What Is the Niigata Japanese Gardens Road ?

It is a 150-km road of beautiful Japanese gardens and traditional buildings such as
the mansions of landowners (wealthy farmers) and temples, townhouses, and so on in Niigata.
As you travel along Route 290, you can see the scenery of Japan in ages gone by,
from rice paddies and terraced mountainside rice fields, to quaint rural villages.
There are also a great many wonderful hot springs gushing forth along this path.
These gardens will show different facets of Japan’s rich natural scenery in each of the four seasons.
So come to Niigata, and experience a whole world of hidden beauty!