Best around Niigata Spot List

A vast park crafted on the site of Takada Castle. Known as a great viewing spot for cherry blossoms, the park is embellished with about 4,000 cherry trees in April.

Take up the challenge of the ski tour in the triple zone ski area with it's excellent quality of snow, long trails and long season.

An annual large-scale fireworks festival held on August 2 and 3. The large firework rings brighten up the night sky.

Japan's largest gold mine, which began operating in the Edo Period. You can see mining tunnels and remains of mining from back then.

Special local products such as sake, rice, and koji (aspergillus oryzae) are lined up

A Dutch-style garden surrounding a pond, located next to the Niigata Hakusan-jinja Shrine

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

Soak in the therapeutic spring waters of the private spring at the sister ryokan, Yumeya

Good-old traditional Shina soba

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

An aquarium where you'll learn from seeing, touching and playing

An historic garden surrounding austere Japanese residential architecture

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

Shop at the market where locals flock

The only inn in the area where you can feel an atmosphere of tradition and relax by soaking in a bath surrounded by the grand nature

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

Learn about the culture of Niigata