Salamander waiting for the green tree frog to fall in Sado Island

Tadpole larvae of the forest green treefrog (Rhacophorus arboreus) hatching out of an egg cluster

Waiting in the Garden, the Morning We Were to Depart

A tree frog chirping back in response to the same species' chirps streaming from a cell phone

"Okesa Watermelons" grown in Sado had been shipped out the island from the early Showa period

Jizo worshipping is deeply rooted in Sado culture and the island is dotted with halls for praying. At Owada, Kanazawa Village

Bon festival in Sado comes a month later in August. Villagers gather for items to used for offering to Buddha

For Haiku Poems in Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province "Over the wild ocean/ all the way to Sado Island/ streaks the Milky Way!"

Students of Sado Girls Practical Secondary School dressed in costumes, presumably to participate in the Aikawa Mine Festival Parade

NEWS 687: Waiting for the question of returning to Paris to be resolved

NEWS 687: Waiting for the question of returning to Paris to be resolved

Sado has many famous places to enjoy cherry blossoms. Students enjoy the cherry blossoms in the Sawane Elementary School yard in Sawane Town

People enjoy a holiday in early summer, spit-roasting fish by the river on Sado Island

Sado Mine in Aikawa is the symbol of the island. Shot with infrared film which was rare in those days

Sado Island is filled with excellent traditional art and folk songs. It has matured with the cultural climate of the island

Geisha from Minami Sado Ogi Town perform in the grounds of Kisaki Shrine

Kiyobee Tsuji in Owada was a horse driver for horse sleighs transporting patients to Sado Hospital

Geisha girls help entertain at a party to promote Sado-miso

The foraging behavior of Japanese macaques on carpenter bees in Yakushima Island

Sado large set net fishing in the late Meiji period was technically improved to increase fish catches

Yajima/Kyojima, scenic beauty of Minami Sado. Ogi Geisha swim with their hair in a Shimada

Zeami was exiled to Sado in the Eikyo Era. There is a temporary stage

The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ: (14) The Dispute in the Temple

The newly opened Hamochi Clinic of Sado Hospital. People looking at the sign are rich

Tapes are thrown to see the soldiers off on the 8th Sadomaru in the 12th Year of Showa