Toyama Prefecture

Toyama Prefecture
	Toyama Prefecture
Japanese:	富山県
	Toyama-ken
Capital	Toyama City
Region	Hokuriku
Island	Honshū
Governor	Takakazu Ishii
Area (rank)	4,247.22 km² (33rd)
- % water	0.1%
	Population (Estimated as of February 1, 2008)
- Population	1,104,239 (38th)
- Density	260 /km²
Districts	2
Municipalities	15
ISO 3166-2	JP-16
Website	Official Toyama Prefecture Homepage (English)
	Prefectural Symbols
- Flower	Tulip (Tulipa)
- Tree	Tateyama Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- Bird	Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
- Fish	{{{Fish}}}
	; Symbol of Toyama Prefecture
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Map of Toyama Prefecture.

Toyama Prefecture (富山県, Toyama-ken^?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.

Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources.

[edit] History

Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province. The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.

[edit] Geography

Toyama Prefecture is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Niigata to the northeast, Nagano to the southeast, Gifu to the south and Sea of Japan to the north.

[edit] Municipalities

Due to the mergers in the 2000s, Toyama has the fewest municipalities of any prefecture in Japan with 10 cities, 2 districts, 4 towns, and 1 village (before the mergers took place, the prefecture had 9 cities, 18 towns, and 8 villages).

[edit] Toyama Region

[edit] Mergers

Main article: List of mergers in Toyama Prefecture

[edit] Economy

[edit] Agriculture

Toyama is a major producer of high quality rice making use of abundant water sources originating from Mount Tate.

[edit] Manufacturing

Toyama is famous for its historical pharmaceutical industry which remains a top manufacturing industry in the prefecture in terms of manufacturing shipment value followed by electronic parts and devices (industrial robots, general machinery, etc.), and metal products (aluminum, copper etc.) manufacturing.^[1]

[edit] Energy

The Kurobe dam generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.

[edit] Demographics

Population: 1,104,239 (estimated as of Feb. 1, 2008)

[edit] Friendship Relationships

China, Liaoning Province - May 9, 1984
Brazil, São Paulo State - July 18, 1985
United States, Oregon State - October 19, 1991
Russia, Primorsky Region - August 26, 1992

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Train

Tokyo: 3 hr 8 min via Joetsu Shinkansen , transfer to Hokuriku Main Line via the Hakutaka Limited Express at Echigo Yuzawa

Osaka: 3 hr 5 min via Thunderbird Limited Express

The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line is expected to be completed in 2014 and will shorten the Tokyo-Toyama trip to approximatley 2 hrs 7 min and the Osaka-Toyama trip to approximatley 1 hr 40 min.

[edit] Expressway

Tokyo: 5 hr

Osaka: 4 hr 10 min

Nagoya: 3 hr 15 min

[edit] Flight

Toyama Airport (TOY)

Domestic:

Tokyo   1 hr
Sapporo 1 hr 20 min
Fukuoka 1 hr 30 min

International:

Shanghai    2 hr 30 min Via Shanghai Airlines 
Dalian      2 hr 30 min Via Southern China Airlines
Seoul       1 hr 50 min Via Asiana Airlines
Vladivostok 2 hr 40 min Via Vladivostok Airlines