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Great artisanship is present all over Toyama’s Gosei Area.

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The shape of the “thumbs-up” sign coincides with the base area of the Noto Peninsula and Toyama’s Gosei Area.,
where hundreds of years of craft-making traditions are alive.
In addition, these traditional crafts evolved to adapt to modern-day needs,
making them popular both in Japan and worldwide.
In Toyama Dialect, “ii-cha~” means “good.”
Take a look at the “ii-cha~” handicrafts, feel their touch,and try making your own!

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From artworks of designated traditional crafts, to daily
use items and souvenirs; not only can you find most ofWestern Toyama’s handicrafts here, but you can also
experience metal casting and decorating lacquerware.
101 Oyata-machi, Takaoka City TEL +81-766-25-8283
Opening Hours: 10 am ~ 6 pm Closed on Wednesdays

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Takaoka Copperware (Takaoka Dōki)

Takaoka City
400 Years of Heritage: Takaoka’s Metal Casting Techniques
The metal casting industry of Takaoka, which began in 1611, wasfirst centered on ironware such as pots, cauldrons and hoes.
However, sophisticated metal processing techniques developedin the creation of Buddhist altar fittings and artistic crafts using
copper alloys. In recent years, a variety of interior décor itemswith excellent design are sold across Europe and North America.
The bronze statues of Doraemon and Sazae-san were also madein Takaoka.

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Living National Treasure: Ōzawa Kōmin(Preserver of the Important Intangible Cultural Property Chūkin, in the category of metalworking).

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❹Kanayamachi (Birthplace of
Takaoka’s Metal Casting Industry)
Enjoy your lunch here
Take a Walk
(Takaoka Casting Museum, etc.)
10 minutes by taxi

Shin-Takaoka Station❷ Takaoka Regional Industrial Center ZIBA
(Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)

A variety of copperware isdisplayed and sold here; youcan experience casting yourown metal-ware such as sakecups (guinomi) and mini waterbasins. Cost: 2500 yen
101 Otayamachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-25-8283
Opening Hours:10 am ~ 6 pm
Closed on Wednesdays

Other places where you can experience making copperware/ironware
Otera Kohachiro Antique Gallery

6-9 Kanayamachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-25-1911
Opening Hours:9 am~5 pm

Koizumi Seisakusho Inc.

57-5 Toidesakaemachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-63-6590
Opening Hours:8 am~5 pm

Shimatani Syouryu Kobo Ltd.

4-2 Sengokumachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-22-4727
Opening Hours:8 am~6 pm

Nakamura Bijutsu Kogei

3-7-19 Naimen, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-22-6409
Opening Hours:9 am~6 pm

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Nousaku Corporation Inc.

8-1 Office Park, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-63-0001
Opening Hours:10 am~6 pm

Risaburo Metal Casting Studio8-11 Kanayamachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-24-0852
Opening Hours:10 am~6 pm❶ Takaoka Zuiryūji Temple
National Treasure:Temple commemorating Maeda
Toshinaga (second lord of the
Maeda family), the founder of
Takaoka who invited 7 skilled
metal casters to his castle-town.

35 Sekihonmachi, Takaoka City

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Once qualified by the waka poet
Akiko Yosano as being “significantly
more handsome than the one in
Kamakura,” Takaoka’s Great Buddha,
the crystallization of Takaoka’s bronze
casting techniques, is one of thethree Great Buddhas of Japan.

11-29 Otemachi, Takaoka City

❹ Kanayamachi(Birthplace of Takaoka’s Metal Casting Industry)

The town area where the sevenskilled metal casters used to live.
You can see houses decorated
with delicate latticework (senbongōshi)and beautiful stone-paved streets.

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Takaoka Lacquerware (Takaoka Shikki)

Takaoka City
400 Years of Long-Lasting Affection
Takaoka Lacquerware originated 400 years ago, when artisansbegan to paint drawers and trays using Japanese lacquer(urushi). Three decoration techniques characteristic of Takaoka(chokoku-nuri, yusuke-nuri, and aogai-nuri) were established by
the beginning of the Meiji era, epitomized by Takaoka’s
Mikurumayama floats. In recent years, lacquerware areincorporated into everyday use items such as glasses andvarious accessories through designer collaborations.

