Name: 入住日本最神祕的島嶼｜佐渡島 (Staying on Japan's Most Mysterious Island | Sado)
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So today we’re racing across the Sea of Japan towards Sado Island, Japan’s 6th biggest

island, about 80km off the coast of Niigata.

As always I’m joined by my good friend Ryotaro on this trip.

It might be 80km away into the sea of Japan, but Sado Island has played an important role

in Japanese history, as both a place of exile and Japan’s primary source of gold.

We’re off on a two day trip to explore the island, from it’s fresh local cuisine, to

But our first stop is the goldmine that once drove the island’s economy and funded the

Japanese government for several centuries.

A goldmine which, today, is inhabited by dozens of terrifying robots.

In Tokyo you can go to Robot restaurant, but in Sado you can go to a robot mine.

We’re the only ones down here because it’s off-peak season, so there’s not many people around.

But there are hundreds of robots working their way through the mine, hammering away.

It’s impressive but it’s also a little bit creepy as they’re made so well, that

As well as being genuinely terrifying, the robots helps to put the grim reality of life

Open from 1601 to 1989, 78 tons of gold and 2,300 tons of silver were successfully mined

There’s around 400km of mining tunnels at the Goldmine and the mine has led to one of

Sado’s most iconic sights; the mountain above the mine has had the center visibly

excavated over the centuries, to look, like Pacman’s mouth.

But looking at the terraformed mountain really helps you to appreciate the mining operations

After visiting the mine we decided to go panning for some gold of our own.

And the power hungry Ryotaro didn’t waste time trying to unearth some new found wealth.

How are you going to spend your new found wealth?

You remind me a bit of Gollum when he found the ring, the way you’re looking at that gold.

After Ryotaro had become rich beyond his wildest dreams, we headed inland, to one of Sado’s

oldest and most secluded temples, dating back over 1,200 years.

If you were Emperor what would you be called?

What would you call yourself if you were King.

So why does this place look so much like Kiyomizudera in Kyoto.

There was monk in the year 808 who came over here and met the people who were exiled and

He realised it must have been very hard for people to travel to Kyoto, as back then it

So they actually built a smaller version of Kiyomizu dera temple.

It’s a faithful replica though, albeit a lot quieter than Kiyomizu dera temple.

The one in Kyoto has millions of tourists, but here I don’t find anyone other than

Yeah it’s nice to be at a temple and not have the sound of iPhone camera shutters going

Sado is also home to Niigata prefectures only five storey pagoda, which two generations

of carpenters 30 years to craft and construct.

And once again, we’ve got the whole place to ourselves.

Before heading out to dinner, we check in to our hotel for an hour.

It always amazes me how quickly humans go into a nice clean tidy hotel room and do this.

For dinner, we’re lucky to visit one of Sado islands best restaurants called Seisuke

With your $5 dollar sweatshirts and $20 jeans from Camden market.

I think you’ve got the wrong definition of the youth of today.

The beloved viewers of this channel will back me up that this is great.

No they’ll backfire you for god’s sake.

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