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ToyamaHistoric DistrictsKurobe
Aimotobashi
A cantilever bridge that once spanned the Kurobe river, with a legend of a princess and a great serpent.
Tateyama
Nunobashi Kanjoe
A rite in which women crossed a cloth bridge blindfolded, in place of the climb they were barred from. Salvation without the ascent.
ToyamaArchitectureUozu
Uozu Shinkiro
A coast where mirages appear. With the buried forest, it was long an object of awe.
ToyamaArchitectureTateyama
Kurobe Dam
At 186 metres, the tallest in Japan. It took seven years to build, and 171 people died.
ToyamaNature & SceneryTateyama
Yuki no Otani
You walk between walls of snow 20 metres high, cut open by the ploughs.
ToyamaHistoric Districts
ToyamaCraft ExperiencesKurobe
Kurobe Gorge Railway
A line built to carry materials for the dam, later opened to passengers.
ToyamaNature & SceneryTakaoka
Amaharashi Coast
Across the water, the 3,000-metre peaks of the Tateyama range stand in a row.
ToyamaArchitectureToyama
Owara Kaze no Bon
For three days and nights the hill town dances in silence. The kokyu fiddle carries through the streets.
Himi
Himi Morning Market
Winter yellowtail taken in set nets. What comes in at dawn is on the counter that day.
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ToyamaHistoric Districts