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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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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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Sasagawa Nagare
A shore in Murakami where the waves of the Sea of Japan have cut strange rocks and caves over 11 kilometres.
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Saifukuji Temple
A temple in Uonuma founded in 1534, its hall filled with the carvings of Untetsu Ishikawa.
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Roadside Station Hanamuko niitsu
A roadside station in Niigata, laying out some 40,000 potted plants and flowering shrubs at any time.
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Kasugayama Shrine
A shrine on Mount Kasuga in Joetsu, built in 1901 and honouring Uesugi Kenshin.
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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.
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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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Sado Gold Mine
The remains of a gold mine in Sado, with both Edo-period tunnels and modern works.
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Undoin Temple
A Soto Zen temple in Minamiuonuma with some 1,200 years of history, where Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu studied.
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Hotokuzan Inari Taisha
A shrine in Nagaoka, moved here about 1820, with followers throughout Japan.
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Ojiya Nishikigoi-no-Sato
A display centre for nishikigoi in Ojiya, standing where the ornamental carp was first bred.
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Sengando Suspension Bridge
A 124-metre suspension bridge on Mount Kugami in Tsubame, leading to the Gogoan hermitage connected with the monk Ryokan.
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Naena Falls
A 55-metre waterfall in Myoko, chosen among Japan's hundred finest falls.
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Takanami Pond
A pond 13 metres deep in Itoigawa, known for repeated sightings of a very large fish.
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Akiyama-go
The collective name for valley hamlets from Tsunan into Sakae in Nagano. Heavy snow country, written of by Bokushi Suzuki.
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Senkakuwan Agejima Park
A visitor facility on Senkaku Bay in Sado, with sea cliffs seen from the lookout.
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Osado Skyline
A 30-kilometre scenic road in Sado from Kanai to Aikawa, its highest point above 900 metres.