Accommodation Daigenta Canyon Campground Rufus Starbuck Camping in the great outdoors is something every child should experience - toasting marshmallows over a fire, hearing strange...
6 Culture Niigata Craft Beer no Jin Bryan Baier A beer festival assembling a massive number of micro-brewers from all over Japan
Culture Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery, Niigata Jonathan Perry The brewery tour and tasting offered at Imayotsukasa brewery, Niigata, Japan.
8 Activities GALA Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck An iconic Japanese ski resort with a bullet train station right at the base of the resort. For a day trip to the snow from To...
Food Ishiuchi Drive-In Yakiniku Rufus Starbuck A yakiniku restaurant within a stone's throw from the slopes of Ishiuchi Ski Resort. Great food and exotic meats make it a fi...
20 Culture Horide Shrine Bryan Baier A small shrine with stunning autumn foliage in Kanzu, Niitsu, east of Niigata City
Food Tabataya Soba Restaurant, Shiozawa Rufus Starbuck Amazing soba noodles made onsite in this traditional building - so well known that it is frequented by bus loads of tourists
Activities Echigo Winery in Urasa Rufus Starbuck Echigo Winery in Urasa is a working winery that stands out from the surrounding rice fields. Tasting rooms, an amazing restau...
