
Miyazaki Jingu Grand Festival
Miyazaki's largest festival honors Emperor Jimmu with a grand autumn procession of portable shrines and floats reenacting the legendary emperor's journey.
Miyazaki · 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2027

Miyazaki's largest festival honors Emperor Jimmu with a grand autumn procession of portable shrines and floats reenacting the legendary emperor's journey.
Miyazaki · 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2027
A shrine at Takachiho that worships the cave where the sun goddess is said to have hidden, leaving the world in darkness.

A gorge in Miyazaki where cliffs of columnar rock rise from the Gokase River, with a waterfall that can be reached by hired boat.
Takachiho
Obi Castle, ruled by the Ito clan for centuries, was completely refurbished in the late 1970s along with its surrounding castle town.
Nichinan
Miyazaki's largest festival honors Emperor Jimmu with a grand autumn procession of portable shrines and floats reenacting the legendary emperor's journey.
31 Oct – 1 Nov 2027Exact date not confirmed yetMiyazakiJR Kyushu trains south of Kumamoto and Oita, including the shinkansen from Kumamoto to Kagoshima
¥12,0003 days, adult
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Shinto shrine in Saito dedicated to Konohanasakuya-hime, the second-ranked shrine of old Hyuga Province, with a camphor tree that is a Natural Monument.
Saito · MiyazakiReconstructed hilltop castle in Aya, Miyazaki, on the site of a castle first built in the 1330s, with a museum of local history and swords by Tanaka Kunihiro.
Aya · MiyazakiShrine on record since 837, once head of the Six Shrines of Kirishima, enshrining Ninigi, his son and grandson, and their three wives.
Kobayashi · MiyazakiSite of a medieval castle in Takajo, Miyakonojo, fought over for about 280 years by rival clans; the Takajo Historic Museum now stands in its moat.
Miyakonojo · MiyazakiShinto shrine whose precinct is the whole of Aoshima island, dedicated to Hikohohodemi, Toyotamahime and Shiotsutsu no Okami of the Yamasachihiko myth.
MiyazakiA city-run public observatory in Takazaki, Miyakonojo, with a large telescope for day and night sky viewing and a planetarium.
Miyakonojo · MiyazakiThis shrine enshrines Amaterasu Omikami and Toyoukebime, along with five other Shinto deities including Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Ame-no-Tajikarao.
Miyakonojo · MiyazakiShrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu and ancestral deities, believed to occupy the site of the emperor's ancient palace before his legendary eastern expedition.
MiyazakiA gorge in Miyazaki where cliffs of columnar rock rise from the Gokase River, with a waterfall that can be reached by hired boat.
Takachiho · MiyazakiA shrine at Takachiho that worships the cave where the sun goddess is said to have hidden, leaving the world in darkness.
MiyazakiA shrine on the coast of Miyazaki whose vermilion hall stands inside a sea cave, with a rock said to have nursed the god born there.
Nichinan · MiyazakiObi Castle, ruled by the Ito clan for centuries, was completely refurbished in the late 1970s along with its surrounding castle town.
Nichinan · Miyazaki
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Agoda9.3 ExceptionalTakachiho Hanare no Yado Kamigakure Ryokan
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