Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Kamiichi (上市町, Kamiichi-machi) is a town located in Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2018, the town had an estimated population density of 88 persons per km². The total area of the town was 236.71 square km (91.39 sq mi).

Geography Kamiichi is located in east-central Toyama Prefecture, approximately 15 km to the east of the capital of Toyama city. Most of the town is very mountainous, with peaks rising to almost 3,000 meters in the southeast. The 2,999 meter Mount Tsurugi is located in Kamiichi.

Surrounding municipalities Toyama Prefecture ◦ Toyama ◦ Namerikawa ◦ Uozu ◦ Kurobe.

History The area of present-day Kamiichi was part of ancient Etchū Province. The town of Kamiichi was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

Education Kamiichi has six public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.

Transport: Rail • Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line ◦ Ainoki - Shin-Ainoki - Kamiichi - Shin-Miyakawa.

Transport: Road • National Route 8.

Local attractions • Ōiwa-san Nisseki-ji, Buddhist temple with Nara period bas-relief carvings; a National Historic Site • Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites, a number of archaeological sites with Heian to Kamakura period ruins registered as a National Historic Site. • A traditional Japanese house that was used as a model for the house in the film Wolf Children (directed by Kamiichi native Mamoru Hosoda).