Island Mirage is a walk-through attraction where you can actually walk through the Doyu Mine of Sado Gold Mine while wearing the MR glasses "NrealLight". In a space where historical heritage and virtual worlds intersect, technology such as projection mapping is combined to create a new experience that has never existed before.

You will tour two tunnels: the Soutayu Pit, a mining tunnel from the Edo period that is a National Historic Site, and the Doyū Pit, a machine-mined tunnel from the Meiji period onwards that is a National Important Cultural Property and a National Historic Site.

The Soutayu Pit is based on the Sado Kinzan Emaki scroll and faithfully recreates the gold and silver mining scene from the Edo period using around 70 dolls.

The Doyū Pit was opened in 1899 (Meiji 32) and is a machine-mined tunnel that contributed greatly to the modernization of the Sado Gold Mine. In addition to the tunnels, many facilities such as the trolleys, machine shop, and crushing area remain as they were when the mine was in operation. You can also get a close-up look at the Doyū no Warito, a symbol of the Sado Gold Mine and the remains of an outcrop mine from the Edo period.

The Mumyoi Mine, where raw materials for Mumyoi ware, a specialty of Sado, were mined, and the Important Mountain Mine, which was excavated in the early Edo period and is of scientific value. Feel like a charlatan and fully explore the dark tunnels. Helmets, lights and boots are provided.

[Cooperation]

Tiffon Co., Ltd.

Niigata Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Niigata-Sado Tourism Promotion Organization