Slow train really wasnt that slow. All up about 4 hours door to door. The first train went from Niigata to Yonezawa, through spectacular scenery. ....
Last night in Niigata. I was late heading out after attending to an urgent work situation. Where to go? Oh I know, the station. If you face out o....
Today I walked almost a full mountain range. The smallest mountain range in Japan! The people of Niigata are very proud to have the smallest mount....
It is raining a bit, so instead of walking to the station I took the BRT. I have now studied what the BRT is, it is a bus that goes every 3 minute....
I read that Niigata is very proud of its Lagoons. That sounds like a weird boast. So today I went to check out a Lagoon. It was meant to be my res....
Niigata has no people. Well the station area does, but the Furumachi area, at night, has basically none. Apparently its the red light district, i....
I have to get up early tomorrow, take the early Shinkansen half way back to Takasaki, take the early local train to the deepest station in Japan a....
Now I am in Niigata, it seems very quiet. I believe my hotel is in the busy part of town, called Furumachi, which is more than a kilometre from th....