Try making scorched rice as you adjust the heat yourself. Enjoy local delicacies accompanied by freshly-steamed locall-grown koshihikari rice. Northern Culture Museum2-15-25 Soumi, Konan-ku, Niigata City

Here you can become thoroughly familiar with Niigata’s specialty, Sasadango, rice dumplings stuffed with sweet bean paste wrapped in bamboo leaves. There is a production room here so that you can watch the process while standing in the store; and you can buy dumplings (Sasadango) as soon as they get made. If you wish (and […]

Niigata is Japan’s foremost senbei producer. To make these rice crackers, you pound the rice, knead the powder, and grill while applying say sauce, salt, and other flavorings. At Senbei Okoku you can learn about the process, watch it in action, and then do it yourself. Gifts and dining are also available. Niigata Senbei Okoku2661 […]