Tickets & Tickets
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- Open 365 days a year
April to October: 8:00-17:30
November to March: 8:30-17:00
- RATES
- * Child: elementary or junior high school
* Group: 20 persons or more
Course | Number | Adult | Child | Time | Operation | Booking |
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ISLAND MIRRORGE (Dohyu Tunnel) |
Individual | ¥ 3,000 | ¥ 2,550 | 30 minutes |
Morning departure times: every 30 minutes from 8 am Last morning departure time: 10:30 am Afternoon departure times: 4 pm and 4:30 pm Guests who cannot wear the MR glasses properly, including those accompanied by a parent, may not be allowed on the tour. Those under the age of 14 are only permitted with parental permission and supervision. |
By 4 pm the day before |
Edo (Sohdayu Tunnel) |
Individual | ¥ 900 | ¥ 450 | 30 minutes |
Last departure time: 5 pm (4:30 pm from November until March)
Every day of the year Self-guided |
Unnecessary |
Group* | ¥ 800 | ¥ 400 | ||||
Meiji (Dohyu Tunnel) |
Individual | ¥ 900 | ¥ 450 | 40 minutes |
Last departure time: 4:30 pm (4 pm from November until March)
Every day of the year Self-guided |
Unnecessary |
Group* | ¥ 800 | ¥ 400 | ||||
Two Tunnels(Edo&Meiji) | Individual | ¥ 1,400 | ¥ 700 | |||
Group | ¥ 1,200 | ¥ 600 | ||||
Guided Industrial Heritage Tour |
Individual | ¥ 1,500 | ¥ 750 | 70 minutes | April to November Over 10 persons |
By one week before |
Guided Prospector Adventure Tour |
Individual | ¥ 2,400 | ¥ 1,200 | 100 minutes | April to November Over 2, Up to 10 persons Departs at 10:00 14:00 Junior high or older |
By the day before |
* ¥ 400 (child ¥ 200) will be discounted when you purchase other tickets on the same day.
* Tour guides are conducted in Japanese language only.
Course Guide

National historic relic
National important cultural properties
National industrial heritage
ISLAND MIRRORGE(Dohyu Tunnel)
- Island Mirrorge is a walk-through attraction which allows you to explore Dohyu Tunnel wearing Mixed Reality (MR) glasses.
- Projection mapping and other technology have been introduced in the spaces where historical heritage points and virtual reality intersect.
- The attraction will guide you through a dark fantasy story set in the tunnels of Sado Gold Mine.
- For bookings, visit the official website.
- Cooperation: Tyffon Inc., Broadcasting System of Niigata Inc., Niigata Sado Tourism Authority
National historic relic
Edo(Sohdayu Tunnel)
- Tunnels dug by hand in early Edo era.
- In the tunnels deep in the ground we have faithfully
reproduced mining works which were pictured in Edo era.


National historic relic
National important cultural properties
National industrial heritage
Meiji(Dohyu Tunnel)
- Many industrial properties and tunnels can be observed
which had been used from Meiji era until the closure in 1989.
National historic relic
National important cultural properties
National industrial heritage
National important cultural landscape
Guided Industrial Heritage Tour
- Take the bus tour with our guide around the historic sites of
mining tunnels, a underground elevator, a crashing plant,
a smelting plant and shipping port, and also enjoy walking down the historic street to the magistrate's office.

National historic relic
Guided Prospector Adventure Tour(Ogiriyama Tunnel)
You can walk through dark tunnels which were dug in early Edo era, and experience and enjoy the prospector adventure in the pitch dark tunnels with a helmet & a flashlight.
【Ogiriyama Tunnel】
It took 14 years to dig the two parallel tunnels in 1647 and to find large gold vein at last.
【Mumyoui Tunnel】
Tunnels were developped in Edo, Meiji and Showa era, and had been left untouched for many years.
Walk into the borth pitch dark tunnel with a helmet and a flashlight.

