Toyama
National Treasure Takaokayama Zuiryu Temple
A national-treasure Zen temple, known for the strict order of its buildings.
Culture & History in Toyama17 entries
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
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Toyama
Kanayamachi Latticework Townscape
A preservation district of traditional buildings, with latticed houses along stone-paved streets.
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Takaoka Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Gallery
Inside the Takaoka Art Museum, showing where Fujiko F. Fujio's manga began.
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National Treasure Unryuzan Shoko Temple
A major centre of Jodo Shinshu. Its main hall is a national treasure.
Tonami - Gokayama
Ainokura Gassho-style Village, Gokayama
A World Heritage site, with gassho-zukuri houses standing in a valley.
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Komaki Dam
A dam called the finest in the East when it was completed, with a row of radial gates.
Tonami - Gokayama
Kamitaira Roadside Station
A roadside station in Gokayama, with a tourist information desk.
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Zuisen Temple Monzenmachi Townscape (Yokamachi-dori)
Carving workshops line the stone-paved street, and the sound of mallets carries.
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Suganuma Gassho-style Village, Gokayama
A World Heritage site, gassho-zukuri houses on the valley floor, lit up at night.
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Yatsuo Townscape (Suwamachi Main Street and Hillside Stone Walls)
A town of slopes and stone walls. The name Yatsuo is said to come from eight mountains running from Hida toward Toyama.
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Tateyama Murodo Sanso
Held to be the oldest mountain hut in Japan. Snow lies here even in August.
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Ganmokuzan Ryusen Temple
A temple with seven hundred years of history, with a 300-metre tree-lined approach to its gate.
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Higashiyama Ento Bunsuiso
A registered national cultural property, dividing water by siphon pressure alone.
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Batabata-cha Denshokan
Try batabata tea, handed down in the mountain villages, drunk from a Gorohachi bowl.
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