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- Ainokura Village, Gokayama (五箇山 相倉集落) 20 houses with 60-degree roofs, UNESCO since 1995: this is Gokayama (Toyama), not Shirakawa-gō.
- Amaharashi Coast (雨晴海岸) From here you can see the sea and peaks over 3,000 metres together: rare anywhere in the world.
- Ecchū-Yatsuo, Suwa-machi Hondori Street (越中八尾 諏訪町本通り) The paved street where the Owara is danced: three nights in September, in the dark, faces always covered.
- Fugan Kansui Park Its Starbucks, the first in the world inside an urban park, won an award in 2008.
- Kanaya-machi historic district (金屋町) Japan's first foundry district protected by law: wooden lattices along 500 metres.
- Keyakidaira Station – Kurobe Gorge The little Kurobe Gorge train climbs from Unazuki to Keyakidaira, at 599 metres above sea level, over 20.1 km of track: it is the terminus…
- Kurobe Dam 171 workers died building it between 1956 and 1963: 186 metres, a record for Japan.
- Kurobe Gorge Railway Built for the hydroelectric works, it runs through 20 km of gorge on rails 76 cm apart.
- Murodo and Lake Mikuriga-ike (室堂・みくりが池) At 2,450 metres, the highest volcanic lake in Japan: the snow wall reached 16 m in 2025.
- Oyama Shrine — Minehonsha (summit of Tateyama) At 3,003 metres a priest blesses pilgrims, but only from July to September.
- Shōmyō Falls (称名滝) A 350 m drop, the highest falls in Japan: in spring a second one appears.
- Suganuma Village (Gokayama) At Suganuma, on the Shō River, 9 gassho-zukuri houses remain, with roofs pitched at 60 degrees to bear the snow; a UNESCO World Heritage…
- Takaoka Great Buddha (高岡大仏) Cast in bronze by Takaoka's craftsmen over 26 years: ‘the most beautiful Buddha in Japan’.
- Tonami Tulip Park (砺波チューリップ公園) Three hundred varieties, three million tulips on eight hectares: free outside the fair.
- Toyama Castle (富山城) In 1585 Hideyoshi besieged it with 70,000 men: Sasa Narimasa surrendered in a day.
- Toyama Family Park (富山市ファミリーパーク) Satoyama zoo with red pandas: it also breeds the Japanese rock ptarmigan in captivity.
- TOYAMAキラリ and Glass Art Museum (TOYAMAキラリ・富山市ガラス美術館) A thousand panels imitate the ice veins of Tateyama: the building has been open since 2015.
- Unazuki Onsen (宇奈月温泉) The water travels 7 km by pipe from Kuronagi: it comes out at 92–98°C and reaches the town at 63°C.
- Zuiryū-ji (瑞龍寺) Gate, Buddha hall and Dharma hall: three National Treasures together since 1997.