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This fireworks festival sees the launch of many large spherical fireworks, including the…

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Besides rice production, Niigata Prefecture’s abundant snowmelt also makes the reg…

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Takada Park is home to castle ruins and is famous for its gorgeous cherry blossoms. In s…

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Known as the lake of swans, Hyoko Lake has been designated a national natural treasure.F…

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Sado Island is Japan’s second largest island after the island of Okinawa. This lar…

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Mount Hakkai has been worshipped as a spiritual mountain since ancient times. It is the …

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Sasa-dango is Niigata Prefecture’s iconic sweet. It contains lots of mugwort colle…

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Akiyamago is a small hamlet in the Nakatsu river valley. Enclosed by the steep mountains…

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Located in Tokamachi city, Niigata, the Hoshitoge Rice Terraces are famous for their sce…

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Hakusan Park is a Dutch-style promenade garden neighbouring Hakusan Shrine. This beautif…

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This market features the very best foods that Niigata has to offer, from merry-go-round …

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Senami Onsen is a famous hot spring resort just 10 minutes by car from Murakami Station.…

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Mount Yahiko rises 634 metres above the ground – as high as the Tokyo Skytree &nda…

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The diversion of the Shinano River at Okozu near Bunsui in Niigata prefecture is lined w…

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Iwamuro Onsen is quiet retreat from Niigata City and a hot spring area with more than 30…

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The Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show is considered to be one of Japan’s three…

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The Wara Art Festival is held every year from summer through autumn. Young people from t…

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Tsubame City is famous as a city of manufacturing that is home to highly advanced and di…

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The Joetsu Aquarium, known by its nickname of “Umigatari,” was reopened afte…

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The tarai bune is one of Sado’s most famous sights. Originally used as washtubs, t…

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This walking tour takes you through the old port town Niigata. Explore the moat town whi…

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Sasagawa Nagare is an 11-kilometre stretch of coastline near the city of Murakami, with …

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A theme park directly operated by Kuriyamabeika Co., Ltd. (Befco), the maker of the well…

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“Senkaku Bay” is the collective name for five small interlinked bays that st…

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Naena Waterfall has been selected one of Japan’s 100 greatest waterfalls. The forc…

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With a history stretching back 2,400 years, the Yahiko Shrine has been worshipped since …

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For farming the terraced rice paddies hewn out of the sloping mountainsides it was once …

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・The young master of Kinoto Manjuya, located in front of the entrance to Oppouji Temple…

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Nishikigoi, or vari-coloured carp are known as “swimming jewels,” with their…

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Matsunoyama Onsen is a small hot spring tucked away in the snowy mountains, where in Jan…

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The Northern Culture Museum is the former residence of a local wealthy farming family. T…

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Tokamachi Snow Festival was born from the ideas of local people to “befriend the s…

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Trek in an area that looks like a painting of “real” Japan; experience the r…

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Awashima is an island with a total circumference of just 23.0km. In Japanese “awa&…

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Sekijyosan Saifukuji Temple was opened in 1534. It attracts so many people thanks to scu…

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The Yahikoyama Skyline is a 16.8-kilometre driving route leading up to the top of Mount …

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The cherry blossoms of Takada Castle Site Park are considered as one of the three great …

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For anyone who likes Japanese sake, this is the place to come if you are visiting Niigat…

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Enjoy this river cruise, taking in the varied and ever-changing valley scenery, while li…