10 Sights in Niigata, Japan (with Map and Images)

Hakusan Shrine is a shrine located at 1-1-17 Numatahigashi, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Shikinaisha. In order to distinguish it from the shrine of the same name in Ichibanhoritori-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, it is called "Nutari Hakusan Shrine".

Wikipedia: 白山神社 (新潟市中央区沼垂東) (JA)

Kambara Shrine is a shrine located in Nagamine-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The head office is the "Aomi Shrine" (Omi no Yashiro), which was located on Mt. Kinbachi, and in addition to the main deity of Shiinezu Hikomei and the gods of the five elements (the god of fire, the god of water, the god of wood, the god of gold, and the god of earth), the god of learning, Sugawara Michishinko, and others are also enshrined. It is also known as "Rokuro-sama" because the samurai of the early Kamakura period, Hatakeyama Rokuro Shigemune, is enshrined according to tradition.

Wikipedia: 蒲原神社 (新潟市) (JA)

The Bandai Bridge is a bridge crossing the Shinano River in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan via National Route 7. The current bridge was constructed in 1929, and was designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property in July 2004.

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The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Environment and Human Interaction is an exhibition facility dedicated to the Second Minamata Disease (Niigata Minamata Disease) and the aquatic environment located in Maeshinta, Kita-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. As a sub-name, the Niigata Minamata Disease Museum is given. The operation and management of the facility is carried out by Niigata Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 新潟県立環境と人間のふれあい館 (JA)

The water station "View Fukushimagata" is a tourist and exchange facility located on the shore of Lake Fukushima Lagoon in Kita-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. It was developed in 1997 along with the rest facility Lagorai-tei and the pool yusuikan.

Wikipedia: ビュー福島潟 (JA)

The Christ the King Cathedral also called Niigata Church is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Niigata in the prefecture of the same name, in Japan.

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Northern Culture Museum is an open-air museum in Kōnan-ku, Niigata, Japan. It contains the well known mansion of a wealthy farming family called gōnō (豪農), gardens and houses from the Edo period. There is also a branch in Chūō-ku, Niigata.

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Boshin Park is a park located in Sekiya Shimokawara-cho, Chuo Ward, Niigata City. It opened in 1932. A monument commemorating Nagamoto Irobe has been established there. The park is managed by the Niigata City Eastern Regional Civil Engineering Office.

Wikipedia: 戊辰公園 (JA)

The Furutsu Hachimanyama Site is an archaeological site containing the remnants of a late Yayoi period moated settlement with three Kofun tumuli located in the Furutsu neighborhood of Akiha-ku, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2005, with the area under preservation extended in 2011 It is the northernmost moated Yayoi settlement site thus far discovered on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Niigata City Kita-ku Cultural Center is a hall facility located in Kita-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. NKS, Hapiska and Yosaka Convention Linkage Joint Venture are the designated administrators.

Wikipedia: 新潟市北区文化会館 (JA)