Japan City Guides: Niigata Comprehensible information can be found on the website Japanvisitor.com
Niigata
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- population - 480,000
- largest port on the Japan Sea coast
- famous for rice and sake
- echoes of Japan past
- previously known as Echigo
- connections to Korea, China/China.php">China & Russia
- shinkansen train to Tokyo
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The former Niigata Customs House , dates from 1869 when the port opened up to western trade and is part of the Niigata City Folk Museum.
Niigata has some pleasant beaches in summer and the Marinpia Nihonkai Aquarium has a popular dolphin show.

Niigata Hardcore Bull Fight
Niigata Airport info: tel 025-275-2633. Flights from Osaka (Itami) (8 daily), Tokyo, Nagoya , Sapporo , Hiroshima and Okinawa as well as Seoul (daily), China/shanghai.php">Shanghai, China/xi_an.php">Xian, Harpin, Guam, KhaHostelovsk, Irkutsk and Vladivostok.
ANA Tel: 025 244 5812
Aeroflot Tel: 025 244 5935
Vladivostok Air Tel: 025 279 5105
Korean Air Tel: 025 244 3311
China Airlines Tel: 025 227 4158
Niigata Airport
Japan Railways (JR) Joetsu Shinkansen super-express from Tokyo (2 hours) to Niigata Station. Change at Takisaki for the Nagano Shinkansen line. Some trains from Niigata to Osaka and Kyoto. Niigata Station Tel: 025 248 5211 Long-distance bus services from Ikebukuro (Tokyo) to Niigata (6 daily). Niigata also has bus links to Sendai , Kyoto and Osaka.

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