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.

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

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

Good-old traditional Shina soba

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

Learn about the culture of Niigata

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

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

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

A food market where you can find all kinds of ”tastiness” in Niigata

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