Park / Green Space Spots in Nagaoka Area

  • Echigo Hillside National Government Park
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    4.5
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    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Miyamotohigashikatamachi 1950-1
    Occupying an extensive site, Echigo Hillside National Government Park has plenty of fun things to do and experience. This is a nature park where visitors can enjoy the beautiful flowers and scenery (which changes with the seasons), experience life in a Satoyama (traditional community-managed forest) habitat, and learn about the different plants and animals that have evolved in concert with human agricultural activity. Visitors can eat in the Rest House, or enjoy an outdoor barbecue. Echigo Hillside National Government Park is located around 10-minute drive from the Nagaoka Interchange of the Hokuriku Expressway.

    Tulips in spring, roses in early summer, cosmos flowers in autumn- this park is beautiful all year round and worth visiting multiple times. Before you come, make sure to check the website and find...

  • Kashiwazaki Yume no Mori Park
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Karuigawa 4544-1
    This 30-hectare forest park is a 15-minute drive from Kashiwazaki Interchange. The park's trees, waterfront, and leaves have been carefully groomed, making it a place to relax and commune with the diverse forest flora and fauna, which include Japanese rice fish, loach, Japanese Luehdorfia, and dogtooth violets. Other attractions include an Eco House with exhibits, books, a kid's corner, and more, as well as a forest workshop area and a cafe. The park's cafe I'm Home offers a menu full of seasonal cuisine made with fresh ingredients sourced from local producers. The park also offers a number of hands-on activity programs for individuals, families, and groups.

    広くて自然がいっぱいの公園です。一年を通して花も楽しめますし、家族づれの方には特におすすめです。キャンプもできます。

  • Bashoen Garden
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    Niigata Santo-gun Izumozaki Machi Sumiyoshicho 556- Ko
    In this garden stands a stone monument inscribed with a copy of the entirety of the text of famed poet Matsuo Basho’s “Ginga no Jo” (“Preface to the Milky Way”) written in his own hand. A line from this poem, composed in 1689 while making the journey he would ultimately describe in his “Narrow Road to the Interior,” is particularly famous: “turbulent ocean / extending out to Sado / the Milky Way.” The monument as well as a statue of Basho stands on the grounds of a residence which once belonged to the Torii, a family whose members served as town elders in Izumozaki. Various sights connected to Basho, including the birth home of Ryokan, a priest and poet Basho greatly respected, are located in the area, and even today many amateur haiku lovers make their way here. There is a mailbox in the garden which visitors can use to submit haiku poems; once a year, the best are selected for compilation into a collection.
  • Todo no Mori Water Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Nishinakanomata 3996
    A park encompassing a famous spring located 50 minutes from the Nagaoka Interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway. The park’s spacious, 12-hectare grounds are outfitted with a restaurant, hall, teahouse, and campground. The Todo no Mori spring, which wells up on the park’s grounds, once supported village life, being used for drinking water and irrigation. The spring was selected for inclusion in the Ministry of the Environment’s Top 100 Famous Water list in 1985, and since that time its clear, quality waters have won it much popularity, with an unending stream of visitors making their way here from across the prefecture and beyond. The soft water spring continues to flow regardless of the season, and visitors can take home a bottle filled from the spring year round.
  • Yukyuzan Park
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    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.
  • Suido Park
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Suidocho 3-11-1

    長岡駅から徒歩約25分、維新の暁鐘の西福寺前を信濃川方面にほぼ真っ直ぐです。近くになると水道タンクが見えてきました。そのまま真っ直ぐ行くと正面入口、水道公園との大きな表示石がありました。この公園は浄水場跡地を利用、浄水場は平成5年まで利用していたそうです。正面から入ると左側に高く聳える水道タンク、右側に芝生広場と芝生の丘と油田製油所記念碑、正面に水道ポンプ棟があり長岡市水道発祥の地とありました。水...

  • Kashiwazaki sakenofurusato Park
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Oumigawa 81-4

    JR信越本線青梅川駅の近くにあります。 谷根川を遡上してくる鮭に関する資料が展示されています。 鮭の他にも、マスが泳いでいました。 外には自動販売機、中にはトイレがあります。 広い駐車場があり、バーベキューが出来るスペースも有ります。

  • Masugatayama Natural Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Iwata
  • Yuhigaoka Park
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    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Shiiya
  • Nagaoka New Town Sports Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Yokodai 5-3
  • Yoita Kasen Ryokuchi Park Tachibana Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Yoitamachi Yoita
  • Senshu Gagenfurusatonomori
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    Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Senshu 3-315-1
  • Koshiji Kasen Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka Shiura 6280
  • Shinanogawa Kasen Park
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    Niigata Nagaoka-shi Mukaijimacho
  • Banjin Onodate Park
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    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Higashi No
  • Akasaka Yama Park
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    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Akasakacho Midoricho
  • Kaigan Park
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    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Higashiminatocho 5-30
  • Mitsuke Ohira Shinrinkoen
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    Niigata Mitsuke-shi Uchimachi 1417-1
  • Yoneyama Fukuura Hakkei Prefectural Natural Park
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    Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi

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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.

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