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Niigata Prefectural Kashiwazaki Aqua Park

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Gakkouchou 6-73

A 10-minute drive from Kashiwazaki Interchange this aquatic athletic and recreational complex was designed with the theme Play, Gather, Compete, and Relax in the Water. There are many ways to have fun at the facility. These include riding the water slides at its all-season water park with, enjoying water polo or synchronized swimming in its Olympic-size indoor pool in the summer, or enjoying ice skating and curling in the winter. The park's facilities also include a bathing room with full-body baths, sauna, and utaseyu (waterfall shower), as well as training rooms and conference rooms. Swimming lessons for children and adults are also offered.

プールやスポーツ施設、温泉施設があります。また外にはテニスコートもありコロナ禍でなければ、かなりの賑わいだったと思います。また水球が有名らしいです。
Sado Hangamura Art Museum

3.0

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Aikawakomeyamachi 38-2

This is a private art museum on Kyomachi-dori Street that richly preserves Sado Kinzan’s history. The elegant building with its red-tiled roof occupies the old Aikawa Court House. Works by the late woodblock print artist and founder of Hangamura Shinichi Takahashi as well as by Hangamura artists are displayed. Visitors would do well to note that the museum is closed from December to February.

佐渡奉行所からすぐの場所。通りに面した美術館の塀には、美術館が所蔵する版画作品のモニュメントがずらり。朱鷺やたらい舟、夕日の沈む海など。白黒の作品や少し色彩を加えたもの。それぞれに趣があって、佐渡の思い出を深めてくれるような作品です。
KYUKAMURA HOTELS Myoko Sasagamine Camping Ground

3.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Myoko-shi Suginosawa

火打山登山口から近いので前泊で利用しました。芝生の平地が多くテントは張りやすかった。管理事務所内に水洗トイレがあって24時間利用できました。夜中の星空が印象的でした。
Hakusan Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Ichibamboridorichou Chisaki

This is a city park located in the Niigata City urban center near the Niigata City Office, Furumachi old town, and a variety of cultural facilities. Hakusan Park was built in 1873 as one of Japan’s first public parks based on the Dajokan Fukoku (Proclamation by the Grand Council of State). Located directly next to the Niigata Hakusan-jinja Shrine, it is used as a place of rest and relaxation by worshippers. Visitors can walk down the “Yasuragitei” embankment along the Shinanogawa River and pass “Ryutopia,” the Niigata City Performing Arts Center that features a rooftop park.
Kimura Tea Ceremony Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Midorichou 3-1 Inside Matsuyunzan

A 25-minute walk or seven-minute drive from Kashiwazaki Station on the JR Shinetsu Main Line. This Tea Ceremony Museum is within the Shoun Sanso Japanese Garden that was built in 1926. On display are many books and tools collected by Kimura Shigeyoshi who, as a tea ceremony teacher, taught many students and sought to popularize the tea ceremony. One of the biggest draws is that the tea utensils on display can actually be used for tea ceremonies. There is an outdoor tea room allowing you to enjoy your tea while gazing at the green leaves or autumn colors.

数寄者の茶道具コレクションを中心とした茶道専門の美術館です。展示物の見事さもさることながら、隣の茶室では実際に収蔵品で抹茶を頂けます。展示物と同時に茶室で使用する茶道具の一覧も公開されてますので、使ってみたい方は好みの茶碗が使われているときに来館すると良いでしょう。なお、呈茶席のメインとなる貴重な茶碗は1席1名しか飲めませんので、電話予約をお勧めします。
Muramatsu Park

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Nigata Pref. Gosenshi Ishizone Haguara

This park is adjacent to the Gosen-City Muramatsu Athletics Field. It was established in October of 1906 as a commemoration of the Russo-Japanese War and was selected by citizens as number three of the top 100 Niigata locations of beauty. From mid-March to mid-April you'll find light purple bird's-eye primrose planted by the locals along the paths. The almost 3,000 cherry trees leading to the park has made this one of Japan's top 100 famous cherry blossom locations. You'll also find azaleas, tree peonies, and hydrangeas as well as beautiful fall colors in autumn leading to the park's moniker, Flower Park.
Ryokan no Sato Art Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Nagaoka-shi Shimazaki 3938

"The art museum is on Washima, where celebrated monk Ryokan Taigu spent his autumn years. It exhibits works by famous cultural figures, centering around documents and poems by Ryokan and his favored pupil Teishin-ni. Inside the museum, they fun the film ""Washimano Ryokan/Ryokan to Teishin-ni"" on a massive screen, offering an up-close look at the man's character, described as a man of ""gentle face and kind words.” There is a free calligraphy and origami activity area, to help visitors experience the soul of Ryokan themselves. Many visitors pass by on their trips to visit nearby his Bodai-ji, Ryusen-ji temple, as well as the Kimura's house where Ryokan spent his later years."

