Hyuga, in Miyazaki-prefecture

 

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.

Chiran, in Kagoshima-prefecture

 

Chiran is a small town in the middle of the Satsuma Peninsula in Kagoshima-prefecture.

It is called a “small Kyoto” and has a preserved Samurai district including a collection of

Samurai houses and gardens. Another interesting place to visit is the Chiran Peace

Museum.

Population : 13,000 people