Welcome to Akiha ward
Sightseeing Map of Akiha ward

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Historic townhouse and street in Kosudo

This town had a big fire in year 34 ofthe Meiji Era.
Afterward, traditional side proportion
and a row of houses along the street
were reconstructed.
Town development has been conductedby making use of Machiya gallery
Satumaya for events and holding a town
walk event.

②Ulala Kosudo (symbol zone of Flower and Greenery)This facility is a facility to promotehorticultural and agricultural progresses.
Here is a direct sales depot for farm
products, flowers and trees.
Various events and hands-on classes areheld throughout the year in the hall.

③ Japan Bokeh Park
Akiha ward Kosudo area is famous forbeing Japan's
NO.1 area in Bokeh(Flower Japanesequince) production.
There are 160 kinds and 6400 Bokeh
plants.
The best time to see them is mid to lateApril.
This park is crowded with many citizens at that time.

④ Akiha Lake
This lake is located in the AKIHA Park.
You can enjoy the outdoors at theoutdoor recreational facilities near here.
There are also beautiful cherry blossom
spots in spring.

⑤Komore-bi Walking Trail(sunlight falling onto the trail through thetrees)This is a path through the woods from thecampsite in Akiha Park to Bodaiji mountain.
The Sekiyu-no-Sato Park (oil field park) is also
around Bodaiji mountain. You can enjoy forest
bathing and seasonal scenery.

⑥Manganji Hasagi Colonnade
Once upon a time when it was rice
harvesting time on the Niigata Plain,
we could see rice hanging on themany Poles (we call these Hasa)
It was like a screen (we call itByo-bu)
Now, a row of the trees still remains
extending about 1 kilometer.

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Niitsu Railway Museum

There is something aboutrailways.
A must-see museum for SLfans.
Niitsu is an important point for
its many spot facilities.
Niitsu was called a railway
town at one time.
At this place, materials are displayed from all areas of the railway.

⑧ Akiha Park
This park is in green hills about 10 minutes by car from Niitsu Station.
There are many areas for recreationsuch as a square called
Miharashi-Hiroba which is famous
for its beautiful cherry blossoms, aJapanese garden, a peony garden
and an athletic course for exercise
and so on. You can see beautiful
views of the Japanese Ocean andGozu Mountains from theobservatory on the top of Akiha Mountain. It’s good for hiking. There is alake called Akiha-ko and a camping site which is the starting point of awalking course called Komoreci-no-Yuhodo leading up to Sekiyu-no-SatoPark.

⑨ A Historic Place Furutsu Hachimanyama「Hill of Yayoi Era Exhibition Hall」
This hall displays earthenware, stone
tools and other relics buried within
Furutsu Hachimanyama remains.
There are more than 500 artifacts fromOld Stone era to Heian era.
An animation introduces the history ofFurutsu
Hachimanyama remains to understand easily.
The restored model reproduces the Yayoi Era's life.

⑩ Furutsu Hachimanyama National Historic Site
This is a huge upland moated settlement of the late Yayoi era.
It is appreciated as a valuable site for understanding the transition from
Yayoi era to Kofun era and was designated as a national historic site inJuly of 2005.

⑪ Road side rest area "Home of Flowers and Dreams"⑫ Niitsu Flower Land
There are exhibits and sales of lots ofhigh quality goods unique to productionin the area.
・Mountain Wild grass for interiordecoration.
・Garden trees.
・Flowers and leaves for appreciation andsampling.
And it isfrequented by a large number of families who
are lovers of flowers and plants.
Throughout the year many popular events areheld here.

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Niigata Municipal Niitsu Museum

This is a museum at the foot of Hachiman Mountain in the park,”Hananoiseki no Furusato Koen"
Niigata Prefectural Botanical garden, Buried cultural
Property Center and the flower shop "Flower Land"are next to it. You can visit casually
each season.
It holds not only art exhibitions, butalso concerts, theaters
and performances as a place forgeneral art extending beyond thetraditional concept of a museum.

⑭ Myoren Temple Mountain Gate

Mountain gate of Myoren Temple built in 1826 is in the architectural styleof Songen-Sonko-Nijumon.
This style was used to build the mountain gates of Honzyo temple inSanjyo and Houkou temple in Shibata. Specialists are interested in thesemountain gates with the same style as 3 main historical gates in Kanbara
area.

⑮Niigata Prefectural Botanical GardenThis is a central facility forpromoting urban greenerywith the theme of creating a theaterof flowers and greenery．It mainly
consists of three viewing
greenhouses, “Tropical plant dome”,“Flowers and greenery atrium”,“Flowers and greenery stage”. Thereis also an information center and agrass plaza.

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World Museum of Oil

Oil was mined in the Niitsu area, Akiha ward, Niigata city during the Edoera
Much oil was mined from the Meiji era tothe Taisho era by oil companies
especially the Nakano Family.
This area was crowded with many people
as an oil town.
This oil museum displays many data topass on the oil industry and cultural
heritage.

⑰ Nakano Estate Art Museum
A stately mansion, Nakano-tei wasbuilt by Nakano-Kanichi, who wascalled "King of oil" in Japan.
He was born in 1846. Whenhe was around thirty, hedeveloped Oil fields and built
up a fortune.
Nakano-tei garden is called Momiji-en
or Maple tree garden, has about 2000
maple trees of around 130 different kinds.
Especially in autumn, many people visit to appreciate
trees aflame with red and yellow leaves.
Also in the house there are a number of historicalantiques exhibited, including 12 national treasures such as
pottery, hanging scrolls, paintings and so on.
*They open from September 1st to the end of November.

⑱ Cultural Property Center of Buried Artifacts by Niigata prefectureThis center has buried artifacts
from within Niigata prefecture.
The first floor displays Jomon
earthen ware, stone tools
and items.
The second floor has a sorting
room and storages.
A part of the wall is glass, so we
can see closely the artifacts and how the staff is sorting them.

⑲Shiratama Water Fall

This waterfall on Kanazu hill is familiar
to people in all seasons.
Especially in the hot season to enjoy thecoolness.
It is known from the Juntoku emperorera(1210～1221）and is said that it was aplace where mountain ascetics weretrained.
The upper fall (male fall) has a drop of
15m. While the lower fall (female fall)
has a 7 m drop.

⑳ Osawa Forest Park

This is a forest parksurrounded by lush greenery.
It has a rich outdoor atmosphere including a suspension bridge over astream. It has a cookhouse with furnaces,
so you can enjoy barbequing also.

㉑ Kosudo hot spring health support center「Hananoyu-kan 」

This facility has various kinds of hot spring anda health promotion space.
Please make yourself at home.

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Satoyama

VisitorCenterThis facility is located in Sekiyu-no-Sato Park (Home of Oil fields) andprovides information about Satoyama.
Satoyama is a place near the village
at the foot of the mountain.
You can get information before
trekking. There are changing rooms
and free lockers that can be used
for walks and rests.
There is an ancient pavilion with amotif of dinosaurs in the site, which
can be enjoyed as a children’s
playground.

Contact phone number 0250-22-6911.

Translated bymembers ofNiitsu Culture Exchange Club English Circle(2019.10)