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Niigata (xi) Prefecture (Japanese: にいがたけん; Roman word: Niigata-ken) is located in the north-central part of Honshu, Japan, and the prefecture is centered around Niigata City
Japan's three metropolitan areas
Outside the Niigata metropolitan area, belongs to
Region of Japan
Hit the mark
midland
. Be on the verge of
Sea of Japan
The north-south long direction is slender, with a long and varied
shoreline
It is a maritime transportation hub along the coast of the Sea of Japan. south-eastern
Echigo range
In the center, there are steep hills with a height of more than 2,000 meters
Mountain range
The land is broad, with coasts, plains, mountains, etc., the terrain is complex and changeable, and it is an important rice producing area in Japan. Industry to food, machinery, electrical, chemical,
Synthetic fibre
Equity-based. Temperatures, winds, and precipitation vary widely across the county. Its climate is characterized by four distinct seasons, especially in winter
Snow cover
. Major cities are
Niigata
,
Nagaoka
,
Kashiwazaki
.
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- Chinese name
- Niigata prefecture
- Foreign name
- にいがたけん, Niigata-ken
- Administrative category
- First-level administrative region
- Subordinate region
- Japan
- Geographical position
- Central Honshu, Japan
- Area product
- 12583 km² [3]
- Subordinate area
- Niigata Etc.
- Government premises
- Niigata
- Telephone area code
- 025
- Population number
- About 2,199,700 [13] (October 1, 2020)
- Famous scenic spot
- Bandaiqiao , Sado Island Etc.
- aerodrome
- Niigata Airport
- Region of Japan
- midland
- Metropolitan area
- Niigata metropolitan area [1]
catalogue
View of Niigata Prefecture capital Figure 2
Postage stamp
The city
Niigata
: North, East, Central,
Jiangnan District
,
Autumnal leaf area
, South District,
west area
,
Sibu District
Other Municipalities:
Nagaoka
,
Sanjo
,
Kashiwazaki
,
Shinwata City
,
Ochiya City
,
Kamao City
,
Tokamachi
,
Mikushi
,
Murakami
,
Yan City
,
Itogawa City
,
Myoko
,
Wuquan City
,
Kamikoshi
,
Agano City
,
Sado
,
Uonuma
,
Minamuinuma City
,
Fetal city
Administrative zoning map of Niigata Prefecture [5]
County, town, village
Nishikanwara:
Yahiko
Nampuyuan County:
Tagami
Mishima Prefecture:
Izumozaki
Minamuinuma Prefecture: Yuzawa
Nakuinuma Prefecture: Tsunancho
View of Niigata Prefecture capital Figure 3 [6]
|
generation
|
Name of governor
|
tenure
|
Elected terms
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Masahei Okada
|
April 21, 1947 - April 29, 1955
|
2 sessions
|
|
2
|
A man from Kitamura
|
April 30, 1955 - November 30, 1961
|
2 sessions
|
|
3
|
Yabiro Tsukata
|
December 10, 1961 - March 28, 1966
|
2 sessions
|
|
4
|
Genshiro
|
May 8, 1966 - April 30, 1974
|
2 sessions
|
|
5
|
Jun Jiannan
|
May 1, 1974 - April 19, 1989
|
The 4th session
|
|
6
|
Jin Ziqing
|
June 1989 - September 9, 1992
|
1 session
|
|
7
|
Hirayama Seicho
|
October 25, 1992 - October 24, 2004
|
3 sessions
|
|
8
|
Hirohiko Izumi
|
25 October 2004 -
|
2 sessions
|
View of Niigata Prefecture capital Figure 4 [6]
On July 10, 863, an earthquake occurred in Yuezhong and Yuehou.
On January 28, 1502, an earthquake struck Echigo.
In 1665, the Takata earthquake occurred in Echigo.
In 1714, an earthquake struck Itogawa.
In 1751, earthquakes occurred in Echigo and Echigo.
In 1828, three earthquakes occurred.
In 1833, earthquakes occurred in the towns of Ideba, Echigo, and Sado.
On January 1, 1860, the port of Niigata was opened under the Treaty of Rapprochement between Japan and the United States.
In 1868, the Penshin War (
North Vietnamese War
) erupt; Western forces captured Echigo after taking Nagaoka Castle.
1945 Nagaoka air raid.
On February 2, 1961, an earthquake struck Nagaoka.
In January 1963, heavy snow disrupted the transportation network between Tokyo and Niigata.
In 1964, the Niigata National Sports Conference began.
In August 1967, a flood occurred in Haetsu.
View of Niigata International Exhibition Center [7]
From the end of 1980 to 1981, five or six Haoxue.
In March 1985, the Kamikoshi Shinkansen was opened to Ueno Station.
In October 1985, the Kwanetsu automatic lane was opened.
