Niigata Airport 2 hr 6
Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum (33 min) Sazaedo Temple (9 min) Byakkotai Museum (9 min) Aizu Bukeyashiki (7 min)
The original samurai mansion on this site burnt down in 1868 & has been reconstructed for visitors. Higashiyama Onsen Mukaitaki (3 min)
Unpretentious hot spring inn offering a restaurant & a garden, plus indoor bathhouses. Ouchi-juku (46 min)
Preserved post town featuring thatched-roof Edo-period buildings along its main street. Higashiyama Onsen (15 min)
Small, historical village & hot springs resort with a variety of accommodation options, plus dining. Nisshinkan (20 min) Mount Bandai (45 min)
This famous volcanic mountain features multiple climbing routes & several ski resorts. Lake Inawashiro (29 min)
Sprawling, scenic lake for swimming, boating & birding, with campgrounds & trails nearby. Hoshino Resorts Alts Bandai (39 min) Onyado Toho (8 min)
Streamlined rooms in an upmarket hot spring hotel offering 2 dining options, a spa & a tea lounge. Tsuruga-jō (12 min)
Circa-1965 concrete replica of a destroyed 14th-century castle featuring scenic vistas & a museum. Iimori Hill (8 min)
Peak with stair & escalator access to 2 war monuments, known as a site of ritual warrior suicides. Oyakuen (6 min) | 
