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  Japan Regional Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Situated roughly in the middle of Honshu on the Sea of Japan side, Toyama is embraced by mighty nature, with the Tateyama mountain range on the east and the Japan Sea on the north.
Mt. Tateyama is a time-honored recreation spot for mountaineers, skiers and campers.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route has a distance of 86 km and goes from Tateyama Station on the Toyama Chiho Tetsudo line to Nagano Ogisawa, by a combination of bus, cable car, and ropeway.
www.asia-planet.net /japan/toyama.htm   (2293 words)

  
 BornPlayDie - Japan Travel Photos
Tateyama is a group of peaks in the Northern Japan Alps in Toyama Prefecture.
Tateyama is a popular hiking spot and the crowds had not completely thinned out by this time.
This was pretty good for Tateyama and I am convinced, had the weather been better, this would have been pretty good timing for Tsurugidake too.
www.bornplaydie.com /japan/kofuguide/tateyama/tateyama.htm   (1815 words)

  
 Torii Online
Kurobe gorge in Toyama prefecture is the deepest gorge in Japan.
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a mountain-sightseeing route either from Omachi to Tateyama or vise versa passing through the center of the Northern Japan Alps.
From Daikanpo, take a trolley bus through the tunnel, which bores right under Mt. Tateyama to Murodo, 2,450 meter (8,038 feet) in altitude, which is the highest point along this route.
www.torii.army.mil /archives/archives/1999/sep/10/story09.htm   (631 words)

  
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Toyama is almost equidistant from each of the metropolitan cities, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, and the unique geography of Toyama offers both long coastlines and 3000 meter mountain ranges, Tateyama Mountain Range.
The Toyama medicine business is said to have its origins at Mt. Tateyama, which was believed to have been home to the Gods.
Toyama is probably one of the safest places to live in Japan, since it has low incidence of fires, earthquakes and crime.
www.angelfire.com /gundam/RoninWarriors/Toyama.htm   (304 words)

  
 Outdoor Japan - Features - Three men and a tent - Hiking Tateyama - Toyama Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tateyama, in Toyama-ken, is one of Japan’s most popular hiking areas.
We were woken early by the clatter of bear bells, and the ghostly sight of 40, or so, hikers clad head-to-toe in nylon rain gear as they moved in a solemn procession through the campsite.
Tateyama had lived up to its reputation as a rugged and spectacular hiking area.
www.outdoorjapan.com /features/ojfeature-tateyama-1.html   (1551 words)

  
 TOYAMA TRAVEL NAVIGATOR/TRAVEL GUIDE/KUROBE&UNAZUKI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Adjacent to the aquarium is an amusement park "Mirage Land" which features various amusement facilities such as a giant ferriswheel, the largest on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
Discovered in the sea of Uozu Port, and later designated by the nation as a natural monument, the buried forest on display to the public at this museum is considered to date back approximately 2,000 years.
It is believed to have been formed when the sea level rose as a result of global warming with subsequent accumulation of river dirt and sand.
www.toyama-smenet.or.jp /navi/english/kurobe_guide.html   (590 words)

  
 Holy Mountains & Sacred Shrines in Japanese Buddhism & Shintoism
Tateyama, which rises in the eastern part of Japan's Etchu region (present day Toyama Prefecture), has long been considered a sacred mountain.
Tateyama was chosen long ago as the Land of Pure Bliss or Hell on Earth, and it has drawn together people of faith as a center of the Shugendo Sect (of Shingon).
With the introduction of the Tateyama Mandala in the Edo Period, many mountaineering ascetics were said to have traveled all over the country on foot carrying the mandala to spread the word.
www.onmarkproductions.com /html/holy-mountains-sacred-shrines.html   (4908 words)

  
 Saitama Jets FC
It was the third time that Watanabe-san had invited me to join him on a Tateyama shoot, and after last year's trip had been cancelled due to a lack of snow I was determined to make it this time.
The Tateyama range is a series of peaks approx.
Access is made possible by The Kurobe Alpen Route built after the opening of the large Kurobe Dam and you can get to the top plateau by a combination of trolley bus, cable car, ropeway and bus which runs from early April through to the end of November.
www.saitamajetsfc.com /html/snow-tateyama.html   (520 words)

