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Former municipality in Hokuriku, Japan

Iwamuro, Niigata

Iwamuro was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Iwamuro, Niigata
Iwamuro, Niigata · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Iwamuro was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The area is famous for onsen near Yahiko mountain. Farming remains the predominant industry in the area. It is served by National Route 116 and Niigata Route 55.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Iwamuro, Niigata

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park

    Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park is a Quasi-National Park in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Designated on 27 July 1950, it has an area of 29,364 ha.

    2 km · quasi-national park in Niigata prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Yahiko Shrine

    Yahiko jinja, also known as Iyahiko-jinja, is a Shinto shrine in the Yahiko neighborhood of the village of Yahiko, Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines which claim the title of ichinomiya of former Echigo Province.

    3.6 km · Shinto shrine in Yahiko · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Yahiko Velodrome

    Yahiko Velodrome is a velodrome located in Yahiko, Niigata that conducts pari-mutuel Keirin racing - one of Japan's four authorized "Public Sports" where gambling is permitted. Its Keirin identification number for betting purposes is 21#.

    3.5 km · velodrome in Yahiko, Niigata · Wikipedia

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Getting to Iwamuro, Niigata

Airports
Niigata (KIJ), 34 km · Sendai (SDJ), 188 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 223 km
  • Natori → Iwamuro, Niigata
    182 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · ¥2,670–3,650
  • Omitama → Iwamuro, Niigata
    211 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · ¥3,560–4,860
  • Tokyo → Iwamuro, Niigata
    237 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · ¥3,250–4,430
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Iwamuro, Niigata

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Iwamuro, Niigata. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,084 km
  2. 02
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,095 km
  3. 03
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,677 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,044 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    2,189 km

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Around it

Next door to Iwamuro, Niigata

Iwamuro, Niigata is 27 km from Niigata, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Iwamurodissolved municipality in Nishikanbara district, Niigata prefecture, Japan2.7 km