Niigata Ken Postal code

Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in Japan. It is in the Chbu region of Honshu. There are 2,227,496 people living in the prefecture of Niigata as of July 2019. It is the fifth-largest prefecture in Japan by area, with 12,584.18 km2 (4,858.78 sq mi). Neighboring Toyama and Nagano prefectures are to the southwest, Gunma and Fukushima are to the south, and Fukushima and Yamagata prefectures to the east. Niigata Prefecture is in the middle of all of these places. If you go to Niigata, you'll find that it is the capital and largest city of Niigatan Prefecture, with other big cities like Jetsu and Sanjo close by. In the Niigata Prefecture, there is the Niigata Major Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 1,395,612. It is the largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast and the 12th-largest in Japan, with more than 1 million people. Niigata Prefecture is part of the Hokuriku region, which has been part of Japan for a long time. Sado Island is the sixth-largest island in Japan by area, after the four main islands and Okinawa Island.