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Yuzawa / Uonuma

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Echigo Yuzawa Nmaya

4.0

3 Reviews

Shopping

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 2455 Echigo Yuzawa HATAGO Inoueuchi

This food store and café is located near the West Exit of Echigo-Yuzawa Station. They also sell koji-pickled items and other sides for rice, Uonuma Koshihikari rice from contracted farms, and miso which is also used in the adjacent lodge “Hatago Isen.” Also, they have original sweets like “Yuzawa ruuro” (limited 24 per day)—a roll-cake made using rice flour. And in the adjacent café, you can enjoy a toast set or sweets with your coffee made with hot spring water.

越後湯沢駅の中の飲食街にあるカフェ。ミルクソフトも美味しいが、お店のお勧めのチーズケーキは是非食べていただきたい。
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。
Kojimaya Souhonten

4.0

63 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Nakayashiki 758-1

Kojimaya Souhonten, said to be the birthplace of local specialty Hegisoba, located in Nakayashiki, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. Hegisoba is a type of soba that is served in a wooden dish called a hegi. Funori seaweed is added to the homemade buckwheat flour ground on a millstone to make this popular Niigata specialty. The restaurant serves a variety of dishes from bowls of noodles to more formal dishes, priding itself on always sticking to the three principles of freshly ground, freshly kneaded, and freshly boiled. A popular dish on the menu is their seasonal Tenbara-zen served with a large portion of kakiage (mixed vegetable and seafood tempura). There is also an area in the restaurant which introduces the history of the biggest water mills in the prefecture and the story behind hegisoba.

魚沼地方発祥のへきそばを食べに、十日町市にある有名店「小嶋屋総本店」に行きました。田園風景の中、大きな水車が目立ちます。建物も立派で入口にはへきそばの歴史が展示されています。カウンター席に座り、目的のへきそばを注文。待つ事数分でへきそばの登場。きめ細かいツヤのあるお蕎麦で、盛り付けも美しいです。辛子をお蕎麦に付けて食べることをオススメしていただき、早速試してみました。さっぱり...
Ryujin no Yakata

3.5

3 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nigata Pref. Nakauonumaguntsunanmachi Yachi 7031

Ryujin no Yakata is a hot spring facility for day use in the town of Tsunan, Naka-uonuma County, Niigata Prefecture. It is located near Ryugakubo Spring, renowned as one of the 100 finest natural springs in Japan, and it is one spot where visitors can experience the abundant water from this spring. There is a long, narrow, dragon-shaped rock bath called Ryujin no Yu and a wooden bath patterned after a shrine forest called Jomon no Yu. Men and women trade places every Wednesday. A spacious tatami room where customers can relax after bathing is available at no charge, and individual rooms are available for a fee. There is even a restaurant where visitors can enjoy set meals or noodles.

毎年キャンプの時に利用しています。こじんまりとしていますが、とても気に入っています。火焔型土器からお湯があふれる内風呂には縄文好きも私も娘も大変興奮し、外風呂には内風呂の窓にある小さなドアをおして出るのも楽しかったです。外の休憩所も大きくは無いけど、すごく心地良い空間でした。
Mt. Naeba

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Mikuni

This volcano stands 2,145 meters tall at the boundary between Niigata and Nagano Prefectures. Located in Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park at its summit is Ime-jinja Shrine which has long drawn those looking to befriend the god of rice cultivation. Near the summit spreads a wetland where you can see all sorts of beautiful alpine plants including the Miyama-bulrush. This beauty has led to the area being selected by the Ministry of the Environment as one of Japan's 500 important wetlands. During the winter the ski-slope at the foot of the mountain draws lots of visitors. Different mountain climbing routes are being developed and between late-June and mid-October lots of mountain climbing visitors flock to the mountain.
Ikazawa Camping Ground

4.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Minamiuonuma Nagamatsu 941

今年も家族でコテージに宿泊（大人気のため、電話予約の段階から結構大変でした…）。緑が多く、川遊びやニジマス釣りなど、楽しい遊びが目白押し。ピンクのTシャツ姿のスタッフの方々も、とても親切に御対応いただきました。ちなみに、「天竺の里」へのトレッキングにも挑戦したかったですが、同所につづく町道が災害復旧工事中のため、今回も断念。なお、今回は台風を挟んでの利用で、夜間の強風の中、外のテントの方々は大変そ...
Najomon

4.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Nakauonumaguntsunanmachi Shimofunato Otsu 835

Najomon is an experiential learning center located in Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma County. It offers a wide range of experience activities, including opportunities to try your hand at making stone tools, making fire, harvesting grain or collecting medicinal plants, etc. Through these activities and through the center’s thematic exhibitions, visitors can learn about life in the Jomon era. Najomon also has a “Jomon Village” with authentic Jomon-style pit dwellings, as well as fields, an area of natural forest, and a range of other outdoor facilities.

