The 2007 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-oki (OŠ Mid-Niigata) earthquake caused the liquefaction of the sandy soil distributed near the coast of the Japan Sea in the middle of Niigata Prefecture. The liquefaction-induced damage occurring in many residential areas was investigated in detail by means of victim interviews, visual inspections, Swedish Weight Sounding tests, Standard Penetration Tests, old topographical map examinations, etc. Based on in situ soil investigations, the liqueˆed soil layers were estimated for each area. As a result, it was conˆrmed that the liqueˆed areas were mainly sand dune hinterlands, ‰ood plains, reclaimed old river channels and sandyˆlls with high groundwater table. Among them, damage was especially serious on land having an inclined ground surface due to the ‰ow of foundations, on the cut-ˆll borders of artiˆcially developed land due to landslides and at the toes of sand dune slopes due to the thrust of the sliding soil and/or the collision of the sliding soil with objects. These investigation results also revealed that soil improvement by cement mixed columns is an eŠective countermeasure against liquefaction-induced damage unless lateral spreading of the subsoil arises.