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大分県 · Tourism

Kokonoe Yume Bridge

九重町大分

Among the largest pedestrian-only bridges in Japan, at 173 metres high.

大分県 · Tourism

Kitsuki

杵築市国東・宇佐

A sandwich castle town, with samurai quarters on the rises to north and south and the merchant town in the valley between.

大分県 · Tourism

Nagayu Onsen

竹田市大分

日本有数の炭酸泉。飲泉の文化が残る。

大分県 · Tourism

Isshinji

大分市大分

About 15,000 double-flowered cherry trees in the hills of Tsukano. In April the whole mountain turns pale pink.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Haniwaen

宮崎市宮崎

Figures copied from the haniwa of Saitobaru stand among the trees.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Kunimigaoka

高千穂町県北

On autumn mornings a sea of cloud fills the basin. A grandson of Emperor Jimmu is said to have surveyed the land from here.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Moai

日南市県南

The only replicas in the world that the elders of Easter Island have permitted.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Obi Jokamachi

日南市県南

The little Kyoto of Kyushu. Its domain school, Shintokudo, survives.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Saitobaru Kofun

西都市宮崎

More than 300 burial mounds spread across the plateau. One of the largest such groups in Japan.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Shiiba

椎葉村県北

One of the three great hidden regions of Japan. Slash-and-burn farming and Taira clan legends survive here.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Yokagura

高千穂町県北

Thirty-three dances performed through the night. They are still dedicated in the houses of the village.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Aoshima

宮崎市宮崎

An island ringed by wave-cut rock shelves, thick with subtropical plants.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Udo Jingu

日南市県南

You go down the cliff to the halls inside the cave, and throw the unadama balls.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Nichinan Coast

日南市ほか県南

An avenue of phoenix palms runs along the coast. It was once the mecca of the honeymoon.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Ebino Highland

えびの市都城

The crater lakes of the Kirishima range. The starting point for climbing Karakunidake.

宮崎県 · Tourism

Aya Suspension Bridge

綾町宮崎

It spans a forest of broadleaf evergreens, a UNESCO Eco Park.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Chiran Buke Yashiki

南九州市南薩

The little Kyoto of Satsuma. Seven of its gardens are Places of Scenic Beauty.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Sunamushi

指宿市南薩

You are buried in the sand of the beach, a way of bathing rare anywhere in the world.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Izumi Fumoto

出水市霧島

The largest outer fortress town of the Satsuma domain. A town of samurai who guarded the border.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Izumi Tsuru

出水市霧島

One of the largest wintering grounds for cranes in the world. More than ten thousand birds arrive.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Hatsuuma-sai

霧島市霧島

Horses hung with bells move up the approach as if dancing.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Kirishima Onsen

霧島市霧島

A gift of the volcano. It was where the mountain ascetics took the waters.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Sakurajima

鹿児島市鹿児島

It is still erupting. The 1914 eruption joined it to the Osumi peninsula.

鹿児島県 · Tourism

Senganen

鹿児島市鹿児島

A garden that treats Sakurajima as its artificial hill and Kinko Bay as its pond. The remains of the Shuseikan works stand alongside.