Historically, along with neighbouring Taira, Kami-Taira and Shirakawa-go, the four villages formed what was known as the Gokayama region. The region is renowned for a unique type of A-frame housing design.[citation needed] These "gassho-zukuri" houses traditionally had thatched roofs and were 3-4 stories high. The design helped keep snow from piling up in the heavy winter conditions.
As of 2003, Toga had an estimated population of 999 and a density of 5.63 persons per km2. The total area was 177.58 km2. However, the actual population is probably far less as many people who were registered in the village actually reside in neighboring areas.
toga, toyama, other, uses, toga, disambiguation, toga, 利賀村, toga, mura, village, located, higashitonami, district, toyama, prefecture, japan, historically, along, with, neighbouring, taira, kami, taira, shirakawa, four, villages, formed, what, known, gokayama,. For other uses see Toga disambiguation Toga 利賀村 Toga mura was a village located in Higashitonami District Toyama Prefecture Japan Historically along with neighbouring Taira Kami Taira and Shirakawa go the four villages formed what was known as the Gokayama region The region is renowned for a unique type of A frame housing design citation needed These gassho zukuri houses traditionally had thatched roofs and were 3 4 stories high The design helped keep snow from piling up in the heavy winter conditions As of 2003 Toga had an estimated population of 999 and a density of 5 63 persons per km2 The total area was 177 58 km2 However the actual population is probably far less as many people who were registered in the village actually reside in neighboring areas On November 1 2004 Toga along with the towns of Fukuno Inami and Jōhana the villages of Inokuchi Kamitaira and Taira all from Higashitonami District and the town of Fukumitsu from Nishitonami District was merged to create the city of Nanto 1 Geographically Toga is very mountainous with more than 96 of its area being forest cover References edit A Survey of Nanto City Nanto City Retrieved 16 July 2017 External links editNanto City official website in English nbsp This Toyama location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toga Toyama amp oldid 1216303516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
