--- title: "Iwamuro, Niigata – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Iwamuro, Niigata, Japan: Iwamuro was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/iwamuro" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/iwamuro.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/%E5%BC%A5%E5%BD%A6%E5%B1%B1%EF%BC%88%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%EF%BC%89.JPG" --- Former municipality in Hokuriku, Japan # Iwamuro, Niigata Iwamuro was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ![Iwamuro, Niigata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/%E5%BC%A5%E5%BD%A6%E5%B1%B1%EF%BC%88%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E7%9C%8C%EF%BC%89.JPG) 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwamuro%2C_Niigata), CC BY-SA 4.0. 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama_Quasi-National_Park) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahiko_Shrine) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahiko_Velodrome) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/natori-to-iwamuro-niigata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Natori&to=Iwamuro%2C+Niigata) - Omitama → Iwamuro, Niigata 211 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · ¥3,560–4,860 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omitama-to-iwamuro-niigata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omitama&to=Iwamuro%2C+Niigata) - Tokyo → Iwamuro, Niigata 237 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · ¥3,250–4,430 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tokyo-to-iwamuro-niigata) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tokyo&to=Iwamuro%2C+Niigata) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Iwamuro%2C%20Niigata) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. 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. [Sakhalin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sakhalin) RU 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 1,084 km 2. [Muuido and the Incheon islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/muuido) KR 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,095 km 3. [Zamami and the Kerama Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zamami) JP 12 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,677 km 4. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 2,044 km 5. [Matsu Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/matsu) TW 9 ways of moving, 34 sources 2,189 km If you know how people move in Iwamuro, Niigata – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ciwamuro&title=Iwamuro%2C+Niigata&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fiwamuro), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Iwamuro, Niigata Iwamuro, Niigata is 27 km from [Niigata](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/niigata), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Iwamuro](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/iwamuro) dissolved municipality in Nishikanbara district, Niigata prefecture, Japan 2.7 km [The place page for Iwamuro, Niigata](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/iwamuro) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/iwamuro, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt