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.

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.

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.

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

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

Shop at the market where locals flock

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

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

Good-old traditional Shina soba

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

It is 5km or 10 minutes by taxi from Myoko-kogen station of Echigo train! Dynamic slopes lay over Mt. Myoko.

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

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

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity