Things to do in Niigata・Sightseeing
Enjoying your Niigata sightseeing
Delicious seafood, exquisite sake, and beautiful views of the city’s fireworks
The Shinano Rivers flows through the center of the city known as the Fireworks Kingdom, Niigata-Nagaoka.
It is a city with many sake breweries where you can appreciate the luxury of delicious sake in one hand and relish seafood from the Sea of Japan. See, eat, drink, satisfy yourself to your heart’s content.
How to spend your first day
DAY.1
AM10:00
Arriving at Nagaoka station!
Store your luggage at the hotel immediately and start your Niigata trip!
From Oteguchi exit, it is only a 1minute walk from the station to Hotel Hokke Club Niigata-Nagaoka. Store your luggage first thing for a carefree start your trip.
AM11:00
Isoroku Yamamoto Memorial Hall
A glimpse into an era of turmoil
When visiting Niigata, you must visit Isoroku Yamamoto Memorial Hall at least once. This museum was built to convey the history of Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, and the posterity of humankind. Come into contact with the exciting period.
Information
- Address
- 1-4-1, Kureha-cho, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-37-8001
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 11 minute walk
PM12:30
Aoshima Shokudo Magariaramachi Store
This is the taste of Nagaoka! Ginger soy sauce ramen
In Nagaoka, Niigata there is the ginger soy sauce ramen from Aoshima Shokudo that has warmed hearts for many years. With sliced ginger in a soy sauce soup base, you will without a doubt find yourself taken by the deep flavor of Nagaoka!
Information
- Address
- 3-12-22, Magariaramachi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-36-1253
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 10 minutes by car / 14 minutes by train
PM1:30
DAIGINJO YOSHINOGAWA
Become intoxicated from the romanticism of historic sake production
Nagaoka City since 1548. Inside the building, there is an “exhibition corner” that introduces sake brewing and history, a “stand” that sells limited sake, and a “SAKE bar” where you can taste sake that can only be drunk here.
Reservations are required for 10 people or more.
Information
- Address
- 4-8-12 Settaya, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture (on the premises of Yoshinogawa)
- Phone number
- 0258-77-9910
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 18 minutes by car / 21 minutes by train
PM3:00
Umon Meijido Main Store
Time for some local treats
This Japanese sweets store is beloved for local deserts like hand-made dumplings or chimaki using bamboo harvested domestically from Miyama and adzuki beans produced in Hokkaido. The bamboo dumplings are especially abundant with the taste of Japanese mugwort and have a soft while elastic sense of resiliency that is exquisite.
Information
- Address
- 1-8-17, Miyauchi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-34-4228
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 12 minutes by car
PM4:30
CoCoLo Nagaoka
A short detour before returning to the hotel
At this shopping spot that is directly connected to JR Nagaoka Station there are daily use goods, miscellaneous items, and Nagaoka souvenirs from local sake to brand confections all on display and also Italian restaurants with Chinese noodles covered in various kinds of sauces.
Information
- Address
- 1-611-1, Jonai, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-36-7770
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 3 minute walk
PM5:30
Hotel check-in
Welcome to Hokke Club Niigata-Nagaoka!
Relaxation time at the hotel
PM8:00
Baths
Man-made hot spring “Quasi-Natural” relax with Komeiseki Onsen®
Unwind and stretch your legs in a large bath and be healed from the sightseeing and fatigue of the day. There is no higher luxury than the relaxing personal time of soaking your entire body in the calming, warm waters!
Information
- Operating hours
- Men & Women
Evening: 16：00～25：00 / Morning: 05：00～9：00
SLEEP TIME
Back in your room
Going to bed after a satisfying first day of your trip. Rest and look forward to enjoying tomorrow!
How to spend your second day
DAY.2
AM7:30
Yamamoto Memorial Park
Enjoy a refreshing morning walk or jog
Not far from Hotel Hokke Club Niigata-Nagaoka is Yamamoto Memorial Park. Here the family home of Isoroku Yamamoto has been reconstructed where it once stood. Why not try dropping by during a morning walk or jog?
Information
- Address
- 3, Sakanouemachi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 10 minute walk
AM8:30
Breakfast
After returning to the hotel, time for breakfast!
At the Lotus Restaurant enjoy a variety filled breakfast buffet! With local delicacies available as well as a menu to choose from, savor the ample flavors while gathering energy for today!
Information
- Address
- Lotus Restaurant
- Charge(tax included)
- 1,650 yen
Elementary school children 1,155 yen - Operating hours
- 6：30～10：00
(Please arrive by 9:30)
AM9:00
Check-out
Leaving the hotel and enjoying Sapporo again!
AM9:30
Gato Senka CoCoLo Nagaoka store
As a souvenir of Nagaoka!
To a popular patisserie with many stores in Niigata prefecture, mainly in Nagaoka. We recommend “Caramel Le Lectier from Niigata Prefecture”, which is a baked confectionery containing the prefecture’s specialty, pear and Le Lectier. We also have macaroons and fireworks pies.
Information
- Address
- 1-61-1 Jonai-cho, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata CoCoLo Nagaoka 1F Food Museum
- Phone number
- 0258-86-1101
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 2 minute walk
AM10:00
Kawai Tsugunosuke Memorial
Learn about this great man from Echigo-Nagaoka
This memorial introduces Kawai Tsugunosuke, the protagonist of Ryotaro Shiba’s historical novel, Mountain Pass, and the Echigo-Nagaoka domain’s daimyo’s minister.
Information
- Address
- 1-1675-1, Naga-cho, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-30-1525
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 9 minute walk
AM11:30
Road Station Nagaoka Fireworks Museum
The charm of the fireworks town “Nagaoka”
Roadside station where you can experience.
A next-generation type where you can experience the charm of the fireworks town “Nagaoka”, such as a sales space where you can experience Echigo and Nagaoka’s masterpieces and a food court where you can enjoy Nagaoka’s various gourmet foods, centered on the dome theater where you can experience Nagaoka’s fireworks with great power. It is a roadside station.
Information
- Address
- 707 Kitamachi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture
- Phone number
- 0258-86-7766
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 25 minutes by bus (operates only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
PM13:30
Teradomari Fish Market
Known as “Sakana no Ameyoko”, large fresh fish retailers are lined up consecutively with a bounty of seafood caught in the Sea of Japan available. Fish, squid, scallops and other seafood that is freshly caught and broiled are popular dishes.
Information
- Address
- Teradomari Shimoaramachi, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata-ken
- Phone number
- 0258-75-3363 (Teradomari Sightseeing Association)
- Distance from hotel
- Approximately 43 minutes by car
- Operating hours
- 8：30～17：00
Tourist Attractions
CoCoLo Nagaoka
At this shopping spot that is directly connected to JR Nagaoka Station there are daily use goods, miscellaneous items, and Nagaoka souvenirs from local sake to brand confections all on display and also Italian restaurants with Chinese noodles covered in various kinds of sauces.
■Approximately a 3 minute walk from the hotel
Gato Senka CoCoLo Nagaoka store
To a popular patisserie with many stores in Niigata prefecture, mainly in Nagaoka. We recommend “Caramel Le Lectier from Niigata Prefecture”, which is a baked confectionery containing the prefecture’s specialty, pear and Le Lectier. We also have macaroons and fireworks pies.
■Approximately a 2 minute walk from the hotel
DAIGINJO YOSHINOGAWA
The sake brewery “Yoshinogawa” has been in the brewing town “Settaya” for over 470 years. At the Yoshinogawa sake museum “Jouzo” on the premises, there is an “exhibition corner” that introduces sake brewing and history, a “stand” that sells limited sake, and a “SAKE bar” where you can taste sake that can only be drunk here. “there is. Reservations are required for 10 people or more.
■Approximately 18 minutes by car / 21 minutes by train
Umon Meijido Main Store
This Japanese sweets store is beloved for local deserts like hand-made dumplings or chimaki using bamboo harvested domestically from Miyama and adzuki beans produced in Hokkaido. The bamboo dumplings are especially abundant with the taste of Japanese mugwort and have a soft while elastic sense of resiliency that is exquisite.
■Approximately 12 minutes by car from the hotel
Kawai Tsugunosuke Memorial
This memorial introduces Kawai Tsugunosuke, the protagonist of Ryotaro Shiba’s historical novel, Mountain Pass, and the Echigo-Nagaoka domain’s daimyo’s minister.
■Approximately a 9 minute walk from the hotel
Teradomari Fish Market
Known as “Sakana no Ameyoko”, large fresh fish retailers are lined up consecutively with a bounty of seafood caught in the Sea of Japan available. Fish, squid, scallops and other seafood that is freshly caught and broiled are popular dishes.
■Approximately 43 minutes by car from the hotel
Road Station Nagaoka Fireworks Museum
A next-generation type where you can experience the charm of the fireworks town “Nagaoka”, such as a sales space where you can experience Echigo and Nagaoka’s masterpieces and a food court where you can enjoy Nagaoka’s various gourmet foods, centered on the dome theater where you can experience Nagaoka’s fireworks with great power. It is a roadside station.
■Approximately 25 minutes by bus (operates only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
Nagaoka Festival Fireworks Show
Since the air raid of August 1st, 1945, the annual Nagaoka Festival carries on the spirit of the original Nagaoka Restoration Festival. The main attraction of the festival is the fireworks show with it’s wide blooming phoenix fireworks that stretch for about 2km and pack a powerful punch!
■Approximately a 30 minute walk / 8 minutes by car from the hotel