From ancient times, ship transportation has been actively utilized in the Niigata Plain, where the Shinano River and the Agano River run through. Shinanogawa Water Shuttle Co., Ltd., a company which operates a water-bus, was founded in 1998 to revitalize ship transportation, which has a significance and role adaptable to present-day needs. Although there exist many problems for the future, such as the improvement of the water-bus docks, the development of infrastructure necessary for ship transportation and so on, we eagerly hope to make Niigata a city which can be called "the city of water" as in the past.