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.

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 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.

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

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

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

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

Shop at the market where locals flock

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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.

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

Good-old traditional Shina soba

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

Learn about the culture of Niigata