Toyama Weather Forecast

Mid-April to late June, with the walls at their tallest — often 15m or more — right at the April opening. Dress for winter whatever the date on the calendar: you are at 2,450m, standing on snow, in full sun, so sunglasses matter as much as a coat.

Yes. The city and the plain take wet, heavy snow from December to February, though it is the mountains behind that hold the record depths. Roads are cleared efficiently; the sky stays stubbornly grey.

On cold, clear winter and early spring mornings, when the haze lifts and the peaks stand straight out of the water. Those are the same conditions that bring the firefly squid into the bay in March and April.