小島谷駅から徒歩15分ほど。入館料は500円。隣接する「菊盛記念美術館」との共通券は800円だが、特別割引が実施されており600円となっていた。展示室内撮影不可。この地(旧島崎村、現長岡市島崎)は良寛が晩年を過ごした場所。当館入口近くにあるビデオコーナーでは良寛を紹介する映像を上映。展示室には良寛と貞心尼の間でやり取りされた和歌などが展示されている。貞心尼は良寛の弟子であるが、和歌の内容はまるで...
Uwasekigata Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Matsuno 1

This urban, and yet very spacious park is located 15 minutes by car from the JR Echigo Line's Maki Station in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. In addition to the log house rest area and play area, which can be enjoyed by families with children, there is also a barbeque facility that can be used free of charge. The four seasons can be enjoyed all throughout the year in the park lawn and the promenade, with 450 cherry trees and tulips blooming in the spring, and cosmos and other seasonal flowers in the autumn. In the autumn, the Wara Art Festival is held every year, where rice straw art works are displayed.
Machiya Gallery Yamakichi

4.0

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Murakamishi Sakanamachi 8-4

Machiya Gallery Yamakichi is a gallery housed within one of the old townhouses, or machiya, which has been designated as one of the nation’s Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. The building still retains the charm of the Edo period with its stylish black tiles and window grills. The gallery mainly handles pieces from local craftsmen and handicrafts made by traditional craftsmen with quite a range on offer such as salted salmon patchwork, and Uetsu shinafu (a kind of woven textile). Inside the building you can see the hearth and living room and also you can see furnishings like the old wooden panels and sliding doors which were fashionable at the time. The nearest station is Murakami Station.

古民家を改造したような造りの古い建物で中はギャラリーや民芸品を売る雑貨屋さんでした。内部は撮影禁止のようです。建物に特徴があり雰囲気があります
Tomioka White Art Museum, Minamiuonuma City

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Kamiyakushidou 142

This museum is approximately 20 minutes by bus from the JR Muikamachi Station, and a further three minutes on foot from the Kamiyakushido bus stop. This museum has a permanent collection of the master oil painter, Shiichiro Tomioka's White World Series which consists of around 500 works. He was born in Takada, Joetsu City, and is famous as the man who painted snow country. Tomioka created a white oil paint, known as Tomioka White, which solved all of the problems such as yellowing, cracking and peeling. His distinctive black and white depictions of the world, created with a technique that uses a large painting knife, are highly regarded worldwide as being absolutely unique.

八海山を見ることが目的で行きました。公共交通機関利用であれば六日町駅からバスで15分ほど乗車し上薬師堂バス停下車。徒歩３-４分です。この美術館前からの八海山の眺望は素晴らしかったです。美術館に入っていないので展示品に関するコメントはできません。
Ikeda Memorial Art Museum

3.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Minamiuonuma Urasa 5493-3

An art museum born thanks to the efforts of the late Tsuneo Ikeda, a man of culture born here in Uonuma City (once the town of Koide). Ikeda was the founder of Baseball Magazine Sha and KobunSha, and the museum displays works of art and other items he collected as well as a variety of other cultural assets relating to sports, literature, and the arts. The museum’s permanent exhibition is divided into four sections. The KobunSha company published many works by Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo), and in turn the museum has an exhibition dedicated to the author. There’s also a sports and culture exhibition which hosts exhibits on professional baseball, the Olympics, and Japan’s first sports cards; a Japanese art exhibition which displays works by Kiyohara Tama (Eleonora Ragusa), Japan’s first female Western-style painter; and an international art exhibition.

スポーツジャーナリストの池田恒雄氏が、野球の交流で得た文化・スポーツに関連するコレクションが展示されている美術館。ジャーナリストとして活躍した傍ら、野球だけでなく様々な選手とも交流を持ち、数々の名選手が着用したグッズだけでなく、活躍場面を収めた写真などが数多く展示されている。他にも小泉八雲が遺した資料や、會津八一やラグーザ玉（清原玉）の絵画が展示されているが、スポーツに特化したり、新潟特に魚沼由...
Yukyuzan Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Oyamachou 80-5

This urban park is located on National Route 353, east of the JR Nagaoka Station. It is also known as Oyama, and inside the park is a mini zoo and a play area for children. It is also a famous flower-viewing spot with approximately 2,500 cherry trees, with different types of tree, such as Yoshino cherry trees, weeping cherry trees and double-flowered cherry trees. Every spring, the Yukyuzan cherry blossom festival is held here, and in the evening, the trees are lit up and the park fills with crowds of tourists. In addition to the cherry blossoms, there are also flowers and trees such as irises and Japanese maple trees planted here, making the park a popular place for locals to relax throughout all four seasons.
Snow Country Botanical Gardens Homaru

4.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Miyamotomachi 3

This botanical garden is located in 3 Chome, Miyamoto-machi, Nagaoka City. The garden focuses mainly on natural vegetation that does not include foreign plants, horticultural plants or seaside plants. It covers over 35 hectares of foothill land, and visitors can view the various plants that grow here and change with the seasons. There are also facilities such as an open lawn area, an observatory and a free rest area.

