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宮崎県 · Art & museums

Obi Castle Town

日南市県南

A castle town of cedar fences and stone walls, the first in Kyushu designated a preservation district.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Obi Cedar

日南市県南

Resinous and water-resistant, this cedar was prized for ship timber, and the domain lived on managing its forests.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Aoshima and the Devil's Washboard

宮崎市宮崎

Alternating sandstone and mudstone eroded into regular ridges that ring the island at low tide.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Mimitsu District

日向市県北

A port trading with Osaka, and so lined with Kyoto-style townhouses rarely seen elsewhere in Kyushu.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Hososhima

日向市県北

A natural harbour ringed by hills, keeping its shipping agents' houses and paved lanes.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Miyakonojo Bows

都城市都城

Bamboo and sumac laminated with hide glue through over two hundred steps; most Japanese bamboo bows are made here.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Takanabe Daishi

高鍋町宮崎

One man began carving in his sixties and spent thirty years cutting 700 stone figures over a burial ground - untrained, and overwhelming in number.

宮崎県 · Art & museums

Sadowara Clay Dolls

宮崎市宮崎

Clay dolls counted among the sources of the Kyushu tradition, still made from Edo-period moulds.

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.