Toyama Prefectural Itai-itai Disease Museum 富山県立イタイイタイ病資料館

Teaching future generations about Itai-itai Disease

This facility will be temporarily closed from April 18th to May 6th to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Itai-itai Disease was one of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan, occurring in the basin of the Jinzu River in Toyama as a result of cadmium poisoning caused by mining in the area. “Itai-itai” means “it hurts, it hurts” in Japanese, named for the cries by the sufferers of the disease. In this museum you can learn about this terrible disease and how the region overcame it. The museum delivers a powerful message about how important the environment and our health are for our quality of life. Seeing these people’s immeasurable pain with your own eyes will leave you with an even stronger resolve that an incident like this must never happen again.

Area
Toyama City
Category
Museums

Information

Address 939-8224　富山県富山市友杉151（とやま健康パーク内）
Telephone Number 076-428-0830
Opening Times 9:00am-5:00pm (no entry after 4:30pm)
Closed Mondays (or Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday), New Year’s Day
Prices Free
Car Park 400 spaces
Parking fee: Free
Getting There Take the bus bound for Toyama Airport, Yatsuo Kagami-machi and Sogo Undo Koen from Toyama Station on the JR Hokuriku Line to Kenko Park-mae (approx. 30 minutes).
Approx. 5 minutes by car from the Toyama Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway
Approx. 20 minutes by car from Toyama Station on the JR Hokuriku Main Line
Approx. 5 minutes by car from Toyama Kitokito Airport
Website http://www.pref.toyama.jp/branches/1291/lang/english/index.html
Notes Facilities for persons with disabilities and infants: 9 parking spaces for wheelchair users only, wheelchair accessible, wheelchairs available, wheelchair accessible lift, automatic doors, guide dogs and other service dogs permitted, nursing room, baby seats, wheelchair accessible toilets

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