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The site of Sado Kinzan Gold Mine is one of the best cherry viewing spots and has the largest number of cherry trees ...
Ichinomiya Festival is the annual festival of Watatsu Shrine, which is one of the nine shrines listed on the shrine r...
The Ceremony of Yamabiraki celebrates the start of the season for climbing Mt. Donden and is to pray for safety. Mt. ...
On the day of this annual festival of Suwa Shrine in Kawaharada, Ondeko (deity mask dance) groups go from door to doo...
World-renowned Kodo, Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble, presents an annual performance series in Sado, which will take p...
Dubbed "Wakamiya-san," Hachiman Wakamiya Shrine is extremely familiar to locals in the Ryotsu Minato area. The annual...
Ryotsu Takigi Noh has been playing a role in maintaining the tradition and quality of Sado's Noh performances, obtain...
Located in the Hatano area, Chokokuji Temple is an ancient temple which was built in imitation of Hasedera Temple in ...
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...
Kasuga Shrine is considered to be the birthplace of Noh performances in Sado. This Noh stage was built by Nagayasu Ok...
The Noh stage at Kusakari Shrine is thought to have been built before the early Meiji Period (late 19th century), and...
Hamochi Festival is the annual festival of Kusakari Shrine and Sugawara Shrine. Two kinds of daikagura (a traditional...
At Shoboji Temple, a Noh play is performed in memory of Kanze Motokiyo (Zeami), who was exiled to Sado. You can see a...
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 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...
Hakuundai Summer Festival is held at the exchange centre located on Osado Skyline. The event programme includes a tai...
Mano Festival in Summer is annually held at the Nagaishi Coast in Manoshinmachi. It is packed full of programmes: a s...
Led by local, younger generations, Takachi Performing Arts Festival is a community-based event that first started as ...
"Ikoi no Mura Festival" is presented mainly by the organising committee of local inhabitants. During the festival, yo...
Ikoi-no-Mura Festival is organised by the Festival Committee of locals to reinvigorate the community. The attractions...
Earth Celebration is a summer festival produced by the Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble since 1988. The event venu...
Nikuu Shrine enshrines the second daughter of Emperor Juntoku, Imperial Princess Chushi. At the Noh stage, with its t...
Memorial services are held and dances are dedicated in memory of Zeami, who was exiled to Sado. Mantras are chanted a...
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...
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...
This is an event where you can enjoy the stage of the Sado-based drum group "Kodo" and the traditional performing art...
