Toyama Prefecture
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History
The area of Toyama Prefecture comes from Etchū Province.[3]
The Itai-itai disease, whose origin is from polluted water with cadmium, occurred in Toyama around 1950.
Geography
Toyama Prefecture is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Niigata Prefecture to the northeast, Nagano Prefecture to the southeast, Gifu Prefecture to the south and the Sea of Japan to the north.
The most famous mountain in Toyama is Mount Tate.
Toyama is known for its great mountains and rich fishery. Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). and mass product of tulip industry are also famous.
Toyama is an industrial prefecture because companies like YKK and Sankyo Aluminum have been able to take advantage of cheap hydro-electricity generated by rivers flowing from its high mountains.
National Parks
National Parks are established in about 30% of the total land area of the prefecture,[4] including
Shrines and Temples
Takase taisha, Keta jinja, and Oyama jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. [5]
Toyama Prefecture Media
Toyama Prefectural Office Building
Kurobe Dam
Toyama prefecture population pyramid in 2020
Tonami Yotaka Festival (June)
Uozu Tatemon Festival (August)
Toyama global athletic park main stadium.(Toyama-city,Yoyama-Pref,Japan)
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Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Toyama prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 991; "Hokuriku" at p. 344.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Toyama" at p. 991.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures," p. 780.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture". Retrieved 2012-8-28.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-8-28.
Other websites
Media related to Toyama prefecture at Wikimedia Commons
- Toyama Prefecture website Archived 2005-08-16 at the Wayback Machine