Sado Kokubunji
Sado has a history of religious figures such as Nichiren being exiled here, and it holds a stratum of belief unlike the mainland.
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Sado has a history of religious figures such as Nichiren being exiled here, and it holds a stratum of belief unlike the mainland.
The tutelary shrine of Niigata, at the heart of a port town that opened out at the mouth of the Shinano river.
The only five-storey pagoda on Sado, said to be modelled on the pagoda at Nikko Tosho-gu.
A provincial temple was established on the island, proof that Sado mattered from early times.
The tutelary shrine of Shibata, known for its daiwa float festival.