Joetsu City

2025.01.31

The 100th Kenshin-ko Festival Actor Ken Matsudaira plays the role of Lord Kenshin!

Actor Ken Matsudaira, 71, will play the role of Lord Kenshin at the 100th Kenshin-ko Festival to be held in…

Joetsu City

2025.01.24

Full of charm! Umigatari “lumpfishes” Special Exhibition (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

A special exhibition to show the ecology and attractiveness of the , lumpfishes characterized by its round body and suckers…

Joetsu City

2025.01.22

The “Corridor of Lights,” a festival of 100,000 candles, will be held for two days on February 15 and 22!

The “Corridor of Lights,” a winter tradition in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, will be held again this year in seven…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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,…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

2025.01.07

Kanayasan Ski Resort (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)/vol.21

The birthplace of skiing in Japan! Historic ski resort is recommended for your skiing debut! ◆Operating period:January 12, 2025 to…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…