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Shin-Takaoka Station

8 minutes by shuttle bus (160 yen)

Takaoka Station

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Information Center (200 yen)
5 minutes by bicycle❶ Lacquerware Experience at
Takaoka Regional Industrial Center
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❷ Takaoka Mikurumayama Museum
Dozō-zukuri Street
Enjoy a light lunch/snacks.
❸ Dozō-zukuri Museum
5 minutes by bicycle

Takaoka Station

8 minutes by shuttle bus (160 yen)

Shin-Takaoka Station❶ Takaoka Regional Industrial Center ZIBA
(Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)

All kinds of lacquerware aredisplayed and sold; you canexperience making your own
original lacquerware.
Cost: starting from 3000 yen.
101 Otayamachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-25-8283
Opening Hours:10 am ~ 6 pm
Closed on Wednesdays

Another place where you canexperience decorating lacquerware

Bicycle Rental Information
Shuttle Bus Information

Musashigawa Kobo

Bicycle Rental Information

1-23 Jijikimachi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-26-0792
Opening Hours:9 am~5 pm
Time: around 90 minutes
Cost: starting from 3000 yen

Takaoka Station Sightseeing Information Centers (4)Available from April 1st to November 30th
Opening Hours :10 am ~4 pm

Shuttle Bus Information(Shin-Takaoka Station ~ Takaoka Station
South Entrance) Service: 6 shuttle
buses/hour from 7 am to 7 pm.

Reservation neededin advance❷ Takaoka Mikurumayama Museum
The Mikurumayama floats, embodying
Takaoka’s refined metalworking
and lacquerware techniques, are on
exhibition at Takaoka’s Mikurumayama
Museum all year long.

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Takaoka’s Mikurumayama Festival, designated as a
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, is said to haveoriginated in the carriage that Maeda Toshinaga conferredto the townspeople of Takaoka at the time of his castle’s
construction. The original carriage was a present to Maeda
Toshiie from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a preeminent daimyо who
unified Japan by bringing an end to the Sengoku period.

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Historical records and photos
explain how Takaoka developed
as a town as well as the origins
of dozō-zukuri warehouses.

26 Konmadashimachi, Takaoka City

Dozō-zukuri Street

A historical town area lined with merchanthouses built in the dozō-zukuri style,
touching upon a variety of architectural
styles characteristic of old European, late
Meiji and early Shōwa periods.

Konmadashimachi ~ Moriyamamachi Areasof Takaoka City
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Sedge Hats of Etchū-Fukuoka (Sugegasa)

Takaoka City

Exploring Sedge Hatsof Etchū-Fukuoka
Recommended Route (Half-Day)
Shin-Takaoka Station
30 minutes by car❶ Fukuoka Camera Museum
1-minute walk❷ Gagaku-no-Yakata(House of Gagaku)

1-minute walk

90% of Japan’s Sedge Hats Made in Etchū-Fukuoka

heyday, about 2.1 million hats from Etchū-Fukuoka are sold❹ Narita Koi Farms Japan

Japan’s production in sedge hats.

Place to see and purchasesedge hats (sugegasa)

Orix Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-20-0543

Toyota Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-26-1070

Nippon Rent-a-Car❶ Fukuoka Camera Museum

Ekiren Car Rental West JapanThe museum conveys the charmsof cameras and photography witha collection of more than 3000
camera exhibits.

TEL +81-766-27-0919
TEL +81-766-24-4200

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Late Edo period musical instrumentsof Gagaku (Japanese court music)
and traditional clothing are on
display at this tasteful merchanthouse built in the early Shōwa era.

1208 Fukuoka, Fukuoka-machi,
Takaoka City

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Nissan Rent-a-Car

We are also selling
accessories made ofsedge (suge).

❹ Narita Koi Farms JapanThe town of Fukuoka is known
for carp farming. The Nishikigoi(varicolored carp) for viewing areparticularly beautiful and attract
visitors from all over the country.