  
 Takaoka and Toyama, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
Head northeast from the Gokayama valley and you'll reach the modern coastal cities of Takaoka and, further west, the prefectural capital of Toyama.
Toyama's banks, main post office and shops are all within easy walking distance of the station.
The Toyama Youth Hostel (tel 0764/37-9010; under ¥3000) is several kilometres north of the city, beside a pine-fringed beach which would be lovely if not for all the rubbish on the shore.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/takaoka_and_toyama   (425 words)

  
 BornPlayDie - Japan Travel Photos
Tsurugidake also in Toyama is said to be one of the most technically challenging mountains in Japan not requiring special climbing gear.
Tateyama and Tsurugidake are both accessible from Murodo and can be hiked together given two days and a stay at a mountain hut.
See photos and read more about hiking Tateyama and Tsurugidake at Hiking Japan's Mountains Although my purpose for traveling the Alpine Route was solely to get to Murodo to hike, many people ride the Alpine route for sight seeing.
www.bornplaydie.com /japan/travel/toyama/toyama.htm   (547 words)

  
 [ Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Officail Guide ]
Along with Mt.Fuji and Mt.Hakusan, Tateyama is one of Japan's Three Sacred Mountains and has been worshiped since ancient times.
Tateyama Range is a spectacular and solemn display of peaks, soaring to an altitude of 3,000 meters.
Tateyama, as nature, is both gentle and severe.
www.alpen-route.com /english/index.html   (127 words)

  
 Welcome to TOYAMA city home page/TOYAMA city homepage in English
Toyama City covers a large area spreading from the center of Toyama Prefecture to the southeast.
The Toyama Plain is good farmland and historically it was a point of strategic and traffic importance.
Although the streets of Toyama were devastated by an air raid in August 1945, Toyama has become one of the most influential cities on the Japan Sea side with its good water supply, drainage system and thriving agricultural, forestry, fishery, commercial and manufacturing industries.
www7.city.toyama.toyama.jp /english/index.html   (337 words)

  
 Tateyama Museum of Toyama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This museum was constructed in order to rebuild and stimulate "Tateyama Fudoki-no-oka of Toyama" which was opened in April 1972.
This museum consists of "Tenji-kan" (exhibition hall) and "Yobo-kan", and displays concerned with nature and the worship of Tateyama with the relationship between nature of Tateyama and people as its theme.
Get off at Toyama Chiho Railway Chigaki Station on the Tateyama Line and walk about 2km (the buses serve this area in the morning and evenings on weekdays).
museums.toyamaken.jp /e_kenpaku/e_kenpa/e_35.html   (154 words)

  
 ?????:Promoting the Spread of Ideal Health Foods Based on Uncleaned Rice and Grains
The founder retired as employee of the Toyama Prefectural Government in March 2001.
After her retirement from the prefectural government in March 2001, she worked as a conductor of the management structure at the Toyama Prefectural Agricultural Conference, an association for supporting the management of the agricultural production organization and resigned in December that year.
She has now decided to use the sales network of Toyama Daiichi Chemicals Industry (a route-sales drug peddler) and is scheduled to start doing so in February.
www.chusho.meti.go.jp /sme_english/bestpractice/03/example_03.htm   (1669 words)

  
 TOYAMA TRAVEL NAVIGATOR/TRAVEL GUIDE/TAKAOKA & HIMI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The view of the Tateyama peaks over the horizon of the sea is a rarity worth seeing.
As a very appropriate facility to be in Himi, a town of fish, this marine products center offers a place where you can see, buy and eat "kito-kito" (meaning "fresh" in Toyama's local dialect) marine products from the Sea of Japan.
Located at the Himi fishing port, which commands a magnificent view of "Tateyama-renpo" (the mountain range forming the northwestern part of the Northern Alps) across Toyama Bay, the center also offers information about this area including information about its traffic and tourism.
www.toyama-smenet.or.jp /navi/english/himi_guide.html   (615 words)

