Shaped by the unique landscape and local culture, Toyama’s crafts are drawing visitors to this authentic destination on the ...

Surrounded by mountains in central Japan’s Toyama Prefecture, Inami lives and breathes wood. Out of a population of just 8,000, around 150 people work as woodcarvers and the town is a kind of ...

Use the bright, clear days to explore Hokuriku’s craft districts and historic quarters, such as Toyama’s Iwase neighborhood and the wood-carving town of Inami. Travel inland to visit the ...

Mori Masashi, who was Toyama’s mayor from 2002 to 2021 and spearheaded the transformation, held hundreds of town hall discussions of the plan. “I had to convince people to think 30 years into ...

The city was also inspired by the “Zero-yen Akiya Bank” program introduced by the Kamiichi town office also in Toyama Prefecture to trade vacant homes for free. However, the Uozu officials ...

“We decided to choose a small U.S. town for the setting,” Toyama said. “Of course, Silent Hill really does not exist, and we have not allocated a certain place or time in the game. We ...

Toyama is in essence an industrial town. Only days before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Aug-1945 the city was almost completely destroyed by a bombing raid on its aluminium, ...

At the foot of the Tateyama mountains in eastern Toyama is the town of Kamiichi. 12:38 Mitsui Takeyoshi moved to Toyama from Hiroshima in 2012 to attend the institute.

KUROBE, Toyama Prefecture—The Kurobe Gorge Railway is offering visitors breathtaking views of the snow-covered valley through train windows on a winter-exclusive sightseeing package. This ...

Silent Hill creator and director of upcoming horror title Slitterhead Keiichiro Toyama has commented on Microsoft's shock closure of Tango Gameworks in May 2024. Speaking to VGC, Toyama used the ...

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