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15 unusual facts about Niigata


2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake

The city of Kashiwazaki and the villages of Iizuna and Kariwa registered the highest seismic intensity of a strong 6 on Japan's shindo scale, and the quake was felt as far away as Tokyo.

James Bultman

Bultman also earned an honorary degree from Keiwa College in Shibata City, Japan.

Kameda

Kameda Seika Company Limited of Niigata, Japan, a manufacturer of rice cookies and crackers

Kariwa District, Niigata

With this merger, Kariwa District has only the village of Kariwa left.

Prior to the split, Mishima District covers the cities of Kashiwazaki (excluding the western part of the city), village of Kariwa, Nagaoka (parts of the former towns of Oguni and Koshiji).

Kiyosato

Kiyosato, Niigata, a ward in the city of Jōetsu, Niigata, formerly a village

Naoshi Ohara

Ohara was born in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata as the third son of Tanaka Keijiro, a former samurai, the son of an impoverished former samurai, but was later adopted by Ohara Tomotada, a former samurai from Aizu Domain, and took the Ohara surname.

Niigata Comic Market

Literary coterie magazine spot sale association held in Niigata Prefecture Nagaoka City.

Niigata, Niigata

Poor weather conditions and its distance from B-29 bases in the Mariana Islands meant that it was removed from the list of targets during deliberations; Nagasaki was bombed instead.

Nobutaka Tsutsui

A native of Nakakubiki District, Niigata and graduate of Waseda University he was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party after an unsuccessful run in 1986.

Ryakuji

In Niigata (新潟), the second character 潟 is rare and complex, and is thus simplified as 潟 → 泻(氵 写).

T1-323

Other artifacts from the crash site, including the outer wing panel and the Admiral's seat, reside at the Isoroku Yamamoto Memorial Hall & Museum in Nagaoka, Japan.

Tadayoshi Nagashima

A native of Yamakoshi, Niigata and graduate of the Toyo University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving as mayor of his hometown Yamakoshi.

Tarai Bune

A Tarai Bune or tub-turned boat is a traditional Japanese fishing boat found mainly on Sado Island and used for catching Abalone and other mollusks.

Twilight Express

Trains for Sapporo depart Osaka at 11:50, and call at Shin-Ōsaka, Kyoto, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Takaoka, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka, with the final passenger pick-up made at Niitsu at 19:39.


Adam Swandi

Together with Muhaimin Suhaimi and four other students at the Singapore Sports School, Adam was chosen to undergo a ten-day training camp in Niigata, Japan in March 2012 with the youth team of Albirex Niigata.

For First Time Lovers

YongSeo Couple had their first live stage performance of Banmal Song at Big Swan Stadium in Niigata, Japan.

Hokuriku Bank

In addition to the Hokuriku region, the bank has branches in Kyoto, Osaka, Niigata, Nagano, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Gifu, Aichi, and Hokkaidō.

Jōetsu

Jōetsu Shinkansen, a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata

Jōetsu region, a geographical region in Niigata Prefecture or in the old provinces of Kōzuke and Echigo

Kenji Arai

Arai entered professional football with Albirex Niigata after graduating from Rissho University in 2001 but was unable to hold on to the first team place although he played 20 league games for Albirex Niigata in his first season.

Miya River

Agano River, a river which flows from Fukushima Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture that is often called the "Miya River"

Ogata Station

Ōgata Station, train station in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Rolling blackout

This is because about 40 percent of the electricity used in the greater Tokyo area is supplied by nuclear power plants in the Niigata and Fukushima prefectures.

Sasagawa

Ayana Sasagawa (born 1983), Japanese voice actress, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Urasa

Urasa Station, a railway station located in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan