Ticket sales at all ticket outlets including Kodo Ticket Service will end on Tuesday, August 20th.

Ticket sales will start again at each EC box office from Thursday, August 22nd as stated below.
■8/22　EC Information Centre（located at Marin Plaza Ogi／13:00〜17:00）
■8/23〜25　Kisaki Shrine（9:00〜 around 19:00）

*Please note that there will be no ticket sale on Wednesday, August 21st.

Please come and see the vestiges of the port town’s former prosperity.

Dates and time: Aug. 23 (Fri) 25 (Sun) 10:00 17:00
Venue: Tennanso garage on the main shopping street
Entrance: Free
Sponsored by Ogi Minato Machinami no Wa

Photos provided by the Sado City Board of Education

Currently the airplanes that fly between Sado and Niigata are under maintainance. There will be no flights for this route during Earth Celebration. For more details, please contact New Japan Aviation（Tel. 025-278-3831）.

A talented composer, arranger and pianist, Takuro Iga will appear at the second-night Shiroyama Concert, “Sosei” on Saturday, August 24. Mr. Iga has played a collaborative role in the creation of Hiromitsu Agatsuma’s new work and is a pivotal part of the Kodo + Agatsuma Project.

Here is the commercial (60 second version) created by NST Niigata Sogo TV, currently being broadcast on that same channel. Please check out 30 second version on Facebook.

The bus stop for the EC Liner Buses leaving Ogi 30 minutes after Shiroyama Concerts and again at 23:00 will be moved to a new location. This change applies to EC Liner Buses bound for Aikawa via Sawata and to Ryotsu via Mano. The bus stop was originally located in front of the EC Info Centre. The new bus stop will be in the Rikiya Kanko parking, across the street from EC Info Centre and next to Harbour Market on Shiroyama Park side.

Inquiries: Niigata Kotsu Sado Tel. 0259-57-2121 (9:00-17:30)

Other EC special buses listed below will leave from the bus stop near the EC Info Centre as originally planned.

To Sobama

To Sawasaki via Shukunegi and Kowashimizu

To Mushiroba via Hamochi and Akadomari

You can have letters mailed at the Ogi Shukunegi Post Office from August 22-26 postmarked with a special Earth Celebration stamp. They will also be operating at a stall in the Harbour Market from August 23-25.