JAL Hometown Ambassador from Niigata visits Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, the town of brewing and fermentation
JAL Hometown Ambassador [Niigata Branch] Hello everyone. I'm Hasegawa, the JAL Hometown Ambassador in charge of Niigata. Thank you for always reading On Trip JAL. Previously, we introduced the Nagaoka Fireworks, one of the three major fireworks in Echigo, but this time we'll go into more detail about the charms of Nagaoka City, the second largest city in Niigata Prefecture! The Shinano River flows through the center of the city, and Nagaoka is rich in nature, with the sea, mountains, and plains, and is home to 16 sake breweries, the most in the prefecture! It is one of the leading sake-producing areas in the country. It is a city with good access, about an hour and a half from Tokyo on the Joetsu Shinkansen. INDEX Asahi Sake Brewery Settaya Area Yoshinogawa Sake Museum "Jozo" Echigo Murasaki/Takekoma Inari Hoshino...