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Top 7 sights in Sado

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   Watatsu Shrine

   Watatsu Shrine (度津神社, Watatsu-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the Hamochiiioka neighborhood of the city of Sado, Niigata. It is the ichinomiya of former Sado Province.

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   Lake Kamo

   Lake Kamo is a brackish lake on the Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Honshu, Japan. The lake is the largest of Niigata prefecture.

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   Mount Kongō

   Mount Kongō (金剛山, Kongō-san) is a 962.2-metre-high mountain in the city of Sado, located on Sado Island in Niigata, Japan. The Sado mine and Mount Kinpoku are nearby.

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   Rengebu-ji Temple

   Rengebuji (蓮華峰寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Chisan-ha sect of Shingon Buddhism located in the Southern side of Sado island. The temple is said to have been founded by Kūkai in the 9th century.

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   Mount Kinpoku

   A mountain of 1,171.9 metres in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan — the highest point on Sado island. It rises in the middle of the Ōsado range.

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   Sado Kokubun-ji Temple

   The Sado Kokubun-ji (佐渡国分寺) is a Shingon sect Buddhist temple located in the city of Sado, Niigata, Japan. Its honzon is Yakushi Nyōrai.

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   Art and Natural History Museum of Sado

   A museum at Yahata in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1957 with funding from Niigata Kotsu and others, and has been run by the city since 2014.

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