Kashiwazaki (柏崎) is a city located in the center of Niigata prefecture. It has a long coast along the Japan Sea.

Understand

Tourist information

• Kashiwazaki Tourism Association, 1-15-5 Higashi-honcho, ☏ +81 257-32-2882. 

The association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.

Get in

It is about 300 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, and takes about 3 hours via car by the expressway or minimum 2 hours by the JR Joetsu-Shinkansen bullet train.

Sleep

• Hotel New Green Kashiwazaki (ホテルニューグリーン柏崎), 1-3-8 Ekimae (1 minute walk from JR Kashiwazaki station), ☏ +81 257-24-1111. Rooms from ¥5570 single, ¥12600 twin. 
• Hotel Route Inn Court Kashiwazaki (ホテルルートインコート柏崎), 2-56 Hiyoshicho Kashiwazaki (10 minutes by car from JR Kashiwazaki Station), ☏ +81 258-36-2331. Rooms from ¥5400 single, ¥11600 twin. 
• Naniwaya (浪花屋), 3-11-6 Kujiranami (10 minutes walk from JR Kujiranami station), ☏ +81 257-22-3030, info3@naniwaya.co.jp. 
• Hotel Areaone Banjin-misaki (ホテルエリアワン番神岬), 2-10-39 Banjin (7 minutes by car from JR Kashiwazaki Station), ☏ +81 257-22-1237. 

Go next

• Joetsu
• Itoigawa
• Myoko
• Tokamachi
• Kariwa
• Nagaoka
• Izumozaki
• Tsunan
• Uonuma

Routes through Kashiwazaki

Niigata ← Nagaoka ←	N  S	→ Joetsu → Nagano
Niigata ← Nagaoka← JCT ←	N  S	→ Joetsu → Toyama