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The Ogi area features many old-fashioned, machiya-style houses, which are reminiscent of townspeople culture. During ...
Many Hina Doll Festival events are held in the Ryotsu area, with Sado Information Center (I-Port Sado) as the main ve...
At the Sadokoku Aikawa Hina Dolls Festival, private households, shops and hotels in Aikawa display their own hina dol...
Mano Park is one of the best cherry viewing spots on Sado, with 2000-plus blooming cherry trees. The park is lit up (...
The site of Sado Kinzan Gold Mine is one of the best cherry viewing spots and has the largest number of cherry trees ...
Shinbo Festival is hosted by Shinbo Hachimangu Shrine. Four groups of Ondeko dedicate their performances in front of ...
Two big lions (Ojishi) from Tokuwa Shrine and an Ondeko team from Suwa Shrine go out and parade through the streets f...
The Sado Bonfire Noh season kicks off with Noh peformances at Daizen Shrine. One of four Noh stages in the Kuninaka a...
The Ceremony of Yamabiraki celebrates the start of the season for climbing Mt. Donden and is to pray for safety. Mt. ...
Ichinomiya Festival is the annual festival of Watatsu Shrine, which is one of the nine shrines listed on the shrine r...
The origin of the present-day manto (lantern floats), can be traced back to the lights used to guide portable shrines...
World-renowned Kodo, Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble, presents an annual performance series in Sado, which will take p...
Ryotsu Takigi Noh has been playing a role in maintaining the tradition and quality of Sado's Noh performances, obtain...
Dubbed "Wakamiya-san," Hachiman Wakamiya Shrine is extremely familiar to locals in the Ryotsu Minato area. The annual...
Located in the Hatano area, Chokokuji Temple is an ancient temple which was built in imitation of Hasedera Temple in ...
Sponichi Sado Long Ride is a representative cycling event in Japan which boasts 3,000-plus participants.There are fou...
Sadokoku Ondeko Dot-com showcases symbolic local performing arts of Sado such as Sado Okesa (folk song and dance) and...
Kyomachi Street was Aikawa's main street in the early Edo Period (early 17th century), when the Kinzan gold mine flou...
The Noh stage on the grounds of Daizen Shrine is said to be the oldest one still in existence in Sado. It is one of t...
Sugiike Pond is a valuable source of water for the Akadama village. Every year, a festival takes place to dedicate pe...
Kasuga Shrine is considered to be the birthplace of Noh performances in Sado. This Noh stage was built by Nagayasu Ok...
The surrounding area of Onogame, a landmark of the Sotokaifu Coast, is home to 500,000 Amur daylily (Tobishima kanzo)...
The Noh stage at Kusakari Shrine is thought to have been built before the early Meiji Period (late 19th century), and...
Ryotsu Ebisu Festival is held on the 15th and 16th of June every year. It is the annual, grand festival of Suwa Shrin...
Hamochi Festival is the annual festival of Kusakari Shrine and Sugawara Shrine. Two kinds of daikagura (a traditional...
Sado Ogi Taraibune and Sazae Matsuri is a great way to while away a day at Ogi Minato Park. Tub boat racing takes pla...
Kisaki Shrine and Kotohira Shrine in the Ogi area host a traditional purification ritual called "Nagoshi no Harae." W...
Myosenji Temple is known for the only five-story pagoda found in Niigata. Within the grounds, there is a grave of Hin...
Akadomari Beef Festival offers you a great opportunity to enjoy Sado beef, often called "the rare Japanese beef," wit...
Kuroki Palace used to be a residence of Emperor Juntoku, who lost the Jokyu Disturbance and was forced into exile on ...
Akadomari Festival is an annual festival presented by Shinmeisha Shrine located at the heart of the Akadomari area. T...
This festival is held to appreciate the miners' hard work and to pray for further prosperity of the gold mine. The at...
Jogahama Bathing Beach features crystal clear water and a white, sandy beach. It is a popular bathing beach located n...
Among the thirty remaining Noh stages in Sado, the Honma family's Noh stage is the only one that is privately owned. ...
The mood of the Akadomari Port Festival is warmed up by performances of local traditional folk arts and popular songs...
Tanabata Matsuri and Kawabiraki is a combination festival to celebrate both the children's Star Festival and to comme...
Hakuundai Summer Festival is held at the exchange centre located on Osado Skyline. The event programme includes a tai...
Held in the Sawata area, Sado no Bon "Shishigajo Matsuri" is a festival featuring a mikoshi (portable shrine) parade ...
Mano Festival in Summer is annually held at the Nagaishi Coast in Manoshinmachi. It is packed full of programmes: a s...
Lead by the local, younger generations, Takachi Performing Arts Festival first started as a way to provide an opportu...
"Ikoi no Mura Festival" is presented mainly by the organising committee of local inhabitants. During the festival, yo...
The beautiful coastlines within Ageshima Yuen and the surrounding area are lit up during the limited period of Japan'...
Ikoi-no-Mura Festival is organised by the Festival Committee of locals to reinvigorate the community. The attractions...
This is a pre-event at Earth Celebration 2018. Sado, where Zeami (a playwright and performer who developed Noh theatr...
Earth Celebration is a summer festival produced by the Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble since 1988. The event venu...
Memorial services are held and dances are dedicated in memory of Zeami, who was exiled to Sado. Mantras are chanted a...
Nikuu Shrine enshrines the second daughter of Emperor Juntoku, Imperial Princess Chushi. At the Noh stage, with its t...
Anju Tenjin Matsuri is a summer festival in the Hatano area where Anjuzuka (Memorial Mound of Anju in Hatano) is situ...
Ogi Minato Matsuri originated from the ritual to offer rice to Kisaki Shrine to pray for the safety of vessels when O...
The Noh stage at Kamo Shrine is the only one still in existence in the former Hatano Town area. It is one of four Noh...
This competition features several courses set amid the landscape of the entire island of Sado, and attracts 2,000 par...
At an autumn festival of Otsu Matsuri in the Hamochi area, an evening Noh theatre performance takes place at the Noh ...
Kuji Hachimangu Shrine Annual Grand Festival is presented by three villages. Among the performances dedicated are: to...
Tokuwa Festival features Aso-gumi's Ondeko, performed with naginata (a blade weapon attached to a wooden pole), and O...
Mushiroba Festival is hosted by Hakusan Shrine, and banners set along the sea billow in the sea breeze. The main attr...
Sawasaki is a village located on the westernmost tip of Sado, where the Sawasakihana Lighthouse is situated. With tar...
This is a special opportunity to see both the Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble based on Sado, and Sado traditiona...
