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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Tsuiki (hammered) copperware, one of Tsubame City’s traditional metalworking produ…

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Calm your mind and attain peace in the grounds of this temple surrounded by nature&mdash…

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Tsukioka Onsen is famed for its rich sulphuric water with one of the highest sulphur con…

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

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

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

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Aga-machi is known for its fox bride procession.Kitsune no Yomeiri Yashiki is a themed f…

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This hot spring lies on the flanks of Mt. Gomado and looks out over the entire Echigo Pl…

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From the car interiors to the cuisine, everything on this resort train is "made in …

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

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

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This hot spring is rare for being a “hot spring for the eyes” and since anci…

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The Ichishima Sake Brewery was founded by the Ichishima family, which were one of the la…

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A beautiful beech forest with many slender trunked trees. It has become known as Bijinba…

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

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The Naked Man Pushing Festival is held each year in snow that is usually more than 2m in…

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This summer festival takes place over the course of three days in early August in the ce…

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

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Sake has been used in religious ceremonies since 700 AD. For nearly 1,000 years, sake wa…

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Founded in 1767 in Nuttari, Niigata, a town of fermented foods. A sake brewery that…

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・Workshop: Participants make 29 x 39 cm Oguni washi paper by hand in Oguni-machi, Nagao…

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There will be an introduction and experience of taking pictures with geiko and playing o…

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

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This grand house was built in 1918 as a family villa by Kijuro Saito IV, a scion of the …

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Founded by Kobo Daishi (Kukai) in 807, Chokokuji Temple is one of Sado’s ancient t…

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Itoigawa Geopark was the first of its kind in Japan to be designated as a UNESCO Global …