Edo
Niigata · 江戸Browse Niigata’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
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Niigata Edo Period
1603 – 1868
Discover the Inari Shrine Mikoshigura in Niigata's Kita Ward, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property from the late Edo period featuring a distinctive shrine-like gable design and painted coffered ceiling with floral and bird motifs.
Inside Sado's Edo magistrate's office sat a refinery. Its 928 excavated items—172 lead plates weighing seven tons, ore mortars, ceramics—reveal how a World Heritage gold mine truly ran.