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Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

4.0

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Senshu 3-278-14

This is an art museum opened in Nagaoka City, Niigata prefecture in 1993. It collects and exhibits art works from Niigata, Japan and around the world. There is a collection of about 6,000 artworks mainly focusing on the “Taiko Collection” of the current Taiko Bank as well as contemporary art from the Meiji period, 19th century Western art and artworks by Niigata local artists. Aside from the permanent exhibition, collection exhibitions and special exhibitions, as well as workshops where visitors can enjoy art casually, are held at the museum.

I visit this museum mostly during the projected events such focusing Japanese traditional painters in Meiji Period, etc. The collections of this museum are in variety from Europe through Japan...
Hotokusan Inari Taisha Shrine

4.0

20 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Iduka 870

A 10-minute drive from Nagaoka-Minami-Koshiji Smart Interchange, this shrine is beloved by locals of Nagaoka City as Iwatsuka no Oinari-san (the Inari Shrine of Iwatsuka). It enshrines the Shinto deity Amaterasu-shiragiku-hotoku-okami. The shrine is said to have originated when Itete-no-Himiko ordered Mononobe-no-Minowahime-no-Mikoto to build a shrine to Amaterasu, Hi no Miya no Miyashiro, in the Village of Nuna. The stunning beauty of the large vermillion-lacquered shrine building standing on a small hill attracts a large number of visitors from across the country. The shrine also being known as the Rosoku no Oinari-san (the Inari shrine of candles). Because of this, it is said that if someone writes their wish on a candle at the shrine's shinkosai (a festival celebrating the temporary transfer of the object of worship from its main shrine) held late at night each November 2nd, it will come true.

実際に参拝して、かなり大きく有名な神社と知りましたがガイドブックには乗っていませんでした参拝時は他に人が居らず、ゆっくりと奥宮まで参らせていただけました出雲に集まった神様が、出雲大社の後にお寄りになる寶徳山稲荷大社是非足をお運びいただきたい！供物は5色の蝋燭ですまた行きたいところ年末のお祭りもいつか行きたいです
Saishoji Temple

4.5

11 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Teradomarinodumi 8996

This ancient temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism was opened by Gyoki Bosatsu in the year 733. It is a 30-minute taxi ride from Tsubamesanjou Station on the Bullet Train. Amida Nyorai Buddha is the principle deity of worship here and is normally kept from public viewing except once every 12 years on the Year of the Rat when it is unveiled. Furthermore, what is believed to be the oldest mummified monk in Japan, Kochi Houin is enshrined here which you can see (with an entry fee). The treasure hall contains a wooden statue of the monk and the mummy of a raijuu cat as well as long songs signed by the departed high priest Ryokan, all of which are free to see.

長岡市内から少し離れた、寺泊漁港寄りにあります。国道４０２号沿いですが、かなり車で上ります。敷地はとても広く、加藤清正や田中角栄の書状、雷獣のミイラ等が見られる宝物殿だけの見学であれば無料です。しかしここの目玉はなんといっても弘智法印の即身仏。拝観料５００円を払って見る価値は十分です。見学者私一人のために、住職様はわざわざお経をあげて、法印様を拝ませてくださいました。法印様がいらっしゃるお堂の前に...
Nagaoka City Local History Museum

4.0

12 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Oyamachou 80-24 within Yukyama Park

This local history museum in Yukyuzan Park in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture was built in the image of the castle tower. It tells the stories of the people who were born in Nagaoka and formed the cornerstone of Nagaoka's spiritual culture and played a big role in Japan or abroad in early modern to modern times, and of their achievements. This folk exhibition also displays restored traditional housing, clothing, footwear and household items used in the daily lives of the people in this snowy region. In addition, Visitors can see the view of the city and the plains of Niigata from the castle tower's observation deck on the fourth floor.

悠久山公園の中の1番高い所にあります。建物はお城を模っていますが、昔の長岡城とは全く違う造りです（天守閣は無かったそうです）。階段を昇って2階にて行くと、受付があります。ここは角櫓という建物だそうです。入館料は300円です。走り櫓を歩き、天守閣のある建物には、主に戊辰戦争や河井継之助に関する資料や、堀直寄や牧野家など歴代の城主や長岡出身の偉人などの資料が多数展示されています。 4階の天守...
Ryokan Memorial Museum

3.5

12 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Santougunizumozakimachi Komeda 1

This memorial museum in Mishima County, Niigata Prefecture is adjacent to Ryokan to Yuhi no Oka Park. The museum was opened in 1965 on the 200th anniversary of the birth of the exemplary Edo Period monk, poet, and calligrapher Ryokan. Visitors can view the shaku (ritual baton) and inkstone used by Ryokan, as well as calligraphy from his middle to final years. A short film entitled Tenjo Taifu set in modern Izumozaki Town depicting a meeting between a local girl and Ryokan plays on a loop in the lobby.

