富山県
alternative words: Toyamaken prefecture, Toyama, Toyamaken, Toyama ken.
keywords:
prefecture
related topics:
Mt. Tateyama
related web sites:
http://www.pref.toyama.jp
explanation: Toyama prefecture occupies the northern part of Chubu region facing Japanese Sea, between Niiga and Ishikawa prefectures. Its surface is 4,252 km2 and the population 1.1 million. The prefectural office is at Toyama City. Nearly all the fields are dedicated to the rice culture. Drugs of Toyama is well known since the Middle Ages. Now using abundant hydraulic electricity, the chemical industry is developing. Toyama Bay being very deep, fishing activity is very prosperous.
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