Kurobe
Industrial Structures of Kurobe Gorge
Power stations deep in the gorge, built to a level of design nobody was expected to see.
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Hillside Streets of Yatsuo
Townhouses raised on stone retaining walls above a cliff - silk and paper wealth expressed as vertical construction.
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Medicine Peddlers' Woodblocks
The peddlers who walked all Japan handed out woodblock-printed papers and prints - a channel that carried pictures to ordinary homes.
ToyamaContemporary ArtTateyama
Shomyo Falls
Japan's highest waterfall, painted into the Tateyama mandalas as the boundary between hell and paradise.
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Fugan Canal Park
A disused canal kept as water and made into a park - industrial remains recomposed as landscape.
ToyamaContemporary ArtTonami
Tulip Fields of Tonami
Bulb fields divided by colour for production become, unintentionally, a vast composition in flat colour.
ToyamaArchitectureNanto
Inami Streets
Carving studios line the temple approach, and even the shop signs are carved - the whole town a display.
ToyamaArchitectureImizu
Kaiwomaru Park
A 1930 training barque preserved afloat, its rigging standing as pure structure.
Takaoka
Takaoka Butsudan
Woodworker, carver, metalsmith, lacquerer and gilder each take a part - the town's whole craft in one object.
ToyamaArt & CraftsHimi
Lion Dances of Himi
Over a hundred lion dances survive in one city, each hamlet's carved head differing enough to trace its lineage.
Namerikawa
Mori Residence, Iwase Shipping Agent
Merchant houses at a Kitamae port, opening to the sea with their storehouses ranked behind.
Nanto
Paper and Hemp of Fukumitsu
Paper from Gokayama kozo and hemp cloth woven in the hills - work for the months the snow shut everyone in.
ToyamaArchitectureTateyama
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
A route climbing 2,000 metres, whose annual snow clearing carves twenty-metre walls - a form remade each spring.
Toyama
Modern Painters of Toyama
Painters born in this province, among them the bird-and-flower master Ishizaki Koyo, are held across its museums.
Toyama
Gokayama Washi
The washi of Gokayama. The paper mulberry is laid out on the snow to bleach it.
Toyama
Takaoka Casting Museum
The casting museum in Takaoka. It displays molds and casting tools and conveys the history of the production area.
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Takaoka Regional Industry Center ZIBA
The local industry center of Takaoka. It brings together copperware and lacquerware for exhibition and sale.
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Nousaku Headquarters Factory
Nousaku in Takaoka. It casts tin and makes vessels that bend. Visitors can tour the factory and try casting.
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Momentum Factory Orii
Orii in Takaoka. It has the coloring technology of giving color to copper and brass with chemicals.
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Shimatani Shoryu Kobo
Shimatani in Takaoka. It hammers orin, the bowl-shaped bells used as Buddhist altar fittings, and tunes their sound.