新潟の偉人として知られる良寛記念館へと行ってきました。子供の頃に読んだ郷土昔話の中での良寛和尚のイメージは、極貧の生活の中でも優しさや感謝を忘れずに皆の為だけを考えて生きた清貧のお爺ちゃん…という雰囲気でしたが、今回、記念館を訪れ、彼の人生の足跡を年表を通して学び、良寛さまの脳内イメージが変わりました。記念館を訪れ、何を感じるかは人それぞれだと思います...
Banjindo

4.0

9 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Banjin 2-10-42

Banjindo is an external Buddha hall of Nichirenshu Myoko Temple located on a hill overlooking the Sea of Japan in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. It is said that the Buddhist priest, Nichiren, prayed here in 1274 for the return of 30 guardian deities. From the temple grounds visitors can see the city area, the magnificent Sea of Japan, the mountains of Yahiko, and Sado Island. The view from here of the setting sun is especially memorable. It is also a popular temple to visit during the New Year. The current temple was rebuilt after the original burned down in the Meiji period. The carving on the wall of the main hall is especially worth a look.

幸せになると言われている彫刻の一羽の蝶を探したけれど、見つかりませんでした。柏崎港を見下ろす眺望がGOODであり、中でも桜の開花時期は特にお勧めで私も桜の開花時期に毎年，訪れています。また、大晦日から元日にかけての二年参りには大勢の方が訪れます。近年では歴史小説作家である藤原緋沙子さんの著書である「番神の梅」の舞台となった場所としてもおなじみ、、、
Kimura Tea Ceremony Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Midorichou 3-1 Inside Matsuyunzan

A 25-minute walk or seven-minute drive from Kashiwazaki Station on the JR Shinetsu Main Line. This Tea Ceremony Museum is within the Shoun Sanso Japanese Garden that was built in 1926. On display are many books and tools collected by Kimura Shigeyoshi who, as a tea ceremony teacher, taught many students and sought to popularize the tea ceremony. One of the biggest draws is that the tea utensils on display can actually be used for tea ceremonies. There is an outdoor tea room allowing you to enjoy your tea while gazing at the green leaves or autumn colors.

数寄者の茶道具コレクションを中心とした茶道専門の美術館です。展示物の見事さもさることながら、隣の茶室では実際に収蔵品で抹茶を頂けます。展示物と同時に茶室で使用する茶道具の一覧も公開されてますので、使ってみたい方は好みの茶碗が使われているときに来館すると良いでしょう。なお、呈茶席のメインとなる貴重な茶碗は1席1名しか飲めませんので、電話予約をお勧めします。
Ryokan no Sato Art Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Niigata Nagaoka-shi Shimazaki 3938

"The art museum is on Washima, where celebrated monk Ryokan Taigu spent his autumn years. It exhibits works by famous cultural figures, centering around documents and poems by Ryokan and his favored pupil Teishin-ni. Inside the museum, they fun the film ""Washimano Ryokan/Ryokan to Teishin-ni"" on a massive screen, offering an up-close look at the man's character, described as a man of ""gentle face and kind words.” There is a free calligraphy and origami activity area, to help visitors experience the soul of Ryokan themselves. Many visitors pass by on their trips to visit nearby his Bodai-ji, Ryusen-ji temple, as well as the Kimura's house where Ryokan spent his later years."

小島谷駅から徒歩15分ほど。入館料は500円。隣接する「菊盛記念美術館」との共通券は800円だが、特別割引が実施されており600円となっていた。展示室内撮影不可。この地(旧島崎村、現長岡市島崎)は良寛が晩年を過ごした場所。当館入口近くにあるビデオコーナーでは良寛を紹介する映像を上映。展示室には良寛と貞心尼の間でやり取りされた和歌などが展示されている。貞心尼は良寛の弟子であるが、和歌の内容はまるで...
Kashiwazaki City Museum

3.0

8 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Kashiwazakishi Midorichou 8-35

Kashiwazaki City Museum is located a 20-minute walk from Kashiwazaki Station on the JR Shinetsu Main Line in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. It displays materials related to an extinct Naumann elephant that was unearthed in the city. In the Nature Display Room, visitors can see a permanent display that features actual specimens of insects, plants, and other life forms that live in the area. They can also watch videos about these plants and animals. Another permanent exhibit is found in the Humanities Room, where visitors can learn about local history and folk culture. Another room contains a model of Mt. Yoneyama and its beech forests. There is even a planetarium with programs that shows the stars that are visible from Kashiwazaki on that day, with a theme of healing and solace.

