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宮崎県 · Art & museums

Aya Evergreen Forest

綾町宮崎

A primeval forest saved when the mayor refused a felling plan; a suspension bridge now crosses its canopy.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Aya Craft Centre

綾町宮崎

A town that paired forest protection with taking in craftspeople; woodworkers and weavers have gathered here.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Shiiba Village

椎葉村県北

Where slash-and-burn farming survived longest in Japan; its long houses string every room in a single line along the slope.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Tsurutomi House

椎葉村県北

Rooms strung in one line, a plan some read as descended from Heian palace layout, preserved deep in the mountains.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Nichinan Coast

日南市県南

Wave-cut ridges running along the coast, the tilt of the strata showing directly as pattern.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Cape Toi

串間市県南

Horses turned loose by the domain three centuries ago still live wild here - and their grazing is what keeps the grassland open.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Ikime Burial Mounds

宮崎市宮崎

Large keyhole tombs on a plateau above the river, laid out so the mounds can be climbed and their shape felt.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Naito Family Garden, Nobeoka

延岡市県北

The Nobeoka lords' garden, its pond fed from the town's water and framed by the hills behind.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Kagura Masks of Hyuga

高千穂町県北

Each hamlet has its own carver, so the same character wears a different face; broken masks are recut and the line renews.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Terraces of Gokase

五ヶ瀬町県北

Stone-walled paddies cut into the Kyushu range, their contour lines running in tiers across the slope.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Stone Terraces of Hinokage

日之影町県北

Houses and fields alike stand on stacked stone; the masonry is the condition of the village's existence.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Forestry of Morotsuka

諸塚村県北

Logs stacked for growing shiitake fill the woods; mixing conifer and broadleaf shows on the mountain as pattern.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Terraces of Takachiho

高千穂町県北

Terraces filling a valley named in the founding myths - story and farmland lying on the same ground.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Miyazaki Jingu and the Peace Tower

宮崎市宮崎

Nearby stands a 37-metre tower built in 1940 from stones gathered across Japan and overseas - a monument with a contested history.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Weaving and Dyeing of Miyazaki

綾町宮崎

Studios in Aya dye with plants from the protected forest - conservation and dye supply tied together.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Stonework of Hyuga

日向市県北

Soft tuff quarried for lanterns and walls; its workability is why stone culture is dense in this province.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Industrial Landscape of Nobeoka

延岡市県北

A company town grown on chemicals, its chimneys and tanks built into the view of the river and the streets.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Stone Walls of Obi

日南市県南

Walls of finely cut stone laid without gaps - unusually high masonry for southern Kyushu.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Shipping of Mimitsu

日向市県北

Planks from broken-up ships were reused as fencing - material recycling showing directly on the street.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Haniwa of Saitobaru

西都市宮崎

A house-shaped haniwa with smaller structures attached - a three-dimensional record of ancient building.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Ebino Highlands

えびの市都城

Crater lakes coloured blue and green by volcanic chemistry, shifting with season and weather.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Modern Architecture of Miyazaki

宮崎市宮崎

Large resort buildings from the bubble years, left as the built record of a period's thinking.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Kojima and the Coastal Terraces

串間市県南

The island where monkeys were first seen washing sweet potatoes - the first record of culture transmitted among animals.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Farmland of Tsuno

都農町宮崎

Vineyards terraced down a slope toward the sea - farming shaping terrain into steps.