宮崎県 · Kyushu Region
Miyazaki Hidden Gems
A sunny Pacific coast of surf beaches and palm trees, backed by mythic gorges and shrines tied to Japan's founding legends.
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Climate & Best Season
Warm, sunny and typhoon-exposed, with the most sunshine hours in Japan and very mild winters. Good year-round.
Famous For (Food)
- Chicken nanban
- Miyazaki beef
- Hiyajiru
- Mango
Signature Sights
- Takachiho Gorge
- Udo Shrine
- Aoshima's 'devil's washboard'
- Nichinan coast
Miyazaki
Miyazaki· Hyuga
Umagase
Umagase is the tip of the Hyuga peninsula, where cliffs of columnar-jointed welded tuff drop seventy metres into the Pac…
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Miyazaki· Aya
Aya Teruha Suspension Bridge
The bridge is 250 metres long, 1.2 metres wide and 142 metres above the Ayaminami river, which for a long time made it t…
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Miyazaki· Takachiho
Kunimigaoka
Kunimigaoka is a ridge above the Takachiho basin where, according to the legend, Takeiwatatsu — a grandson of Emperor Ji…
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