From Furumachi and Bandai City to the Sado Gold Mine: walking Niigata’s Shinano River and sake culture

About Niigata

Niigata is a central-Honshu prefecture on the Sea of Japan, with Niigata City as its capital. It is famed nationwide for rice and sake.

Main walking areas in Niigata

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Niigata City (Furumachi, Bandai City)
• Nagaoka (Shinano River banks, around the Nagaoka Fireworks venue)
• Sado Island (Ryotsu Port, around the Sado Gold Mine)

Niigata trivia

The Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks are held on the Shinano River banks and are counted among Japan’s three greatest fireworks displays.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Niigata

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=niigata for the Niigata list.