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Nagaoka Firework is one of the three biggest fireworks in Japan. The power is overwhelming at all. The fireworks spreading as far as the eyes can see.
Name
Nagaoka Firework Festival
Address
Okamura-machi, Nagaoka-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min walk from JR Nagaoka Station. 60 min by car from Niigata city. Take bus from the extra parking area.
Walking through in the tunnel to the inmost, Kiyotsu Gorge, one of the three biggest gorges in Japan, waits you! The water is drawn in front of the exit, and the gorge is reflected on the surface beautifully! It must be excellent for your Instagram, isn't it?
Name
Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel
Address
Koide, Tokamachi-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
Hours
8:30-17:00
Fee
Adult 800 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By car or taxi, 30 min from Echigoyuzawa Station, 110 min from Niigata city.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Takada Park is famous for cherry blossoms. In summer, you can see the lotus flowers at the whole moat, that is said to be the best in the East. On the refreshing summer morning, leaves and flowers repelling water could make you more refreshing. During the cool morning is the golden time to see the lotus flowers.◎Access: 10 min from Joetsu-takada IC, 10 min from Joetsu IC by car Event: Lotus Flower Festival is held in July
Name
Takada Park
Address
44-1 Motoshiro-cho, Joetsu-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
15min walk from Takada Station. By car, 15min from Joetsu IC, 10min from Joetsu Takada IC.
A world of silver spreads out beyond the gondola from the central exit of Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort. It is an area that you can enjoy even without skiing or snowboarding, with a terrace where you can enjoy a panoramic view of the Uonuma Plain and Echigo Sanzan, and a kamakura-shaped dome tent that allows you to become one with the snowy landscape. There is also a cafe, so you can of course eat inside, but you can also take it out and enjoy it on the terrace or in the dome tent.
Name
The Veranda at Ishiuchi
Address
1655 Ishiuchi, Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
025-783-2222
Hours
10:00-16:00
How to get there
5 min by car, from Ishiuchi Station
Parking
Parking area is available
The Bandaibashi bridge has 6 sequence arches. It is a national important cultural property and a symbol of Niigata. So, I like this retro scenery.
Name
Bandai Bashi Bridge
Address
6-53 Kawabata-cho Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
The northernmost of Sado, very tranquil time with so clear the Sea of Japan and great nature. Mysterious Futatsugame, that appears when the tide is low, is a world-recognized beautiful place you can find in Michelin Green Guide Japan as two-star.◎50 min by car from Ryotsu Port. You can swim in the sea till the middle of August. Go down to the beach from the steps beside SADO Futatsugame View Hotel.
Name
Futatsugame Beach
Address
Washizaki, Sado-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
70 min by bus from Ryotsu Port to Futatsugame, then 5 min walk. 60 min by car from Ryotsu Port.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Tsunan Snow Festival started to launch sky lanterns since 2012 as a prayer for recovery from earthquake. As many as 2000 lanterns are launched all together at once! It's so exciting, isn't it? In 2018, Tsunan Snow Festival is held on March 9 and 10.◎You can launch the sky lanterns except for the festival. Some tour agents and hotels at Tsunan take reservation for the lantern launch experience, and I enjoyed it.
Name
New Greenpia Tsunan
Address
12300 Akinari Tsunan-machi, Nakauonuma-gun, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 20min from Tunan Station, 50min from Echigoyuzawa Station, 50min Shiozawaishiuchi IC, 90min from Toyotaiiyama IC.
’Forest Of Beauties (Bijin Bayashi)' is a forest of beech trees which are 90 years old. For it's a heavy snowfall area, the snow remains till May. But the scenery of the holes around trees appearing when the snow thaws, and the beautiful spring greens, make me feel the changing of seasons. ◎Parking area is available. And you can access by bus from Matsudai Station of Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line.
Name
Forest Of Beauties (Bijin Bayashi)
Address
Matsuguchi Matsunoyama, Tokamachi-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Echigokawaguchi IC, or Shiozawaishiuchi IC. Parking area is available. By bus, 15 min from Matsudai Station to Sakaimatsu, then 20 min walk.
You can see the beautiful night view selected one of 100 best in Japan, from the observation deck for free, so you will lose nothing by visiting. The lights of city and Bandaibashi Bridge over the Shinano river make the fantastic night view.
Name
Tokimesse
Address
6-1 Bandaijima Tyuo-ku, Niigata-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
Tel
025-246-8400
How to get there
A scenic spot in Niigata Prefecture, Sasagawa Nagare Shore has this huge rock called 'Megane Iwa (Eyeglass Rock)'. It had two holes and named like that, but now it has one. But, the huge rock standing along the shore is dynamic indeed.
Name
Megane Iwa Shore
Address
Sasagawa, Murakami-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
Fukuura Seashore. It's surrounded with the Sea of Japan, and famous as a tourist spot that people put the heart-shaped plate will get fulfillment in love. What's more, we can see the beautiful sunset here, and enjoy romantic atmosphere in the evening glow.◎At Nihonkai Fisherman's Cape near here, you can eat and buy seafood of Japan Sea. I like its mackerel sandwich, a specialty of Kashiwazaki.
Name
Kashiwazaki Lovers Cape
Address
133-1 Oumigawa, Kashiwazaki-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from JR Oumigawa Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from JR Kashiwazaki Station or 75 min from Niigata Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
'Rolling Cylinder, 2012' is an art work which makes us feel like to walk in a spiral sign you often see at barbershop in Japan. It's by Carsten Hller. We couldn't see Leandro Erlich's 'Pond In The Sky' exhibited in the courtyard, because it was covered with snow.
Name
Echigo Tsumari Satoyama Museum Of Contemporary Art KINARE
Address
6 Hon-cho, Tokamachi-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
Tel
025-761-7767
Hours
10:00-17:00
Closed
Wed
Fee
Adult 800 yen、Child 400 yen
How to get there
7 min walk from Tokamachi Station
Parking
Parking area is available
Scenic town of beautiful contrast of the blue sea and white rocks. Strangely shaped rocks are like energetic sculptures of nature. Feeding the seagulls flying around the ship, you can feel winds of the Sea of Japan and freedom of your journey.◎You need to check the timetable beforehand, because there're a few trains or bus to Kuwagawa Station. The cruise doesn't need reservations. And, the local specialties, oysters and salmon are delicious in this area.
