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Ayumasamune Sake Brewery
A sake brewery in Myoko. It uses spring water as its brewing water.
Hokusetsu Sake Brewery
A sake brewery on Sado. It brews on the island and also ships overseas.
Obata Sake Brewery Manotsuru
A sake brewery on Sado. It brews at Gakkogura, a school brewery that uses a closed school.
Kashimaya Honten
Salmon processing in Niigata. It handles salmon food culture such as shio-biki salmon, passed down in Murakami.
Industrial Research Institute of Niigata Prefecture
The prefecture's public testing and research institute. As a prefecture where metalworking thrives, it also supports the technology of Tsubame-Sanjo.
Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute
The prefecture's brewing research station. It researches the microorganisms and brewing of sake. A prefectural research station specializing in sake, rare anywhere in Japan.
Niigata Agricultural Research Institute
The prefecture's agricultural research institute. It deals with paddy rice varieties, including the improvement of Koshihikari.
Niigata Prefectural Forest Research Institute
The prefecture's forest research institute. It researches the resistance of Japanese cedar to snow damage and afforestation in heavy-snow areas.
Niigata Prefectural Fisheries and Marine Research Institute
The prefecture's fisheries and marine research institute. It surveys the resources of the Sea of Japan.
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Natural Science
The prefectural museum of natural science. It covers science education and natural history.
Niigata City Niitsu Railway Museum
A railway museum in Niitsu. It conveys the rolling stock technology of Niitsu, which grew up as a railway town.
Nagaoka City Science Museum
A science museum in Nagaoka. It covers natural history and local science.
Fossa Magna Museum
The Fossa Magna Museum in Itoigawa. It covers the great rift zone that divides the Japanese archipelago into east and west, and jade.
Sado Nishimikawa Gold Park
Nishimikawa on Sado. Visitors can try panning for gold dust.
Historic Site Sado Magistrate's Office
The site of the Sado Magistrate's Office. A facility where gold ore was dressed and refined has been reconstructed.
Okozu Diversion Channel and Shinano River Okozu Museum
The Okozu Diversion Channel in Tsubame. It releases the water of the Shinano River into the Sea of Japan and put a stop to flooding on the Echigo Plain.
Sekiya Diversion Channel Museum
The Sekiya Diversion Channel in Niigata. It releases floodwater of the Shinano River, which flows through the city, into the sea.
Okutadami Dam
Okutadami Dam in Uonuma. A gravity dam with one of the largest storage capacities in Japan.
Sagurigawa Dam
Sagurigawa Dam in Minamiuonuma. A rock-fill dam built by piling up rock.
Futai Dam and Okukiyotsu Power Station OKKY
Futai Dam and Okukiyotsu Power Station in Yuzawa. Pumped-storage generation with an underground power station inside the mountain.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Service Hall
The service hall of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. It presents exhibits on energy.
Tama-ori Textiles
A textile from Hachioji. It grew as a production area that weaves many different kinds of silk fabric.