Museum / Science Museum Spots in Sado Area

  • Sado History and Folklore Museum
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    4.0
    59 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Mano 655
    This museum houses life-sized robots which tell 800 years of Sado's history. The museum is located adjacent to the south side of Mano Park on Sado Island. Visitors can experience the legends of Sado Island with the diorama robots, as if travelling back in time. The robots act out 12 programs in total. The stories of Emperor Juntoku's first princess and Emperor Juntoku, who was sent into exile on Sado Island, the founder of the Nichiren sect and Zeami are acted outhere. In the establishment's restaurant, Yuzuru, visitors can enjoy a meal while looking out at the Japanese gardens. The restaurant also offers dishes cooked with Sado's specialty foods such as Mekabu soba.

    佐渡へ流された人について(歴史)であった。 ここで会えるのは順徳天皇・日蓮聖人・世阿弥である。 ただし人形であるが。 他に佐渡関連?の伝説のストーリーが演じられていた。 佐渡の歴史かもしれないがイメージは違った。 子供は楽しめるのかな?

  • Sado Island’s Ogi Folk Museum, Sengokubune Exhibition Hall
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    3.5
    26 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Shukunegi 270-2
    This museum is located in a wooden schoolhouse built in 1920 that has been preserved as-is. Inside the building which still bears the vestiges of its days as a schoolhouse are displays for a collection of over 30,000 folk materials that have been designated as important tangible folk-cultural properties, including tools and equipment for shipbuilders. During the Hakusan Maru Matsuri festival held every summer, the Hakusan Maru, Japan’s first fully-restored sengokubune (wooden freight ship) that is on display in the museum, is pulled out under human power and an impressive large white sail that is 155 tatami mats in size is raised.

    There is a video here you can watch in English that describes how the shipping history of Sado made this island such a melting pot of culture from around Japan. You can go inside the boat and see...

  • Sado Museum
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    3.0
    5 Reviews
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    Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Yahata 2041
    The Sado Museum is located on National Route 350 in the Yahata district of Sado City (on Sado Island). There are displays about the development of the gold and silver mine on Sado Island, as well as a “Nature, Archeology, History and Folk Traditions Display Gallery,” an “Arts and Handicrafts Display Gallery,” etc., enabling visitors to get a comprehensive overview of Sado Island’s culture (including its Noh drama tradition), its history, and its natural wonders, etc. Also well worth seeing are the display of sketches by Bakusen Tsuchida (a painter in the Nihonga style who was born on Sado Island), and the rock garden and the former Asashima family residence, a traditional thatch-roofed house, that are located in the Museum grounds.

    佐渡の地理・文化の展示施設。あんまり目玉というものがなかった。時間がない場合はわざわざ訪れることもないだろう。

  • Aikawa Folk Museum
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    Niigata Sado-shi Aikawasakashitamachi 20
    A museum where visitors can learn about the Aikawa Area, location of the Sado Gold Mine, a model mine which contributed to the modernization of Japanese industry. Opened in 1956, museum exhibits include minerals from the mine and information on local Sado folk customs. The museum’s elegant building was once used as the Sado branch of the Bureau of Imperial Estates, which managed imperial assets under the Meiji Constitution. Look for the imperial chrysanthemum crests found everywhere on the structure. The museum displays archeological materials concerning the mine and the Sado magistrate’s office, implements used by Aikawa “yujo” ladies of the night as well as works of art featuring them, and folk custom materials from a town which developed along with the mine.
  • Sado Bugyosho
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
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    Niigata Sado-shi Aikawa Hiroma Machi 1-1

    佐渡奉行所の歴史や収集した鉱物から金銀を取り出すプロセスを学べました。入口でボランティアの方に奉行所の案内を行って頂いたので助かりました。勝場(せりば)で金や銀を精錬する設備が見学出来て勉強になりました。

  • Ryotsu Historical museum
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
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    Niigata Sado-shi Akitsu 1596

    本当は閉館中だったのかな。 ただ、この日は、たまたま近くの小学生が団体で絵を描きに来ていて、係の人がいたので頼んで館内を見せてもらいました。 展示は塩田風景のジオラマや漁をする中型のろかい舟も人間が乗り込んだ姿を再現してけっこうな迫力。意外な見どころがある博物館です。

  • Beidi Tourism Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Association
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    Niigata Sado-shi Kitaebisu 1544
  • Akadomari Chiku Kominkan
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    Niigata Sado-shi Akadomari 2458
  • Showaden
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    Niigata Sado-shi Nakaoki 3474

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Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.

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