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.

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.

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

A shop known throughout the country for its jarred salmon flakes

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

Reproducing the traditional Hatago (inn) with a quaint atmosphere

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

An historic garden surrounding austere Japanese residential architecture

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

Shop at the market where locals flock

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

Learn about the culture of Niigata

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

The tare katsu cooked wholeheartedly enjoys high popularity

Good-old traditional Shina soba

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

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