新潟県 · Chubu Region
Niigata Hidden Gems
Japan's rice and sake heartland, where the snow country of literature meets a long Sea of Japan coast and the gold-mining island of Sado.
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Climate & Best Season
Among the snowiest inhabited places on earth in winter; warm, humid summers. Ski season December–March, rice harvest in September.
Famous For (Food)
- Koshihikari rice
- Sake (nearly 90 breweries)
- Hegi soba
- Nodoguro
Signature Sights
- Echigo-Yuzawa ski slopes
- Sado Island
- Tokamachi terraced rice fields
- Niigata sake breweries
Niigata
Niigata· Niigata City
Nuttari Terrace
Nuttari Terrace is a single short street of tiny shops in a former market row east of central Niigata. The row was built…
Nuttaricraft shopsmarket street+2
Niigata
Niigata· Tsubame
Gyokusendo
Gyokusendo has been raising copper vessels by hammer since 1816. The technique, tsuiki-doki, starts from a single flat d…
copperwaretsuiki-dokiGyokusendo+2