Ogi

Japanese: 小木 - おぎ

This is the former town area at the southern end of Sado City in the west of Niigata Prefecture. It is located at the southern tip of Sado Island. It was incorporated as a town in 1889. In 2004, it merged with Ryotsu City and one other city, six towns, and two villages to form Sado City. Ogi, the central settlement, was a small fishing village, but as the development of the Sado mines progressed, it was designated as Kotsu (a port for exporting gold) during the Keicho period, and developed rapidly after the Ogi Guardhouse was established. In the early modern period, it gained importance as a port for waiting for favorable winds on the westward route. After the Meiji period, Ryotsu Port in the northeast became the main gateway to Sado, and today it is connected by ferry to Naoetsu in Joetsu City. This is a tourist destination in southern Sado, centered on Rengehoji Temple, which has the Kobo-do and Kondo halls that are nationally important cultural properties, Ogi Coast, a national scenic spot and natural monument, Chojagahira ruins from the Jomon period (nationally designated historic site), and the Ogi Marine Park area. Ogi's Gosho cherry blossoms are a national natural monument. The area belongs to Osado Prefectural Natural Park and Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama Quasi-National Park.

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Japanese:

新潟県西部，佐渡市南端の旧町域。佐渡島南端に位置する。1889年町制。2004年両津市はじめ 1市 6町 2村と合体し，佐渡市となった。中心集落の小木は小さな漁村であったが，佐渡鉱山の開発が進むと慶長年間公津（金移出港）に定められ，小木番所が設置されてから急速に発展。近世には西回り航路の風待ち港としての重要性を増した。明治以後は北東部の両津港が佐渡の表玄関口となり，今日では上越市の直江津とフェリーで結ばれている。国の重要文化財の弘法堂および金堂を有する蓮華峰寺，国の名勝・天然記念物の小木海岸，縄文時代の長者ヶ平遺跡（国指定史跡），小木海域公園地区などを中心とした佐渡南部の観光地。小木の御所ザクラは国の天然記念物。区域は小佐渡県立自然公園と佐渡弥彦米山国定公園に属する。

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