Kurobe (黒部市 Kurobe-shi) is a city in eastern Toyama prefecture, Japan.

Understand

Kurobe roughly follows the Kurobe River, and the entrance of Mount Tate.

Tourist information

• 1 Kurobe Unazuki-onsen Tourist Board (黒部・宇奈月温泉観光局), 3212-1 Wakaguri (At Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station), ☏ +81 765 57 2851. 09:00-19:00. 

Get in

By train

Kurobe has two main train stations. Kurobe Station, in the center of town, is operated by the private Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains offering one-seat service from Toyama. JR's primary services have moved to Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station to the south, served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The two stations are connected with a short trip on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (¥310).

By bus

Highway buses from Tokyo depart from the terminal in Shinjuku, and from in Ikebukuro. The trip takes around three and a half hours, and the fare is ¥7500 one-way.

Do

• 1 Unazuki Onsen snow park (宇奈月温泉スキー場), 5738 Unazukionsen, ☏ +81 765 62 1757. 08:30-16:30. ¥1,020-.  

Sleep

Go to Unazuki Onsen or Ikuji Onsen.

Go next

• Tateyama
• Kamiichi
• Uozu
• Nyuzen
• Asahi
• Hakuba
• Omachi
• Toyama
• Funahashi

Routes through Kurobe

Kanazawa ← Toyama ←	W  E	→ Itoigawa → Jōetsumyōkō → Nagano
Takaoka ← Toyama ←	W  E	→ Itoigawa → Joetsu