Located in a side street midway between Nakamachi and Aramachi on the streetcar line, "KAKI's kitchen BASSA" is a semi-basement Italian restaurant with a warm, woody atmosphere. Since opening on August 8, 2012, it has quickly become a favorite among regular customers...
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Located on the second floor of a parking garage building in Aramachi, Toyama City, just a short walk from the Aramachi tram stop, is "51 Cinquecenta Uno," a wine bar where wine bottles are displayed across a glass wall, shining brightly in a blue light. It has become a well-known specialty shop among wine connoisseurs, and late...
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Just outside Sogawa, the central district of Toyama, in Shijimachi, you'll find "Merci Shokudo Quatre," a restaurant reminiscent of a small French bistro, specializing in authentic galettes inspired by the Brittany region. It's a small town in northwestern France...
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Located quietly in an alleyway in the business district, not far from "Barbanco," is "Viva la Vita," a restaurant serving regional Northern Italian cuisine, offering simple and warm service and food with a spirit of hospitality.
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Opened in March 2013 and now in its second year, "Barbanco" in Shintomi-cho, Toyama City, boasts eight taps for draft beer, offering a diverse selection of craft beers that change daily, all available at the standing bar. "Drink! Eat...".
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Located in Toyama, a region of Hokuriku blessed with the vast Sea of Japan and majestic mountains, "Oryori Fujii" offers delicate Japanese cuisine using abundant local ingredients. It's a small, somewhat unusual restaurant situated in the parking lot of a drugstore, not far from Toyama University...
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Chez Fujii offers a culinary experience featuring the bounty of Toyama's rich natural environment and seasonal ingredients. Previously, it operated for many years at the location where Himawari Shokudo now stands, but in November 2011, it reopened in Fuse as a combined home and restaurant...
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440 years ago, the Jōhana Betsuin Zentoku-ji Temple, a branch temple of Kyoto's Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, moved to Jōhana in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. Jōhana flourished as a temple town and is known as "Little Kyoto of Etchū." Inami also has a branch temple of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, the Shinshu Ōtani-ha Inami Betsuin Zuizen-ji Temple...
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We visited the home and studio of Gaku Shaku, a ceramic artist from Tateyama Town, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, located in a corner of the Iwase district, where many houses built during the Meiji era still remain. The Iwase area flourished from the early Edo period as a port town for Kitamae ships that traveled the Sea of Japan...
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Yao Town is nationally famous for the "Owara Kaze no Bon" festival. I set foot in Yao Town for the first time, as it is also the hometown of my husband's mother, who is from Toyama. Entering Yao Town and proceeding along a narrow, winding mountain path, I came across the "SHIMOO DES..." studio, run by the artist duo of Kazuhiko and Saori Shimoo.
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"Sushijin" is a restaurant specializing in "Etchu-mae sushi," where you can enjoy the bounty of the sea from Etchu Toyama prepared using Edo-style techniques. The owner, Izumi Kimura, originally worked in design in Tokyo, but her love of sushi led her to become a self-taught sushi chef—a rare occurrence in the sushi world...
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On March 14, 2015 (Saturday), the Hokuriku Shinkansen finally opened, and now Toyama, along with Kanazawa, is starting to attract attention. Kanazawa, Toyama, and other areas along the line are working hard to warmly welcome tourists, and the area is full of energy! This time, while in Toyama...
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