Japanese Gastro-Tourism in Snow Country Rufus Starbuck Learn about Snow Country food culture as a local guide takes you foraging for mushrooms in the forests and mountains of Yuzawa...
Cafe Taibow Coffee and Gelato Kim Bergström Taibow Coffee and Gelato is located in the Niigata countryside, and offers delicious caffeine fixes, as well as a range of baked..
Japanese Ishin Tsukemen Restaurant in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Two ramen shops on R17 in Yuzawa. One offers traditional ramen, the other tsukemen with the soup and noodles separate. The noodles..
Food Minamiuonuma Majidon Project Kim Bergström The annual Minamiuonuma Majidon Competition is a way to promote the region's delicious koshihikari rice in unique ways. Dozens..
Food Forest Inn Italian Restaurant Manish Prabhune Forest Inn Italian Restaurant is a log house restaurant in Niigata's snow country.
Food Ramen Tenshin, Ishiuchi Rufus Starbuck Ramen Tenshin is a little ramen shop in Ishiuchi that serves a delicious mapo ramen.
Food Kometarou Restaurant, Minami Uonuma Rufus Starbuck Rice cooked in the traditional way at Kometarou Restaurant in Ishiuchi/Shiozawa. The restaurant is an old farmhouse that maintains..
6 Food Little M Kim Bergström Little M is a new addition to the Niigata coffee scene. They have a range of different brews on offer, as well as baked goods and..