1050 Yabe, Fukuoka-machi, Takaoka City

7(Specialty Carp-Breeding Tour)TEL +81-766-23-5523

1077-5 Fukuoka, Fukuoka-machi, Takaoka City
TEL +81-766-75-7874
Opening Hours :10 am ~3 pm
Closed on Mondays
and Tuesdays

Fukuoka
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8 minutes by car

Car Rental Information AroundShin-Takaoka Station❸ Sanchonpin-gura

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1-minute walk

❸ Sanchonpin-guraannually, and to this day Fukuoka-machi is claiming 90% of

U hole(district of sedge hat warehouses)

The flourishing of sedge (suge) from Oyabe River’s flooding

marked the beginning of the sedge basket/hat industry. In its(Fukuoka culture center)

Old Hokuriku Region Main RoadThe Old Hokuriku Region Main RoadThe old Hokuriku region main road is linedwith many sugegasa warehouses. Even now,
traces of its prosperity still remain. The lord of
the Kaga family used to travel on this road forthe purpose of Sankin-kōtai (a policy
requiring feudal lords to alternate living
between the capital and their domain yearly).

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論田・熊無の藤箕Ronden/Kumanashi Winnowing Basket (Fujimi)

Himi City
600 Years of History: a Traditional Agricultural Tool
A winnowing basket (fujimi) is an agricultural tool used toseparate grain from chaff. Made of sturdy wisteria vines andbamboo, the basket is popularly recognized as a lucky charm(fukumi).

Exploring Ronden/Kumanashi
Winnowing Basket
Recommended Route (Half-Day)
Shin-Takaoka Station
30 minutes by car❶ Himi City Museum
7~8 minutes by car❷ Himi Ban’ya Street
Place to enjoy lunch and snacks❸ Himioki Cruising Experience
15 minutes by car❹ Himi Shishimai (Lion Dance) Museum
10 minutes by car❺ Farmers’ Market Kumanashi
40 minutes by car(Nōetsu Expressway)

Shin-Takaoka Station

Place to see
winnowing baskets (Fujimi)

Car Rental Information AroundShin-Takaoka Station❶ Himi City Museum

Nissan Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-23-5523

4-9 Honmachi, Himi City
TEL +81-766-74-8231
Opening Hours:9 am~5 pm

Orix Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-20-0543

Toyota Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-26-1070❺ Farmers’ Market Kumanashi

Nippon Rent-a-Car

5198-1 Kamiyokawa, Himi City
TEL +81-766-76-1180 We are also
Opening Hours:9 am~5 pm selling goods

TEL +81-766-27-0919

Ekiren Car Rental West Japan
TEL +81-766-24-4200

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❶ Himi City Museum❷ Himi Port Market: Ban’ya Street

4-9 Honmachi, Himi City

25-5 Kitaōmachi, Himi City

Exhibition on Himi’s fishing &farming lifestyles and tools forliving. You can witness thehistory of Fujimi being soldnationwide in its heyday.

Enjoy the authentic cuisine thatis only served locally, including
conveyer belt sushi made withfish freshly caught from the port,
Himi udon noodles, and Himi beef.

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A variety of activities unique to Himi,
where stationery net fishing andseafood processing thrive, are available
according to season. Experience taking
a seaward cruise or making kamaboko(a type of cured fish paste).

Inquiries: Himi City Sightseeing Information Center
TEL +81-766-74-5250❹ Himi Shishimai (Lion Dance) Museum
Famously known as the lion dance
village, Himi hosts buoyant festivals
that you can witness throughdocumentaries and dance gears on
exhibition in this museum.

760 Izumi, Himi City

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Tonami City
100 Years of Continued Polishing
Using the high-quality logs brought by the flow of Shōgawa
River, the production of woodturning crafts began in the late Edo
period. Later, as it became people’s dream to own a complete
set of wooden bowls for the occasion of the Hōonkō (traditional
Japanese Shin Buddhism observance), the woodturningtechnique of the region continued to evolve. The passion thatlasted for a hundred years bloomed into excellent interior décor
today.

