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Toyama Prefecture
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| Capital | Toyama City |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Island | Honshū |
| Governor | Takakazu Ishii |
| Area | 4,247.22 km² (33rd) |
| - % water | 0.1% |
| Population (October 1, 2001) | |
| - Population | 1,120,320 (38th) |
| - Density | 264 /km² |
| Districts | 2 |
| Municipalities | 15 |
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-16 |
| Website | www.pref.toyama.jp/ master/02guide/ welcome/welcome_e.htm |
| Prefectural Symbols | |
| - Flower | Tulip (Tulipa) |
| - Tree | Tateyamasugi (Cryptomeria japonica) |
| - Bird | Snow grouse (Lagopus mutus) |
 Symbol of Toyama Prefecture |
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Toyama Prefecture (富山県 Toyama-ken?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.
Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan-sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity. The Itai-itai disease occurred in Toyama around 1950.
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Historically, Toyama Prefecture was Etchū Province.
Due to the mergers in the 2000s, Toyama has the fewest municipalities of any prefecture in Japan with 10 cities, 2 districts, 4 towns, and 1 village (before the mergers took place, the prefecture had 9 cities, 18 towns, and 8 villages).
The Kurobe dam generates hydroelectricity for Kansai Electric Power Company. It is located on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture.
The region is traversed by the Hokuriku Line, with high speed rail access to Osaka via the Thunderbird train. The Shirasagi train allows for easy transfer to the Nagano shinkansen bullet-train line. For travel to Tokyo, take the Hakutaka train to Nagaoka or Echigo Yuzawa and transfer to the Joetsu Shinkansen.
Regional dishes of Toyama include trout sushi and firefly squid.
The sports teams listed below are based in Toyama.
Football (soccer)
Basketball
Rugby Union
Kaze no bon is a festival that is held every year in September in the small mountain town of Owara.
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