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  • Udo-jingu Shrine
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    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Miyaura 3232
    This shrine is inside a cave in the side of a cliff facing Hyuganada. It is dedicated to Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto, the father of Emperor Jimmu, and it is believed to bring people together in romance. The main shrine contains a “reiseki kameishi” (magical turtle stone), and it is said that if you can successfully toss an “undama” (lucky stone) into one of its holes, your wish will come true.
    Udo-jingu Shrine image
  • Obi Castle Ruins
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    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Obi 10-1-2
    These are the ruins of Obi Castle, which served as the residence of the Ito family, lords of the Obi Domain, for the 280 years from 1588 to the early Meiji period. Currently, you can see many things that have been reconstructed and restored in the Showa period (1926-1989) such as the Ote-mon gate and the Edo period (1603-1868) Matsuo-no-Maru residence. In addition, the Obi Castle History Museum is on the premises and exhibits many items and historical materials related to successive lords and their retainers. Besides the Komura Memorial Hall and Merchant Museum, it offers common tickets that can also be used for other paid facilities nearby the castle. It is free to explore the castle ruins.
    Obi Castle Ruins image
  • Obi Castle Historical Museum
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    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Obi 10
    This museum of history located on the site of the ruins of the Obi castle can be entered with an admission fee. The museum displays about 220 valuable items such as historical items related to the Obi clan, the armor and swords of Ito Suketaka and Yamada Munemasa, warlords from the Warring States period, including those donated by the Ito family. The museum is visited by many tourists from both home and abroad.
    Obi Castle Historical Museum image
  • Obi Jokamachi
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 4-2-20
    Obi Jokamachi image
  • Misaki-jinja Shrine
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    Kasama City, Miyazaki Prefecture
    This shrine is located at the very end of Cape Toi and is said to have been established in 708. It is worshipped by those in the fishing and shipping industries and is known as the god of marriage and safety at sea. The shrine is located in a precipitous cliff, and the surrounding area is a natural forest of cycads, designated nationally as a special natural monument.
  • Yokobaba Dori
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi
    Yokobaba Dori image
  • Yowara Shrine
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Nangocho Yowara
    The beautiful vermilion-lacquered main shrine building is in the yatsumune-zukuri style, and together with the bell tower, has been designated an important cultural property of Obi Prefecture. The "Treasure Museum," located nearby, exhibits and stores about 90 items, including ancient documents and crowns handed down in the shrine, and is open to all visitors free of charge.
    Yowara Shrine image
  • Aburatsu Red Brick Hall
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Aburatsu 1-9-3
    "Located east of the Horikawa Canal, this two-story brick building was constructed in 1921 as a warehouse for the Kono Sojin family, a wealthy merchant in Yuritsu, and the interior passageway has an arched ceiling that retains the modern atmosphere of the Taisho period. Today, the building is open to the public as a nationally registered tangible cultural property that conveys the history of Aburatsu and the ""spirit of the citizens,"" and is used for private use, rest, concerts, lectures, and other events."
  • Obi Castle Ote-mon Main Gate
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 10
    This imposing watchtower gate, made of Obi cedar from trees over a century old, is located at the site of the ruined Obi Castle, which once served as the symbol of Obi Domain, whose wealth was evaluated about 66 square kilometers. The structure is the first visitors to Obi Castle will see. Obi Castle was demolished during the early Meiji period but was later rebuilt as a history museum as part of the Obi Castle Restoration Project in 1978. The gate is a faithful recreation of how it looked during the Edo period, down to details such as the wooden watari yagura roofed passageway, and authentic kawara roof tiles.
    Obi Castle Ote-mon Main Gate image
  • Matsuo no Maru
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 10-1-1
    This palace is a recreation of the several which were built in the vicinity of Obi Castle. Rebuilt in 1979, the palace is constructed in the Edo period shoin-zukuri style. The palace consists of over 20 rooms, including the goza-no-ma lord's living room, a tearoom, bedchamber, and storehouse. The shingle roofed bathing cabinet, made entirely of hinoki cypress, is modeled after the national treature Nishihonganji Temple's Hiunkaku pavilion. The surrounding room was built using cedar trees over 100 years old and faithfully recreates the unique, sauna-like architecture of such facilities which existed during the Edo period. The bathing cabinet was recreated thanks to the donations of numerous local residents, and their names are inscribed on the underside of the roofing tiles.
    Matsuo no Maru image
  • Komura Memorial Hall
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 4-2-20-1
    This international exchange center is located just beyond the Main gate of Obi Castle. The hall was built to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Komura Jutaro, a man who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs twice during the Meiji period and brought about the end of the Russo-Japanese War by signing the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905. Inside the spacious hall, visitors can learn about his early life and activities as a diplomat. Replete with a 200-seat large conference room and 40-seat small conference room as well as simultaneous interpretation facilities, the hall is used for international exchange and cultural events.
    Komura Memorial Hall image
  • Ihei Yamamoto House
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 5-2-26
    This merchant estate conveys the history and culture of Obi's merchant estates to modern generations. The estate looks virtually the same as it did when it was first built, an entirely new construction at the time, it was built by wealthy Obi merchant Ihei Yamamoto on the site of the birth home of diplomat Komura Jutaro after it collapsed and the merchant purchased the land. The estate is a historically valuable site which conveys the history of Obi, which flourished from the Edo through the early Showa periods thanks to the Obi cedar lumber industry.
    Ihei Yamamoto House image
  • Yoshokan
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 9-1-1
    This archetypical samurai residence was built in 1869 by Ito Sukeyori, lord of Obi Domain. The residence was named after a large, several-hundred-year-old camphor tree on the grounds. A yakuimon gate stands at the entrance, and the large grounds are occupied by a main residence, sukiya-zukuri-style teahouse, zosha servants' quarters and storehouse, and kura storehouse. The residence is said to have been one of the most prominent of the samurai residences around Obi Castle. The rock garden sprawling on the south side of the residence was created in the samurai, bugaku-ryu style. The famous garden is one of the best in the entire Kyushu region both in terms of its size and superb state of preservation.
    Yoshokan image
  • Tanokami Hachiman Shrine
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Obi 10-chome 3-12

