Udo Shrine

 

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.

 

Entrance of Shrine

Shrine in the Cave

Pacific Ocean

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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.

 

Shrine Gate

Chrysanthemum pattern

To the Shrine

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Down to the Shrine

Shrine entrance

Rocky cliffs

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Main Shrine in the Cave

Shrines in the Cave

Shrine in the Cave