About Toyama
Study in Toyama, a place rich in nature,
surrounded by the sea and mountains
Easily accesible to/from Tokyo by the Hokuriku Shinkansen burret train, which connects Tokyo and Toyama in two hours and 8 minutes. It takes about three hours to Osaka by Limited Express trains. From Toyama Airport, in addistion to domestic flights to Tokyo and Sapporo, International service is also provided to Seoul, Dalian, Shanghai and Taipei. (As of April 1, 2021, all international flights and domestic flights to Sapporo are not available due to the COIVD-19 pandemic.)
Surrounded by the 3000 meter high Tateyama mountain range on the south and the Sea of Japan and Toyama Bay at its north, Toyama, the home of the University of Toyama, is a nature-rich provincial city that offers a comfortable life. Located near the geographic heart of Japan, Toyama Prefecture has four distinct seasons. You may find it inexplicable when you see the snow-covered city in winter. Toyama City is the prefectural capital and a modern metropolis with a population of about 420,000.
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