Best around Niigata Spot List

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.

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.

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

Learn about the culture of Niigata

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

Good-old traditional Shina soba

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

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

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

Enjoy the tasting of sake from breweries in Echigo

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

Shop at the market where locals flock

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River