Toyama

Overview

Toyama is a first-level administrative division of Japan in the Chubu region. Its area is about 4,248 km2 and its population about 0.0 million (2024), with its capital at Toyama.

History

Part of old Ecchu Province, governed in the Edo period by the Toyama branch of the Kaga (Maeda) clan; present borders formed after 1871.

Geography and industry

The tradition of the Toyama medicine peddlers, the Tateyama range and Kurobe Dam, and firefly squid fishing are famous. Pharmaceutical and machinery industries are developed.

Transport

Hokuriku Shinkansen stops at Kurobe-Unazukionsen, Shin-Toyama, Toyama and Shin-Takaoka.