NEMARU's discovery trip to Niigata in Japan

This is a blog where the owner of NEMARU in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, suggests a trip to Niigata from a slightly subjective point of view.

Nagaoka City

Weekday lunch at Yoita-machi | Hisanoya's two-course set meal

Nagaoka City is full of restaurants where you can enjoy lunch. There is the ginger soy sauce ramen and the teradomari seafood set meal that I introduced in a previous blog, but to be honest, there are too many restaurants to introduce in t…

Dinner plan with "Niigata-ness" (Hisanoya)

When I say Niigata, the first thing that comes to mind is rice! And sake! I think that is what most people think of.No doubt about it! Right down the middle! But that's not all. Niigata is broadly divided into Joetsu, Chuetsu, Shimoetsu an…

Kind Bread | Bekko-ya

If you've been with us recently, you know that From 2022 NEMARU offers bread as a light meal service. You can have it for breakfast, pick it up when you get hungry, or just enjoy the outdoors with our hot sandwich maker and fire pit (for h…

Traditional fast food | R290 Tochio's fried bean curd, a roadside station

I want a quick bite to eat... Should I go to McDonald's or Starbucks? Starbucks? No, it's Tochio! The Tochio area (formerly Tochio City) is located in the mountainous region of Nagaoka. Have you ever heard of "Tochio's fried tofu"? It refe…

Teradomari area sightseeing lunch | Kinpachi seafood set meal

One of Nagaoka's most popular tourist attractions is Teradomari, a port town on the Sea of Japan. It is a 20-minute drive from NEMARU, so the head innkeeper often goes there for fishing and driving. In the previous article we talked about …

You have to try the ginger soy sauce ramen | Nagaoka City's Aoshima Shokudo

This time we introduce Aoshima Shokudo, a Nagaoka style ginger soy sauce ramen. This 'system' is important! Nagaoka ramen is not just about ginger soy sauce. There are also various ginger soy sauce restaurants in and around the city, so it…