A Hokuriku city between Toyama Bay to the north and the 3,000 m-class Tateyama mountain range to the southeast. Trams take you to Toyama Castle and the Glass Art Museum, and a canal cruise runs to Iwase, an old port town of the Kitamaebune trading ships. Toyama is also known for sushi made with seasonal fish from Toyama Bay and masu-zushi, a local dish with more than 100 years of history.
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April and May get the least rain (about 123–135 mm a month), with average highs of about 18–23°C, good for walking. July and August are hot, with average highs of about 30–31°C. December and January are the wettest (about 259–282 mm a month of rain or snow); December to February has average highs of about 6–10°C, lows of about 0–3°C and snow (average January snowfall 104 cm). The Owara Kaze no Bon festival is held every year on 1–3 September. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is scheduled to operate from 15 April to 30 November in 2026.
Warmest: Aug (avg high 31.4°C) · Coolest: Feb (avg low 0.1°C) · Wettest: Dec (281.6 mm)
| High °C | Low °C | Rain mm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3° | 0.2° | 259.0 |
| Feb | 7.4° | 0.1° | 171.7 |
| Mar | 11.8° | 2.6° | 164.6 |
| Apr | 17.6° | 7.4° | 134.5 |
| May | 22.7° | 12.9° | 122.8 |
| Jun | 25.7° | 17.7° | 172.6 |
| Jul | 29.8° | 22.1° | 245.6 |
| Aug | 31.4° | 23.2° | 207.0 |
| Sep | 27.0° | 19.1° | 218.1 |
| Oct | 21.6° | 13.1° | 171.9 |
| Nov | 15.7° | 7.3° | 224.8 |
| Dec | 9.5° | 2.5° | 281.6 |
Monthly averages of daily highs and lows, and average monthly rainfall. Any given year can differ.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency · Toyama station · 1991–2020 normals —View source
Run by Toyama Chiho Railway. Buses to Toyama Station leave about 10 minutes after a flight arrives, once passengers have boarded, and stop at Sogawa, Joshi Koen-mae and Toyama Shiyakusho-mae before Toyama Station. Seating is limited to the number of seats, so you may not get on if it is full. Notes of JPY 2,000 or more cannot be used on board or at the airport ticket machine; contactless credit cards are accepted (tap when you get off).
The taxi rank is right outside the domestic arrivals lobby. The fare is the airport website's estimate and can vary with traffic.
JPY 240 per ride for adults and JPY 120 for children (same fare in cash or with a nationwide transit IC card). Route 3, the loop line, circles Toyama Station and the city center in about 28 min and runs every 15 min. Toyama Station to Kokusai Kaigijo-mae (Toyama Castle) takes about 7 min.
Take a tram bound for Iwasehama from Toyama Station to Higashi-Iwase (about 23 min), then walk about 10 min to the old Iwase streets.
About 25 min from Toyama Station to Etchu-Yatsuo Station.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen reaches Kanazawa Station in about 20 min, and Tokyo Station to Toyama takes 2 hours 5 min at the fastest. Takayama Station is about 1 hour 30 min by the Limited Express Hida on the Takayama Line. Check times and fares on the JR websites.
Good for: First visit, castle and museums
Both the airport bus and the trams pass through. Toyama Castle, the Glass Art Museum and the free Toyama City Hall observation tower, with a 360-degree view from 70 m up, are a short tram ride away.
Good for: Waterside walks, art, port town
Fugan Canal Kansui Park is about a 9-min walk from Toyama Station, with the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design beside it. A canal cruise or the tram takes you north to the port town of Iwase.
Good for: Stone-paved old streets, Owara Kaze no Bon
About 25 min from Toyama Station by JR. A hillside town of wooden machiya houses and stone-paved slopes, with power lines run behind the houses so the streets look clean. Two sake breweries are within walking distance.
