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Hyoko Lake Waterfowl Park
A pond in Agano, a Ramsar wetland, where large numbers of swans arrive in winter.
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Hoshitoge Rice Terraces, Echigo-Matsudai
Terraced paddies at Matsudai in Tokamachi, some 200 plots overlapping the slope like scales.
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Bogachi Lake Lakeside Park
A pond at about 500 metres on a summit in Joetsu, with a dragon-god legend attached.
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Toki-no-Mori Park
A centre in Sado for the crested ibis, where you can watch the birds and see how they were saved.
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Minato-no-Marche Pier Bandai
A market by Niigata port. Among the largest on the Sea of Japan coast, gathering seafood and local produce.
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Tsukioka Onsen
A hot spring opened in 1915. Its sulphur content is among the highest in Japan, and the water looks green.
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Mount Yahiko
A 634-metre mountain. From the summit you see the Echigo plain, the Sea of Japan and as far as Sado Island.
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Kiyotsu gorge / Tunnel of Light
A gorge in Tokamachi. At the end of a pedestrian tunnel, a space of still water mirrors the view.
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Teradomari Fish Market Street
A street at Teradomari in Nagaoka, lined with fish shops that grill the catch at the front.
Niigata
Ponshukan Echigo-Yuzawa Station Store
A shop in Echigo-Yuzawa Station where you can taste the prefecture's sake, with rice crackers and foods.
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Takaryu Shrine
A shrine in the hills of Nagaoka, revered as a god of fortune, drawing worshippers from across Japan.
Niigata
Tsubame-Sanjo Factory Outlet Stock Busters
A shop in Tsubame-Sanjo, a metalworking district, selling knives and kitchenware including seconds.
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Sasagawa Nagare
A shore in Murakami where the waves of the Sea of Japan have cut strange rocks and caves over 11 kilometres.
Niigata
Bijin-no-Izumi Public Bath (Fountain of Beauty)
The communal bathhouse at the centre of Tsukioka Onsen, with greenish sulphur water.
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Saifukuji Temple
A temple in Uonuma founded in 1534, its hall filled with the carvings of Untetsu Ishikawa.
Niigata
Roadside Station Hanamuko niitsu
A roadside station in Niigata, laying out some 40,000 potted plants and flowering shrubs at any time.
Niigata
Mikuni Highway Shiozawa-juku Makino-dori
A street at Shiozawa in Minamiuonuma, recreating an Edo post town with the gangi arcades of snow country.
Niigata
Tsugawa Onsen Kiyokawa Kogen Recreation Center
A hot-spring facility in Aga, with generous flow and thick, smooth water.
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Shiori Pass
A pass on National Route 352 in Uonuma, known for the sea of clouds that forms at dawn.
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Roadside Station Niigata Furusato Village
A roadside station in Niigata, among the largest in the prefecture, gathering food, local goods and travel information.
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Echigo Ichinomiya Yahiko Shrine
The first shrine of Echigo, in Yahiko. Called Oyahiko-sama, it draws crowds at the New Year.
Niigata
Agano River Line Sightseeing Boat
A sightseeing boat from Aga, touring the Agano River gorge in about 40 minutes.
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Bijinbayashi
A beech wood at Matsunoyama in Tokamachi, where the trees grew up together after felling in the late Taisho years.
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Ryugakubo Pond
A pond in Tsunan. Some 43,000 tonnes of water rise daily, so the whole pond is replaced each day.