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Recommended Sightseeing Spots in Tsubame City, Niigata
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Tsubame's metalworking industry started from the production of wakugi (Japanese nails) in the early Edo Era. The museum displays numerous products that showcase brilliant technical skill, including cutlery (which enjoys a 90% domestic market share), artisan-crafted hand-hammered copperware, mirror-finished PDA bodies and polished aircraft wings.
Exactly as the name suggests, these traditional handicrafts are each hammered by hand from a single sheets of copper. The copper is repeatedly hammered into a bowl shape while being heated and cooled slowly, until it is finally formed into a finished product.
This Shingon Buddhist temple stands on the side mountainside of Kugamiyama. This temple is associated with the famous monk Ryōkan Taigu, and is close to Gogō-an where he spent 20 years in retreat. This temple also acts as the start point for a trekking course that also takes in the Sengando suspension bridge.
These noodles are thick like udon noodles and are served in a soy-sauce flavored seafood soup made with fish including dried sardines. The unique point of this dish is that it is covered in so much fatback (savory pork fat) that it almost stops the steam from rising from the broth!