Niigata

Niigata Station ( 新潟駅 Niigata-eki ? ) is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). [1] The station is at the centre of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu . It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo.