Best around Niigata Spot List

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.

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.

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 tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

An historic garden surrounding austere Japanese residential architecture

Good-old traditional Shina soba

Shop at the market where locals flock

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

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

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

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

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