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.

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.

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.

Shop at the market where locals flock

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

You can see Japanese crested ibis up close

Learn about the culture of Niigata

A Japanese restaurant popular for its seasonal seafood dishes

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

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

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

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

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

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

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

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

Good-old traditional Shina soba