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| settlement_type= Core city | image_skyline= Toyama montage.jpg | imagesize= | image_caption= City central and Mt. Tate viewed from Mt. Kureha Toyama Castle, Toyama Light Rail Traditional medicines of Toyama, Owara Kaze no bon | image_flag= Flag of Toyama, Toyama.png | image_map= Toyama in Toyama Prefecture Ja.svg | lat_deg= 36 | lat_min= 42 | lat_sec= | lon_deg= 137 | lon_min= 13 | lon_sec= | region= Chūbu (Hokuriku) | prefecture= Toyama Prefecture | district= | mayor= Masashi Mori (since January 2002) | area_km2= 1241.85 | population= 417,324 | population_as_of= May 31, 2011 | density_km2= 336.05 | tree= Zelkova serrata | flower= Thistle | bird= | city_hall_address= Higashi-shinmachi 7-38, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture (富山県富山市東新町７番38号) | city_hall_postal_code= 930-8510 | website = }} is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about north of the city of Nagoya and northwest of Tokyo. Historically, Toyama was the capital of Etchu Province. The modern city was incorporated on April 1, 1889, withdrawing from Kaminiikawa District. As of May 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 417,324, with 162,663 households and a population density of 336.05 persons per km². The total area is 1,241.85 km². Toyama is served by Toyama Airport and Toyama Station of West Japan Railway Company, with Toyama Light Rail, Toyama Chiho Railway. ==History== The Toyama Plain is good farmland and historically it was a point of strategic and traffic importance. During the Feudal Age, it was frequently turned into a battlefield. Toward the end of the period of confusion, Sassa Narimasa became the governor of Etchū Province (the ancient name for present Toyama), and he accomplished the feat of taming the rampaging rivers, bringing about an even more flourishing agricultural industry in Toyama. In the early Edo Period, a positive industrial promotion policy was implemented on the production of medicine and ''washi'' (Japanese paper). Also, thanks to the improvement of both land and sea transportation routes, these industries thrived and Toyama became known nationwide as the province of medicine. After the Meiji Restoration, heavy and chemical industries developed in Toyama, based on abundant electricity which was generated in some hydro power stations in the mountains near-by. During World War II, Allied POWs were sent to Toyama as forced labor. Although the streets of Toyama were devastated by an air raid in August 1945, Toyama has become one of the most influential cities on the Japan Sea side with its good water supply, drainage system and thriving agricultural, forestry, fishery, commercial and manufacturing industries. The city was completely destroyed on the night of August 1–2, 1945, when 173 B-29 bombers of the American 73rd Bomber Wing dropped incendiary bombs on the city. , or about 99.5 percent, of the urban center was destroyed. At the time of the bombing, the city was a center for aluminum, ball-bearing and special steel production.〔()〕〔()〕 The city during the time had a population of around 150,000 residents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toyama, Toyama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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