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Murakami city Sake Sake one day tour

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Murakami city is located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture.

The city was flourished during the Edo period as a castle town governed by the Murakami clan.

It is famous for "鮭-sake-salmon", "酒-another sake-Japanese sake", "Tsuishu" lacquer ware, Machiya houses, Murakami beef, Murakami green tea,

Hina doll festival and more!

In this tour we visit several must-see places in this diverse city.

1.Kikkawa: A shop selling salmon products. You will be surprised to see so many dried salmons hung from the ceiling of the shop.

2.Taiyo Sake Brewery: You can sample some of its products like "Taiyozakari".

3.Machiya houses open to the public ( some of them are shops selling salmon products, green tea, blacksmith, restaurant and so on.

4.Iyoboya Kaikan (salmon museum): You can learn why Murakami city became famous for salmon.

Murakami city has succeeded in preserving old-style Japanese houses and you can enjoy the nostalgic atmosphere it produces.

It is mostly a walking tour(about 3-4 km) and we may use loop bus or taxi accordingly.

You can take Uetsuhonsen line from Niigata to Murakami, about 1-hour by local train.

Niigata Tour Guide - Fujiko M.
Fujiko M.
4.97 / 5
(30 reviews)
10:00 AM

Meeting Point

Murakami Station

Visiting Machiya (Japanese style town house) open to the public

Kikkawa salmon shop

Taiyo Sake Brewry

Ending Point

Murakami Station

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What‘s included

guide fee

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What‘s not included

guide's transportation fee between Sado Island and Niigata station 5000yen

transportation fee for guide between Niigata Station and Murakami Station by local train 3000yen

lunch (you and guide)

Iyoboya Kaikan entrance fee 600yen/person

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Niigata Tour Reviews

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Gary U.

5 / 5
Apr 30, 2023

Gary couple's Sado Discovery Tour

Sado
2 days

Customized

“Fujiko is the best!”

We enjoyed our visit to Sado because our guide Fujiko was not only informative but she shared her passion for her hometown. It was fun to go around the island with ‘the ambassador of Sado’, she made our visit quite welcoming and personal. She adapted the tour to our interests and her English is perfect! What a lovely soul!

Gary U.

Fujiko M.

(30 reviews)

Dear Gary san, Thank you so mach for writing such a wonderful review of the tour. It's so encouraging. Yes, I will try hard to be an active ambassador of Sado and promote Sado to have more foreign tourists. I hope your safe and wonderful trip ahead. Fujiko

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Karen B.

5 / 5
Apr 11, 2023

Karen couple Niigata spring tour

Niigata
5 hours

Customized

“Excellent tour of Niigata and surrounding countryside”

I contacted Fujiko about three months prior to my visit to Niigata with ideas about what I wanted to see. Niigata is in a special area of Japan blessed with a flat plain and wetlands. Fujiko was extremely responsive in our Go With Guide correspondence and also gave a lot of thought to the itinerary based on my wish list. Fortunately for me, Fujiko is extremely knowledgeable about nature, agriculture, botany as well as the city sites of Niigata. Besides the geography of Niigata and surrounds, tasting local foods was high on my wish list. Fujiko arranged a very delicious and reasonably priced dinner featuring local snow crab. As well, she took us to a local sweet shop at my request. Fujiko is extremely fluent and colloquial in her command of English. As well, she is a very nice and kind person. It was a real pleasure to have had the opportunity to spend time with her, discussing all things Japanese, local and otherwise. Our tour was a lot of fun and I highly recommend Fujiko for your tour guide when you are in Niigata!

Karen B.

Fujiko M.

(30 reviews)

Hi Karen san, Thank you very much for writing such a wonderful review of the Niigata tour. Yes, we discussed a lot about the itinerary because you did a very good research of the places of interests in Niigata. It was a perfect timing to see canola flower at Fukushimagata wetland and sakura in full bloom! But we didn't have enough time to stroll in Furumachi area. Let's do a second tour in the near future!? Thank you again and see you again! Fujiko

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Cynthia T.

5 / 5
Mar 24, 2023

Niigata City one day tour of your choices

Niigata
7 hours

“Hawaii to Niigata”

We really enjoyed our tour with Fujiko-san. She was very knowledgeable about Niigata and explained very well our selected destinations and also pointed out other interesting places and things to see as we walked around the city. We got to learn about the history of the city and about various areas of the city.

Cynthia T.

Fujiko M.

(30 reviews)

Hi Cynthia san, Thank you very much for writing a heartwarming review of the tour. It was such a pleasure to be your guide. The weather was a bit cold and I was worried if you might catch a cold! Yes, Niigata is not well known for foreign tourists so far but we have plenty of choices to offer. I'm looking forward to guiding three of you in Sado for your next sake quest tour! Thank you again and see you in the near future. Aloha! Fujiko

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