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…

Joetsu City

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…

Joetsu City

2022.03.17

Naoetsu D51 Rail Park opens on Saturday 19, partially renovated facilities (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Please visit Naoetsu, the town of railroads! Naoetsu D51 Rail Park, a facility of the Echigo Tokimeki Railway where visitors…

Joetsu City

2022.03.14

Joetsu City”, a special edition of the travel guidebook “Rurubu” is now available! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Recommendations from locals is a lot of fun! A special edition of Rurubu, a travel guidebook for Joetsu City, Niigata…

Joetsu City

2022.03.14

Second place overall in the JR East Ekiben contest! Hotel High Mart “Nishinmeshi” (Nishinmeishi)

Delicious, even for railfans! Nishinmeshi, an ekiben produced and sold by Hotel Hi-Mart in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, was awarded…

Joetsu City

2022.03.07

A new specialty of Naoetsu! Okuramai” filled with history and enthusiasm completed (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

Kitamaebune × Osenmai  PR for Naoetsu throughout Japan! A citizens’ group in the Naoetsu area of Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture,…

Joetsu City

2022.03.01

The “Corridor of Lights”: Enchanted by 100,000 snow lights! (Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

This is a report on the winter festival “Corridor of Lights” held in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, on Sunday, the…

Joetsu City

2022.02.21

Limited quantities available! Iwanohara Wine”Sukkiri Amakuchi rosé”(Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture)

The perfect wine for the peach festival and cherry blossom viewing season. Iwanohara Vineyard, a winery that carefully produces wine…