is a commercial district in
Chūō-ku,
Niigata City may refer to:
* Niigata Prefecture, Japan
**Niigata (city), the capital of the prefecture
* Albirex Niigata, the city's professional football club
* Niigata Transys, a Japanese railway vehicle manufacturer
* Niigata Stadium, an athletic stadium in ...
. It is located north-west of
Niigata Station
is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is at the centre of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu. It forms the central station for the ...
, and faces the
Shinano River
The , known as the in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area (behind the Tone River and Ishikari River). It is located in northeastern Honshu, rising in the Japanese Alps and flowing ...
.
It is a popular shopping area of Niigata City, with commercial building complexes and
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appe ...
s. It also has movie theaters and the theater of idol girl group,
NGT48
NGT48 (read "N.G.T. Forty-eight") is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth fl ...
.
Main Establishments
Most of the building complexes are connected by footbridges.
Bandai 1
*Bandai City Bus Center
**Rainbow Tower
*LoveLa Bandai
*LoveLa 2
**NGT48 theater
*Bandai Silver Hotel
**Niigata ALTA
Bandai 3
*
Niigata Nippo Media Ship
is a skyscraper in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan. It is tall, and has 20 floors.
On the 20th floor, there is an observatory, offering a 360-degree view of the city, Shinano River, Sea of Japan, and Sado Island.
Gallery
Niigata-Nippo Media-ship ...
Yachiyo 1,2
*Niigata
Isetan
( unlisted on March 26, 2008, ) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and South East Asia, including in Jinan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin, and formerly in Ba ...
*Bandai City Billboard Place
*Bandai City Billboard Place 2
**Niigata Manga Animation Museum
*Across Niigata
File:万代シテイ バスセンター 20130826.jpg, Bandai City Bus Center
File:Niigata_Rainbow_tower.JPG, Rainbow Tower, the symbol of Bandai City
File:LoveLa2.JPG, LoveLa2
File:Niigata-Nippo Media ship-2013.JPG, Media Ship
Transportation
Most of the
Niigata Kotsu
is a public transportation company which operates local and long-distance buses in Niigata prefecture, Japan.
Bus lines
, the following bus lines are in service.
Regular busesTimetables - Niigata Kotsu (2018.3) BRT
Central NiigataRouteMap ...
buses depart from Bandai City Bus Center or nearby
bus stop
A bus stop is a place where buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage, where stops at busy locations may have shelters, seating, and possibly electronic passenger ...
"Bandai City".
See also
*
Furumachi (Niigata)
, literally meaning "Old Town", is the name of a central business district in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The district is centered on Furumachi-dori street and extends north to Honcho-dori street and south to Nishibori-dori street. Fu ...
*
Chūō-ku, Niigata
is one of the eight wards of Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It comprises much of the city centre. , the ward had an estimated population of 183,231 in 87,162 households and a population density of 4,900 pers ...
References
External links
Official website
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Niigata (city)