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Sado Noh Village & Honma’s Noh Stage
Learn about the history of Sado Noh Theater at the Noh Village. The adjacent Honma’s Noh Stage is valued highly among all the theaters on the island.
| (Address) | 1839 Agataumegasawairi, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Noh Village |
| (Tel) | 0259-33-5000 |
| (Hours) | 8:30am – 5:00pm |
| (Days Closed) | None |
| (Cost) | Adults – 800 yen, Elementary school students – 400 yen |
Takigi Noh Theater
Noh theater is a traditional art form of Japan, but Noh on Sado Island is unique in that it spread to the common people. Sado has 34 Noh stages, about half of all stages in Japan. The Mano area, called “the town of Noh”, has a particularly long Noh tradition.
| (Address) | Takeda, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | June |
| (Contact) | Sado City Office, Mano Branch |
| (Tel) | 0259-55-3111 |
Sado Gold Mine
The gold mine was financed the Tokugawa shogunate for 300 years. You can view the mines and the Gold Mine Museum.Life-like robots show what the mine was like at the time.
| (Address) | Shimoaikawa, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Sado Gold Mine Museum “Golden Sado” |
| (Tel) | 0259-74-2389 |
| (URL) | www.sado.co.jp/goldensado/ |
| (Cost) | Adults – 700 yen, junior high students – 600 yen, children – 400 yen |
| (Hours) | April to October: 8:00am – 5:00pm, November to March: 8:30am – 4:30pm |
| (Days Closed) | None |
Sado Bugyosho (Magistrate’s Office)
In the Edo Period, Sado Island was under direct control from the Shogunate, and a magistrate’s office was set up in Aikawa. In former Aikawa Town you can now see recreation of the magistrate’s office. Currently, the area is under reconstruction but the office is still open for the public.
| (Address) | Hiromamachi, Aikawa, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Sado City Board of Education, Aikawa Branch |
| (Tel) | 0259-74-2201 |
| (Hours) | 8:30am-5pm |
| (Days Closed) | New Year Period |
| (Cost) | Adults 500 yen, Junior High Students 400 yen, Elementary Students 300 yen |
Sado History and Traditional Museum
The history and traditions of Sado are recreated using the cutting edge technology.
| (Address) | 655 Mano, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Sado History and Traditional Museum |
| (Tel) | 0259-55-2525 |
| (Hours) | 8am- 5:30pm |
| (Days Closed) | None |
| (Cost) | Adults 700 yen, Junior High/Elementary Students 400 yen |
Myosenji Temple
The five story pagoda tower on the temple grounds is said to mimic Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, and is a nationally designated important cultural property.
| (Address) | Abutsubo, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Mano Tourism Association |
| (Tel) | 0259-55-3589 |
Sado Museum
Sado Museum introduces all things Sado Island. Many documents are on display in eight subjects including art, performance, wildlife, and geology.
| (Address) | 2041 Yahata, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
| (Contact) | Sado Museum |
| (Tel) | 0259-52-2447 |
| (Hours) | 8am- 5pm (April- October) 8:30am-4pm (November- March) |
| (Cost) | Adults 700 yen, High School Students 500 yen, Junior High Students 400 yen, Elementary Students 200 yen |
Sado Okesa Dance
This representative folk dance of Sado Island is nationally famous. It is said that sailors brought the dance from Kyushu by sailors, and it became known as Okesa at Sado’s Gold Mine.
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
|---|---|
| (Contact) | Sado City Office, Aikawa Branch |
| (Tel) | 0259-74-3322 |
Oni-daiko (Demon drums)
Oni-daiko is a religious performance to ward off devils in order to pray for a bountiful harvest. Known as “ondeko” on Sado, this drumming performance can be seen at all festivals on the island.
| (Best time to go) | Year-Round |
|---|---|
| (Contact) | Sado Tourism Association, Ryotsu Branch |
| (Tel) | 0259-23-3300 |
Bunya Puppets
In the early Edo Period, this puppetry came about from the storytelling of Bunya Okamoto. The body movements of the puppets display the innate melancholy of these stories. Bunya Puppets has been designated as a National Importa.
| (Address) | 980-1 Kubota, Sado City |
|---|---|
| (Contact) | Silver Vision Sado |
| (Tel) | 0259-52-3961 |
| (Performances) | April- November (Performance time: approx. 15 minutes; 4 a day) |