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· Murakami
Sasagawa Nagare
Sasagawa Nagare is an eleven-kilometre stretch of the northern Niigata coast where the Japan Sea has cut the rock into a…
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Niigata
Niigata· Murakami
Sennen-zake Kikkawa
Murakami has been a salmon town since the Heian period, and in the eighteenth century a retainer named Aoto Buheiji work…
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