Toyama Ken Postal code

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture in Japan. It is in the Chbu region of the island of Honshu. 1,044,588 people live in Toyama Prefecture as of June 2019. It has a land area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). In the west, Toyama Prefecture is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture. In the south, it is bordered by Gifu Prefecture. In the east, it is bordered by Nagano Prefecture. If you want to live in Toyama Prefecture, the capital city is Toyama, which is also the largest city. Other major cities are Takaoka, Imizu, and Nanto. Toyama Prefecture is part of Japan's Hokuriku region, which dates back to the 1600s. Most of the prefecture's people live on Toyama Bay, one of the country's largest bays. Toyama Prefecture is the most important industrial area on the coast of the Japan Sea. It also has cheap electricity because it has a lot of hydroelectric resources. Toyama Prefecture has the only glaciers in East Asia that aren't in Russia. They were discovered in 2012, and 30% of the prefecture's land is national park land.