Beautiful and exciting Shine. Udo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the cave of the cliff side facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located about 35 km south of Miyazaki city. In legend, a goddess of sea built a hut to give birth to a great god here. Then it is said that Empress Suiko (554-628) built the shrine there. The priest of Tendai Buddhism built a Buddhist temple in 782, on the order of Emperor Kanmu. In the middle ages, this area had been the training place for mountain priests because of the steep rocky cliffs.

Udo Shrine, in Nichinan, Miyazaki-prefec…の続きを読む

  This site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution site in 2015 Built in 1910 on the east bank of the Onga River. It served, and still serves, to deliver  industrial water to Yawata via an 11.4 km pipeline. This supply is integral to the steel  production process and was necessary to cope with the 1st phase expansion of the  Imperial Steel Works. 

Onga River Pump Station…の続きを読む

  Cruz Sea is located in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture. Your wishes come true here. The Cruz Sea is an area of ocean that appears to have a cross in it when viewed from an observatory. This cape is known as a ria coast; the “cross shape” was created by the narrow terrain here being eroded by rivers, resulting in a cross-shaped sea route. Because the cross-shape looks similar to the Japanese kanji character 叶 (meaning “to grant a wish”) it is commonly said that if you make a wish here it will be granted.     

Cruz Sea, in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture…の続きを読む