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Nagaoka Fireworks Festival 2025: How to Get the Highly Competitive Viewing Tickets

The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival in Niigata Prefecture is one of Japan's top three fireworks events. Discover essential strategies for securing the highly competitive viewing tickets.

Niigata

Nagaoka City

Event
Utsunomiya Castle: Seven famous castles in the Kanto region visited by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu

We would like to introduce Utsunomiya Castle Ruins Park, which still retains the remnants of Utsunomiya Castle, which was once counted as one of the Seven Great Castles in Kanto.

Tochigi

Utsunomiya

Tourism

Japanese castle
Echigo-Yuzawa Station: Your Ultimate Japanese Sake Experience with Hot Springs, Giant Rice Balls & Local Delicacies

Experience an in-station hot spring, sake tasting from all Niigata breweries, and local delicacies at Ponshukan in Echigo-Yuzawa Station. The perfect stop for sake lovers and souvenir shopping.

Niigata

Echigo Yuzawa

Tourism
Eguchi Dango Main Shop: Beautiful Japanese sweets and original Japanese scenery. Popular old folk house cafe

Eguchi Dango Main Shop is a long-established confectionery store located in Miyamoto-cho, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Enjoy beautiful Japanese sweets and the original scenery of Japan. This is an old folk house cafe that is currently a hot topic.

Niigata

Nagaoka City

Gourmet

Sweets
Japanese Tea
S.H.S Toyano: A popular furniture and interior shop in Niigata. The overall space design is wonderful.

S.H.S Toyano is a commercial facility that proposes entire lifestyles such as houses, furniture, and interior design.

Niigata

Niigata City

Tourism
Minyo Nagashi Folk Dance: A masterpiece! 1.5 km, a dancing circle of 10,000 people. Niigata City's summer tradition.

Niigata City's Minyo Nagashi Folk Dance is a traditional event that is part of the Niigata Festival, which is held every summer.

Niigata

Niigata City

Japanese history and culture
Kirasse: Compare the tastes of Utsunomiya gyoza. Gyoza entertainment facility

Gyoza is a specialty of Utsunomiya. "Kirasse" has everything from long-established stores with over 50 years of history to up-and-coming trendy stores. This is a gyoza entertainment facility where you can taste and compare gyoza from various gyoza specialty stores.

Tochigi

Utsunomiya

Gourmet

Gyoza
Izakaya Itcho: Niigata specialties and fresh seafood. And Niigata's famous sake.

Introducing Itcho, an izakaya where you can enjoy Niigata's specialty, local sake, at reasonable prices.

Niigata

Niigata City

Gourmet

Izakaya & Bistro
Kiyotsu Gorge: A fantastic space of extraordinary beauty interwoven with spectacular scenery and art

To a different world where everything is beautiful. We would like to introduce you to Kiyotsu Gorge, a transcendent fantasy space woven with spectacular scenery and art.

Niigata

Tokamachi City

Tourism

Nationally designated Places of Scenic Beauty
Japan Heritage
Popular sightseeing spots in Odawara that can be accessed by sightseeing bus “Umemaru-go” departing from Odawara Station

It's okay if you don't have a car. Take the Umemaru-go bus and tour Odawara, a castle town steeped in history and culture.

Kanagawa

Odawara

Tourism

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