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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...
Ryotsu Takigi Noh has been playing a role in maintaining the tradition and quality of Sado's Noh performances, obtain...
This is the annual festival of Hakusan Shrine in Shukunegi Village. Chitochinton (a Daikagura Bugaku dance performanc...
Hatano Matsuri takes place on the 15th of October every year, and is the annual festival of Kumano Shrine, the tutela...
Aikawa Festival is the annual festival of Uto Shrine, the tutelary shrine of the Aikawa area. With over 400 years of ...
Kotoura Matsuri is the annual festival of Hakusan Shrine, situated in the Ogi Kotoura area which is famous for its go...
Osaki Soba no Kai is a gourmet event which has achieved widespread popularity. While sampling the specialty soba (buc...
Kanburi, winter yellowtail, is one of Sado's representative winter tastes. Sado Kaifu Kanburi Tairyo Matsuri takes pl...
Bishamondo Hall enshrines Vaisravana (Bishamonten in Japanese), a Buddhist deity. At the evening festival held on the...
Rice-Field Play Ritual, called "ta-asobi shinji" (literally: ritual of rice field play), is a performing art enacted ...
Otaue Rice Planting Festival takes place at Gosho Shrine, which is well-known for its huge cedar tree. Performances m...
At the Sadokoku Aikawa Hina Dolls Festival, private households, shops and hotels in Aikawa display their own hina dol...
The Ogi area features many old-fashioned, machiya-style houses, which are reminiscent of townspeople culture. During ...