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25 minutes by car

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❷ Scattered Settlements Viewing Deck
20 minutes by car❸ Shōgawa River Sightseeing Cruise
10 minutes by car❹ Shōgawa Aqua Memorial Park
Walk around the park
Place to enjoy lunch and snacks
Woodturning Tour andExperience at Tokusankan
30 minutes by car

Shin-Takaoka Station❹ Shōgawa Aqua Park Tokusankan

In the woodturning workshop,
experience polishing rough-sawn
lumber on a high-speed lathe.
Cost: ¥1000

Place where you can experience
woodturning using a spinning lathe❹ Shōgawa Aqua Park Tokusankan
1550 Kanaya, Shōgawamachi, Tonami City
TEL +81-763-82-5696
Opening Hours: 9 am ~ 6 pm
Closing at 4 pm from December
1st to the end of February
Activities available on every Sunday
from April to November
Reservation needed (oneweek in advance)

Car Rental Information AroundShin-Takaoka Station
Nissan Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-23-5523

Orix Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-20-0543

Toyota Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-26-1070

Nippon Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-27-0919

Ekiren Car Rental West Japan
TEL +81-766-24-4200

TONAMI
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The only facility in the world
where tulips bloom all year
long. Find out the secrets oftulip bulbs while learning more
about floriculture.

❷ Scattered Settlements Viewing Deck100-1 Nakamura, Tonami

A spectacular viewpoint where you cansee scattered settlements (sankyo)
spreading on the Tonami plain. Enjoy the
picturesque view of sunset's reflection in
the rice fields. Closed from December toMarch due to heavy snowfall.

❸ Shōgawa River Sightseeing Cruise

Tonami Yumeno Taira Ski Resort

Fresh green leaves and fall foliage
followed by snow sceneries, theShōgawa valley boasts a magnificent
landscape throughout the four
seasons (short cruise excursions
available).

A breathtaking scenic point togaze at the Tateyama mountain
range and the Japan Sea from a
distance. Enjoy beautiful daffodils
in spring and cosmos flowers inautumn.

160 Gotani, Tonami City

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Gokayama Washi Paper

Nanto City
1000 Years: Everlasting Japanese Washi Paper
The traditional Japanese paper made in Toyama Prefecture’s
Gokayama, Yatsuo, Birudan regions is collectively referred to as
Etchū-washi. Among the latter, washi entirely made from kozō
(paper mulberry) in Gokayama is particularly durable and wasused as Kaga Family’s exclusive writing paper. Besides its
stature in the reparation of old documents, washi is used bydesigners to create neat accessories, receiving acclaim atinternational trade fairs.

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5 minutes by car❶Roadside Station:
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6 minutes by car❷Suganuma Gasshō-zukuri Village
6 minutes by car❸Murakami Household
8 minutes by car❹Ainokura Gasshо-zukuri Village
Enjoy your lunch here!
15 minutes by car❺Roadside Station Taira

Experience paper-making at
Washi no Sato (washi village)
20 minutes by car

Gokayama IC❷Roadside Station Taira: Washi no Sato
You can experience making
washi and then creating
postcards and Japanese fanswith the washi that you made.
Cost: starting from 700 yen.
215 Higashinakae, Nanto City.
TEL +81-763-66-2223
Opening Hours: 9 am ~ 5 pm

Public Transit Information

World Heritage Bus

Every day between Takaoka⇄ Johana ⇄ Gokayama ⇄Shirakawa-go

Another place where you canexperience paper-making(no reservation needed)

Kaetsunо Bus Fare Center❻Gokayama Washi Paper Workshop(Inside the Waiting Room of Curun
Takaoka, 1F)

TEL +81-766-21-0950
Opening Hours:
Monday ~ Friday
7:30 am ~ 6:30 pm
Weekend & Holidays
9 am ~ 6 pm

835 Ainokura, Nanto City
TEL +81-763 - 66 -2016
Opening Hours:
9 am ~4 pm

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Enjoy nigiri-zushi and grilledchars with mountain vegetabledishes unique to Gokayama. A
variety of local sake andspecialty products are available.

