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2025.01.17

January 21 is the birthday of Kenshin Uesugi. Special edition stamps for the 495th anniversary of his birth are on sale (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture).

January 21 (Tuesday) is the birth day of the warlord “Uesugi Kenshin”. In conjunction with this, on Tuesday, January 21,…

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2025.01.16

Grooms dancing in the snowy sky! Matsunoyama Onsen Traditional strange festival grandly (Tokamachi-city, Niigata-ken)

The “Mukonage Sumi-nuri”, a strange festival that has been handed down since the Edo period, was held in Tokamachi City…

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2025.01.15

Promoting Joetsu’s sole food! “Suruten Festival” will be held for the first time on Saturday, 25th at the Honmachi shopping street (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture).

Do you know “suruten,” a local cuisine of the Joetsu area? Dried surume (dried squid) or salted surume that has…

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2025.01.14

1000 people lined up for “chinkoro”! Setsuki Ichi, a winter festival (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture)

The Setsuki Market, a winter tradition in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, was held on Sunday, January 12 in the parking…

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2025.01.10

Koshogatsu lucky charm “Chinkoro” begins sales at confectionery store in Yoshikawa-Ward (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Sales of “chinkoro,” a good-luck charm for the koshogatsu season, will begin on Saturday, January 11 at Obamaya Confectionery in…

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2024.12.23

Key chains with penguin feathers! Available in limited quantities from Tuesday, March 24 (Umitari, Joetsu City Aquatic Museum Umigatari)

Umigatari, a municipal aquatic museum in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, will sell a limited number of key holders with real…

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2024.12.16

Myoko City Ski Resort Opens Ahead of Schedule, Blessed with Snow! (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Most ski resorts in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, opened by Saturday, March 14, and skiers and snowboarders are enjoying their…

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2024.12.12

Ski resorts in Myoko City to open sequentially from December 13 (Fri.)! (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

The ski season has finally arrived! Many ski resorts in the city are scheduled to open on December 13 (Fri.)…

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2024.12.04

Santa divers and dolphins! Umigatari Christmas 2024

A Christmas-only event began on November 30 at the Aquatic Museum Umigatari in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, featuring a trainer…

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2024.11.13

First release in 8 years! Highest Wine “Zenbei” to go on sale next month on the 7th (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Zenbei, the highest quality wine made only in years when the grapes and aging are of the highest quality, will…

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2024.10.04

One of a kind in the world! Making Akakura’s specialty “hydrangea wreath” Participants wanted!

An event to create one-of-a-kind wreaths using autumn-leaf hydrangeas will be held in Akakura, Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday,…

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2024.10.03

Revived for the first time in five years! 200 brands of sake from all over Japan “Echigo Yoshikawa Sake Festival” to be held on Sunday, October 6 (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The 27th Echigo Yoshikawa Sake Festival, an event featuring 200 popular brands of sake from all over Japan, will be…