14 The Ever Changing Toyama Coast Masayoshi Hirose The sea fog at Amaharashi Beach in Himi City of Toyama Prefecture, and the changeable Japan Sea, first calm then stormy, near...
Beauty & Spa Spending Time on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Stefanus Husin The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is an incredible and scenic route through the Northern Japanese Alps.
Culture Tateyama Museum of Toyama Kerrie Hankinson Oyama Jinja and the sites of Nunobashi at Ashikuraji are great places to visit. The Tateyama Museum is a good place to learn ...
Culture Zuiryuji Kerrie Hankinson Zuiryuji is a magnificent example of early Edo architecture. Modelled on Chinese design, building took 20 years. It reflects ...
Culture Kanayamachi old town, Takaoka Jonathan Perry A walk through Kanayamachi, the old town of Takaoka
Culture Takaoka Kojo Park in Winter Jonathan Perry How to spend half a day or more in Kojo Park, Takaoka
Culture Zuiryu Temple, Takaoka Jonathan Perry A tour of Zuiryu Temple, Takaoka, a beautfiul but little known National Treasure in Toyama Prefecture.
Culture Oyama Jinja Kerrie Hankinson Perched on the top of Tateyama's Oyama Peak is Oyama Jinja, once a flourishing center of Shugendō, the mountain religion of J...
Activities Tateyama's Snow Wall Walk 2024 Christina Nunotani Toyama’s Yuki-no-Otani is open from around mid-April until early June. The walkway closed June 10th for 2012, but you can sti...
Activities Toyama's Snow Wall Sheila Burt Toyama’s Yuki-no-Otani officially opens to the public in the spring, with snow walls approaching 20 meters in height.