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2025.01.24

Photo studio in Joetsu City launches inbound photography service(Joetsu City and Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Wearing authentic armor, you will feel like a samurai! Photo Office O2, a photo studio in Fujino-shinden, Joetsu City, Niigata…

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2025.01.22

Takada Goze Kadoze Reproduction Goze Uta Concert♪ Saturday, February 8 (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Do you know “goze,” female traveling entertainers? Goze are female travelling entertainers who are blind.They were active from the Edo…

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2025.01.22

A winter tradition! Exposing the raw material for kanzuri, Capsicum annuum, to the snow (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Sweet with no artificial flavors! On the 20th, one of the 24 solar terms, “Daichan,” work began on exposing capsicum,…

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2024.09.09

Kubikino Rail Park will open to the public on Sunday, September 15! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The steam locomotive “Coppel” is now available! Kubikino Rail Park, located in Kubiki Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, will hold…

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2024.02.08

Takada Goze” Reproduction of a scene from a gateway performance (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

On Saturday, March 3, an event to recreate the “Kadozuke” of Takada goze, female traveling entertainers who are blind, took…

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2024.01.31

Austrian beer & food this year! Lerch Festival” to be held on February 3 (Sat.) and 4 (Sun.)

The Lerch Festival, a major winter event in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, will be held again this year on February…

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2024.01.17

A busy seasonal market in search of chinkoros (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture)

Blessings come as many as the number of cracks! Do you know “chinkoro”, a lucky charm for the Little New…

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2024.01.16

Muko nage” and “Sumi nuri,” a strange festival, wish for good health and prosperity of descendants! (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture)

The “Muko nage,” a small New Year’s event handed down in Matsunoyama Onsen, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, in which newlyweds…

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2024.01.15

Chinkoro” is a lucky charm for the koshogatsu.　Five types of chinkoros, including the zodiac sign Tatsu, are now on sale (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture).

Chinkororo, a lucky charm for the koshogatsu season, is now on sale at Obamaya Confectionery in Yoshikawa-ku, Joetsu City. The…

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2024.01.12

January 12 is “Ski Day” in honor of Major Lerch Kanayasan Ski Resort postpones opening due to lack of snow (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

January 12 is “Ski Day. A ceremony in honor of Major Lerch, who taught skiing for the first time in…

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2023.07.20

【MOVIE】Summer tradition Takada Castle Site Park “The most Oriental lotus”

Clusters of Lotus flowers bring summer color to Joetsu. Yukiguni(Snow country) in the summer.  A lotus blooms in the outer…

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2023.02.28

March 8 = Machiya Day! Various events at Gangi townhouses in Takada area from March 4 to 12.

March 8 is “Machiya Day. In conjunction with this, various events, including tours and workshops, will be held at Gangi-Machiya…