Looking for a sightseeing taxi in Joetsu? IM TAXI is always glad to be of your service!
Joetsu, a historical town in Niigata Prefecture located in the northwest part of Japan, has long served as a transportation hub.
Joetsu area is known as the town where Echigo Kokuhu (which translates to the capital city of Echigo Province, the former name of Niigata) had been located since the ancient times. It is also known as the town where Saint Shinran, the founder of Shin Buddhism, had first landed after being expelled from Kyoto. Uesugi Kenshin, who is known as one of the greatest samurai commanders in Japan, had based in this area in Sengoku period (the age of provincial wars), and Matsudaira Tadateru, the sixth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, had governed the town as a lord of Takada (the former name of Joetsu) in the Edo period. As you can see, Joetsu had long thrived as the center of Echigo Province. In the modern days, the rail transport system of Niigata Prefecture first developed in Joetsu. It is also known as a town where skiing first started in Japan, as well as the birthplaces of Maejima Hisoka, the founder of Japan’s modern postal system, Kawakami Zenbei, the father of Japanese wine grapes, and Ogawa Mimei, an author of fairy tales and the founder of children’s literatures in Japan.
There are many attractive places to visit in Joetsu, but many of them are scattered over a large area. It would be difficult to go sightseeing to these places without a car. To solve this problem, IM TAXI offers you various sightseeing tours, wishing to let the world know the attractions of Joetsu.
Hokuriku Shinkansen started its service in 2015, and since then the distance between Tokyo area and Joetsu area has become closer.
Please let us serve you when you are visiting Joetsu for sightseeing!
IM TAXI is registered as a class-3 travel agency.
IM TAXI provides sightseeing services using our taxi (Registration No. 3-341)
There are two special exams held by the city of Joetsu to qualify someone as an “expert of Kenshin and Kanetsugu” or an “expert of three castles in Joetsu”. Our drivers have been learning about the history of Joetsu region through these two exams.
We also have meetings on regular basis in which our drivers teach each other’s favorite sightseeing routes.
