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Nakasato, Niigata
was a village located in Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,171 and a density of 47.85 persons per km². The total area was 128.97 km². On April 1, 2005, Nakasato, along with the towns of Matsudai and Matsunoyama (both from Higashikubiki District), and the town of Kawanishi (also from Nakauonuma District), was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi. Transportation Railway JR East - Iiyama Line * Highway * * Local attractions Nakasato is one of the sites of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. * Kiyotsu Gorge (Kiyotsukyo, :ja:清津峡) See also *Tōkamachi is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 28,728 in 19,823 households, and a population density of 86.3 persons per km². The total area of the city was , although some borders of the city are ... External linksTokamachi Tourist AssociationEchigo-Tsumari Art Field Dissolve ...
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Matsudai, Niigata
was a town located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,016 and a density of 44.39 persons per km². The total area was 90.47 km². On April 1, 2005, Matsudai, along with the town of Matsunoyama (also from Higashikubiki District), the town of Kawanishi, and the village of Nakasato, both from Nakauonuma District, was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi. Transportation Railway Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line * Highway * * * Local attractions Matsudai is one of the sites of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT) is an international contemporary art festival held once every three years in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The festival was created by the Tokyo commercial gallery Art Front Gallery (AFG) and is directed by ..., first held in 2000. The Matsudai Snow-Land Agrarian Culture Centre (aka Matsudai Nobutai) was built in 2003 by architects MVRDV as ...
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Tōkamachi
is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 28,728 in 19,823 households, and a population density of 86.3 persons per km². The total area of the city was , although some borders of the city are not well defined. Tōkamachi derives its name from the fact that a market was held every tenth day of the month. Similarly, the nearby former town of Muikamachi had its own local market held on days ending in six each month. Geography Tōkamachi is located in an inland region of southwest Niigata Prefecture. Parts of the city are within the borders of the Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park. Surrounding municipalities *Niigata Prefecture ** Nagaoka ** Jōetsu ** Kashiwazaki ** Ojiya **Uonuma **Minamiuonuma **Tsunan ** Yuzawa *Nagano Prefecture ** Sakae Climate Tōkamachi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tōkamac ...
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Kiyotsu Gorge
is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument on the border Yuzawa and Tōkamachi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Kiyotsu-kyō is a canyon located on the Kiyotsu River with a total length is 12.5 kilometers within the Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park. The canyon is regarded as one of the three major canyons in Japan, along with the Kurobe Gorge and the Osugidani Gorge. A hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ... resort, the Kiyotsukyō Onsen, is located at the entry to the gorge and attracts a large number of visitors especially during autumn foliage season. There is a pedestrian tunnel with a total length of 750 meters along the wall of the gorge for sightseers. Formerly, there was a climbing path along the side of the river, but it w ...
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT) is an international contemporary art festival held once every three years in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The festival was created by the Tokyo commercial gallery Art Front Gallery (AFG) and is directed by gallery director Fram Kitagawa. It was first held in 2000, and has since become one of Japan's largest art festivals, recurring every three years with the exception of 2021 when it was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It takes place across six regions of the prefecture, an area known for its heavy snowfall. These six regions--which include Tokamachi, Kawanishi, Nakasato, Matsushiro, Matsunoyama, and Tsunan--together comprise the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field. Since its inception, ETAT has been designed around the close-knit relationship between humankind and nature, and its art installations are chosen and curated to effectively contribute to this narrative. History A plan to revitalize the rural regions of Niigata via art, ...
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Iiyama Line
The is a railway line in Japan linking Toyono Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture and Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ... (JR East). Stations Rolling stock * KiHa 110 series DMUs History The Iiyama Railway Co. opened the first section from Toyono to its namesake town in 1921, and extended the line in sections to Tokamachi in 1929, where it connected to the Japanese Government Railways line from Echigo-Kawaguchi which had opened in 1927. The Iiyama Railway Co. was nationalised in 1944, and freight services ceased in 1987. The line sees much snow in the winter. The line uses avalanche fences along steep slopes, snow sheds and has a melting system at level cro ...
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JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being JR Central and JR West. History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002. Following the breakup, JR East ...
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Kawanishi, Niigata
was a town located in Nakauonuma District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,829 and a density of 106.44 persons per km2. The total area was 73.55 km2. On April 1, 2005, Kawanishi, along with the towns of Matsudai and Matsunoyama (both from Higashikubiki District), and the village of Nakasato (also from Nakauonuma District), was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 28,728 in 19,823 households, and a population density of 86.3 persons per km². The total area of the city was , although some borders of the city ar .... Transportation Highway * * Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture Tōkamachi, Niigata {{Niigata-geo-stub ...
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Higashikubiki District, Niigata
was a district located in Niigata, Japan. The district was founded when the former Kubiki District split into Higashikubiki District, Nakakubiki District, and Nishikubiki District. At the time of founding, the district covered eastern portion of the city of Jōetsu (the divisions of Yasuzuka, Maki, Ōshima, and Uragawara) and the western portion of the city of Tōkamachi. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 19,638 and a density of 45.60 persons per km2. The total area was 430.64 km2. History * On January 1, 2005 - the town of Yasuzuka, and the villages of Maki, Ōshima and Uragawara, along with the towns of Itakura, Kakizaki, Ōgata and Yoshikawa, the villages of Kiyosato, Kubiki, Nakagō and Sanwa (all from Nakakubiki District), and the town of Nadachi (from Nishikubiki District), were merged into the expanded city of Jōetsu. * On April 1, 2005 - the towns of Matsudai and Matsunoyama, along with the town of Kawanishi, and the village ...
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Matsunoyama, Niigata
was a town located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1796, the town had an estimated population of 2,974 and a density of 34.46 persons per km². The total area was 86.31 km². On April 1, 2005, Matsunoyama, along with the town of Matsudai (also from Higashikubiki District), the town of Kawanishi, and the village of Nakasato (both from Nakauonuma District), was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi. It is located on the southeastern portion of the city. Matsunoyama is home to one of the big three medicinal hot springs of Japan, along with Kusatsu (Gunma Prefecture) and Arima Onsen (Hyōgo Prefecture). One of the main roads in the town is lined with about a dozen traditional Japanese-style hot spring resorts, attracting many visitors. Climate Matsunoyama is also famous for the massive amount of snowfall it receives, with 2 to 3 meters on average during the severe winter months. History According to legend, a woodcutter discovered ...
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