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Prefecture of Japan
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By train
Toyama is connected to Tokyo (2 hrs) and Kanazawa (30 min) by the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line. There are stations at Toyama, Takaoka and Unazuki Onsen.
By bus
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the prefectural capital
beautiful city-by-the-sea and home to the Takaoka Great Buddha Statue (高岡大仏 Takaoka Daibutsu)
Oyabe (小矢部) is a city in Toyama, Japan.
Kurobe (黒部市 Kurobe-shi) is a city in eastern Toyama prefecture, Japan.
Gokayama (五箇山) is composed of two historic villages in Nanto City (南砺市), Toyama, Japan. Together with the better-known Shirakawa-go in Gifu, they were registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites on December 9, 1995.
A remote link between Nagano and Toyama through a string of several unique forms of transportation constructed to give access to Kurobe dam. Access from Tateyama station (near Toyama) or Shinano-Omachi near Matsumoto.
Articles and travel topics about Toyama (prefecture) and Japan.
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