July and August Summer Festival Guide
Mid July
Akadomari (Jogahama Beach Recreation Area)
Manila Clam Hunting Festival in Jogahama
Hunt for Manila clams
July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, August 1, 2, 8, 9
Ogi (Marine Plaza, Ogi Pier Park)
Sado Ogi Taraibune, Fish Festival, Sazae (turbo shell) Festival
Sazae Catching by Hands and Local Folk Art
Sunday, July 20 (tentative)
Aikawa (Around Himezu Fishing Harbor, Himezu O-hashi)
Himezu Ika-Ika Festival
Squid fishing boat rides (fee), Yakushi Taiko, Squid Soup Tasting, etc.
Sunday, July 20
Ryotsu (Noura Dento Geino Denshokan) (Noura Hall for the Traditional Performing Arts)
Noura Home of Performing Arts Festival
Bunya Doll Theater (Sado specialty), Harukoma (Local festivity dance), Sado Folk Songs, Dance, etc.
Saturday and Sunday, July 26 & 27
Aikawa (Around town)
Mine Festival
Fireworks, Kodo (Taiko) Performance, Okesanagashi (Local Traditional Dancing in the Round), Seicho Nagashi (Dancing in the Round), etc.
Sunday, July 27
Ogi (Shukunegi)
Hakusanmaru Matsuri
Bringing out of Hakusanmaru (Reconstruction of a ship from the Edo Era), Sail hoisting, Free visit inside the ship, Traditional Music and Dance, etc.
Saturday and Sunday, August 2 & 3
Akadomari (Akadomari Harbor)
Akadomari Harbor Festival
Sumo on the Sea, Fireworks, Folksong Dances, etc.
Thursday and Friday, August 7 & 8
Ryotsu (in town)
Ryotsu Tanabata / Opening of River Season
Children's Float Parade, Giant Folksong Dance, Ondeko Performance & Doll Theater, Fireworks, etc.
Sunday, August 10
Sawada (Honmachi / Suwamachi shopping area, Sawada Beach)
Sado-no Bon / Shishiga Castle Festival
Fireworks, Manto Mikoshi (Mikoshi is a palanquin-like portable shrine), Evening Noh and Kyogen, etc.
Thursday, August 14
Akadomari (Oda Harbor)
Ikoi-no-mura Festival / Ocean Takigi Noh
Ocean Takigi Noh, Fireworks, Ondeko, Ojishi Dance (traditional dance in lion costume), etc.
Thursday, August 14
Niibo (Niibo Shopping Area, Sanno Furusato Plaza, etc.)
Niibo Furusato Summer Festival
Sado Doll Theater, Ondeko, etc.
Thursday and Friday, August 14 & 15
Aikawa (Senkaku Harbor Ageshima Park)
Senkaku Harbor Ageshima Park Light Up
Local Traditional Music and Dance
Friday, August 15
Hamochi (Area Community Center, Coeur Terme Sado, Central Plaza, etc.)
Furusato (Hometown) Festival
Tsuburosashi (sacred music and dance offered for good harvest), Craft Exhibit, etc.
Earth Celebration Event Sado Takigi Noh 3 Consecutive Evening Performance 2008
- Tuesday, August 19
Aikawa / Kasuga Shring Noh Stage Sado no Nichiren (Nichiren of Sado: Nichiren was one of the greatest Buddhist monks of Japan who lived from the Kamakura Era in mid 13th Century.) - Wednesday, August 20
19:00 Mano / Daizen Shrine Noh Stage Toki - Thursday, August 21
19:00 Shiizaki / Suwa Shrine Noh Stage Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi was the woman that Hikari Genji brought up to be his perfect wife in The Tale of Genji written by Murasaki Shikibu around 1000 AD.)
Friday through Sunday, August 22 to 24
Ogi (Shiroyama Park, Ogi Pier Park, etc.)
Earth Celebration 2008
Shiroyama Concert (Kodo, Olodum), workshops, etc.
Monday, August 25
Aikawa (Inside Inakujira)
Inakujira Festival
Mikoshi appearance, Ondeko (Mamemaki: throwing beans to ward off evil), Shishi Dance, etc.
Thursday through Saturday, August 28 through 30
Ogi (in town, Kisaki Shrine, Kotohira Shrine, Minato Park, etc.)
Ogi Minato Festival
Fireworks, Matsuri Taiko performance, Ondeko, Kojishi Dance (Little Lion Dance)