Matsudai, Niigata

Matsudai Flag Emblem
Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Higashikubiki District
Merged	April 1, 2005 (now part of Tōkamachi)
Area
• Total	90.47 km2 (34.93 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	4,016
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

Matsudai (松代町, Matsudai-machi) was a town located in Higashikubiki District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,016 and a density of 44.39 persons per km². The total area was 90.47 km².

On April 1, 2005, Matsudai, along with the town of Matsunoyama (also from Higashikubiki District), the town of Kawanishi, and the village of Nakasato, both from Nakauonuma District, was merged into the expanded city of Tōkamachi.^[1][2]

Transportation

Railway

Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line

• Matsudai

Highway

• National Route 253
• National Route 353
• National Route 403

Local attractions

Matsudai is one of the sites of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, first held in 2000. The Matsudai Snow-Land Agrarian Culture Centre (aka Matsudai Nobutai) was built in 2003 by architects MVRDV as part of the Triennial and is the focal point for local contemporary art activities. The centre includes an event space, classroom, gallery, art shop, and restaurant.

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  Matsudai Nohbutai
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  Hoshitoge Rice Terrace
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  Gamo Rice Terrace

References

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Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

Niigata

2001	Kurosaki
2005	Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata

Murakami

2008	Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku

Tainai

2005	Kurokawa Nakajō

Shibata

2003	Toyoura
2005	Kajikawa Shiunji

Agano

2004	Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda

Gosen

2005	Muramatsu

Aga

2005	Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa

Tsubame

2006	Bunsui Yoshida

Sanjō

2005	Sakae Shitada

Nagaoka

2005	Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi
2006	Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita
2010	Kawaguchi

Kashiwazaki

2005	Nishiyama Takayanagi

Tōkamachi

2005	Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato

Uonuma

2004	Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani

Minamiuonuma

2004	Muikamachi Yamato
2005	Shiozawa

Jōetsu

2005	Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa

Myōkō (Arai)

2005	Myōkō Myōkōkōgen

Itoigawa

2005	Nō Ōmi

Sado

2004	Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata

List of mergers in Niigata Prefecture

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