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2022.08.10

Summer’s poetic charm is in full bloom! Tsunan Sunflower Plaza (Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture)

The “Sunflower Plaza” in Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture, where 500,000 sunflowers are in full bloom, is now at its best,…

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2022.08.09

Cooking with Kaen-doki? Tokamachi Jomon Tours” invites participants to experience the Jomon Period（Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture）

Tokamachi Jomon Tours, a premium tour that allows visitors to experience the Jomon Period in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, will…

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2022.07.29

Tsunan Sunflower Plaza” in full bloom.　Starts on August 1! First field in full bloom

Tsunan Sunflower Plaza, a summer tradition in Tsunan Town, Naka-uonuma County, Niigata Prefecture, which will be held for the first…

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2022.07.21

Dinosaur exhibition at Joetsu Science Museum for the first time in seven years, including the prefecture’s first full-body skeletal specimen of “Utahraptor” (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Utahraptor attacked! For the first time in seven years, a “Dinosaur Exhibition” is being held at the Joetsu Science Museum…

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2022.06.21

Hydrangeas around Shozenji Dam are at their best! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Hydrangea flowers have begun to change color around the Shozenji Dam in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, and will be at…

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2022.06.03

Onogame The best time to see the Tobishima kanzo! (Sado City, Niigata Prefecture)

Early summer has arrived on Sado Island! The flowers of the tobishima kanzo (Ligustrum japonicum) are at their best in…

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2022.05.26

Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) at Yumemidaira, Sasagamine (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Paradise at 1300 meters altitude! Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) has started blooming later than usual at Yumemidaira in Sasagamine, Myoko City,…

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2022.05.26

Magellanic penguin chicks born one after another (Joetsu City Aquatic Museum Umigatari)

To meet the healing system of the waddling. Magellanic penguin chicks were born again this year at the Umigatari Aquatic…

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2022.05.25

Dinosaurs against the backdrop of Mt. Myoko!

APA Resort Joetsu Myoko “Dinosaur Adventure Tour” The “Dinosaur Adventure Tour,” featuring a large, realistic moving dinosaur, began on Friday,…

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2022.04.27

【MOVIE】Japan’s Three Greatest Beech Forests “Bijinrin 　Lingering Snow and Fresh Green

　  Photographed: April 20, 2022 Bijinrin, a beech forest in Matsunoyama, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. It was a beech forest…

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2022.04.26

Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) at “Imori Pond” in Myoko Plateau: 3 to 5 minutes in bloom; best time to see them is during the major holidays! (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) at “Imori Pond” in Myoko Plateau, Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, has started blooming later than usual and…

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2022.04.25

Zenkoji Temple, the temple that opens its doors to the public once every seven years! Live streaming now!　

Shinshu Zenkoji Live Camera in front of the Main Hall Snow Country Journey provides live coverage of Zenkoji Temple in…