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Raina Ong Staff Writer,japan-guide.com Niigata is one of the largest prefectures in Japan and has the Sea of Japan on one side and a mountainous interior. Thanks to its terroir, abundant rivers and springs, Niigata Prefecture is known as a rice growing and sake producing region. Niigata City, the capital of the prefecture, is about […]
After a promising start to this series in June of last year when I walked the first two sections of the Shin-etsu Trail, I couldnft wait to return. Fate however, had other ideas – and with my desk piling up with other exciting projects and the months ticking by, it seemed like I might never […]
Taking place in the relatively large Echigo Tsumari region in southern Niigata Prefecture, the Echigo Tsumari Art Field is an art festival that is held once every three years. The first Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale was held in 2000 with a goal to revitalise the region via art. This year’s art festival is the ninth […]