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.

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

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

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

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

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

Shop at the market where locals flock

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

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