72-1 Nishiakaomachi, Nanto City

World Heritage:❷ UNESCO
SuganumaGasshō-zukuri Village

9 Gasshō-style houses standing
in quiet nature; a wonder tobehold in the depths of winter.

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Important Cultural Property:

Murakami Household is representativeof Gokayama’s Gasshō-zukuri in a waythat best conveys the state of thehabitation as it was back in the day.
Thousands of historical records can beseen here.

742 Kaminashi, Nanto City

❹ Ainokura
Gasshō-zukuri Village
UNESCO World Heritage:

Twenty Gasshō-style houses
are still extant, surrounded by
nostalgic fields, stone walls
and snowy forests.

Ainokura, Nanto City

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Inami Woodcarving

Nanto City
Masters of 200 Chisels and Carving Knives
Inami’s woodcarving originated at Zuisenji Temple (Inami
branch) constructed in the 14th century. After its main hallburned down in mid-18th century, the technique of imperial
woodcarvers, called in from Kyoto for its reconstruction, waspassed down and flourished as Inami Woodcarving. Fromranma (decorative transom pieces), tsuitate (movablescreens), to small interior items, Inami’s woodcarvers excel
as masters of more than 200 chisels and carving knives.

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❶Inami Wood Carving Composite Hall❷Roadside Station:
Inami Kibori no Sato Sōyūkan
Woodcarving Experience
5 minutes by bicycle (rental available)❸Zuisenji Temple (Inami Branch)❹Yokamachi Street❺ Yoitoko Inami

Enjoy your lunch here!
1 minute by bicycle❻Inami Kōtsu Hiroba – Sightseeing(Return your bicycle here)
15 minutes by taxi

Fukuno Station

30 minutes by JR Johana Line

Shin-Takaoka Station❷Roadside Station:

Inami Kibori no Sato Sōyūkan

Experience carving objects
such as sake cups (guinomi)
and speakers using chiselsand carving knives.
Cost: starting from 1000 yen.
Reservation needed.
730 Kitagawa, Nanto City
TEL +81-763-82-5757
Opening Hours: 9 am ~ 5 pm

Local Traffic Information
Ai Ai Taxi Fukuno Office
772 Fukuno, Nanto City
TEL +81-763 -22-2144

Car Rental Information AroundShin-Takaoka Station
Nissan Rent-a-Car

Bicycle Rental Information
Inami Sightseeing
Information Center

956-1 Yamami, Nanto City
TEL +81-763 -82-2539
Reception: 9 am ~ 4 pm
Cost: 1500 yen per day &1000 yen per half-day (4 hours)

TEL +81-766-23-5523

Orix Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-20-0543

Toyota Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-26-1070

Nippon Rent-a-Car

TEL +81-766-27-0919

Ekiren Car Rental West Japan
TEL +81-766-24-4200❶Inami Wood Carving
Composite Hall

Designed by the British architectPeter Salter, the building is a
must-see. A variety of sophisticatedwoodcarvings are on display.

733 Kitagawa, Nanto City

NANTO

❸Zuisenji Temple(Inami Branch)

Zuisenji Temple is the symbolof Inami, the woodcarving town.
The area (including Zuisenji)
was designated as “Inami - theLiving Woodcarving Gallery”
by Japan Heritage.

3050 Inami, Nanto City

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With the fragrance of wood andmusic of the hammers waftingfrom Inami’s woodcarving
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extending from Zuisenji is fullof charms.

Yokamachi, Inami, Nanto City

❺Yoitoko Inami

Restaurants, Cafes, and specialty
products are available here. You
can also experience making soba
(buckwheat noodles) by hand. We
accept reservations for groups of
5 or more (1000 yen/person).

3110-1 Inami, Nanto City

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Inquiries
Industry Planning Section 7-50 Hirokōji, Takaoka City

TEL +81-766-20-1286

Himi City Museum 4-9 Honmachi, Himi City

TEL +81-766-74-8231

Commerce and Tourism Section 7-3 Sakaemachi, Tonami City TEL +81-763-33-1111
Nanto City Commerce & Indsutry Promotion Section 1550 Araki, Nanto City TEL +81-763-23-2018
Published in December, 2020