[2025 Yuzawa Attraction] Travel Guide for Echigo Sake Museum Ponshukan (Sake Sampling Service) (Updated Mar)

//Echigo Sake Museum ぽんしゅ館// ° ° ° This winter we came to Tokyo, Japan to ski. On the first day after arriving in Tokyo, I went directly to Echigo Yuzawa from the airport. I rented ski equipment first, and then skied all day on the second day. So it was almost sunset at 5 o'clock, and I didn't have time to walk around. Echigo-Yuzawa Station is very tourist-friendly. In addition to many restaurants, there are many stalls selling souvenirs outside the restaurants. The most special thing is that there is a sake museum in the station. Echigo Yuzawa is located in Niigata Prefecture. In addition to being known as the "Snow Country", Niigata Prefecture is also famous for its sake. There are countless sakes in the sake museum. You only need to pay 500 yen here, and you can get 5 tokens. You can put in the coins. A cup of sake is worth 1 to 4 tokens. If you have trouble choosing, you may want to refer to their blackboard, which will show the monthly and annual rankings of popular sake. Those who like to drink sake should definitely not miss it! ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧📍 2427ー3 Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata 949-6101 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 🕘 09:30-19:00 (Monday to Sunday) ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ □ #mocha_n_love_travel #mocha_n_love_japan #mocha_n_love_tokyo #日本旅行 #东京旅行 #全球旅行

Introducing Echigo Yuzawa Station and its surroundings Echigo Yuzawa Station is packed with interesting restaurants, free foot baths, souvenir shops, hot springs, and more! ︎ You can spend a whole day just at the station. Echigo Yuzawa Station Foot bath: Right outside the west exit Lockers: Large lockers on the east exit side Gangi Street: Inside the station Ponshukan (sake tasting) Sake bath (hot springs with sake *charged) Various souvenir shops All restaurants are on Gangi Street! ︎ Around Echigo Yuzawa Station Restaurants, izakayas, souvenir shops, and more are available on the west exit side! ︎ Soba-dokoro Nakano-ya: 7 minutes walk from the west exit, popular hegi soba shop Komako Mochi Okuman-ya: 7 minutes walk from the west exit, famous Komako Mochi shop In addition to these, there are also interesting izakayas, Western restaurants, souvenir shops, shooting ranges, and various other shops! ︎ Please feel free to visit. #0 Yen Travel Autumn

A sake tasting shop at Echigo Yuzawa Station where you can try nearly 100 kinds of sake. For 500 yen, you can get 5 coins and up to 5 cups in a special sake cup. A heaven for sake lovers: Ponshukan Sake Tasting Station Echigo Yuzawa Station. It's located inside Echigo Yuzawa Station, so it's a very popular spot for tourists to stop by before they head home. To see inside, you can purchase 5 coins for 500 yen at the entrance. Each brand is set at 1 to 3 coins, so you can try up to 5 cups in a special sake cup. When you go to the sake you want to try, you'll see instructions and the number of coins needed, so insert the coins, set the sake cup, and press the button to have it poured automatically. When you're done drinking, wash the sake cup with water and move on to the next sake. Niigata has many brands that are famous nationwide, but there is also a fair amount of sake that is only distributed within Niigata, and you can sample 129 types of Niigata sake, plum wine, shochu, and more here. If you find a sake you like, you can also purchase it in the liquor store corner next door, which is a nice touch.

Echigo Yuzawa Station is a stop on the Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo to Niigata, and is a transit station to many ski resorts in the surrounding area. 🚉On the second floor of the station, there are many gourmet restaurants and local specialty shops. In addition to the 'Japanese Sake Museum' I recommended in my last post, there is also a sake hot spring bath and Ponshukan, a local specialty shop that gathers a lot of Niigata's local specialty products. 🎁There are a lot of Niigata's souvenirs and local specialties in the shop. If you are transferring here, you must come and visit. It takes a few hours to stroll around. Today, Junjun will introduce to you what kind of souvenirs and local specialties from Niigata are worth taking home! 【Shang Shan Ru Shui➕Sake Cocktail】: If you come to Niigata, you can't miss Shang Shan Ru Shui, a classic product of the famous local Hakutaka Sake Brewery. The rice milling ratio of the pure rice Daiginjo has reached 45%. The rice milling ratio is the proportion of the rice core left after the rice is milled. The lower the number, the more precious it is~ So every sip is rich and fragrant~ It's decent to give as a gift, and it's also suitable for keeping for yourself! In addition, there is a DIY small jar for making fruit-flavored cocktails. Various fruit flavors that women like, strawberries, pears, apples, citrus, not only delicious but also very high in appearance! Go back and pour a little sake, add a little water, and a sake cocktail is ready~ 【Niigata Rice】: In the store, you can see a lot of Niigata's various brand rice, and the packaging is also very cute. A lot of new rice has been sold out~ Here you can pick any Niigata rice at will. Because it's really too delicious! The unique soil and climate make Niigata's rice have a unique taste, it's chewy yet glutinous. Highly recommend to take back to the country for the family to taste! 【Popular No.2 Rice Egg Tart➕Ice Cream】: This has bulk and boxed souvenirs. It's also very suitable for giving away~ The egg tart is made of rice. It's the No.2 popular! Junjun bought it for someone else and hasn't had the heart to taste it~ Next time I must go and pick it again! Ice cream must be tasted. Because they are all Niigata's special rice ice cream, the taste is really unique~~~ You can't eat it after you leave here ^_^ 【Seaweed Buckwheat Noodles】: There are many varieties of buckwheat noodles here~~~~ I also heard that the seaweed buckwheat noodles produced in Niigata are a special feature that must be tasted~ You can choose the thickness according to your preference. It's also very meaningful to take back to the country and give it to someone~ The price is also quite favorable ^_^ Of course, in addition to the local specialty shops, you can also taste the coffee shop with sake lees added here. There are also very beautiful internet celebrity installations of handicraft shops, gourmet snack shops, etc... Don't miss it here when you come to Niigata next time, it's no problem to stay for a few hours.