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Niigata Prefecture (新潟県, Niigata-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at 12,584.18 km (4,858.78 sq mi). Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and … See more
Until after the Meiji Restoration, the area that is now Niigata Prefecture was divided into Echigo Province (on the mainland) and Sado Province. During the Sengoku period, the Nagao clan, who were at times vassals to the … See more
• Tokamachi Snow Festival- February
• Murakami Taisai – July 6–7
• Iwafune Taisai – October 18–19, in Murakami See moreAgriculture, forestry and fishing
The major industry in Niigata Prefecture is agriculture. Rice is the principal product, and among the … See moreUniversities
• Niigata University
• Niigata University of International and Information Studies
• Niigata Sangyo University (Niigata Industrial University) See morePolitics and military
• Masako, Empress of Japan, former registered domicile (Honseki) was Murakami
• Uesugi Kenshin (1530–1578), daimyō in the Sengoku period
• Naoe Kanetsugu (1559–1620), samurai in the Sengoku period See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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