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Enjoy Nagaoka in Early Spring "Echigo Snowflake Road 2025 Stamp Rally Held from March 8 (Sat) to April 13 (Sun), 2025!

一般社団法人長岡観光コンベンション協会(越後雪割草街道連絡会事務局)

The Nagaoka Convention & Visitors Association (Echigo Snowflake Road Liaison Office) is holding the "Echigo Snowflake Road 2025 Stamp Rally" from March 8 (Sat) to April 13 (Sun), 2025, to enjoy Nagaoka in early spring by visiting some of the best snowflake flower beds in Japan and sponsor facilities.


Visitors are asked to collect stamps by reading the 2D code displayed at the flowerbeds of snowdrops and at supporting facilities where visitors can enjoy meals and one-day spa facilities with their smart phones. If you collect one stamp from the flower garden and one stamp from the supporting facilities, you will be eligible to win a pair of hot spring accommodation tickets or local specialties of Nagaoka for a total of 158 people.



「えちご雪割草街道2025スタンプラリー」ロゴ

Echigo Snowflake Road 2025 Stamp Rally" logo


Event details: "Echigo Snow Cranes Road 2025 Stamp Rally

        Official] Nagaoka Tourism Navi - Sightseeing and travel site of Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture

        https://nagaoka-navi.or.jp/traffic/2001



Background of the "Echigo Snowdrop Road 2025 Stamp Rally

In the Nishiyama Hills area of Nagaoka City, which boasts Japan's largest colony of snowdrops, a stamp rally will be held in collaboration with Osaki Snowdrop Village, Snow Country Botanical Garden, Echigo Hillside National Park, and Motoyama Murata Myohoji Temple as "Echigo Snowdrop Road. Please come out to meet the "Yuki-Wari-Kusa", a spring fairy that heralds the arrival of spring to those of us who live surrounded by snow during the long winter.


国営越後丘陵公園 雪割草(1)

Echigo Hillside National Park, snowdrops(1)

雪国植物園 雪割草(1)

Yukiguni Botanical Garden, Echigo(1)


About "Echigo Snowdrop Road 2025 Stamp Rally

This is the 19th time that the stamp rally has been held to introduce the snow-flower, which is recognized as the flower of Niigata Prefecture, to as many people as possible. Every year, more than 2,000 people apply for the stamp rally, which is also enjoyed by visitors from outside the prefecture. The number of restaurants and day-trip hot spring facilities in the area that support the stamp rally has been gradually increasing each year, and the number of participants has been growing.



Outline of the event

Event name: Echigo Snowflake Road 2025 Stamp Rally

Date : March 8 (Sat) - April 13 (Sun), 2012

Venue: Nagaoka City and Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture

       (Osaki Yuki-wari-kusa-no-sato, Yukiguni Botanical Garden, and National Echigo Hillside Park,

       Echigo Hillside Park and 16 supporting facilities)

Participation fee: Free *Admission fees may be charged at some facilities.

Conditions for participation: Anyone who loves flowers and is in good health.

       Please feel free to participate as if you are trekking.

Capacity : None

Sponsor : Echigo Snowflake Road Liaison Committee

       (Secretariat: Nagaoka Convention & Visitors Association)

How to apply: Start by reading the 2D code for registration at each hanaba or sponsoring facility.

       Please read the two-dimensional code for registration at each hanaba or sponsor's facility to get started.

Official website: Echigo Snowflake Road 2025 Stamp Rally

       https://nagaoka-navi.or.jp/traffic/2001



Company Profile

Company name: Nagaoka Convention & Visitors Association

Representative : Hiroyuki Kanayama, Chairman

Location: 2F, Nagaoka Civic Center, 2-2-6 Otedori, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata 940-0062, Japan

Establishment: March 2009

Business: Promotion of tourism in Nagaoka City and attraction of conventions

URL: https://nagaoka-navi.or.jp/about_us/organization



For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact

Nagaoka Tourism & Convention Association

TEL: 0258-32-1187

Inquiry form: https://nagaoka-navi.or.jp/contact