Niigata (the city) is the largest and most important city in Ura Nihon, the half of Japan that faces the Sea of Japan.
Today, Niigata is best known for being visited by a freighter from North Korea once a month: one of the few direct contacts between the Free world and the communist country.
Niigata prefecture stretches about 240 km along the Sea of Japan from southwest to north east, with a coastal plain between the mountains and the sea.
Today, Niigata is well-known for being visited by a freighter from North Korea once a month: one of the few direct contacts between the Free world and the communist country.
On April 1, 2005, the towns of Kanose and Tsugawa and the village of Kamikawa and Mikawa from Higashikanbara District merged to form the town of Aga.
Niigata is the principal rice growing region of Japan based on gross output.
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