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Niigata
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Just a little over an hour away from Tokyo is Niigata, home to world-class sake and cuisine, authentic hot spring towns, ocean sunsets, thrilling alpine hikes and of course, powder snow.
Music Festivals
A Look Back at 20 Years of Kodo
Sleepy Sado Island, just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, easily slips under most people’s radar. Unless you were banished th...
Japan Snow Guide
Niigata: The White Stuff
One day in 1986 the good people of Joetsu, a coastal city in Niigata, were deluged by 232 centimeters of snow—in one day. That’s ...