[Two-day / Overnight] Eco Bike Tour of the Town of Ogi ~ Revel in local cuisine in the neighboring Hamochiosaki

Participants will gather at Marine Plaza Ogi (at the EC Information Centre) and rent an electric bicycle (500 yen per two hours). With a map of Ogi Peninsula in hand, off we go!

[Sado Kisen Steam Ship]
High-speed car ferry departs Naoetsu Port at 9:30 → Arrive at Ogi Port at 11:10.

Yajima Taiken Koryukan is nestled at the back of a cove with a view of Yajima and Kyojima. You can enjoy a tub-boat ride in the picturesque scenery of the Sado Geopark and Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park. The centre also offers an array of workshops such as fishing from the rocky shore, dried squid making and soba (buckwheat noodles) making. (Please contact the centre for details.) At the eatery, you will experience the delights of soba and udon noodles with nagamo seaweed.

Having been a port since the medieval times, Shukunegi went through the prosperous 17th century brought about by Sado Kinzan Gold Mine, and developed as a kitamaebune port of call for the merchant shipping industry. Facing a small inlet, Shukunegi is characterised by the crowded rows of over 100 houses built with plate walls made from ship planks, and it has been designated as a National Important Preservation Area for Traditional Buildings and Architecture. Three private houses are open to the public (admission charges required), and the entire Shukunegi village represents a history of involvement in ship-related industries.

The Harbour Market is a marketplace where people naturally have the opportunity to mingle and exchange. For the first time this year the market will collaborate with the mobile outdoor art project Cinema Caravan, and have a new look. More details coming soon!

In the mountain ravine there is a quiet farming town of Hamochi Osaki where you will find residents who live rich lives with a deep appreciation for nature. On this tour you will enjoy simple country cuisine and have your fill of fragrant soba as you are introduced to a host of the folk performing art forms of Hamochi Osaki. This includes the very rare opportunity to see Bunya puppetry, designated a significant intangible folk cultural asset by the Japanese government.