プラネタリウムが観れます。手動のリクライニングで、子どもが座っても、ぷかぷか動いたりしないで、ゆっくり観れます。リーズナブルな値段設定で、楽しめます
Mitake Jinja

3.5

6 Reviews

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Niigata Nagaoka-shi Nishi Zao 2-6-19

中越総鎮守、蔵王大権現、けやきの大木が多数ある一帯の蔵王の森に鎮座し地元の人々から蔵王様と呼ばれ親しまれているそうです。JR信越本線北長岡駅から徒歩約１５分ですが、水道公園に行った後に大通り（道路名不明）に出て徒歩で行きました。約２０分１キロちょっとでしょうか。姉川の王神橋を渡り直ぐに大きな赤い鳥居、一の鳥居がありました。拝殿まで約２００ｍの参道、鬱蒼とした木立の中を行くと二の鳥居、そして右側に社...
Koryu Shrine

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Yomogihiramachi Party 1590-4

This shrine is located beside the Ota River in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. The deity enshrined here governs mercantile prosperity and many people come from other prefectures to pray here. Climbing the 118 steps to the shrine (there is an elevator to make the shrine easily accessible to the elderly), the small grounds of the shrine come into view, surrounded on three sides by the mountains. In the main hall, business cards of people who come here to pray for their businesses to be profitable and for their economic fortunes to improve can be seen stuck into the wall. Following the defeat of the warrior of the Southern Court, the warrior came to live in Yomogihira, the land of the Ryujin (Dragon God), from the capital. The dragon is enshrined here, and the white snake that is the messenger of the dragon is said to actually exist here.
Ojiya Earthquake Museum Sonaekan

3.5

5 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Odiyashi Uenoyama 4-4-2 Ojiya citizen learning center 'Raku-Gun' 2F

This hands-on museum is located on the second floor of the Ojiya Municipal Learning Center. It was built to teach people the lessons learned from the October 23, 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake (magnitude 6.6) that occurred directly below Niigata Prefecture. The museum offers two courses, the tour course (free of charge) and the hands-on disaster prevention learning program (fee required). In either course, guests can learn about and experience subjects such as what the disaster was like, what was like for refugees after the disaster, and the history of how the region's recovery. Guests who choose the hands-on disaster prevention learning program can also hear about people's experiences during the disaster from the museum's storytellers.

地震動シュミレータやMX4Dで実際に地震の揺れを体験できます。防災グッズも買うことが出来ます。残念なのは外観が地味なことと立地が市内から若干外れているため、行きにくいことでしょうか。
Oginoshima Village

3.5

4 Reviews

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Niigata Kashiwazaki-shi Takayanagicho Oginoshima

This is a thatched-roof hamlet spreading out in a mountain valley about 40 minutes' drive from Kashiwazaki Interchange. This hamlet scene, with thatched roof cottages scattered surrounding rice fields, is unusual even for Japan. The shrine grounds and surrounding area have also produced many mid-Jomon era potsherds, and stories say that long ago this the descendants of the Kiso Yoshinaka clan lived here as well. It is also possible to use two of the cottages in the village as lodging (reservations necessary). With its grand scenery so reminiscent of old Japan, artists and photographers come year-round to take in the sights.

外部からの侵入者に対応するために、水田を取り囲んで、家々が水田の周りに環状に建てられている集落。数戸はいまだに茅葺である。そのうち2戸は宿泊施設になっている。集落センターで荻ノ島の風景を題材にしたスケッチ画の絵葉書を500円で販売している。ここで作った米が縁で横浜市にある社会福祉法人ル・プリの施設のワーク中川との交流がある。集落センターでこの地域の観光情報をたくさんもらい、10月に行われる「狐の夜...
Yoshinogawa Sake Museum Joh-gura

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Niigata Nagaoka-shi Settaya 4-8-12
Nagaoka Yoita History and Folk Museum (Kanetsu Ship Museum)

2.5

3 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Yoitamachiyoita Yi 4356

This museum displays historical records on Naoe Kanetsugu who was the main character in the Taiga TV drama, Tenchijin (Heart of a Samurai) and his wife, Osen. It is located inside the Honganji Niigatabetsuin temple and has many exhibits unique to Kanetsugu's hometown of Yoita. The museum's featured exhibit is a reproduction of the famous Love Armor with its large Chinese character symbolizing love on the helmet. It can be viewed from any angle. In addition, the museum has an exhibit on Nakagawa Seibe, the first Japanese beer brewer, who is also from Yoita. There is also a photograph spot with a giant beer can, with the catch phrase Seibe coined, Choose Niigata's Uniquely Refreshing Beer.

