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Fireworks festivals are fun even if you go alone. Places visited: Katakai Festival, Yamakoshi rice terraces, Settaya, Yoshinogawa Sake Museum Brewery, Saffron Sake Honpo. Praying to the gods: Takaryu Shrine. Restaurants: Nagaoka Kojimaya (Hegisoba), Eguchi Dango, Omusubi to Soup to Tea 6SUBI (rice balls, lemon squash). Accommodation: Hotel Route Inn Nagaoka Ekimae.