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新潟県 · Tourism

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.

新潟県 · Tourism

Tsuiki Copperware

燕市中越

A single sheet of copper is hammered into a vessel. The town also makes metal cutlery.

新潟県 · Tourism

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.

新潟県 · Tourism

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.

新潟県 · Tourism

Shiobiki Sake

村上市下越

Salmon hung under the eaves. The Murakami way is to leave part of the belly uncut.

新潟県 · Tourism

Toki Forest Park

佐渡市佐渡

Japan's wild crested ibis died out, and reintroduction began from here.

新潟県 · Tourism

Teradomari Fish Market

長岡市中越

The Ameyoko of fish. You can eat grilled seafood standing at the counter.

新潟県 · Tourism

Akashi Chirimen

十日町市中越

A summer silk given its crisp hand by tightly twisted thread.

富山県 · Tourism

Yui

南砺市呉西

Rethatching a roof is done by the whole village together, a system of mutual aid. Faith and daily life run continuously into each other.

富山県 · Tourism

Ainokura

南砺市呉西

A village of gassho-zukuri houses. Silkworms were raised under the roofs.

富山県 · Tourism

Suganuma

南砺市呉西

A small village where nine gassho-zukuri houses survive.

富山県 · Tourism

Karashima

氷見市呉西

An island afloat in the sea off Himi. The faith of a town that fishes with set nets.

富山県 · Tourism

Aimotobashi

黒部市呉東

A cantilever bridge that once spanned the Kurobe river, with a legend of a princess and a great serpent.

富山県 · Tourism

Nunobashi Kanjoe

立山町呉東

A rite in which women crossed a cloth bridge blindfolded, in place of the climb they were barred from. Salvation without the ascent.

富山県 · Tourism

Uozu Shinkiro

魚津市呉東

A coast where mirages appear. With the buried forest, it was long an object of awe.

富山県 · Tourism

Kurobe Dam

立山町呉東

At 186 metres, the tallest in Japan. It took seven years to build, and 171 people died.

富山県 · Tourism

Yuki no Otani

立山町呉東

You walk between walls of snow 20 metres high, cut open by the ploughs.

富山県 · Tourism

Gokayama

南砺市呉西

Villages of gassho-zukuri houses. Under the roofs they raised silkworms and made saltpetre.

富山県 · Tourism

Kurobe Gorge Railway

黒部市呉東

A line built to carry materials for the dam, later opened to passengers.

富山県 · Tourism

Amaharashi Coast

高岡市呉西

Across the water, the 3,000-metre peaks of the Tateyama range stand in a row.

富山県 · Tourism

Owara Kaze no Bon

富山市呉東

For three days and nights the hill town dances in silence. The kokyu fiddle carries through the streets.

富山県 · Tourism

Himi Morning Market

氷見市呉西

Winter yellowtail taken in set nets. What comes in at dawn is on the counter that day.

富山県 · Tourism

Sankyoson

砺波市呉西

Houses ringed by windbreak groves, scattered across the paddies. A way of living apart.

富山県 · Tourism

Inami

南砺市呉西

Carving became an industry through the rebuilding of Zuisenji. Workshops stand eave to eave.