In 1988, the entire Hokuriku Expressway was opened.
In 1991, the Kamikoshi Shinkansen was opened to Tokyo Station.
In 1996, Niigata City was designated as a central nuclear city.
In 1997, the entire Banoshi automatic lane was opened.
On October 30, 1999, the entire Kamishinetsu Expressway was opened.
In May 2002, the Tohoku Expressway was opened between the Niigata Airport Interchange and the Sangrun Shin-発 Interchange. In October of the same year, it was extended to the Zhongtiao Interchange.
In June 2002, the opening match of the 2002FIFA World Cup was held in Niigata Stadium.
On July 13, 2004, heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima.
On October 23, 2004, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and several aftershocks above 6 in Niigata Prefecture caused dozens of deaths and missing, more than 2,000 people were injured, 280,000 residents suffered power outages and communication interruptions, 80,000 people took shelter, and the Shinkansen derailed for the first time. The earthquake is known as the Niigata Nakaetsu Earthquake.
On 22 December 2005, a power outage occurred in Niigata.
In January 2006, Hao Xue set a new record of the largest snow accumulation in the history of all regions.
On April 1, 2007, Niigata City was designated as a designated city by government decree, becoming the first designated city on the Japan Sea in Honshu, Japan.
On July 16, 2007, at around 10:13 am (Tokyo time), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. On July 29, 2011, Niigata Prefecture, Japan and
Fukushima-ken
One person was killed and five others were missing after some rivers overflowed and burst their banks due to heavy rains.
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Niigata Prefecture is easily accessible by land, water and air. There are a number of air routes connected to various parts of Japan, and international regular flights to Seoul in South Korea, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Vladivostok in Russia, and China
Harbin
Shanghai and other places. Expressways run in all directions. By rail, it takes only 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to Tokyo by the Kamikoshi Shinkansen. There are important seaports in the prefecture, and international sea routes to Busan in South Korea and Nakhodka in Russia are opened.
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Aerial view of Niigata Airport [9]
Kamikoshi Shinkansen (Tokyo-Niigata, Nagoya - Niigata, Osaka - Niigata);
Sekoetsu and Hokuriku Expressway (Tokyo-Niigata), Minami and Hokuriku Expressway (Osaka-Niigata), Tohoku and Iwakoshi Expressway (Tohoku and Iwakoshi Expressway)
Sendai
- Niigata), etc.
By car to Niigata:
Sekoetsu and Hokuriku Expressway Tokyo-Niigata, about 4 hours;
Minami and Hokuriku Expressway Osaka-Niigata, about 8 hours;
Tohoku and Iwaki Expressway Sendai-Niigata, more than 3 hours.
By train to Niigata:
Kamikoshi Shinkansen Tokyo-Niigata, 1 hour 55 minutes 1 hour 40 minutes;
Tokaido and Kamikoshi Shinkansen Nagoya - Niigata, 4 hours 30 minutes;
Tokaido and Kamikoshi Shinkansen Osaka-Niigata, 5 hours 30 minutes.
Niigata Prefecture opened a service
Niigata Port
, Direct Gangjin port to South Korea, China, Southeast Asia and other six countries and regions of the sea route. Accessible by sea: Otaru, Tomakomai, Akita, Iuchi, Muran, Hakata, Mizu, Ogi, Akato, etc.
Traffic map of Niigata Prefecture
Otaru - Niigata, 6 classes per week;
Tomakomai - Akita - Niigata (Tsuruoka), 6 classes per week;
Iauchi - Naoejin, 3 classes per week;
Muran - Naoezu, 3 classes per week;
Hakata - Naoejin, 3 classes per week;
Ryzu - Niigata, hovercraft and ferry;
Ogi - Niigata, hovercraft and ferry;
Chi Po - Temple Po, ferry.
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Niigata Prefecture has developed agriculture, with an annual output of nearly one million tons of grain, and is especially famous for its rice. The coastline is long and the fishery industry is developed. China's oil and natural gas reserves account for 2/3 of the country. There are petrochemical, machinery, metal and textile industries; Strong power generation capacity, in addition to hydropower, thermal power generation, as well as atomic power generation.
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Niigata Prefecture is one of the very few crude oil producing areas in Japan, and the output of crude oil related oil furnaces, oil heaters and other oil processing equipment is also very large. Sado Island
Sado Jinshan
As one of the three major gold mountains, Sado Jinshan gold production accounts for half of the entire gold production in Japan, is the world's longest continuous mining life of the gold mountain, has stopped mining in 1989 (Heisei Year). In addition, the production of metal processing products is also very large. The output of metal food utensils in Yanshi and Sansan City accounts for about 90% of the total domestic production in Japan. Niigata Prefecture has many enterprises specializing in the processing of non-ferrous metal materials, and the production of metal tools such as scissors, kitchen knives, and tweezers ranks second after Osaka. In the garment processing industry, the output of woven goods is the first in Japan. The Agagawa Basin is home to a large hydropower plant, and Tokyo Electric Power's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is the world's largest nuclear power plant.