  
 Takeyama
Tateyama is one of the three holy mountains in Japan.
It is 3015 meters high.To get there you take bus, cable-car, funicular train, trolley bus and than back to Toyama by train.
To the top of Tateyama you have to walk about 2 hours on some quite steep and stony paths.
www.snued.ch /AroundTheWorld/Japan/Toyama/Takeyama/takeyama.html   (85 words)

  
 Capniidae Catalogue
Tateyama, Honshu; deposited at Hokkaido University Insect Collection.
Notes: This species is found only on the female, and maybe the same species as one of the representatives.
Holotype: male (NWU), Babadani Valley, Kurobe, Toyama, at June 9.
homepage.mac.com /kawagera/plec/catalogue/capniid.htm   (1193 words)

  
 Takaoka and Toyama Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
You can pick up a map of town from the tourist information booth (daily 10am-6pm; tel 0766/23-6645), beside the ticket gate at the station where the friendly assistant speaks a little English and can make accommodation bookings if you're stuck for somewhere to stay.
The tourist information booth (daily 8.30am-8pm; tel 0764/32-9751), beside the central exit at Toyama Station, has a good selection of leaflets on local attractions and English-speaking staff who will help book accommodation.
If you want more convenient accommodation for the city centre, there are plenty of business hotels around Toyama Station; a good option is the Dai-ichi Inn Toyama (tel 0764/42-6611, fax 42-8153; ¥10,000-15,000), at the east end of the station, with singles from around ¥7000.
www.infohub.com /destinations/asia/Japan/Takaoka-and-Toyama   (430 words)

  
 Seasonal Change in Bacterial Flora and Biomass in Mountain Snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Japan, Analyzed by 16S ...
The bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama
Location of the Tateyama Mountains, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, and map of the study area showing the sampling sites.
Tateyama snow samples from June and August 2000 were melted
aem.asm.org /cgi/content/full/71/1/123   (5964 words)

  
 Aanglyph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Turugi is the mountain which rises at the Toyama prefecture eastern part and the Tateyama northern part.
It is the noted mountain where sharp rock peeks is known for many steep figures, and represents the Japanese North Alps with the Mt. Hotaka or Mt. Yarigatake.
Mt.Turugi and Mt.Tateyama are opened by mountains faith from ancient times, and a Oyama shrine is on the male summit in Tateyama.
www2c.airnet.ne.jp /kawa/ste-map/map1/54377ae.htm   (105 words)

  
 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (06-07/08/2005) Photo Gallery by Narongsak Rattanasuwannachart at pbase.com
It was one of the place I wanted to visit since last 2 years ago.
I have visited Japan for 4 times...and never know that there is such a place like in yr pictures (from Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route) it is like a paradise...
You are very good at taking photo..hope to see yr other good collections again..
www.pbase.com /narongsak_rat/tateyama   (78 words)

  
 Tateyama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tateyama, Chiba (Japanese: 館山市; -shi), a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Tateyama (Japanese: 立山) or Mount Tate, a mountain range in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tateyama   (87 words)

  
 International Workshop 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The third "International Workshop on Tritium-Material Interactions" was held on May 20-21st, 2005, at Wel Sunpia Tateyama, locating in a resort area by Tateyama mountains in Toyama, as a satellite meeting of the 7th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (May 23-27th, 2005, Tokyo, Japan).
The basic topics of tritium-material interactions were taken up as scope of this workshop, because it is of great importance in the future fusion devices as well as ITER to establish the safety handling technologies of a large amount of tritium.
The meeting was in an appropriate size of about 40 attendants (including three attendees from overseas), giving a good opportunity to keep close contact for exchanging views and to deepen acquaintance each other.
www.hrc.toyama-u.ac.jp /workshop2005/workshop2005_contents.html   (1730 words)

