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

The Sumo tournament at the Shrine's vacant land was a much awaited event in a time when there was not much leisure

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

IN CHINA 21: To think that there is what the French call Chinese!..

Recently there was a crowd at La Conciergerie

Field day at Sado Girls Secondary School was a festive event, popular among the neighbors

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

Kin Fujita was a nationally-famous, beautiful and talented Geisha in the red light district of Minami Sado Ogi Town

Onidaiko (demon drum dance) is a traditional arts that signifies Sado. Dance with valiant music

Strangers in Paris 3: What is called dining in a restaurant: －Waiter!...I've been in your establishment for an hour and a quarter without having a chair...and you've still only given the tooth-picks to my wife who's dying of hunger... you'll make me lose my normal posture, and I'll end up with my feet in the dish... do you understand, waiter! －There now, Sir... there there now, there there!!!

JOURNEY TO CHINA 10: CHINESE PROBITY. The unfortunate man who commits a little failing and gives 80 per cent to his creditors is ruined, dishonoured, lost, and sees all his careers close before him... if he would like to be well thought of, well received in the world, there is only one way... that is to begin again upon a bigger scale and to give away nothing at all

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

MONOMANIACS 3: THE EXPERT: There are Experts and Experts, as there are Uncouth Peolple and Uncouth People. Firtly [there is] the Expert who knows (this is the rarest type); then the Expert who knows nothing, or knows stupid and useless things, that is to say, less than nothing. The Expert of these different categories passes for a profound, serious man; he is in a very good position, and makes a reputation in the world, like all who are hollow. He passes his days full of pleasures and free from failings, except that he is subject to the Cross of Honoour and the Academy

MONOMANIACS 3: THE EXPERT: There are Experts and Experts, as there are Uncouth Peolple and Uncouth People. Firtly [there is] the Expert who knows (this is the rarest type); then the Expert who knows nothing, or knows stupid and useless things, that is to say, less than nothing. The Expert of these different categories passes for a profound, serious man; he is in a very good position, and makes a reputation in the world, like all who are hollow. He passes his days full of pleasures and free from failings, except that he is subject to the Cross of Honoour and the Academy

NEWS 194: To a known air: －Oh! Richard, oh! my king, the universe abandons you, On the earth there is thus only you interested in your person

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

For Haiku Poems in Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province "The hot sun continues to glare/ but, lo!, there is a feel of cool autumn wind in the air!"

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

British troops were brought in to maintain order in Belfast where clashes wereongoing. The flag of the Republic of Ireland is visible in the window on

"Art Photo" was written on the picture of farmer, Jinzo Suzuki to show it was a favorite

NEWS 44: WATER FROM THE WELL OF GRENELLE: －Certainly this hot water is very bad to drink. －Yes, but there are many small insects in it!

NEWS 44: WATER FROM THE WELL OF GRENELLE: －Certainly this hot water is very bad to drink. －Yes, but there are many small insects in it!

Kaizawa Kenju, a former Japanese soldier who was left behind in Indochina afterthe end of World War II in the Pacific, joined the Anti-French Resist

MUSICAL SKETCHES 5: A gentleman managing to prove that he is able to sing and play the piano at the same time － which is a great discomfort

Celebrrrrrrated Painting Jury: composed of a Composer, an Astronomer, a Mathematician, several Architects and a Chemist. － The Chemist (yawning)... in... the... fi... nal... an...alysis..., and because on the painting Jury there is no Painter! What if we went to dinner