Travel to Toyama

About Toyama ...

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

Toyama is famous for UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Sites Gokayama Historical Village (Nanto City). The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama, which are well known for their houses constructed in architectural style known as gasshō-zukuri (合掌造り), are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Gokayama Historical Village (from wikipedia)

Travel to Toyama

Direct Flight

• Toyama Airport (TOY)

Domestic:

• Tokyo (HND) -- 1 hr
• Sapporo (CTS) -- 1 hr 20 min

International:

• Shanghai (PVG) 2 hr 30 min Via Shanghai Airlines
• Dalian (DLC) 2 hr 30 min Via Southern China Airlines
• Seoul (ICN) 1 hr 50 min Via Asiana Airlines
• Vladivostok (VVO) 2 hr 40 min Via Vladivostok Airlines

As of April 2008 all international carriers have 3 flights a week with additional flights during peak seasons

Domestic Transportation

Tokyo

• Airplane 1 hour (6 flights per day)
• 3 hr 8 min via Joetsu Shinkansen , transfer to Hokuriku Main Line via the Hakutaka Limited Express at Echigo Yuzawa
• Highway 5 hours

Osaka

• 3 hr 5 min via Thunderbird Limited Express (every hour)
• Highway 4 hours

Nagoya

• Train 3 hours (every two hours)
• Highway 2.5 hours

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.