The history of medicine manufacturing in Toyama dates back to 1690. The medicine peddlers from Toyama travels all over Japan carrying a medicine box filled with medicines for different purposes and left it with each family. They collect money for the medicines that each family actually used with they visited next time, a system called "Use Now and Pay Later".
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| In front of JR Station in Toyama: Statue of Medicine hawkers carrying medicine box: A culture that started more than 300 years ago. |
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| Scenario inside Kanaoka house: A popular museum of traditional medicine arts and crafts. |
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