    飫肥城下町の外れ、飫肥城から北東方面にある神社です。 観光ルートから微妙に外れた場所にあるため、観光客はほとんど来ない立地です。 鳥居および長い階段と見ただけでも風格があることがわかり、古の神社という雰囲気を感じます。 しかし、拝殿はあまりにも普通すぎる建物で、アレという感じです。 なお境内にある日南市の天然記念物に指定されているクスノキは樹齢四〇〇年といわれているそうで、非常に立派です。

  • Iwasaki Inari Shrine
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    3.0
    2 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Hoshikura 5503- Ro

    地方の素朴な感じの稲荷神社でした。飫肥駅の南側からも行けるようでしたが、駅前の222号線を西に進み、国道沿いにあった朱塗りの門から稲荷神社に上っていきました。

  • Airatu Shrine
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Zaimokuchou 9-10

    油津の堀川橋を渡ったところにある神社。境内の参道には大木があり、古い歴史を感じます。男はつらいよ、の映画ロケ地にもなった神社です。

  • Kenhajoseki
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    Miyazaki Pref. Kushimashi Nishikata
  • Komurajutaroseika
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    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Obi 4-chome 8259-1
  • Nakatsuno Training Center
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    Miyazaki Nichinan-shi Yoshinokata
  • Hiruyaeinokenshukan
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    Miyazaki Pref. Nichinanshi Kitagouchoukitakawauchi
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An unmissable highlight of Kyushu, Miyazaki prefecture satisfies nature lovers with its dramatic gorges cut out of rugged cliffs, leading into waterfalls and beaches of green-blue water popular among surfers. Takachiho Gorge in the north of the prefecture tells a tale of centuries-old Japanese mythology in a fantastic setting, allowing visitors to explore the waters by boat before heading up to the cave at the Awano Iwato Shrine, where the sun goddess was said to have hidden, plunging the world into darkness.

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