminus of the Kurobe Gorge Railway, with the Okukane bridge and the Hitokuiiwa path.

富山県 · Regional selections

Unazuki Onsen

黒部・宇奈月

The hot-spring town at the mouth of the Kurobe gorge. A hot-spring fountain stands by the station, and there is a footbath on the platform.

富山県 · Regional selections

Uozu Aquarium

黒部・宇奈月

Shows the fish of Toyama Bay and unusual fish from around the world, with a sea tunnel.

富山県 · Regional selections

Yamabiko Bridge / Yamabiko Promenade

黒部・宇奈月

From the old Yamabiko bridge you watch the trolley train cross the new one.

富山県 · Regional selections

Kintaro Onsen

黒部・宇奈月

Chosen among Japan's hundred finest hot springs, with a large free-flowing open-air bath.

富山県 · Regional selections

Firefly Squid Museum

黒部・宇奈月

Touch firefly squid, with a live theatre showing them glow.