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Built in 1543 by Jinbo Nagamoto, later the castle of Sassa Narimasa and the Maeda family. The keep, rebuilt in 1954, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and inside the Folk Museum covers more than 400 years of the castle's history. Open 9:00–17:00 (entry until 16:30); adults JPY 210 (high school students and younger free; fees differ during special exhibitions); closed over the New Year (28 December–4 January). 2-min walk from the Kokusai Kaigijo-mae tram stop.
Inside the TOYAMA Kirari complex designed by Kengo Kuma. It symbolizes Toyama as a "city of glass", a tradition that grew from making medicine bottles, with permanent and special exhibitions of contemporary glass art. Open 9:30–18:00 (entry until 30 min before closing); closed on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month and over the New Year. Permanent exhibition: general and university students JPY 200, high school students and younger free. About 2 min on foot from the Grand Plaza-mae tram stop.
A waterside park about 9 min on foot from Toyama Station; the Tenmon Bridge observation deck looks out to the Tateyama range. Next to the park, the Museum of Art and Design (TAD) shows works from Picasso, Miro and Chagall to posters and chair design. Open 9:30–18:00 (entry until 17:30); closed Wednesdays (except holidays), the day after a holiday and over the New Year; collection exhibition general JPY 350. The Onomatopoeia Rooftop is free (8:00–22:00; closed for winter from 1 December to 15 March).
A cruise of about 60 min along the canal from Kansui Park to the Iwase Canal Kaikan, passing the Nakajima Lock, known as a "water elevator". One way JPY 2,500 (including a one-way tram ticket), half price for elementary school children. The 2026 season runs from 20 March to 23 November. Iwase grew rich in the Edo period as a port of call for Kitamaebune ships; the Former Baba Family Residence (9:00–17:00, adults JPY 100, cash only) shows what it was like.
Owara Kaze no Bon, with about 300 years of history, is held every year for three days from 1 September. Thousands of paper lanterns light the streets, and dancers in straw hats move through the 11 neighborhoods to the sound of shamisen and kokyu. Outside the festival you can quietly walk the stone-paved streets of machiya, washi paper shops and breweries.
A 37.2 km mountain sightseeing route with a maximum elevation difference of 1,975 m, linking Tateyama Station in Toyama with Ogizawa Station in Nagano by cable car, highland bus, ropeway and more (no private cars). In 2026 it is scheduled to operate from Wednesday 15 April to Monday 30 November. From Murodo Terminal (2,450 m) it is about a 10–15 min walk to the volcanic lake Mikurigaike, and the route also passes Kurobe Dam, Japan's tallest at 186 m. Check fares on the official website.
Sushi made with "kitokito" (Toyama dialect for freshly caught) fish from Toyama Bay. The catch changes with the seasons: firefly squid in spring, white shrimp in summer, red snow crab in autumn and yellowtail in winter.
A pressed sushi of fatty trout layered on vinegared rice, a local dish with more than 100 years of history. The city has over 20 specialty shops, and it is popular as a station bento and souvenir.
Ramen handed down since the postwar years, known for its jet-black soy sauce-based soup.
Squid that glow blue, caught off Toyama Prefecture from April to June. Eat them marinated in soy sauce, with vinegared miso, as sashimi, or dried and roasted.
A rare shrimp living in Toyama Bay, known for its delicate sweetness. Try it as sashimi, sushi or on a rice bowl.
Udon simmered with offal, a long-time local favorite.
According to a Japan Tourism Agency survey (2025), foreign leisure travellers visiting Toyama Prefecture spent an average of about ¥34,000 per person per visit (excluding travel between prefectures). Actual costs vary widely with itinerary and accommodation.
Amounts are rough figures in local currency. Check exchange rates before you go.
Airport bus to Toyama Station, loop-line tram to Toyama Castle (Folk Museum), the Tateyama view from the City Hall observation tower, the Glass Art Museum, then Toyama Bay sushi or Black ramen for dinner.
Kansui Park and the Museum of Art and Design, the Fugan Suijo Line to Iwase (during the season), a walk around Iwase, then the tram back to Toyama Station. With an extra day, add the Alpine Route (15 April–30 November in 2026) or Yatsuo by JR.
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