15 Sights in Sado, Japan (with Map and Images)

Honkoji Temple (本光寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Miyagawa, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Mt. Hiro. The former main mountain is Daihonzan Honkokuji Temple (Rokujomon-ryu). The place where the six old monks Nichiro Bodhisattva presented the absolution of the Sado sins. Enshrine the remains of the Supreme Filial First Day Saint. Near the absolution stone where Rissho Daishi Nichiren sat and the pine tree where Nichiren hung his robes, there are still Nichiro Slopes where Nichiren and Nichiro met again.

Wikipedia: 本光寺 (佐渡市宮川) (JA)

Jissoji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Nozawa, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Omatsuyama. It is designated as a Nichiren Sect Historic Site as an old site of Shichika, and there is a statue of Nichiren Saint in the precincts of Shichika, who worships the rising sun in honor of his parents in his hometown. It is known for the Chery of the starry descent that occurred on July 15, 1273 (10th year of Bun'ei). The former main mountain is Minobuzan Kuonji Temple, Tōshi Hōen.

Wikipedia: 実相寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Seisuiji Temple (清水寺) is a temple of the Shingon sect Toyoyama school located in Shinho-Ōno, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Founded in the 3rd year of Datong (808). The main statue is Senju Kannon. Like Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, there is also a stage for Kiyomizu (Kyuseiden). A recent survey found 28 statues of Heian period works. It is said that this is the only place where the 28 statues of the Heian period are collected in one temple, which is very rare and even if you look at it nationwide.

Wikipedia: 清水寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Sadu Nisanchuan Gold Park is a theme park located in Nisanchuan, Sadu City, Niigata Prefecture, with the highlight of excavating gold placer. As the theme object, Shajinshan Mountain in West Sanchuan and its surrounding areas have been designated as important national cultural landscapes as "Nongshan Village Landscape Originated from Shajinshan Mountain in West Sanchuan".

Wikipedia: 佐渡西三川ゴールドパーク (JA)

Renchoji Temple (蓮長寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in the town of Aikawashitaji, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Myohozan. The former main mountain is Kyoto Myokakuji Temple. It is said that there was a Honkei-ji temple in the precincts where the six monks of the non-acceptance school lived in the house.

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Miaojing Temple is a Rilianzong Temple located in the Central Plains of Sadu City, Niigata Prefecture. The mountain name is Fahua Mountain. Old Ben Mountain is a temple that extends mountains for a long time. Collected two fragments of the news (letter) of Rilian, a master at attention who is famous for paying homage to Tapo's spiritual field.

Wikipedia: 妙経寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Honkoji Temple (本光寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located near the ruins of the Kuroki Imperial Palace, the residence of Emperor Shuntoku, in Izumi, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Hōkyō Mountain. The former main mountain is the main mountain Kitayama Honmonji Temple, Xingtong Hōen.

Wikipedia: 本光寺 (佐渡市泉) (JA)

Sesonji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple in Takeda, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Six buildings, the main hall, the shoin, the front gate, the longhouse gate, the red gate, the treasure storehouse, and the household storehouse, are registered tangible cultural properties. One of the Seven Lucky Gods of Sado.

Wikipedia: 世尊寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Myoshoji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Nozawa, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On the land where Nichiren saints of the Sado school lived, he built a temple on the place where he spent two years until his absolution. The main temple of Nichiren Buddhism. The mountain number is Myohokasan.

Wikipedia: 妙照寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Myosenji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Abutsubo, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. One of the three main mountains of Nichiren Buddhism Sado founded by Nichiren's disciple Abutsubo Nichitoku with his home as a temple. The mountain number is Lotus Wang Mountain. The main statue is Buddha.

Wikipedia: 妙宣寺 (佐渡市) (JA)

Myōmanji Temple (妙満寺) is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Meguro-cho, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mountain number is Changqing Mountain. In the precincts is the grave of Nagashima Seijaku (Chinese poetry). The former main mountain is Abutsubo Myosenji Temple.

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The Aikawa Folk Museum is a museum located in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. In 1956 (Showa 31), it was opened using the building of the Sado Branch Office of the Imperial Bureau (National Historic Site).

Wikipedia: 相川郷土博物館 (JA)

Sadu Museum is a museum located in Bata, Sadu City, Niigata Prefecture. The museum opened in 1957 (Showa 32), was supported by Niigata Transportation, etc., and became a municipal museum after 2014 (Heisei 26).

Wikipedia: 佐渡博物館 (JA)

Watatsu Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Hamochiiioka neighborhood of the city of Sado, Niigata. It is the ichinomiya of former Sado Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on the April 23.

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Rengebuji (蓮華峰寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Chisan-ha sect of Shingon Buddhism located in the Southern side of Sado island. The temple is said to have been founded by Kūkai in the 9th century.

Wikipedia: Rengebuji (EN)