Aruku, free rest space at Bandai

 Photos are taken at a free rest spot named "Aruku". It is located at the third floor of Bandai Bus center building near "Lovela Bandai", shopping complex building and "Isetan", department store.

  It provides you not only rest space but also nursing room s for babies and playing space for kids.  It is free of charge to use.

 It is a very useful,  especially for families with small children. for them, it's boring to accompany their parents to shopping so you can use them for thier switch.

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Media Ship

  New landmark building in Niigata city "Media Ship" up-anchored last month.

 The building constructed by a Local News paper company Niigata Nippo is located in bandai area, Niigata's famous commercial area. and is 105 meters high with 20 floors above ground.

 It is not only office building but also a complex of culture, commerce and academic activities for  citizens.

 "Media Ship" looks a sailing boat, which comes from  commercial boats called "Kitamaebune"　which carried  people and  goods among cities along the side of Japan sea in Edo era to Meiji era.
Niigata prospered as a one of key cities they called up. 

 Photo below are view from free observation floor, on its 20th floor of the building.
You can get beautiful sight wide range of Niigata city.

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Furutsu Hachiman Kohun tomb

Furutsu Hachimanyama Kohun was a ancient tomb built about 1,600 years ago located in Akiha ward, Niigata city.
Recent study by the city's archaeological center found it had been built by a cutting edge method at the time which is a mixture by methods used for tombs in East Japan and those in West Japan. It is sixth time to find such a mixed tomb in Japan. The center inferred that the person who had constructed the tomb must be a very influential man in the region because he had called building engineers from west Japan.

The tomb is located in Furutsu Hachimanayama Iseki(Ruins), which 11 hectare site designated as a national historical relic site in 2005. 

The ruins is open to public excluding under excavation site like tomb written above.
You can find some tombs and ancient villages like restored pit houses in the site. There are also a museum of the ruins.