Toyama Prefecture【富山県】

富山県

富山県とやまけんはチューリップの球根きゅうこん出荷量しゅっかりょう日本一にほんいちです。

日本一にほんいちおおきなスイカもつくっていて、おもさが小学しょうがく年生ねんせい女子じょしおなじくらいの最大さいだい25kgになるものもあります。

黒部くろべダムは、水力発電用すいりょくはつでんようのダムで、たかさが日本一にほんいちたかいです。

ゆきりやすい五箇山ごかやまでは、屋根やねかたむきがきゅうゆきもりにくい合掌がっしょうづくりのいえならんでいます。岐阜ぎふけん白川郷しらかわごうとともに世界文化遺産せかいぶんかいさん登録とうろくされています。

Toyama Prefecture

Toyama prefecture produces the most tulip bulbs in all of Japan.

Another thing Toyama prefecture is known for is the production of the biggest watermelons in the country. They get about as heavy as the average 8year old girl, which is to say around 25kg.

It is also home to the highest hydroelectric plant in the form of a dam, called Kurobe Dam.

In the often snowy area of Gokayama, there are houses built in a typical, traditional style with steep thatched roofs, meant to prevent snow from piling up too much. Gokayama is, together with Shirakawagou in Gifu prefecture, recognized as Cultural Heritage by the UNESCO World Heritage Center.