Toyama City Local History Museum (Toyama Castle) — Attraction in Toyama

Ranked No 134 among Japanese castles, the Toyama castle has an important mention in the medieval history in Japan. It’s a flatland type castle that was ruled by Jinbo clan under Oda Nobunaga. Later it was ruled by the Maeda clan. The castle was affected by natural disasters like earthquake and was also gutted entirely by fire at one time. The current structure was rebuilt in 1952 on the ruins of the original castle. There are interesting seals like the “kaon” used by the ruler and rare paper letters used by aristocracy. The observatory is not something special. If you have about 30 minutes in Toyama, this is a good visit to learn...

You can see several monument. An ancient stone wall which was built at around 17th century. Some of the stone is so big that you can't imagine how they carried them from the river over 10km away. A gate located in the east is also amazing. It has the same way of construction as Todai Aka Mon that is known for the red gate of the University of Tokyo.This is because they have the same origin. Todai Aka Mon is the gate of Kaga Han's house. Kaga is now called Isihikawa pref. and is next to Toyama pref. The lords of both Toyama and Kaga were families. So pity that these kinds of info are not familiar to...

Historical site near Toyama City. I am lucky to witness flocks of cranes resting at the tree next to this historical architecture. Serendipity and occasionally you will also hear cranes communicating to one another. This is an unforgettable experience for me as I hardly had this rare opportunity watching these birds not one, but more than 30s, resting on the tree branches. Simply amazing and had it not due to time constraints, I would sit nearby this beautiful place watching the birds and hopefully catch the sunset here as well. I made a right decision to...