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Prefecture of Japan
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Niigata (新潟市 Niigata-shi) is the capital of Niigata prefecture, Japan and the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast.
Murakami (村上市 Murakami-shi) is a city in northern Niigata (prefecture)
Shibata (新発田) is a city in Niigata prefecture.
Nagaoka (長岡) is a city in Niigata prefecture.
Kashiwazaki (柏崎) is a city located in the center of Niigata prefecture. It has a long coast along the Japan Sea.
Izumozaki (出雲崎) is a town in Niigata prefecture.
Minami-Uonuma (南魚沼市) is a city in Niigata, which produces the best koshihikari rice in the prefecture.
famous for production of knives and tableware, together with adjacent Tsubame City
Tokamachi (十日町市) is a city in Niigata.
Yuzawa (湯沢) is a town in Niigata prefecture and the most convenient ski resort in Japan. Often called Echigo-Yuzawa (越後湯沢, capped with old province name) to avoid confusion.
Jōetsu (上越) is a city in Niigata, Japan. The city is best known for its port, Naoetsu (直江津), which has given its name to the main train station as well.
Itoigawa (糸魚川) is a city at the far southwestern corner of Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Myōkō (妙高) is a city in Niigata prefecture, in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
Sado Island (佐渡ヶ島 Sadogashima) is an island off the coast of Niigata in the Chubu region of Japan. The whole island forms a municipality, Sado City.
Awashima (粟島) is an island in northern Niigata with 365 inhabitants, the island has two main settlements: Uchiura (内浦) on the east coast and Kamaya (釜谷) on the west coast. The island lies far off the beaten path for both international and domestic tourists but has many nice beaches and can provide an escape from the urban centres of Tokyo and Osaka.
Joshin'etsukogen National Park (上信越高原国立公園 Jōshin'etsu Kōgen Kokuritsu Kōen) is in the Chubu region of Japan; it is the second largest national park in Japan and consists of mountains and highlands that extend across Gunma (old province name 上野 kōzuke), Nagano (信濃 shinano), and Niigata (越後 echigo) prefectures.
Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園) is in Kanto of Japan. Oze is the largest highland marshland on Japan's main island of Honshu.
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