First of all:this is not a place teeming with breathtaking flowers with a lot of Insta- worthy spots. The park is not as popular is Echigo Park, and thus is WAY less crowded. Its a place you can go...
Japan Outdoor Service

5.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Tokamachi-shi Miyanaka Ki 4197 Daini Parking Rafting BASE

ガイドの方に川の知識をたくさん教えてもらいました。緩急を繰り返しながら下っていきます。途中トロ場で水に入って泳いでみたり。渓谷のラフティングとは違い、ゆったりと川遊びを楽しめました。人によると思いますが、スリルはありません。でも楽しかったです。写真や動画は有料(2千円)ですが、出発地点に戻る車内でカメラのモニターで全部見てから購入するか決められます。
Sado Museum

3.0

5 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Yahata 2041

The Sado Museum is located on National Route 350 in the Yahata district of Sado City (on Sado Island). There are displays about the development of the gold and silver mine on Sado Island, as well as a “Nature, Archeology, History and Folk Traditions Display Gallery,” an “Arts and Handicrafts Display Gallery,” etc., enabling visitors to get a comprehensive overview of Sado Island’s culture (including its Noh drama tradition), its history, and its natural wonders, etc. Also well worth seeing are the display of sketches by Bakusen Tsuchida (a painter in the Nihonga style who was born on Sado Island), and the rock garden and the former Asashima family residence, a traditional thatch-roofed house, that are located in the Museum grounds.

佐渡の地理・文化の展示施設。あんまり目玉というものがなかった。時間がない場合はわざわざ訪れることもないだろう。
Nagaike Ikoi no Mori Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Tainaishi Tsuiji

This park is a five-minute drive from Nakajo Interchange. The nature conservation-themed park, most of which is inside either the Forest Zone that surrounds Nagaike Pond or the Flower Garden Zone where tulips and rapeseed flowers bloom, is a place for people to learn, play, and rest. The park's facilities include a cooking area for barbeques and cookouts, a promenade for forest bathing, a rest area where you can enjoy bird songs and the changing scenery of Japan's four seasons, and a farmer's market that offers fresh local produce, flowers, and processed foods. The park hosts a Tulip Festival when its tulips bloom in mid-April.
Salmon Park

3.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Murakami-shi Shiomachi 13-34

A park adjoining the Tanegawa River, a tributary of the Miomote River. Trees and flowers, an arbor, and a playground are arrayed around the park’s central grass lawn. Inside the park, visitors can see rainbow trout swimming in an artificial river. Visitors can also enjoy seasonal scenery, including cherry blossoms in spring and fireflies in summer. A statue in the park depicts Aoto Buheiji, a retainer of Murakami Domain in the Edo period who invented the Tanegawa system, the first system in the world to successfully naturally breed salmon. The adjoining Iyoboya Kaikan museum provides information on Murakami salmon, which records state were even officially gifted to the nobility in distant Kyoto long ago during the Heian period.

村上駅からバスを利用して中心地に行き、そこから歩いてイヨボヤ会館の隣にある公園です。近くには三面川が流れています。公園内には鮭のイラストされた場所などもあり、公園に流れる水は綺麗でした○
MUJI Outdoor Tsunan Campground

4.0

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nakauonumaguntsunanmachi Kamigouteraishi

"MUJI Campsites was established in Tsunan based on the concept of ""enjoying nature just as it is."" Located next to 903-meter Mt. Yamabushi, it offers a panoramic view of one of Japan's largest fluvial terrace. In the surrounding broadleaf forest of trees such as beech, Mongolian oak, and white birch, visitors can enjoy collecting of wild plants or mushrooms. The spacious grounds offer large campsites, including a permanent tenting site and cottages that visitors may want to use in bad weather. In addition, visitors can enjoy such outdoor facilities as a full-scale mountain biking course, fishing areas, walking trails, and a water park, all of which allow visitors to enjoy nature to their heart's content."

新潟の津南にある無印良品のキャンプ場。長野県栄村との境で、山の奥深くにある。各サイトともかなり広く、余裕を持ってキャンプが楽しめる。プライベート感があり、高いススキで囲まれており、芝生も気持ちいい。センターハウスには無印良品の商品をはじめ、食べ物、アウトドア商品が充実。アウトドア体験も釣りやカヌー、自転車などたくさんある。無印良品のキャンプ場はどれもハイレベルで良い。
Fossa Magna Museum

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Niigata Itoigawa-shi Negoya
Kakudahama Beach

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Kakudahama

This beach area is operated by the Kakudahama Tourism Bureau and is in Nishikan Ward, Niigata City. Gentle waves and a large shallow beach make this a nice safe place for kids and parents and it's the perfect place to enjoy the abundance of natural scenery to your heart's content. Near the beach are campgrounds that don't require reservations as well as BBQ areas that are great for those on a day-trip who aren't spending the night. Tourist sight-seeing spots include the Kakudahama Cape Lighthouse and the cave were Yoshitsune hid while making his escape. There is also a well-known viewpoint where you can watch the setting sun sink into Sado Island. Various seasonal events are held including floating sumo wrestling tournaments, dances, and nagashi-somen (noodles served down a water chute).

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Niigata Areas

Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.