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  • Aya International Craft Castle
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    Miyazaki Higashimorokata-gun Ayacho Kitamata 1012
    This traditional crafts facility is located in Aya Town, a town known for its handmade crafts. The facility displays handmade crafts from the town and also holds craft making activities such as fabric dying and pottery making. Aya Town continues to preserve and maintain a culture of traditional crafts, and this facility was built with the aim of passing on traditional crafts, made by the hands of experienced craftspeople, to future generations. The facility consists of an all-wood crafts display hall standing in a corner of the grounds, and two crafts buildings, and these are used to display and sell crafts and hold pottery making and fabric dyeing classes. The facility also serves as a gallery and is used for solo exhibitions and design research and development.

    綾城(あやじょう)は宮崎県東諸県郡綾町北俣(みやざきけんひがしもろかたぐんあやちょうきたまた)にある城址だ。足利尊氏の家臣であった細川小四郎義門が築いたと言われ、伊東四十八城の一つ。伊東四十八城といえば、前日に行った日知屋城も、そのひとつとされる。 築城は1331年-1334年で、別名「竜尾城」とも呼ばれる。1615年の一国一城令により、廃城となった。 2022年4月5日、この日はファミリーロッ...

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An unmissable highlight of Kyushu, Miyazaki prefecture satisfies nature lovers with its dramatic gorges cut out of rugged cliffs, leading into waterfalls and beaches of green-blue water popular among surfers. Takachiho Gorge in the north of the prefecture tells a tale of centuries-old Japanese mythology in a fantastic setting, allowing visitors to explore the waters by boat before heading up to the cave at the Awano Iwato Shrine, where the sun goddess was said to have hidden, plunging the world into darkness.

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