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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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2022.06.16

Lotte Alai Resort” won the grand prize at the Asian Ski Resort Awards!

A great accomplishment for the third year in a row! Lotte Alai Resort, a ski resort in Myoko City, Niigata…

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2022.06.13

Yashiro Farm Cherry Picking Open!(Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Big this year! You can enjoy the annual cherry picking Cherry picking started on June 11 at Yashiro Farm in…

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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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2022.05.24

Let’s get to know the stones of Itoigawa! Original cards are now on sale!

All about the stones you found! In Itoigawa, the city of stones, sales of original cards with information on stones…

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2022.05.10

Outdoors in the Age of Corona! GW campsites bustle with activity (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

During Golden Week, many people enjoyed camping at the Ooike Ikoinomori forest in Kubiki Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. Ooike…

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2022.05.06

MUJI launches sake made with Tokamachi Koshihikari rice! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Brewed with Koshihikari grown in the terraced rice paddies of Tokamachi City! Ryohin Keikaku, operator of MUJI, released a sake…

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2022.04.30

Echigo Tokimeki Railway “455 Day Commemoration” Train and Express Ticket Sets on sale on May 5, 2022.

The Echigo Tokimeki Railway, which runs in the Joetsu region, will sell special commemorative tickets on May 5, 2022, “455…

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2022.04.27

Reservations now being accepted for jointly planned tours on the Hokuhoku Line & Tokitetsu in May (Minamiuonuma City and Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

A special tour will be held on Friday, May 27 to experience the Echigo Tokimeki Railway’s resort train “Setsugetsuka” and…