直江兼続は好きな武将の一人。大河ドラマ天地人も面白かったと思います。でも資料館としては見所がほとんど無かったという印象です。ブーム時代は、知らない人におおよそのその人の功績・年表をお伝えするということはそれなりに役割を果たすとは思いますが、もともと知っている人、歴史が好きな人からしたら、”知ってるよ”という情報以上のものがない。兼続に限らず他の大河にちなんだ各地のこの手のものに総じて言えるので...
Niigata Prefectural Museum of History

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Sekiharamachi 1 Authority 2247-2

This large museum, about 10,000 square meters in area, is located in Sekiharamachi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. The permanent exhibitions focus on the Jomon period and introduce the folk culture and history of Niigata. The “Jomonjin no Sekai Corner” teaches about the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the Jomon settlers throughout the seasons. You’ll also find excavation reports and archaeological studies on Jomon culture, models of the covered walkways of Gangi-dori in the snowy Takada region, an explanation of the history of rice-making, and more.
Shirayama Hime-jinja Shrine

4.0

1 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Teradomari Ninonquin 2768

Shirayama Hime-jinja Shrine is located on a hill in Teradomari, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, which has been the guardian deity of the local area for a long time. The shrine has been built at the top of 125 stone steps which lead up from the shrine gate. The views from the top overlooking the Sea of Japan are wonderful. The enshrined deities are the two gods, Izanami no mikoto and Kukurihime no mikoto. They draw seafaring worshippers praying for safety at sea, and the deities are also worshipped as gods of national security and rural development. The spring festival is held on May 3rd and 4th every year where the daimyo’s procession takes place along the Hokkoku Kaido (north Japan highway).

長い階段を抜けるとある、こじんまりとした神社です。高台にあるため、日本海を見渡せ、晴れた日は佐渡まで見えるので、眺めが大変良いです。
Tochio Art Museum

2.0

1 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Uenoharamachi 1-13

The Tochio Art Museum was founded to mark the 40th anniversary of the granting of city status to Tochio (Tochio has since been absorbed into Nagaoka City), in a location that has the site of Tochio Castle—which is associated with Uesugi Kenshin—in the background. The Museum holds four special exhibitions every year, and also holds exhibitions of works from the Museum’s own collections by artists associated with the area. Workshops and galleries can be rented free of charge (for non-profit purposes), although advance booking is required. The Tochio Art Museum is located around 40-minute drive from the Nagaoka Interchange of the Kan-Etsu Expressway.

予算の都合上かもしれませんが、展示物と説明があってないものがあります。明らかに複製品、偽物が展示されており驚きました。例えば、谷文晁とされる絵がありましたが、あのように塗る潰すような絵は描きませんし、あれほど下手な谷文晁は見たことがありません。四十七士の絵は、江戸期と説明文には書いてありましたが、絵には明治と書いてありました。公民館だと思えば腹は立ちませんが、もう少ししっかりして欲しいもの...
Hokkoku Kaido Tsumairi Kaikan

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Niigata Santo-gun Izumozakimachi Amaze 166

“Tsumairi” is a Japanese architectural style in which the entrance is placed on one of the sides, or “tsuma.” During the Edo period, buildings were taxed based on the width of their frontage, resulting in large numbers of these long, narrow tsumairi houses standing side by side. Echigo once boasted the highest population density in the country, and Izumozaki flourished as a post station town on the old Hokkoku Highway. This facility, standing on a piece of flat ground sandwiched between a small hill and the Sea of Japan, reproduces the traditional layout of a tsumairi home and serves as a rest area for tourists and as a community gathering space. Inside, visitors can learn more about traditional architecture and its historical background, as well as tourist destinations in Izumozaki. Many tourists stop here to take a break in between exploring the town.
Tenryo Izumozaki Jidaikan

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Niigata Santo-gun Izumozaki Machi Amaze 6-57

A cultural facility adjoining Roadside Station Echigo-Izumozaki Tenryo-no-Sato. Inside, the facility contains a recreation of a townscape consisting of homes and businesses designed in the distinctive “tsumairi” style of Izumozaki, enabling visitors to go back in time and experience what the area looked like when it was a brilliant and bustling “tenryo” town under the direct control of the shogunate government. Through lighting and audio; and recreations of a magistrate’s ship and office, kitamaebune cargo ship, and Edo period townscape, visitors can immerse themselves in the majesty and atmosphere of the Edo period. Visitors can also decorate and create their own original paper balloon by pasting colored paper to a blank paper balloon, see a recreation of the birth home of the priest and poet Ryokan, and learn about the many writers and artists who visited and depicted Izumozaki.

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Niigata Areas

Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.