Every Place in the Catalogue

Unazuki Onsen

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Unazuki Onsen (宇奈月温泉) is Toyama's premier hot spring resort town, nestled at the entrance to Kurobe Gorge where the Kuro…

Toyama Black Ramen

Toyama Black Ramen (富山ブラックラーメン) is an intensely salty, soy-sauce-heavy ramen style created in post-war Toyama as fuel fo…

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Toyama Glass Art Museum

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The Toyama Glass Art Museum (富山市ガラス美術館, TOYAMAキラリ) is a striking contemporary museum designed by architect Kengo Kuma, f…

Toyama Sushi

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Toyama Bay is renowned as Japan's 'natural fish preserve' — a unique underwater topography where depths plunge to 1,000+…

Toyama Bay Firefly Squid

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Toyama Bay is the only place in the world where firefly squid (hotaru-ika, ホタルイカ) wash ashore en masse during their spaw…

Kurobe Gorge Railway

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The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道, Kurobe Kyokoku Tetsudo) is a 20.1km scenic railway that travels through Japan's deepes…

Kurobe Dam

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Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) is Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters, an engineering marvel completed in 1963 after a 7-year construct…

Northern Culture Museum

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The Northern Culture Museum occupies the former estate of the Ito family, who were the largest landowners in Niigata dur…

Furumachi Geigi

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Furumachi is Niigata City's historic geisha district, dating to the Edo period when Niigata Port was Japan's primary gat…

Gala Yuzawa Ski Resort

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Gala Yuzawa is the only ski resort in the world with a dedicated shinkansen station inside the resort building — Tokyo v…

Hakusan Shrine Furusato Village

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Hakusan Shrine is a modest Shinto shrine in Niigata City's outskirts, known not for its religious significance but for t…

Senkaku Bay

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Senkaku Bay is a 2-kilometer stretch of Sado's northwestern coast where granite cliffs rise vertically 30–50 meters from…

Koshihikari Rice

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Koshihikari is Japan's most famous rice variety, representing 35% of all rice grown in Japan and commanding premium pric…

Niigata City Aquarium Marinepia

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Marinepia Nihonkai is a coastal aquarium specializing in Sea of Japan marine life, featuring species rarely seen in othe…

Imayo Tsukasa Sake Brewery

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Imayo Tsukasa Brewery (今代司酒造) is a 250-year-old sake producer in central Niigata City that has committed entirely to jun…

Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel

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Kiyotsukyo Gorge is a 750-meter-long ravine carved by the Kiyotsu River through solid granite, with vertical cliffs risi…

Nodoguro Grilled Blackthroat Seaperch

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Nodoguro (喉黒, 'black throat') — also called blackthroat seaperch or akamutsu — is a deep-water fish caught in the Sea of…

Yahiko Shrine

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Yahiko Shrine sits at the base of Mt. Yahiko (634m), a sacred peak that has been a Shinto pilgrimage site for over 2,400…

Hoshitoge Rice Terraces

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The Hoshitoge rice terraces (星峠の棚田) are layered across a mountain ridge 600 meters above sea level in the Tokamachi high…

Tsunan Snow Festival

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The Tsunan Snow Festival (津南雪まつり) is a mid-March weekend event in the mountains of southern Niigata where 3,000–5,000 at…

Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen

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Echigo-Yuzawa is the onsen town that inspired Yasunari Kawabata's Nobel Prize-winning novel 'Snow Country' (雪国, 1948) —…

Niigata Negi Ramen

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Niigata's signature ramen style centers on an enormous mound of finely-chopped sweet green onions (negi) served atop mis…

Niigata Bandai Bridge