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Niigata

Travel guide to Niigata Prefecture, Japan's premier rice country. Tour sake breweries and taste Koshihikari rice. Hit the slopes at Echigo-Yuzawa and Naeba ski resorts, explore Sado Island's gold mine and tub boats, and admire the art tunnel at Kiyotsu Gorge. Try hegi-soba seaweed noodles, tare-katsu-don, and sasa-dango rice dumplings. The Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is a summer highlight.

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