Best around Niigata Spot List

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.

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.

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.

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

An historic shrine favored as a place of rest and relaxation by locals

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

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

Enjoy a drink with the local catch from Sado

Shop at the market where locals flock

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

Good-old traditional Shina soba

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

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

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close