新潟県 · Shrines & temples
Rengebuji
佐渡市 佐渡
Said to have been founded by Kukai. A temple of hydrangeas.
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新潟県 · Shrines & temples
Hakusan Jinja (Niigata)
新潟市 下越
The tutelary shrine of Niigata, long the guardian of the mouth of the Shinano river.
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Hotokusan Inari
長岡市 中越
A great hall looking out over the Echigo plain, known for its candle festival in November.
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Koto Jinja
関川村 下越
It worships Mount Kousagi.
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Nunagawahime
糸魚川市 上越
Jade country. The Hime river takes its name from Nunakawa-hime.
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Kasugayama Jinja
上越市 上越
It enshrines Uesugi Kenshin, standing on the site of Kasugayama Castle.
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Hoshitoge
十日町市 中越
The water of the terraced fields catches the morning sun. The custom of enshrining a mountain deity for each field survives.
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Iwafune Jinja
村上市 下越
The origin of the place name Iwafune. An old shrine of the salmon town.
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Sekiyama
妙高市 上越
It worships Mount Myoko, and preserves the staff dance of the mock yamabushi.
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Daizen Jinja
佐渡市 佐渡
More than thirty Noh stages survive on Sado, the island to which Zeami was exiled.
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Sado Gold Mine
佐渡市 佐渡
It underpinned the finances of the Edo shogunate. Hand-cut tunnels and the split peak of Doyu remain.
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Tarai Bune
佐渡市 佐渡
Tubs for gathering wakame and abalone among the rocks. Visitors can row them too.
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
十日町市 中越
Artworks scattered through the hill villages. Terraced fields and empty houses are the stage.
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Kiyotsu Gorge
十日町市 中越
One of the three great gorges of Japan. Columnar jointing reflects in the water mirror inside the tunnel.
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Ponshukan
新潟市 下越
You can taste sake from 93 breweries across the prefecture. Niigata has more sake breweries than anywhere in Japan.
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Hoshitoge Rice Terraces
十日町市 中越
Two hundred paddies catching the morning sun. One of the hundred finest terraced fields in Japan.
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Mt. Yahiko
弥彦村 中越
A view over the Echigo plain and the Japan Sea, with the inner shrine at the summit.
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Nagaoka Fireworks
長岡市 中越
It began as a memorial to those killed in the war. The Shosanshakudama and the Phoenix rise over the river.
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Tsuiki Copperware
燕市 中越
A single sheet of copper is hammered into a vessel. The town also makes metal cutlery.
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Ushi no Tsunotsuki
小千谷市 中越
No winner is declared; every bout ends in a draw. It appears in the novel Hakai.
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Echigo-Yuzawa
湯沢町 中越
The setting of Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country. The hot spring on the far side of the tunnel.
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Shiobiki Sake
村上市 下越
Salmon hung under the eaves. The Murakami way is to leave part of the belly uncut.
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Toki Forest Park
佐渡市 佐渡
Japan's wild crested ibis died out, and reintroduction began from here.
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Teradomari Fish Market
長岡市 中越
The Ameyoko of fish. You can eat grilled seafood standing at the counter.
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