How do you combine Nagano and Toyama?
Yes. Nagano and Toyama combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Nagano and 2 days in Toyama, around 3 days in total.
How the two connect
Nagano and Toyama are only about 86 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Nagano is Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport (MMJ), about 59 km away; for Toyama it is Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY), about 6 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Nagano
- a full day
- Toyama
- 2 days
- Together
- 3 days · about 86 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Nagano
- 1-Day Snow Monkeys, Zenko-ji Temple & Sake in Nagano
- Matsumoto Everything Tour: Castle, Miso, Wasabi, Wine & Ukiyo-e
- Full Day Snow Monkey Park and Togakushi Shrine Tour in Nagano
- Kanazawa/Nagano: Tateyama Kurobe Snow Wall Day Tour
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.