Museum / Science Museum Spots in Nanto / Gokayama Area

  • Gokayama Minzokukan (Gokayama Folklore Museum)
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    3.5
    27 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Toyama Pref. Nantoshi Suganuma 436
    Gokayama Minzokukan (Gokayama Folk Museum) is situated in Sugunuma, a village of traditional Gasshozukuri-style farmhouses in Gokayama village, Toyama Prefecture. The Museum is located in the oldest Gasshozukuri-style house in the village, which was specially renovated for the purpose. On display inside the Museum are around 200 living utensils etc. that embody the wisdom of past generations. The adjacent “Potassium Nitrate Hall,” focused on the production of potassium nitrate (which was formerly an important industry in the Gokayama district), uses models and shadow-pictures to show how the raw material was collected, the process by which the potassium nitrate was made, and how the finished product was transported for sale.

    10棟ほどの合掌造りが点在する五箇山の菅沼合掌造り集落。その集落内に、五箇山民族館がありました。 この五箇山民俗館も、合掌造りの建物です。すぐ近くにある「煙硝の館」との共通入館券300円を購入して、建物内に入りました。 1階の中央には囲炉裏があって、先客が1組。担当の方のお話が始まるところでした。この地方の暮らしや合掌造りのお話に続いて、日本最古の民謡とも言われる「こきりこの唄」を、ささらと...

  • Nanto Baseball Bat Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Toyama Nanto-shi Fukumitsu 6754 Higashimachi Shotenkai Higashi Hall
  • Earth Walled Warehouse Kairo Corridor
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Toyama Nanto-shi Johana 579-3
    This atmospheric spot is along an alleyway that passes beside four old merchant warehouses connected by an outdoor walkway. You can tour the four warehouses, themselves exhibits, to see how the buildings were made, and allow a view of the scenery. The external appearance and second floors of the warehouses are must-sees.
  • Azumachi Takase
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Toyama Nanto-shi Kita 128-4

    「あずまだち」とは屋敷林に囲まれた中に建てられた力強さと風格に満ちた大破風の農家の家を指す言葉です。建物外官を見てもその大きさに圧倒されます。入館無料です。内部の見学ができるそうですが時間の関係で外観だけ見学しました。

  • Toga Soba-no-sato Soba no Museum
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Toyama Nanto-shi Togamura Sakaue 1193
  • Murakami Family National Important Cultural Property Folk Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Toyama Nanto-shi Kaminashi 725

Toyama Areas

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Toyama is one of the three prefectures that house the Japanese Alps, with its southern and eastern borders comprising one long stretch of mountains, out of which the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is forged. While traditional crafts fill the northern coastal cities of Toyama and Takaoka, thatched roof houses offer unrivalled views against a backdrop of fantastic scenery at Gokayama in the mountainous area in the south of the prefecture.

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