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Yuzawa, Niigata / ぽんしゅ館 越後湯沢驛店

Ponshukan Echigo-Yuzawa Station

A Niigata food shop inside Echigo-Yuzawa Station where you can taste sake from every brewery in the prefecture, eat giant rice balls of Minamiuonuma Koshihikari and even bathe in sake-infused water.

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Last official check

25 Sept 2026

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Next scheduled check

24 Dec 2026

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Opening hours

9:30-19:00 (varies by season; check the official site for each shop, the sake-tasting corner and the sake bath).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Getting there

Inside JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Parking

Parking: first hour free, then 300 yen per 30 minutes (up to 2,500 yen a day); pay with coins, 1,000-yen notes or Suica.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
Payment

Cashless payment accepted (credit cards, transport IC cards, au PAY, PayPay, d-barai, Rakuten Pay and debit cards).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site
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Address: Yuzawa, Niigata (Japanese address: 新潟県南魚沼郡湯沢町大字湯沢2427-3 CoCoLo湯沢)

Official site: http://www.ponshukan.com/

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  • Local etiquetteThere is a sake-tasting corner with every brewery in Niigata, a shop making "bomb" rice balls from a full cup of Minamiuonuma Koshihikari, and a hot-spring bath with sake added.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

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