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Birthplace of Nishikigoi

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It is recorded that appearance of a slightly red-patched carp has become the origin of nishikigoi occurred in the old Nijumurago area, lay across today's Ojiya and Nagaoka, where carp farming for food was once active.

#221 Carp

Type: Local specialties
Place: Ojiya Nishikigoi-no-Sato
Area: Ojiya, Niigata
Country: Japan
Date: 23 November 2009

#205 Carp

Type: Local specialties
Place: Ojiya Railway Station
Area: Ojiya, Niigata
Country: Japan
Date: 22 September 2009

Entrance of underpass decorated as nishikigoi

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.