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2025.05.30

Waddling around is adorable! Umitari: Penguin chicks born one after another (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Magellanic penguin chicks were born at the Aquatic Museum Umigatari in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, and are now making energetic…

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2025.05.14

Gekkasan Kaneko Azalea Garden,” with approximately 3,500 plants in full bloom, will be open until the 15th (Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture)

The azaleas at “Gekkasan Kaneko Azalea Garden” in Ichinomiya, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, are now at their best. Kaneko Azalea…

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2025.05.02

The best time to see them has arrived! Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) at its peak at Imori-ike, two weeks later than usual (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture)

Mizubasho (Asian skunk-cabbage) trees growing in clusters around Imori-ike Pond in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, are now at their best….

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2025.04.23

Kubikino Rail Park” Children’s Day Special Open House May 5 (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Kubikino Rail Park in Momo-cho, Kubiki Ward, Joetsu City, which is well-known for “Koppel-go,” will be open to the public…

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2025.04.15

Experience picking sweet gems! Strawberry picking resumes at “Ichigo no Hanakotoba” (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Strawberry picking at “Ichigo no Hanakotoba,” a strawberry farm in Oogata-ku, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, has resumed for the first…

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2025.04.04

Spring Fairy” katakuri flowers are at their best on the Otedo leading to the ruins of Kasuga-yama Castle (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture).

Pale purple katakuris are now in full bloom along the Otedo leading to the ruins of Kasuga-yama Castle in Joetsu…

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2025.03.31

Spicy seasoning “Kanzuri” becomes craft beer! Offered at restaurants in Nakamachi, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture

A craft beer made with Kanzuri, a pungent spicy seasoning that is a specialty of Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, is…

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2025.03.31

Joetsu City Museum of History, “The Beginning of the Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival and its History” (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

In conjunction with the Takada Joshi Park Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival, a major spring event in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture,…

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2025.03.13

Cherry Blossom Festival design frame stamps on sale from Friday, March 14 (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The Takada Joshi Koen Cherry Blossom Festhival is a major cherry blossom viewing event held every spring in Joetsu City,…

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2025.02.19

The “Corridor of Lights” to illuminate the silver world will be held in Miwa and Maki. Fireworks will be launched as well! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

On Saturday, March 15, “Corridor of Lights,” a winter event in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, was held in Maki and…

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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…

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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…