Joetsu City

2022.09.03

Delicious autumn has arrived! Harvesting at Kitadai Vineyard in Sanwa Ward (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The grape harvest has begun at the Kitadai vineyard in Sanwa-ku, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. The grapes are mainly grapes…

Joetsu City

2022.08.23

Picking up trash like a game? Participants in the “Seisouchu” campaign are being recruited(Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

In September, the “Seisouchu Joetsu version” event will be held at Umiterasu Nadachi, a roadside station in Nadachi- Ward, Joetsu…

Joetsu City

2022.08.23

300 tons of snow! Cupid Valley “Yama-no-ue Midsummer Snow Festival” to be held on Sunday, 27th.

The “Yama-no-ue Midsummer Snow Festival,” an event using natural snow in midsummer, will be held on Saturday, August 27 at…

Joetsu City

2022.08.08

Perfect for summer! Edamame” water buns (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Summer Sweets! Mizumanju (mizu-manju) made with plenty of “edamame” (green soybeans) from Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, has been on sale…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

2022.06.20

First “Mazefest” in two years!73 stores are scheduled to open(Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

A large collection of works featuring Magellanic penguins and other sea creatures from all over Japan Magellan Penguin Craft Festa…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

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…