Sado Island’s Ogi Folk Museum

Learn about ancient Japanese Ship building techniques but don't forget the Artifact collection next door

There is a video here you can watch in English that describes how the shipping history of Sado made this island such a melting pot of culture from around Japan. You can go inside the boat and see exac...

They have an English handout which should be helpful for overseas visitors.

Before checking in at our onsen ryokan in Ogi, we visited the Ogi Local History Museum. This is a museum opened in 1972 by converting a school building built in 1920. The main display here is a replic...

Impressive boat with a few interesting displays

Stopped off here due to heavy rain. History and size of the boat was impressive. The giant wood carved "chinko" was also unexpected. They also had other items on display in the school section. Nothing...

Nice Local Museum and Ship

A nice little museum that features a large wooden commercial vessel from the past. The museum rooms are a bit cluttered but have a great folk feel to them -- a lot of farm and marine implements, clot...

Interesting Museum

The museum comes in 2 parts. The first part contains a jumbled collection of artefacts and relics from the past. Although jumbled. it has been categorised by type of item. There is pottery, school ...