Sado (Niigata)
Sado (Japanese佐渡 市, -shi ) is a city on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture in Japan.
History
The city of Sado was on 1 March 2004 from the Shi Ryōtsu (両 津市, -shi), the Machi Aikawa (相 川 町, machi ), Sawada (佐 和田 町, machi ), Kanai (金井 町, machi ) Hatano (畑 野 町, machi ), Mano (真 野 町, machi ), Ogi (小木 町, machi ), Hamochi (羽 茂 町, machi ), and the mura Niibo (新 穂 村, -mura ) and Akadomari ( 赤 泊 村, -mura ) was founded. The city thus extends over the entire island.
Traffic
- Road National Road 350
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hachiro Arita ( Diplomat )
- Fubo Hayashi, writer
- Kita Ikki ( political philosopher of the Shōwa period )
- Masaharu Homma ( commanding officer )
Attractions
About the since the merger of the towns very extensive urban area many attractions are distributed.
- The temple Myosen Ji has the only in Niigata Prefecture, a five -story pagoda and is about 5 km east of Mano. The pagoda was built by two generations of carpenters and completed after thirty years of construction 1825. The temple was founded by a samurai, who later joined the teaching of Nichiren.
- Not far from the Myosen Ji Temple of outlying, small Daizen Shrine is worth seeing. On his site of the 19th-century, wooden construction of a traditional Noh theater, which hosts more ideas is to see. In the vicinity of the shrine Daizen scattered farms have been preserved in traditional style.
- In the village Niibo almost exactly in the middle of the island, the temple Konpon Ji is worth seeing. It was built in the 17th century on the site where Nichiren lived initially during his exile on the island ( 1271-74 ).
- In the small harbor town of Ogi in the South West of the island were formerly large wooden troughs, called in Japanese taraibune, used as vessels to collect shells and seaweed. Tourists will be demonstrated this tradition today. The museum also Ogi Minzoku Hakubutsukan is worth visiting in Ogi.
- Nichiren lived for two years a few kilometers north-east of the present town Sawata at the point where the Myosho Ji temple stands today. This temple, which is surrounded by a garden, is now the destination of many pilgrims, as well as the far south to Jisso Ji. It was built at a place that Nichiren often visited for meditation. The pine, at the Nichiren his garment used to hang is still visible today. Not far from the temple, a large, highly visible Nichirendenkmal was built
- On the west coast of the island, the Art and Natural History Museum of Sado is worth seeing, which is located between Sawata and Mano. In his garden stilt houses have been reconstructed, corresponding to the original architectural style of the residents of Sado. The museum also houses some stuffed specimens of this rare Nipponibisses, the village Niibo a monument was set.
- At the sparsely populated north coast of the island some striking rock formations are popular destinations. Among them are like two turtle shaped Futatsugame and the 167 m high Onogame in which a Shinto deity to live. Located near the village Kitaebisu the bay " Senkakuwan is worth a visit, can be seen in numerous other bizarrely shaped rocks.
- In the near Aikawa on the west coast of the island broke in 1601 gold was discovered from a lasting until 1867 gold rush, so Aikawa grew into a city of approximately 100 000 inhabitants temporarily. Nearby Aikawa the reshaped into a museum gold mine Sado Kinzan, which was closed in 1989, and the former underground structure Doyu no Waretu are visiting.
- Aikawa has two museums: the Ethnographic Museum and the Art Museum Kyodo Hakubutsukan Sado Hangamura, are shown in the woodcuts by artists who worked on Sado and are also available for purchase.
Myoshi Ji Temple
Nichirendenkmal
Stilt houses in the museum garden
Ibisdenkmal in Niibo
Myosen Ji Temple
Traditional Noh Theater on Daizen Shrine
Farm on Daizen Shrine
Kitaebisu village on the north coast
Futatsugame rocks