Doyu no Wareto
道遊の割戸
A giant ore-vein remnant on the mountaintop, cut by human hands into a V-shaped gash about 30 meters wide and 74 meters deep, a symbol of the Sado Gold Mine.
Doyu no Wareto is a giant open-cut left by excavation carried out from the summit downward along gold and silver veins in the early Edo period. The mountain looks as if it has been split in two with an axe. It is about 30 meters wide and 74 meters deep, the most iconic landscape of the Sado Gold Mine, and a core component of the World Heritage property. It can be viewed up close from the lookout near the exit of the Doyu tunnel on the Gold Mine sightseeing tunnel route, and seen from afar on roads in Aikawa town. It is usually visited together with the gold mine tunnels. Viewing from a distance is free.
Opening hours
Open all day (close-up viewing follows Kinzan Tunnel hours)
Nearby sights
- Sado Gold Mine
- Kitazawa Flotation Plant Ruins
- Sado Magistrate's Office
- Aikawa Kyomachi Street
- Nanaura Coast & Meoto-iwa
- Senkaku Bay
- Sado History and Legend Museum
- Daizen Shrine Noh Stage