The Earth Celebration Committee can not not reply to emails and or answer telephone calls to the office during the festival. (Aug. 16-19)
Please contact the Earth Celebration Information Centre with any inquiries by telephone or in person.
Aug. 16 (Thu) 13:00 – 17:00
Aug. 17 (Fri) -18 (Sat) 9:00 – 17:00
Aug. 19 (Sun) 9:00 – 15:30
Earth Celebration Info Centre Tel. 0259-86-2995
At Marine Plaza Ogi (Sado Tourism Association South Sado Branch)
Aug. 16 (Thu) 13:00-17:00
Aug. 17-18 (Fri-Sat) 9:00-17:00
Aug. 19 (Sun) 9:00-15:30
Aug. 20 (Mon) 9:00-12:00
EC Info Centre (1F): Ticket sales and event information
Tel. 0259-86-2995 (During business hours only)
EC Official Shop (2F)： *Open from 9:30 Aug. 17 (Fri) – 19 (Sun)
You’ll see blue flags with white Japanese writing featuring an “i” for information and men & women restroom signs. “Yoretcha!” means“ drop in” in Sado dialect, and these flags mark shops and houses where you can casually pop in to use their restroom and ask for directions.）
The local buses in the Ogi Area will stop at bus stops and anywhere youlike in between (except along the Ogi Shopping Street between EC Info Centre & Kotohira Shrine). Flag the bus down by raising your hand, and tell the driver when you want to get off. (You can do the same in other designated“ Hop-on, Hop-off” zones on Sado Is.)
*Fare is charged according to distance.
Driving is a great way to see the island without worrying about a timetable. To rent a car, it is best to make a reservation well in advance. Sightseeing taxis and tour buses are convenient, too. Please check the Sado Tourism Association website for details.
http://www.visitsado.com/en/
Question sheets are available at the EC Info Centre and EC Info Tent (at Harbour Market), so pick one up and take a walk around Ogi. Answer the quiz questions by visiting the designated stores and asking the staff. Bring all six answers back to the EC Info Tent to receive your prize. (Questions must to be asked and answered in Japanese, so only Japanese question sheets are available.)
Special EC-labeled sake will be on sale during EC at liquor stores in Ogi.
Description: EC Label Kintsuru Honjozou (100% Rice Sake)
Price: 1,000 yen (720ml, tax incl.) Inquiries: Kato Sake Shop
Tel. 0259-52-6511
To make your walks through Ogi more enjoyable, locals have hung handmade bamboo wind chimes in the streets especially for EC. Enjoy the feel-good sounds of the bamboo softly clanging in the wind as you explore this quaint town.
Aug. 17 (Fri) – 19 (Sun)
Venue: Honcho Dori (Main Shopping Street), Ogi
All seating in Shiroyama Park is general-admission, outdoor seating on the lawn. In order to make things smoother for everyone at the concert entrance, Entrance Order Colour Cards are distributed prior to each concert, and card-holders are admitted to the venue according to the colour on their card.
Aug. 17 & 18 (Fri/Sat) 9:00 – 17:00
Aug. 19 (Sun) 9:00 – 15:30
(Distribution will end when all cards are gone.)
Kisaki Shrine
You must show your ticket or voucher for that day’s concert to receive a card.
*There are “Elementary/Junior High School Student Entrance Order Colour Cards” available for ages 6-14. No ticket is required, so please just ask for the number of cards you require. (Ages 5 & under do not require a ticket or colour card.)
*Only one Entrance Order Colour Card will be granted per ticket. One person may receive up to a total of five Colour Cards, whether for ticketed adults or free admission school children. (We may increase this number when the queue is short.)
*We will prepare 1200 Entrance Order Colour Cards and will stop distribution when all cards are gone.
*Before the venue opens, please assemble in numerical order in the appropriate line at the time shown on your Entrance Order Colour Card.
*We will check your concert ticket as you enter the venue. Please have it ready in hand with your Colour Card. (You cannot enter the venue using only your Entrance Order Colour Card.)
*Entrance Order Colour Cards are not required for entrance, but those without cards will be admitted to the venue last. If you have time during the day to drop by Kisaki Shrine, we recommend picking one up so you are not kept waiting when the gates to the venue open.
*If you arrive at Kisaki Shrine after your assigned assembly time, please come to the Kisaki Shrine Reception Tent and you will be guided into the venue.
“Taiko Experience with Shinchan-sensei”
Aug. 10 (Fri) – 16 (Thu) Venue: Sado Island Taiko Centre (Tatakokan) ＞＞Click here for details
■ First Night: Aug. 15 (Wed) 19:00-21:00
Shiizaki Suwa Shrine Noh Stage (Harakuro, Ryotsu)
■ Second Night: Aug. 16 (Thu) 19:00-21:00
Kasuga Shrine Noh Stage (Orito, Aikawa)
◎Featuring: Reijiro Tsumura, Tadashi Ogasawara, Kaiji Moriyama, etc
The Recycling Tent is run by NPO “Eco Hibiki Sado,” Tokyo’s “Earth Garden,” and Sado high-school-student volunteers. We will be providing reusable cups for drinks. A refundable 100-yen deposit will be added to the price of your first drink and returned to you when you return the cup. Please return the cup to the stall where you bought your first drink to receive your 100-yen refund.
