2025.02.13

You can stay at Art! Homestay using vacant houses opens in Otemachi, Joetsu City (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

A must-see for fans! Accommodation in a building designed by architect Hiroshi Hara Wallpaper with an image of clouds. And…

2025.02.10

About 300 fantastic bamboo lanterns at Shozenji Workshop「Take Akari」Sunday, 16th (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The 5th Shozenji Studio Take Akari, an event where visitors can enjoy the fantastic scenery of handmade bamboo lanterns lined…

2025.02.05

Dinosaurs running in the snowfield! Tyrannosaurus Race Participants wanted! (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture)

The 4th Tyrannosaurus Race will be held at Nakajo Sasayama Jomon Hiroba in conjunction with the Tokamachi Snow Festival, a…

2025.02.03

Exhibition of hina dolls from the early to late Showa period (Itakura-ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

An exhibition of hina dolls made from the early to late Showa period has begun at the “Eshin-no-sato Memorial Museum”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

2025.01.21

Bake the surume and pray for good health for the year ahead！Dynamite Carnival (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

On Saturday, March 18, “Dynamite Carnival,” a major winter event, was held at Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort in Myoko 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,…