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宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Takachiho Jinja

高千穂町県北

Held to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. From November to February each year the night kagura is performed here, village by villa…

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Udo Jingu

日南市県南

Its main hall sits inside a cave on the coast. Held to be where the father of Emperor Jimmu was born, it is revered as a deity of safe childbirth.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Aoshima Jinja

宮崎市宮崎

It stands on an island ringed by the wave-cut rock shelves called the devil's washboard, and is covered in subtropical plants.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Amanoiwato Jinja

高千穂町県北

Its deity is the rock cave in which Amaterasu is said to have shut herself away. The nearby Amanoyasukawara is the cave where the gods are said to hav…

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Miyazaki Jingu

宮崎市宮崎

It enshrines Emperor Jimmu. Known for the great torii on its approach and a white wisteria over 600 years old.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Tsuno Jinja

都農町宮崎

First shrine of Hyuga Province. Emperor Jimmu is said to have prayed here before his eastern campaign.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Takachiho-kyo

高千穂町県北

A gorge of columnar jointing, formed when Aso pyroclastic flow set hard and the river cut through it. The Manai Falls drop into it.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Amanoiwato Nishi

高千穂町県北

The rock cave itself is the deity, so it has no main hall.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Amanoyasukawara

高千穂町県北

The cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer. Countless stones stacked by worshippers stand in rows.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Meoto Sugi

高千穂町県北

Two cedars joined at the root. Walk round them three times hand in hand, they say, and the bond is made.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Undama

日南市県南

You throw unglazed clay balls into a hollow in the rock below the cliff. Men throw with the left hand, women with the right.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Tsuma Jinja

西都市宮崎

It enshrines Konohanasakuya-hime, and carries a tradition of being the birthplace of Japanese sake.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Tsumakirishima Jinja

都城市都城

Stone steps said to have been built by an ogre in one night. A sacred stone, cut clean through, remains here.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Sano Jinja

高原町都城

Held to be the birthplace of Emperor Jimmu. Its cedar-lined approach runs a long way.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Imayama Hachimangu

延岡市県北

The tutelary shrine of Nobeoka, standing on a hill above the town.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Omi Jinja

日向市県北

It stands on a cliff of columnar jointing, and is called the Ise of Hyuga.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Amanoiwato Higashi

高千穂町県北

Held to be where Amaterasu lived after she came out of the rock cave.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kushifuru Jinja

高千穂町県北

Held to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. Originally the mountain itself was the deity.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Aratate Jinja

高千穂町県北

Said to be where Sarutahiko and Ame-no-Uzume were married. A deity of the performing arts.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Ushiodake Jinja

日南市県南

Held to be the only shrine in Japan enshrining Umisachihiko.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Aoshima Motomiya

宮崎市宮崎

Deep on the island, set among subtropical woodland.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Ikime Jinja

宮崎市宮崎

Revered as a deity of the eyes. It carries the legend of Taira no Kagekiyo.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Eda Jinja

宮崎市宮崎

It enshrines Izanagi. The Misogi pond beside it is held to be the birthplace of purification rites.

宮崎県 · Shrines & temples

Sennen Kusu

西都市宮崎

A great camphor with a hollow at its base. Passing through it is said to grant a child.