is a geographical region within

Niigata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It includes of the cities of Jōetsu,

Itoigawa is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 41,333, and a population density of 55 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Itoigawa is located in the far southwestern corner of ...

and Myōkō.

History

The historical Jōetsu region is in the area of the old provinces of Kōzuke and

Echigo was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Echigo''" in . It corresponds today to Niigata ...

. The region is traditionally known as a less developed area of Japan. The Joetsu area is a strategic hub in the larger regional transport network."About Joetsu" at Joetsu City website
; retrieved 2012-4-17.

References

External links

* Niigata JET
Joetsu region
Geography of Niigata Prefecture {{Niigata-geo-stub