3 Award-Winning Craft Beer Breweries in Toyama
Many local brewers have tried to produce their own craft beer, but these three breweries in Toyama have found the secret recipe to success.
Many local brewers have tried to produce their own craft beer, but these three breweries in Toyama have found the secret recipe to success.
Hokuriku has various wonderful 'omiyage' (souvenir) sweets for travelers. Here we outline 10 historical souvenirs you simply have to buy on your next Hokuriku trip!
Experience a traditional recycling-oriented lifestyle.
Taste the best food cultures that make the most of an abundance of ingredients and preparation methods.
In the snow belt between Hokuriku and Gifu's Hida Mountain Range, take a bus tour down a road lined with three-star tourist spots listed in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
Despite their combined population of only 900, the villages of Shunran no Sato drew 11,000 visitors in 2014, attracted by the prospect of experiencing traditional Japanese life from locals only too happy to share.
Most of the subjects of this story didn't see themselves where they are now—but all of them found something incredible in the Japanese countryside, leading each to develop a unique and indelible bond to the local community.
First I traveled from Nagoya Station to Takayama via JR Ltd. Express Hida (Wide View).