[Niigata] Get high-quality hardware at a great price in the artisan town of Tsubame-Sanjo!

Tsubame-Sanjo is the combined name for the area comprising Tsubame City and Sanjo City in Niigata Prefecture.
This region is particularly known for its metalworking industry, and its manufacturing techniques for cutlery, Western tableware, and metalwork have long been highly regarded. It's also famous for traditional crafts like Tsubame-hammered copperware.
There are also facilities where you can tour manufacturing sites and experience the skills of artisans.
Today, we'll introduce three places where you can easily enjoy shopping in between sightseeing in Niigata!

You'll be sure to get excited when you come across a wide selection of high-quality cutlery and kitchenware made in Tsubame-Sanjo.

The Tsubame City Community Bus, which is currently in trial operation as a circular bus, is also useful for getting around Tsubame-Sanjo Station, making it easy for people who can't drive or who, like me, don't normally drive and aren't confident in their driving skills!
🚌 Trial Operation Period: October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2026.
Operating Days: Monday through Friday.
No service on public holidays or during the New Year holidays.
Fare: ¥100

[Stock Busters]
📍 2-16 Logistics Center, Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, 959-1277
🚶 Approximately 25 minutes walk from the Tsubame City Community Bus "Woloku Tsubame Store" bus stop.
🕘 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

👆 This outlet shop primarily sells deadstock items, such as outdated, discontinued, and overstocked items, at extremely low prices.
Since it's deadstock, of course, all the items are brand new and of high quality.
You'll be lucky if you find exactly what you're looking for! ✌️

[High Grade Store]
📍 912-1 Suginayanagi, Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture, 959-1272
🚶 About a 20-minute walk from the Tsubame City Community Bus "Woloku Tsubame Store" bus stop
🕘 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Closed Sundays)

👆 This store and Stock Busters are located nearby, about a 5-minute walk away. As the name suggests, this store stocks high-quality kitchenware, and it's a place where you're sure to find that special something.

[Tsubame-Sanjo Local Products Center]
📍 1-17 Sugoro, Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture, 955-0092
🚶 Approximately 8 minutes walk from Tsubame-Sanjo Station
🕘 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Closed Wednesdays)

👆 Each company had its own display window in the lobby-like space, creating the atmosphere of a B2B direct sales event. Of course, the shop corner was open to the public, offering a wide variety of made-in-Tsubame-Sanjo and Niigata products, from Niigata souvenirs to cutlery and other items.

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