Niigata Prefectural Museum of History — Attraction in Nagaoka

Amazing display of Niigata's history and what has historically contributed to its contemporary character. The museum is separated into five different sections: Living with Snow, Niigata's history, Rice Culture, and the Jomon Period life, and Jomon Period artifacts/culture. The entirety of the museum displays are in Japanese only, but there is a listening device that carries English, so all you have to do is input the number of the display, and you can hear brief explanations for most of the artifacts and scenes on display. Each section shares a little bit of Niigata's history and backgrounds while also supplying a glimpse of what contributed to what Niigata is today. I'd recommend the museum for anyone looking to take a crash course in what it means to be a...

This is one of the better natural history museums. You really get a feel for what it was like to live in the area 100 years ago, or 7000 years ago.

The star of the show is the Jomon fire pottery, but they have foot impressions made of their kids, like prehistoric baby photos. Also don't miss the tooth modifications. That stuff can't be undone, and it lasts 3000 years (of your teeth do, which they did in this case). To me the fire pottery looks more like water but it's just...

I went there to see the exhibit of Jomon artifacts, namely Kaenshiki Doki. They have so many jars of them and quite impressive. Aside from these, they have snow country displays, Jomon life displays, life in Niigata displays just to name a few. The experience was above and beyond my expectations and I highly recommend to make a visit here. Across the street was prehistoric site, I could not visit there due to the snow but I will visit...