Best around Niigata Spot List

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.

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.

An annual large-scale fireworks festival held on August 2 and 3. The large firework rings brighten up the night sky.

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

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

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

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

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

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

Good-old traditional Shina soba

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

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River