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.
Last official check
25 Sept 2026
Traveler reports
0
Reports open in Phase 2
Next scheduled check
24 Dec 2026
Before you go
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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 the official site- Closed
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- Admission
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- Getting there
Inside JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station.
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official 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 the official 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 the official site- Accessibility
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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/
Location
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Nearby spots
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Crowds
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- Peak time
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- Busiest days
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- Busiest season
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- Latest traveler report
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Visiting respectfully
- 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 the official site
Verification log
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://niigata-kankou.or.jp/spot/7110Hours, access, parking, payment and coordinates read from a tourism organization's site.
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Official website · https://www.ponshukan.com/about/Details read from the official site.