津南のヒマワリ広場のヒマワリの高さに比べると背の高いヒマワリだが、混雑がなく、良かった。ヒマワリの数もヒマワリ広場より多い。難点は、ヒマワリの高さが高い。子どもたちは、花が見えない。〔いずれも、子どもには高いけど〕空いてて寂しいくらい。また、ひょうたん畑も隣接してる。
New ・ Green Pia Tsunan Ski Area

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Nakauonuma Tsunanmachi Akinari 12300

This ski resort located in Tsunan Town, Nakauonuma County, Niigata Prefecture is open until March. Located within the massive 330-hectare grounds of New Greenpia Tsunan, the ski resort offers not just ski slopes, but also lodging facilities and both indoor and outdoor sporting facilities. The resort’s five courses suit people of all ability levels, while their bunny slopes and sledding slopes are great for families with children. During the open season, the resort holds a number of events and activities including playing in snow huts, dondo-yaki (the ritual burning of New Year’s decorations), and the Tsunan Snow Festival. Each night during the open season, the resort lights up the sky with floating Chinese lanterns.
Yuzawa Park Resort Ski Area

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Tsuchidaru 1613

This ski resort open until March is 10 minutes from Echigo-Yuzawa Station via the free shuttle bus. The park is especially proud of the silky powder on their north slope. The park has arranged a good balance of both gentle and steep courses for people of all skill levels. The Ginga Course is popular with beginners and families looking to glide through the forest at a relaxed pace. The Dynamic Course is popular with experts looking to utilize their honed skills to the fullest. All of the slopes are conveniently located right in front of the resort’s hotel, making it a safe choice for families with small children. The resort also offers skiing and snowboarding lesson packages suited for every ability level.
Uonuma Soyu Noen Onigiriya

Shopping

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Shiozawa 471-11

This rice ball shop is managed by a farm in Shiozawa, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. It has been featured on TV and always has a line forming outside. The rice used here is Koshihikari rice produced with no pesticides and carefully grown in rice paddies with the well water in which carp are left loose. Each rice ball is meticulously handmade and filled with the farmers’ love, bringing out the full taste of the rice. There’s also an eating area where you can enjoy the popular pickled tuna rice bowl, curry, and more.
Nadai Kisoba Yoshiya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Toichi Area 4

Located in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, this soba restaurant is famous for the local specialty hegisoba, a type of soba that is beautifully arranged and served in a wooden dish called a “hegi”. Funori seaweed is added to carefully selected, local buckwheat flour ground on a millstone to make this wonderfully tasting and aromatic soba. The noodle broth is packed full of flavor from niboshi (dried infant sardines) making for a rich tasting soup. Lots of customers come here to this restaurant from inside and outside of the prefecture. The restaurant is a relaxing place which overlooks Uonuma Basin.
Lake Okutadami

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Yunotanimogawa Big birds

This lake is in Uonuma, Niigata. It's a man-made lake created by the Okutadami Dam which sits between Hinoemata, Minamiauzu, Fukushima, and Uonuma, Niigata on the Tadami River, a tributary of the Class A Agano River. Also called Ginzan Lake (Silver Mountain Lake) it's known for its superb water quality from the snow melt of neighboring valleys and picturesque autumn scenery. From late July to early November it's famous as a great place to catch smelt, char, and cherry-trout.
Mt. Makihata

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Shimizu

This 1967-meter mountain sits between Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture and Minakami Town, Tone County, Gunma Prefecture. There is an intermediate-level mountain climbing route with an elevation difference of approximately 1,500 meters, and in addition to the view from the summit of the mountain, visitors can also enjoy wonderful natural sights such as the alpine plants, ponds (marshlands), and the waterfalls and strange rocks of Waribikisawa. It has been selected as one of 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.
Echigo Sake Museum Ponshu-kan

Shopping

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 2427-3

This is a Niigata local sake and rice themed shopping center located within JR Niigata station. Visitors can enjoy sake made in 93 different breweries from the Niigata Echigo area in the “Sake Tasting corner” and “rice ball bombs” made from Koshihikari rice grown in the Minamiuonuma area at the “Yukinhora” restaurant as well as a sake bath called the “Yunosawa” in the facility. In the produce sales section, special Niigata products such as local foods using rice and “koji” rice malt, sake and confectioneries are sold. It is an irresistible spot for those who are Japanese sake enthusiasts.
Matsuyama Hot Spring Center, Taka no Yu

