Joetsu City

A lion statue lies before a former bank.

House with the Lion Statue

Photo by Triglav (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Townhouse

The ceiling of the gangi passageis the second floor.

The former Imai Somemonoya is a townhouse on Omachi-dori in the castle town of Takada, said to date from the mid-19th century. Its front gangi, a passage for the snowy months, is a 2.4 m "built-in" type whose ceiling is the second floor. The living room, the chanoma, rises 6.6 m to the ridge beam, and light from a high window is thought to have let the master and his guests check bolts of cloth.

Built-in gangi, 2.4 m high
Chanoma atrium, 6.6 m
City cultural property, 2019

02 ／ Wooden boat

A boat that keeps the dugout's shape,joined without iron nails.

The dobune, also called hanakiri, is a wooden boat built mainly from hollowed-out cedar, used chiefly along the Kubiki coast for beach seine fishing. It is joined without iron nails, using wedges called chigiri and lacquer. This boat, 10 m long and 1.5 m wide, was made in 1901 and is kept by Joetsu City in a storage facility in Okazawa.

10 m long, 1.5 m wide
Made in 1901
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, 1955

03 ／ Moated settlement

A settlement on low groundringed by three moats.

Kamabuta was a settlement from the end of the Yayoi period to the start of the Kofun period, with three moats 2 to 3 m wide and about 2 m deep. The city explains that it stood on low ground, unfit for living, to put river transport of goods first, and many pots from distant parts of western Japan, including Omi, have been found in the moats. The site park is right outside the west exit of Joetsumyoko Station.

3 moats
2–3 m wide, about 2 m deep
Part of the Hidai Site Group, a national Historic Site

Living here

Joetsumyoko Station to Tokyo in 1 hour 49 minutes.

about 190,000 people
2 hours to a city centre
Shinkansen stops here

From Joetsumyoko Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Tokyo Station, the fastest Hakutaka takes 1 hour 49 minutes. City Hall is a 1-minute walk from Kasugayama Station on the Echigo TOKImeki Railway Myoko Haneuma Line, 10 minutes by car from Naoetsu Station and 15 minutes by car from Takada Station.

People living here: 188,047people
Area: 973.89km²
Households: 72,850households
Rent (average for rentals): 46,838yen
Healthcare: 10 hospitals ／ 140 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-01-01 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —62 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Joetsu City in Japan37.148°N 138.236°E

to TokyoHokuriku Shinkansen109min

Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（timetables.jreast.co.jp の2610版）の東京駅北陸新幹線下りと上越妙高駅北陸新幹線下りで、東京発の乗り換えなしの『はくたか』を突き合わせた。到着時刻は駅探（ekitan.com）の東京→上越妙高の新幹線時刻表（2026-10-14 の運行。データの日付 2026-09-18）。毎日運転の最速は、はくたか561号（東京11:24発→上越妙高13:13着）・563号（12:24→14:13）・565号（13:24→15:13）の1時間49分 (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Joetsu City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

40.6km

Niigata Prefecture: 妙高市, 柏崎市, 糸魚川市, 十日町市
Nagano Prefecture: 飯山市, 栄村

Joetsu City isthis kind of town.

01A lion statue stands in front of the former Naoetsu Bank building, which Takahashi Tatsuta, a shipping businessman, had moved; Ogawa Yoshihiro, a stonemason from Kashiwazaki, made it at his request
02The former Imai Somemonoya in the castle town of Takada is a townhouse with a gangi whose ceiling is the second floor and a living room open 6.6 m to the roof
03The dobune used for beach seine fishing along the Kubiki coast is a national Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property, and Kamabuta has three moats on record

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Joetsu City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