Takaoka City

Latticed houses along a 500 m stone lane.

Kanayamachi

Photo by Isoyan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Sedge hats

Sedge grown in paddiesis sewn onto bamboo frames.

福岡町菅笠工場.jpg — Photo by 富山県 (Public domain)

In the former town of Fukuoka (福岡町), sedge for hats has been grown in paddies; men bend bamboo into cone-shaped frames (笠骨) and women sew the sedge onto them (笠縫い). A record shows 2.1 million hats shipped in 1864. The craft became an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2009, and Etchū Fukuoka no Sugegasa (越中福岡の菅笠) a national Traditional Craft in 2017.

2.1 million hats shipped, 1864
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, 2009
Traditional Craft, 2017

02 ／ Zuiryū-ji

The Buddha hall's roofis 47 tonnes of lead tiles.

Zuiryū-ji (瑞龍寺) was laid out by Maeda Toshitsune, third lord of the Kaga domain, to pray for Maeda Toshinaga, who founded Takaoka. Its gate, Buddha hall and lecture hall stand in a straight line, and became National Treasures in 1997. The Buddha hall is roofed with lead tiles weighing 47 tonnes in all; the temple says they could make 2.5 million matchlock bullets. The Hatchōmichi (八丁道) path runs from its gate to Toshinaga's tomb.

National Treasure, 1997
47 t of lead tiles
2.5 million matchlock bullets

03 ／ Weather station

A shipping merchant measured the weatherfrom his own lighthouse.

In 1877 Fujii Nōzō (藤井能三), a shipping merchant of Fushiki (伏木), built a Western-style lighthouse at his own expense, and in 1883 he opened a private weather station in one of its rooms. In 1885, still private, it was allowed to issue storm warnings. It passed to the prefecture in 1887. Its 1909 building, whose tower was restored in 2017, is now the city's Fushiki Weather Station Museum (伏木気象資料館).

Private weather station, 1883
Storm warnings allowed, 1885
Building of 1909

Living here

Shin-Takaoka to Tokyo in 2 hours 39 minutes.

about 170,000 people
Shinkansen stops here

From Shin-Takaoka Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Tokyo Station, the fastest Hakutaka takes 2 hours 39 minutes. Takaoka Station on the conventional lines is about 3 minutes away on the JR Jōhana Line, or about 8 minutes by bus. From Takaoka Station run the Ainokaze Toyama Railway, the JR Jōhana and Himi lines, and the Man'yō Line tram. The city lists homes through its vacant house and land bank.

People living here: 166,393people
Area: 209.58km²
Households: 65,586households
Rent (average for rentals): 45,865yen
Healthcare: 16 hospitals ／ 135 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-11-01 に新設合併（福岡町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —46 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Takaoka City in Japan36.754°N 137.026°E

to TokyoHokuriku Shinkansen159min

Travel times follow 市の移住促進サイト（高岡市チェンジ推進課）「基本データで見るたかおか」の図「高岡への交通アクセス」（top_traffic-2024.svg・Last-Modified 2024-04-01・『それぞれの区間の最速です。（2024年3月16日現在）』）の「東京駅 → 北陸新幹線かがやき（臨時便）2時間16分／はくたか 2時間39分 → 新高岡駅」。同じページの本文は「東京 ― 最速 2時間16分」（2024年3月現在）。駅探の時刻表（東京→新高岡・2026-09-25 の運行）では東京から新高岡へ直通するのははくたか551〜577号の14本だけで、561号 11:24→14:03・563号 12:24→15:03・565号の2時間39分が最速（ほかは2時間40分〜2時間58分）。市公式「北陸新幹線のダイヤ等に関するお知らせ」（2026-09-11 更新）の10〜11月の下り時刻表（PDF）でも、定期のかがやきは新高岡を通過（レ）し、新高岡に停まるかがやきは◆臨時便だけ (checked 2026-09-25). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Takaoka City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

19.2km

Toyama Prefecture: 砺波市, 氷見市, 小矢部市, 射水市
Ishikawa Prefecture: 宝達志水町, 津幡町

Takaoka City isthis kind of town.

01In Kanayamachi (金屋町), founded when Maeda Toshinaga invited seven metal casters, lattice-fronted houses line a stone-paved street strewn with pieces of copper
02In the former town of Fukuoka, sedge is grown and sewn into hats in one place, and the craft is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
03Zuiryū-ji's Buddha hall is roofed with 47 tonnes of lead tiles, and in Fushiki stands a weather station a shipping merchant opened at his own expense

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Takaoka City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