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.

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

Good-old traditional Shina soba

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

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

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

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

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

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

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable