Myoko City is located on the border of Nagano and Niigata Prefectures within easy reach of Tokyo (See: Locations and Directions).
Myokokogen in Myoko City, is 'twinned' to Zermatt in Switzerland, and is central to the nearby local mountain villages of Suginosawa, Akakura, Sekigawa, Tsubame Onsen, plus several others.
Location and Directions Myoko City is located approximately 250 kilometres north-west of Tokyo and 45 minutes from Nagano, home of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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.
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.
Niigata is a source for crude oil, not often found on the Japanese islands.
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