Sado · Place · candidate to visit
Sado Gold Mine
It underpinned the finances of the Edo shogunate. Hand-cut tunnels and the split peak of Doyu remain.
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Niigata travel guide
Yahiko Jinja, first shrine of Echigo, enshrines the deity who taught rice growing and salt making. Rice and more sake breweries than any prefecture, the World Heritage gold mines of Sado, sasa-dango, kaki-no-tane, and Tsubame-Sanjo. Niigata, set out category by category.
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Sightseeing spots
Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.
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Sado · Place · candidate to visit
Tarai Bune
Tubs for gathering wakame and abalone among the rocks. Visitors can row them too.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityTokamachi · Place · candidate to visit
Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
Artworks scattered through the hill villages. Terraced fields and empty houses are the stage.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityShrines & temples
Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.
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Yahiko · Place · candidate to visit
Yahiko Jinja
Its deity is said to have taught the people of Echigo how to grow rice and make salt. Rice and salt: the sake and the preserved foods of this land both rest on those two. Worship here is two bows, four claps, one bow, the same form as at Izumo Taisha and Usa Jingu.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityJoetsu · Place · candidate to visit
Kasugayama Jinja
It enshrines Uesugi Kenshin. Built on the site of his castle at Kasugayama, it also keeps the Bishamondo where Kenshin worshipped Bishamonten.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilitySado · Place · candidate to visit
Sado Kokubunji
Sado has a history of religious figures such as Nichiren being exiled here, and it holds a stratum of belief unlike the mainland.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilitySpecialties & souvenirs
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Niigata · Crafts & industry entry
Uetsu Shinafu
Shinafu cloth from Murakami. The bark of the Japanese linden is boiled to extract fiber, which is then woven. It is regarded as one of Japan's oldest textiles.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Crafts & industry entry
Sado Mumyoi Ware
Mumyoi ware from Sado. It uses iron-oxide clay from the gold mine, which is fired hard without glaze and polished.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Crafts & industry entry
Tsubame Hammered Copperware
Hammered copperware from Tsubame. A single sheet of copper is hammered and compressed with a mallet into a seamless vessel.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityArt & culture
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Nagaoka · Place · candidate to visit
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Unusual among prefectural museums for its Western modern holdings, shared with its sister museum in Niigata city.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Place · candidate to visit
Bandaijima Art Museum
On the fifth floor of a tower by the river mouth, sharing one collection with the museum in Nagaoka.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Place · candidate to visit
Niigata City Art Museum
A late work by Kunio Maekawa, its tiled walls kept low along the edge of the park.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facility100 Regional Revitalization Picks
100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.
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Niigata · Place · candidate to visit
Hyoko Lake Waterfowl Park
A pond in Agano, a Ramsar wetland, where large numbers of swans arrive in winter.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Place · candidate to visit
Hoshitoge Rice Terraces, Echigo-Matsudai
Terraced paddies at Matsudai in Tokamachi, some 200 plots overlapping the slope like scales.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNiigata · Place · candidate to visit
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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