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Sado (island)

Niigata Prefecture · Japan

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Sado (island), Japan
Photo: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA - Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.", Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
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$$
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A large island in the Sea of Japan once used as a place of political exile and later a gold-mining centre. Terraced rice fields, taiko drumming traditions, and the tub-boats of Ogi shape its coastal culture.

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