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Matsunoyamayumoto 18-1

To reach this municipal hot spring center take the bus from Matsudai Station on the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line for 25 minutes and get off at the Matsu-no-Yama Onsen bus stop. Both indoor and outdoor baths are available. Matsunoyama Onsen is counted as one of Echigo's top three most famous hot springs and draws its water from one of seven wellsprings. The spring is known to have a strong medical benefit and due to its high salinity, you won't feel a chill after leaving the baths even in the winter. The spring contains both sulfur and calcium chloride and is said to have the highest content of boric acid in Japan.
Moegi no Sato Tochi no Mikan

4.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Nakauonuma-gun Tsunanmachi Ketto 984-9

A tourism facility located in Akiyamago, an area known for its remoteness and called a paradise since ancient times. Surrounded by old-fashioned, bucolic scenery, facilities include a hotel, outdoor bath, restaurant, and shop. The restaurant boasts a panoramic view of Akiyamago; the Moegi Teishoku combo meal, made with an abundance of local ingredients, is particularly recommended. The hearty meal comes with char grilled with salt shioyaki style, kenchin jiru vegetable soup, a local stew called hira, and a side. The use of local Uonuma-grown Koshihikari rice further enhances the innate flavors of the ingredients used.

津南町、秋山郷の手前にあります立派な施設です。場所柄空いていることが多くゆっくりお湯に浸かることができました。特に露天風呂は内湯から離れていますが山々を見ながら入れますので大自然の中リラックスできますよ。山深いところにありますがドライブやツーリングルートでの立ち寄りがおすすめです。
Futai Shukuba no Yu

4.0

1 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Niigata Minamiuonuma-gun Yuzawamachi Mikuni 537

A day-use hot spring bathhouse in a little township, Futai on Mikuni Kaido, ancient highway. It is located 30 minutes from the Yuzawa Interchange. This is the only publicly managed hot spring bathhouse in Yuzawa with a jacuzzi and sauna. The bathhouse only has a men’s and a women’s indoor bathing area, but each is equipped with two tubs and a sauna, and customers can enjoy a relaxing soak in the spacious rooms. The bathhouse is also replete with a variety of other facilities, including a restaurant, rest lounge, and permanent children’s art exhibition. Located close to Kagura Tashiro, Kagura Mitsumata, and other area ski resorts, as well, the bathhouse bustles with skiers in winter.

田代スキー場駐車場近くにある日帰り温泉。露天はなく小さめの作りですが清潔感があり、スキー帰りに立ち寄るのに悪くない。料金はいくら忘れましたが、かなり安かったと思います。畳の休憩所があります。
Yukura Tsumari

3.0

1 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Niigata Tokamachi-shi Imogawa Otsu 3267

A day-use hot spring bathhouse whose baths are constantly replenished “kakenagashi” style from a source spring and never with re-heated or re-circulated water. Customers can relax and unwind in the bathhouse’ outdoor bath, which boasts an expansive view of the Kiyotsu River terrace. Because the baths are filled directly from the spring, their waters change slightly depending on the season and weather. Because you can experience these natural spring waters completely unprocessed, the bathhouse has many customers hailing from across the prefecture and beyond who come back here again and again. The bathhouse also adjoins the beautiful green lawn of Kiyotsugawa Fresh Park, and many people stop by to take a bath after playing in the river and enjoying a day of sports.

ニューグリーンピア津南スキー場の帰りに寄った温泉施設。館内には休憩所やレストランもあるので、ゆっくり過ごす事ができる。温泉ははかけ流し温泉で、加熱も循環もしておらず温泉をそのまま湯船に引き込んでいるタイプ。内湯・洗い場・露天の構成でサウナや特殊湯（電気とか水風呂）などはない。露天は絶景が見えるという訳ではなく、４、５人がせいぜいの小さなモノ。43.5℃とやや高めだった。内湯は42.5...
Exchange Center Yupio

2.0

1 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Oyuonsen 182-1

This pyramid-shaped hot spring facility is located in Uonuma City's Oyu Park. The hot spring's simple weak alkaline water is known as beauty water. It is kind to the skin and can be safely enjoyed by people of all ages, from babies to the elderly. There are a variety of different areas within the park, from an area which can be used for a variety of purposes from sports to lectures, a community hall, which can be used for table tennis and aerobics, and a multipurpose athletics hall. And, after enjoying events and working up a sweat with the sports in the park, visitors can wash it off in the hot spring.

新潟県魚沼市、奥只見シルバーラインの入り口を入らず、1km程直進した所にある大湯温泉にある、公共温泉です。体育館に併設されていました。建物の大きさの割には、浴室はやや小さめ。温泉も循環で利用され、消毒臭が気になりました。
Camping Park Kami Yu Onsen

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Uonuma-shi Kiyomoto 583

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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.