  
 TOYAMA SIGHTSEEING GUIDE/Toyama City-For the Best View of Mt.Tateyama
The Tateyama Mountain Range, towering like a huge folding screen to the east of Toyama City, has been regarded sacred as the God's dwelling mountain range since ancient times.
The 3000-meter peaks are the symbol of the mountain range that has impressed tourists and people of Toyama deeply for a long time.
Eleven spots listed here were selected for their breathtaking views that exactly exemplify the city's slogan, "Toyama City-For the Best View of Mt. Tateyama."
www8.city.toyama.toyama.jp /kanko/english/e_view/v_17.html   (107 words)

  
 Colored carp cultivation place in Niigata Prefecture Teradomari-cho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
What of it took a picture by having seen Tateyama that shone beautifully when looking up from nearby Ohashi on by chance.
This is big mountain, and Tateyama (3015M) in the famous second in Toyama Prefecture (Japanese country).
It did not take a picture after all in Tateyama and the locale and what because it is far of it takes a picture.
www.ii-park.net /~ika2304/english/dejikame/tateyama.html   (117 words)

  
 RoseAmano Tateyama Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
Though this is a beautiful part of Japan, it is an extremely well-trodden path, and can get extremely crowded during the peak times.
I'd recommend to take your time along the journey, or take the "reverse" route from Omachi toward Toyama.
Shot from the Toyama Dentetsu Line from Toyama-Tateyama.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/54b59/ecaa3   (312 words)

  
 OTHER WORKS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The theme of Tateyama Museum in Toyama prefecture designed by architect Kijyo Rokkaku is heaven and hell in the religion in a mountain.
The museum shows us that world not by exhibition, but by telling to visitors' mind with space, light, scent and sound.
The lighting is completely programmed and many kinds of light sources are used for it.
homepage.mac.com /sand_man/osaka/other_e/other_1.html   (59 words)

  
 Comfort Hotel Toyama - Toyama - Japon
The district where the government offices are located.
TRAIN: From the JR Toyama Station, walk toward the city hall on the Joshi main street and turn right at the Shin-Sakuramachi Crossing and turn left soon.
CAR: From the Hokuriku Expressway/Toyam I.C., take Route 41 and go towards the JR Toyama Station.
asia.traveleurope.com /fra/japon/toyama/comfort-hotel-toyama   (114 words)

  
 Toyama Map Links. ZenTech_trip
[ Tateyama, Kurobe, Unazuki ] [ Toyama City ] [ Gokayama, Tonami ] [ Takaoka ]
Infomation: The whole image, Vehicles of Tateyama Kurobe, Access to Tateyama Kurobe, Table of fares, Time Table of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
JAL Group has decided to suspend services between Toyama and Tokyo and between Toyama and Okinawa after March 31, 2006.
www2m.biglobe.ne.jp /~ZenTech/japan/toyama/toyama_map_en.htm   (379 words)

  
 Japan Times Archives - 2002, John Guantner
Also, the surveys were distributed to sake pubs all over Japan, not to consumers, and based on what sells best by the glass.
Looking at only one of the classes, junmai ginjo, the top sake were: Shimeharitsuru, Hakkaisan, Urakasumi (Miyagi), Juyondai, Kokuryu, Isojiman, Masumi, Tateyama (Toyama), Kudoki Jozu (Yamagata) and Suigei (Kochi).
Not that it really matters, but I see this list as being a bit more useful and based on more informed opinion.
www.sake-world.com /html/jt-2002_7.html   (787 words)

  
 JAPAN ALPS HIKING 2DAYS
At Daikampo, thrill to a sweeping view of the majestic Ushiro-Tateyama Mountain Range, which towers like a huge folding screen.
Western-style dinner and accommodation at Hotel Tateyama beneath a tapestry of stars(weather permitting).
Next, a bus ride to Tateyama Station and board a train to Toyama.
www.jtb.co.jp /sunrisetour/agent/Tours/el900.html   (186 words)

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