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Where to stay in Niigata Prefecture
This guide covers 10 destinations in Niigata Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 50 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Niigata, Nagaoka and Jōetsu. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Niigata Airport (KIJ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Places to stay
- 50
- Main airport
- KIJNiigata Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Niigata Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Niigata Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niigata | 790,646 | 15 | KIJ · 8 km |
| Minamiuonuma | 54,820 | 15 | KIJ · 101 km |
| Tsubame | 76,590 | 5 | KIJ · 37 km |
| Jōetsu | 187,291 | 4 | SDS · 103 km |
| Shibata | 94,258 | 3 | KIJ · 19 km |
| Sanjō | 93,671 | 3 | KIJ · 38 km |
| Murakami | 56,713 | 2 | KIJ · 44 km |
| Sado | 54,304 | 2 | SDS · 3 km |
| Nagaoka | 265,868 | 1 | KIJ · 61 km |
| Kashiwazaki | 81,027 | SDS · 78 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Niigata Prefecture
4 places to stay in Niigata Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Joetsumyoko-eki Nishi-guchi hotel | Jōetsu |
| Toyoko Inn Niigata Ekimae hotel | Niigata |
| Toyoko Inn Niigata Furumachi hotel | Niigata |
| Toyoko Inn Tsubame-Sanjo Ekimae hotel | Tsubame |
Where to stay
More hotels in Niigata Prefecture
46 hotels in Niigata Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Takahan Ryokan | Minamiuonuma | 1075 |
| ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata | Niigata | |
| Atema Kogen Resort Belnatio | Minamiuonuma | 1989 |
| Hotel New Otani Nagaoka | Nagaoka | 1984 |
| Kōrakuen | Tsubame | 1976 |
| NASPA New Otani | Minamiuonuma | 1992 |
| Yuzawa New Otani | Minamiuonuma | 1973 |
| ホテルイタリア軒 | Niigata | 1920 |
| 万代シルバーホテル | Niigata | |
| Echigo no Oyado Inamoto | Minamiuonuma | |
| Hotel Angel Grandia Echigo-Nakazato | Minamiuonuma | 1992 |
| Hotel Nikko Niigata | Niigata | |
| Yuzawa Grand Hotel | Minamiuonuma | |
| Yuzawa Toei Hotel | Minamiuonuma | |
| ニュー・グリーンピア津南 | Minamiuonuma | |
| ニューハートピア新潟瀬波 | Murakami | 2009 |
| 清廣館 | Shibata | |
| Art Hotel Joetsu | Jōetsu | |
| Chisun Inn Niigata Chuo IC | Niigata | |
| Comfort Hotel Niigata | Niigata | |
| Comfort Hotel Tsubamesanjo | Sanjō | |
| Hotel Diasmont Niigatanishi | Niigata | |
| Hotel Futaba | Minamiuonuma | |
| Hotel Okura Niigata | Niigata | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Shibata Inter | Shibata | |
| Hotel Sunroute Niigata | Niigata | |
| Hotel Terminal Inn | Niigata | |
| Iwamuro Onsen Menmentei Wataya | Tsubame | |
| Jr East Hotel Mets Niigata | Niigata | |
| Kaikake Onsen | Minamiuonuma |
When to go
Best time to visit Niigata Prefecture
From the climate of 10 destinations in Niigata Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 10 | 5 °C | 229 mm |
| February | 0 of 10 | 6 °C | 116 mm |
| March | 0 of 10 | 10 °C | 118 mm |
| April | 0 of 10 | 17 °C | 85 mm |
| May | 0 of 10 | 22 °C | 93 mm |
| June | 0 of 10 | 25 °C | 125 mm |
| July | 0 of 10 | 29 °C | 204 mm |
| August | 0 of 10 | 31 °C | 155 mm |
| September | 0 of 10 | 26 °C | 169 mm |
| October | 0 of 10 | 21 °C | 161 mm |
| November | 0 of 10 | 15 °C | 177 mm |
| December | 0 of 10 | 9 °C | 235 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Niigata Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Niigata Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
KIJ · Niigata Airport
SDS · Sado Airport
SYO · Shonai Airport
FKS · Fukushima Airport
MMJ · Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport
GAJ · Yamagata Airport
TOY · Toyama Kitokito Airport
NTQ · Noto Satoyama Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Niigata Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Niigata Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.