Hikosan Shrine is located at Mount Hiko is a sacred mountain with an elevation of about 1,200m, consisting of three peaks. It has been worshipped as a sacred mountain since ancient times. In the center of the mountain is the Hikosan Shrine building, a nationally designated important cultural property. The approach path to the Shrine is approximately 900m from the torii gate, with 410 steps. To get to the Shrine, using the slope car is recommended that runs parallel to the approach path to the shrine. On your way back, enjoy the traditional Japanese scenery as walk along the approach path.         

Hikosan Shrine, in Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Okagaki is located west side of Fukuoka-prefecture and is facing to Genkai Sea. A road dedicated to bicycle run along the Genkai Sea from Okagaki Tourism Association to Ashiya, the distance is 7.5 km. Beautiful scenery of Genkai Sea can be enjoyed. Various rental cycles available at Okagaki Tourism Association.         

Cycling in Okagaki, Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Mount Hiko is a sacred mountain with an elevation of about 1,200m, consisting of three peaks, located on the border between Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka-prefecture and Nakatsu, Oita-prefecture. It has been worshipped as a sacred mountain since ancient times. In the center of the mountain is the Hikosan Shrine building, a nationally designated important cultural property, and many people visit the mountain in autumn, especially as it is a famous spot for viewing autumn leaves. There are several trekking courses from 3 hours to 6 hours courses.       

Mount Hiko trekking, in Fukuoka-prefectu…の続きを読む

  Phoenix Seagaia is a resort facility located in Hamayama, Yamazaki-cho, Miyazaki-city, Miyazaki-prefecture. As of 2024, its official name is “Phoenix Seagaia Resort.” The name is a combination of “Sea,” meaning the ocean, and “Gaia,” meaning the earth. It is home to the prestigious golf course “Phoenix Country Club” and Tom Watson Golf Course.  There is Sherton Grande Ocean Resort which is a luxury Hotel of 154-meter tower standing within a huge pine forest.               

Phoenix Seagaia Resort, Miyazaki-prefect…の続きを読む

  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

  Miyazaki & Nichinan are facing the Pacific Ocean with a beautiful coastline contains placed of natural beauty. Phoenix Seagaia is a resort facility, there is Sherton Grande Ocean Resort which is a luxury Hotel of 154-meter tower standing within a huge pine forest. and  It is home to the prestigious golf course “Phoenix Country Club” and Tom Watson Golf Course.  And also there are many beautiful places like Aoshima and Toi-misaki Cape.        

Miyazaki & Nichinan, in Miyazaki-prefect…の続きを読む

  Spectacle art collection of exposed Rocks created by raging wave. Hyuga is a bay city, facing the Hyuga nada Sea. The whole area along Cape Hyuga- misaki with its many exposed rocks is designated as the Nippo-Kaigan Quasi-National Park.  Umagase at the top of Cape Hyuga-misaki is a precipitous cliff of pillar-like rock, towering as high as 70m.

Hyuga, in Miyazaki-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Spectacle art collection of exposed Rocks created by raging wave. Hyuga is a bay city, facing the Hyuga nada Sea. The whole area along Cape Hyuga- misaki with its many exposed rocks is designated as the Nippo-Kaigan Quasi-National Park.  Umagase at the top of Cape Hyuga-misaki is a precipitous cliff of pillar-like rock, towering as high as 70m.

Hyuga, in Miyazaki-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Tatsumaki-Jigoku is located at Shibaseki district next to Chinoike-jigoku. Water spout Hell, a geyser, is a natural monument designated by Beppu city.  The Geyser means a hot spring spouting out boiling water and steam in interval.        

Tatsumaki-Jigoku exploring, in Beppu, Oi…の続きを読む

  The site is located at Shibasaki district next to Tatsumaki-Jigoku. The literal meaning of chinoike is blood-coloured pond. The clay is steaming hot point that the steam is red. Japan’s oldest natural Jigoku as written about in the Bungo Topography described as Akayusen, a reddish hot spring.    

Chinoike-Jigoku exploring, in Beppu, Oit…の続きを読む