How to meet Japanese crested ibises on Sado Island

Sado Island is called the island of exiles. Are the people who now live on Sado descended from those who were exiled to the island?

Sasayama Ruin and Tokamachi City Museum (flame-shaped earthenware)

The Senkaku Bay on Sado Island

Kitamae-bune (Sadokoku Ogi MInzoku Museum)

Ondeko, a traditional performing art of Sado Island

Bijin Bayashi (Beauty Forest)

Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel

The bullfighting competition of Yamakoshi and Ojiya of Niigata, “Ushi no Tsunotsuki” is a traditional event that handed down for 1,000 years. There is no winner or loser, the fight always end in a draw. We want everyone to know what the cow is thinking now…, you should also pay attention to unique announcement at the site!

Let’s go and see the sunset of Izumozaki where the sea and the sky are dyed in orange! The sunset from Izumozaki is said to be the largest in the world.

Shukuneki Village on Sado Island

“Onogame” and “Futatsugame” in Sado island have a superb view and a swimming beach which were guaranteed by Mr. Michelan! From the end of May to the beginning of June will be the best time to view hemerocallis, but in winter it is so desolated.

Feel the taste of port town Niigata, and its history and culture meet at the riverbank of Shinano River. A small journey around Niigata Port filled with an air of exoticism.

Great news for those longing for the high social class! With amount of high school student’s earning money from a part time job, you can enjoy delicious cuisine at Niigata’s long established restaurant and experience Ozashiki Asobi (playing games with Geisha) with Niigata Geisha.

Noroma Ningyo, a puppet of simpleton, is a humorous puppet performed in Sado dialect. The stock scene is the leading character always get naked and pissed at there. It is funny no matter how many times you watch it.

Traditional performing art of Sado, “Tsuburosashi” is popular amongst many people regardless of age and gender. It is exactly a rare festival of Japan! Its dance is too dirty and you may feel you do not know where to look, but its rhythmic move absorbs your attention.

The friendly “Kobudai”, the Asian sheepshead wrasse that appeared in the film “Oceans” lives in Sado Island. When I saw them in the film, I suddenly want to dive in the sea of Sado Island.

It happens with sightseeing in Sado – Though it takes 100 min by high-speed boat from Niigata to Sado, if you could row the Tarai Bune well, you would feel like going back on it –