Echigo Yuzawa

Echigo-Yuzawa, located in the southernmost part of Niigata and adjoins Nagano and Gunma, is one of the major ski resorts in Japan. Because Echigo-Yuzawa has good transportation services, particularly from Tokyo, it attracts large numbers of people for skiing in winter and for hiking and camping in summer. 

At the Echigo Sake Museum inside Echigo-Yuzawa Station, you can enjoy bathing in the sake spa. And around the station, you will find museums such as the Shiro Shirahata Photo Museum, which has around 170 landscapes of world-famous mountains, and the Yuzawa Folklore History Museum. By taking the Yuzawa-onsen ropeway from Sanroku Station (at the foot of the mountain), you can go up to 1,000 meters above sea level and can enjoy spectacular views over the region.