Agriculture is the main industry in Niigata Prefecture. Rice production is the second largest in Japan after Hokkaido. The best rice is Niigata
Koshihikari rice
(コシヒカリ) In particular, Koshihiko rice grown in the Uinuma region is known as the best rice in Japan, and Shiozawa, Minamuinuma City, is the most delicious. In addition, the production of rice-related rice fruits (pancakes, etc.) is also the first in Japan. Japanese wine is second only
Hyogo
,
Kyoto Prefecture
Third place in Japan. Besides the rice, too
Cherry
Famous place of origin. Watermelon cultivation is also very popular.
Niigata Prefecture is also famous for its fishing industry, especially for fish related processed products. Yamagoshi Village, Uonuma Village and other villages in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, yes
Japanese koi
The birthplace of... Every year from October to December, koi lovers from all over the world gather here to buy their favorite koi and to visit the "birthplace of Koi".
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There are 246 middle schools, 104 high schools, 1 junior college, 6 short-term colleges, and 17 universities in Niigata Prefecture (2013 data), among which Niigata University is the most famous, as it is one of the earliest national universities founded after the Meiji Restoration in Japan
Peking University
,
Tsinghua University
,
Harbin Institute of Technology
,
Heilongjiang University
Other universities have signed an agreement on friendly exchanges between universities. In addition,
Uetsu Education University
Niigata Polytechnic University and
Harbin Normal University
It also has a long history of friendly exchanges.
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Niigata Prefecture is known as the "Land of Snow". Kawabata Yasunari's novels
Snowland
It's set here in the town of Yuzawa. There are many excellent ski resorts in the county, as well as numerous hot springs. The longest river in Japan, Shinokawa, also flows through the prefecture. Sando Jinshan on Sado Island, the largest outlying island in Japan, is currently applying for World Heritage status. The night sakura in Takata Castle, the Niigata Festival on Bandai Bridge, the fireworks in Nagaoka City, and the beach hot springs in Muramai are numerous.
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Sado Island
Sado Island is the sixth largest island in Japan, after Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and Okinawa (excluding the four Northern Islands), located in the Sea of Japan, with an area of 855.1 square kilometers. Sado Mountain on the island is the largest mountain of gold and silver in modern Japan.
Bandaiqiao
Bandai Bridge is a symbol of Niigata city, built in 1929, 307 meters long, arched foot of the bridge is particularly beautiful.
Museum of Northern Culture
The Museum of Northern Culture is a beautiful Japanese garden. Originally a mansion of the ITO family, it was later opened as a museum. Display paintings, sculptures, etc.
Palseamount
Palseamount
Located in Minamuinuma City, Niigata Prefecture. The highest peak, Mount Imido, is 1778 meters above sea level and is known as the "three Mountains of Echigo" together with Mount Echigo Komanoshima and Mount Nakanoshima. You can take a cable car halfway up the mountain.
Juangjishan
Juangjishan
It is a high mountain at the junction of Minamuinuma City, Niigata Prefecture and Ligan Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, with an altitude of 1,967 meters, and is one of the "100 Mountains in Japan" selected by mountaineer Kuya Fukada.
State-run Echihou Hills Park
State-run Echihou Hills Park
It is a park with beautiful scenery in all seasons and is the only state-run park in the Hokuriku region.
Miao Namataki Waterfall
Miao Namataki Waterfall
The drop is 55 meters, the sound of the water is roaring like an earthquake, there is a "earthquake waterfall" outside the number, one of the "100 selected waterfalls in Japan".
Myotako
Myotako
Known as the "Fujiyama", at 2,454 meters above sea level, it is one of the 100 mountains in Japan. The salamander pond in the birch forest at the foot of the mountain reflects the grandeur of the wonderful mountain, creating an unforgettable view. It is also famous for its colony of about 100,000 plantains in full bloom.
Hakuen Kite Battle: Niigata Prefecture boasts the world's largest "Hakuen Kite Battle", with kites competing across the coast. Held for 5 days in early June.
Koshihikari rice: known as "snow rice" and "Japan's first good rice", and sold in China's sky-high price of Koshikari rice, that is, produced in Niigata, Japan.
Sauce: A simple hotpot dish cooked with ingredients such as fish chunks and scallions.
Unknown sintering: The mixture of red earth and clay containing iron dioxide produced in Sado Jinyin Mountain is fired at high temperature. It is characterized by a special process of "raw grinding" during the manufacturing process and "sand grinding" after firing.
Hammer copper: art crafts, is the metal crafts of gold, silver, copper, tin and other materials for hammering processing.
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