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    Sado Island (佐渡島, Sadogashima or Sadoshima) is an island located in the eastern part of the Sea of Japan, under the jurisdiction of Sado City, Niigata...
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    Sado (佐渡市, Sado-shi) is a city located on Sado Island (佐渡島, Sado-shima/Sado-ga-shima) in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised...
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    eponymous Sado Island, off the coast of Niigata Prefecture (or in the past, Echigo Province). Sado was famous for the silver and gold mined on the island. In...
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    Hokuriku region and features Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the four main islands and Okinawa Island. Until after the Meiji...
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    The Sado gold mine (佐渡金山, Sado Kinzan) is a generic term for gold and silver mines which were once located on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture...
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  • Look up sado or Sado in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sado can refer to: Prince Sado, a Joseon Korean crown prince who never acceded Yutaka Sado, a Japanese...
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  • competing theories have been advanced, Yoshinori sent Zeami into exile to Sado Island. After Yoshinori's death in 1441, Zeami returned to mainland Japan, where...
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    Sado Okesa (in Japanese: 佐渡おけさ) is a Japanese folk song that originated in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. "Okesa' or "Okesabushi" is a style of the Japanese...
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    Kodō (鼓童) is a professional taiko drumming troupe. Based on Sado Island, Japan, they have had a role in popularizing taiko drumming, both in Japan and...
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    Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. On March 1, 2004, Ryōtsu and the other 9 municipalities in the island were merged to create the city of Sado....
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    exhibits showed the complete history of the island. It also filed a request to have Sado Island, another island where forced labor took place, to be recognized...
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    caught on camera by the BBC Earth crew while filming in the waters near Sado Island, Japan. In 2017, it was shown on the Blue Planet II episode "One Ocean"...
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    found throughout Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Sado Island, Tsushima, Yaku Island) and the Korean peninsula. Japanese stag beetles are large...
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    of tanuki exist in the Sado Islands of Niigata Prefecture and in Shikoku, and among them, like the Danzaburou-danuki of Sado, the Kinchō-tanuki and Rokuemon-tanuki...
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    populous city in Chūbu region after Nagoya. It faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island. As of 1 September 2022[update], the city had an estimated population...
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    Oomijima [ja] Sado Takashima, Shimane Tobishima (Yamagata) Oshakujima [ja] Tsunoshima Umashima, Shimane Dream Island (Yume No Shima) Odaiba (artificial island) Sarushima...
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    Honshu (redirect from Honshu Island)
    these prefectures, notably including the Ogasawara Islands, Sado Island, Izu Ōshima, and Awaji Island. The regions and their prefectures are: Tōhoku region...
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    160 km (99 mi) by 20 km (12 mi) from the southwestern Noto Peninsula to Sado Island along a southeast-dipping fault. Slip was mostly concentrated entirely...
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    Danzaburō-danuki) is a bake-danuki passed down in stories on Sado Island, particularly in Aikawa and Niigata. In Sado, tanuki were called "mujina (狢)", thus he was also...
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    Hitomi Soga (category People from Sado, Niigata)
    abducted to North Korea together with her mother, Miyoshi Soga, from Sado Island, Japan, in 1978. In 1980, she married Charles Robert Jenkins, an American...
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  • cabinet rather than displaying them to the public. During a vacation to Sado Island, Lucy's friendship with Lily sours when she discovers that Teiji has...
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    a combination of those two provinces, the region also contains Sado Island from Sado Province. It is located in the modern-day prefectures of Nagano...
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  • speech. According to the Nihon Shoki, the Mishihase first arrived at Sado Island during the reign of Emperor Kinmei. In 660, Japanese General Abe no Hirafu...
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    Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, the Goto Islands, Iki Island, Izu Ōshima, the Oki Islands, Sado Island, Tanegashima, and Yakushima. It has also been...
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    2012, it was confirmed that three crested ibis chicks had hatched on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, the first time chicks had hatched in the wild...
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  • and was dishonorably discharged from the army. Charles then lived on Sado Island in Japan with his family until his death in 2017. In November 2004, North...
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    taiko playing and took them to Sado Island for training where Den and his family had settled in 1968. Den chose the island based on a desire to reinvigorate...
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  • shadowy officials to investigate the fatal poisoning on penal colony on Sado Island of the exiled and disgraced Prince Okisada. The suspect is the son of...
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    northern Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, and Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. Mainland Niigata dialect is classified into Tōkai-Tōsan...
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    Shapeshifting venomous snakes Ichimoku-nyūdō (Japanese) – One-eyed kappa from Sado Island Ichiren-Bozu (Japanese) – Animated prayer beads Ichneumon (Medieval Bestiaries)...
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