Trips

Niigata

About Niigata Where to Go? Travel Routes
2009 Destination Campaign/Visit Niigata
About Niigata
Blessed with a rich natural environment, Niigata boasts some of Japan's most beautiful seasonal scenery. Enjoying cherry blossoms in spring, relaxing forest strolls in summer, vivid foliage in autumn, and skiing in winter, you can immerse yourself in all four of nature's seasons. Niigata is also famous as Japan's number one farming region. Here you can savor the finest cuisine cooked using the freshest ingredients.

Access to Niigata
Convenient access to Niigata can be found here.
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*The running times of trains may change due to circumstances.

Money-saving Tickets for Niigata Access
JR EAST PASS
A pass enabling free travel on all JR EAST lines

Suica & N’EX
A money-saving ticket for access to Greater Tokyo from Narita Airport

JAPAN RAIL PASS
A pass enabling free travel on all JR lines

Where to Go? Travel Routes
Travel Routes
Here we present sample sightseeing courses that include important cultural properties, the Northern Culture Museum, the city of Murakami (a castle with traditional town houses), and much else. Also included is Sado Island, which is located not far from Niigata. There is plenty of information here to make your Niigata trip even more fun.