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Introduction to Niigata Prefecture

Mountains, rivers, villages, the sea; Niigata is the proud home of abundant natural scenery, and overﬂows with a variety of diﬀerent attractions each season. Known as an area of heavy snowfall with many ski resorts, Niigata will be the location of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in February, ��. It is also famous as one of Japan’s prominent rice More tourist information can be found at the QR code above: Japan’s Greatest Cultural Festival and sake producers.

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Niigata Snow Resorts Local cuisine unique to Niigata The most breweries in Japan ■ National Cultural Festival ■ Japan’s largest cultural festival provides an opportunity for people to create art and culture by taking part in many diﬀerent cultural activities. ■ National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities ■ This festival attempts to give people with disabilities an enhanced quality of life by enabling them to take part in artistic and cultural activities. It also seeks to deepen the understanding and awareness of disabilities among the 日本新潟 2 general population, and to encourage the independence and social participation of disabled people. Japan Niigata 1 5 8 4

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0 National Cultural Assets 10 1 Traditional Japanese Dance Festival 2 9 Special Noh Performance: A Journey to Discover Zeami 3 Echigo Tsumari Arts Triennial, Autumn �� 4 Meet a Living National Treasure 5 6 3 Nationwide Exhibition of Artwork by Persons with Disabilities 6 Taiko Drum Festival 7 All-Japan Folk Song Contest National Cultural 8 Assets Tour of Agakita’s Manors and Gardens �/�� (Sat) ‒ ��/� (Mon/holiday) 9 Kimono Festival in Tokamachi Niigata Prefectural Museum 10 of History (Nagaoka City) Autumn Performing Arts Spectacle: Floodlit autumn leaves at Sho-un Sanso Villa Access▶ An exhibition that looks back on the archeological events of the Showa and the Heisei periods. On show are many of the flame-motif ceramics that have come to The ��th National Cultural Festival ‒ Niigata �� symbolize Niigata Prefecture, including the The ��th Niigata National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities flame-motif pot from the Umataka ruins and the deep fukabachi jar, which is a national Niigata Cultural Festival Executive Committee treasure, found in the Sasayama ruins. Clay figures and haniwa, designated national �-� Shinko-cho, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture ��-�� treasures or important cultural assets, have also been brought from the Tokyo National Fax： +��(��)��-�� E-mail： ngt��@pref.niigata.lg.jp Museum and other museums for the National Treasure: Fukabachi jar of the Jomon Era; deep, Official Website exhibition. https://niigata-futtotsu.jp/multi/en/ pot-shaped pottery from the ruins of Sasayama in Niigata Prefecture ‒ Tokamachi City Museum 5 Nationwide Exhibition of Artwork 6 Taiko Drum Festival by Persons with Disabilities Event Period Event Period Main Events ��/�� (Wed)～��/�� (Fri) ��/�� (Sun) Venue Venue Niigata Prefectural Civic Center (Niigata City) Joetsu Cultural Center (Joetsu City) Over �� events (some paid) will be held throughout Niigata Prefecture during the festival period.Please see our homepage for details.

1 Traditional Japanese 2 Special Noh Performance: Dance Festival A Journey to Discover Zeami Event Period Event Period ��/�� (Sun) ��/�� (Mon/holiday) Venue Venue Niigata Prefectural Civic Center (Niigata City) (Sado City) Taiko drum troupes from around the nation gather together to deepen exchanges and convey the joy of drums. You will A Special Noh performance An art exhibition of works from all over Japan created by be treated to a majestic, electrifying spectacle. by Kiyokazu Kanze, the ��th people with disabilities as well as groups that include people Grand Master of the Kanze with disabilities. school. Now, come to Sado and enjoy the experience of 7 All-Japan Folk Song Contest 8 Tour of Agakita watching the Grand Master Manors and Gardens Event Period Event Period Venue dance, over �� years since ��/�� (Sun) the school’s founder, Zeami, Venue Kamo Cultural Center (Kamo City) Former Prefectural Governor’s Official Residence, was exiled to the very same �/��（Sun） Ijimino Tea Ceremony House (Shibata City) island. *Will feature a “Tea Ceremony for Beginners” class ��/�（Sat）,��（Sun） Sekisen-so Villa, Taiko-so Villa (Shibata City) ��/��（Sat）,��（Sun） Ninomiya-tei House (Seiro-machi) ��/�� Watanabe-tei House, Tsuno-tei House, (Sat/holiday) Sato-tei House, Tokei-en House(Sekikawa-mura) Many traditional Japanese dance groups come from all This tour will feature not only residences and over Japan to perform. Enjoy the charm and traditional gardens which are usually closed to the beauty of Japanese dancing during this gorgeous spectacle. public, but will also include a “Tea Ceremony A singing contest in which folk singers from all over Japan for Beginners” class (in Japanese), which will allow participants to experience a model tea gather to convey the charm of folk songs handed down ceremony and to learn about the tea ceremony 3 Echigo Tsumari Art 4 Meet a Living from long ago. Make the most of this chance to appreciate ritual and how to enjoy it. Triennial, Autumn �� National Treasure truly traditional Japanese music. Event Period Event Period ��/��(Sat)～��(Mon/holiday), ��(Sat), ��(Sun), ��/�� (Mon/holiday) Venue ��(Sat), ��(Sun), ��/�(Sat)～�(Mon/holiday) Toki Messe (Niigata City) Autumn Performing Arts Venue Echigo Tsumari Region 9 Kimono Festival in Tokamachi 10 (Tsunan-machi, Tokamachi City) Spectacle: Floodlit autumn Event Period ��/�� (Sat/holiday) leaves at Sho-un Sanso Villa A major international Event Period ��/� (Sat),��/� (Sun/holiday), ��/� (Sat),��/�� (Sun) Venue Echigo Tsumari Cultural Hall “Danjuro” (tentative) arts festival held in the (Tokamachi City) Echigo Tsumari region. Venue A special outdoor stage held on the grounds of the Artists and local people Sho-un Sanso Villa (Kashiwazaki City) collaborate to create The Autumn Performing Arts Spectacle is works of art using local held amid the floodlit autumn leaves at the natural and historical Sho-un Sanso Villa. The spectacle offers the construction materials. opportunity to see traditional performing Two of Niigata Prefecture’s “Living National Treasures, arts from various districts in Kashiwazaki, ” Messrs. Ito Sekisui and Tamagawa Norio, present their including “Ayako-mai,” a type of dance that Includes a kimono show organized by the Kimono Project with artworks along with video footage, centered around a has been designated an important intangible kimonos from twenty different countries, a demonstration of folk culture asset. children’s workshop and talk-show, in this multifaceted how to put on a juuni-hitoe, or twelve-layered ceremonial kimono, For Lots of Lost Windows introduction of the skills and character of a Living and a kimono exhibition. Tokamachi is a major kimono production by Akiko Utsumi area, and during this event, it will share the charm of kimono with Photographed by H. Kuratani National Treasure. the world.