Toyama

It was another sunny day when we traveled our first leg of the day to Toyama about 40 minutes from Kanazawa. I had wanted to ride on the Torokko Electric Train through Kurobe Gorge but we didn't have enough time on our Toyama stopover. Instead we walked around Toyama, bought a very light weight backpack, and had lunch.

The scenery on the second leg of our travels today was wonderful. The trip from Toyama to Takayama was about one and a half hours and all the way we had delightful views of autumn colours on the hills with the river below. The scenic views were interrupted when our train passed through a couple of dozen tunnels. The train climbed over 500 metres and at the end of the trip we caught glimpses of the snow covered Japanese Alps. I was able to take photos through the train window.