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- Takachiho-jinja Shrine
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai 1037
- The head shrine of the 88 Shrines of Takachiho Village, it is believed to have been erected around 1900 years ago. The shrine’s principle deities are Takachiho-sumegami and Jisshya-daimyojin and the shrine is believed to answer prayers in particular connected with the agricultural industry, the exorcism of evil, and luck in marriage and love. The shrine’s main building and guardian iron lion-dogs are designated Important Cultural Properties. The shrine is famous for the Yokagura, a ritual involving music and dance dedicated to the gods conducted from mid-November to early February the following year. The Takachiho Kagura, however, a similar dance conducted by performers wearing masks depicting the gods of Japanese myth, is held in the shrine’s kagura hall every night throughout the year at 8 pm; visitors can view this performance by paying a small fee.
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This place is so peaceful, clam, shady and respectful. Japanese tradition architecture was show around this shrine.
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- Amanoiwato Jinja
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4.5402 Reviews - Travel / Tourism
- Miyazaki Prefecture Nishiusuki-gun, Takachiho-cho, amano-iwato 1073-1
- This Shinto shrine is dedicated to the myth of Ama-no-Iwato, the cave to be where the sun goddess Amaterasu once hid herself from the world according to the Kojiki, the oldest existing chronicle of Japan. The shrine’s western and eastern main shrine buildings are dedicated to Amaterasu and straddle the Iwato River. After requesting to do so at the shrine office in the western shrine building, visitors can be purified and are then allowed to worship directly before the Ama-no-Iwato cave. In addition, the river bed (Amano-yasugawara) and cave where the innumerable gods and goddesses gathered and discussed what to do after Amaterasu went into hiding, is a 10-minute walk from the Western shrine building along the Iwato River.
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This simple shrine honors the sun goddess, Amasterasu & the cave she hides in during the winter months. In each shrine is a beautiful silver-blue disc representing her power. Every 30 minutes, one of...
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- Takachiho Gorge
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai Please Shioi
- This gorge owes its roots to pyroclastic flow that was discharged from the Aso caldera due to volcanic activity and flowed down along the Gokasegawa River. These pyroclastic deposits rapidly cooled and formed cliffs of columnar joints, which then experienced years of erosion from the Gokasegawa River, resulting in a V-shaped gorge. The approximately 100-meter high cliffs extend for seven kilometers, and the sunlight that filters through the tall cliffs and various trees above pours down into the clear streams of the river to create a mysterious atmosphere. One of the sights in the area is Manai Falls, a magnificent waterfall with a 17-meter cascade of water which has been selected as one of Japan’s top 100 waterfalls. Visitors can rent a rowboat and look up at the beautiful gradation of light.
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- Roadside Station Takachiho
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3.563 Reviews - Transportation
- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai 1296-5
- This is a roadside station in Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki County overlooking the “Shinto Takachiho Ohashi Bridge” and “Takachiho Gorge”. Visitors can enjoy shopping and dining as well as obtain tourist information. In the farmer’s market freshly picked vegetables and special local products are available. There is also a restaurant where visitors can taste seasonal produce and the regional specialty, chicken nanban (fried chicken with a sweet and sour sauce).
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バスツアーで訪問しました。大きなお顔の天野鈿女命（あまのうずめのみこと）がお出迎え。初め何かと思いました。70分のフリータイム。食事して買い物して、トイレに行く時間です。まずは食事。とろろそばが美味しかったです。2団体が入り満杯。10分で食べ終え、売り場へ。高千穂産のお米など売っていました。小さめの道の駅なので時間が余りました。
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- Tunnel’s station, Takachiho Tourist Information and Souvenir Hall
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Shimono 2221-2
- This is an undiluted sake storehouse for the Kagura Shuzo brewery, famous for products such as the mugi (barley) shochu Kurouma and soba (buckwheat) shochu Tensho. Originally a tunnel for the Trans-Kyushu railroad, construction was stopped due to flooding but gained new life as a barrel storage facility for shochu due to its unchanging temperature and humidity. Around 1,300 barrels are stored in the 1,115-meter-long tunnel, through which the rich aroma of vapor shochu drifts. At the facility’s tourism center, one can try the stored distilled spirit for free.
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A cool winery, using an old train tunnel to store barrels. Different kinds of wine are available for free tasting. Worth to stop by after visiting the gorge. You may also shop for local omiyage at...
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- Roadside Station Seiun-bashi
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukigunhinokagechou Nanaori 8705-12
- This is a roadside station located on National Route 218, providing a “local farmer’s market” where visitors can purchase local fresh produce and specialties. Visitors can enjoy the popular local specialty “chicken nanban” at the restaurant on the second floor overlooking the “Seiunbashi Bridge”. “Seiunbashi Bridge Park” and “Hinokage Onsen Station”, where visitors can enjoy a hot spring, are in the vicinity.
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延岡から高千穂に向かう途上にある道の駅。 午後２時過ぎ到着で遅めの昼食をレストランでいただきました。ちゃんぽんをオーダーしましたがかなりなボリュームで塩気が効いてて当方にとっては満足できる味でした。 レストランを出たところにある店舗では地元の農産物、土産物が多々販売されておりここなら十分に調達できるというレベルでした。 館内はそれ程混んでいない割には駐車場は６-７割埋まってます。この道の駅の下にあ...
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- Manai Waterfalls
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai
- The Manai Waterfalls are a symbol of Takachiho Gorge and have been chosen as one of Japan’s top 100 waterfalls. The highlight is the sight of the white sheets of spray rising and falling gently as they flow down from pillar joints of the cliff. After renting a boat and going near to the falls for a closer look, they become even more impressive. In the summer there is a limited time illumination, where one can enjoy some magnificent scenery.
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- Amanoyasugawara
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Iwato
- This riverbed is about a 10-minute walk up along the Iwato River from Amanoiwato-jinja Shrine. It is said that when Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun Goddess, shut herself inside this cave behind a rock door, eight million gods gathered here and held a ceremony. If you stack rocks and make a wish, it will supposedly come true—which is why countless piles of rocks can be seen in the area, creating a mysterious sight indeed.
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- Aratate-jinja Shrine
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai 667
- According to legend, this is the place where Sarutahiko no Mikoto and Ame no Uzume no Mikoto were married and lived. Because the shrine was hastily made from rough wood, it was given this name. Many people visit this shrine to pray for matchmaking, and because Sarutahiko no Mikoto is a patron god of the arts, it is also visited by entertainers.
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- Kushifuru Shrine
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai 713
- This shrine is said to be the where the grandson of the sun goddess descended to earth, and worships the deity of Kushifuru-no-mine. Originally, it was the sacred mountain of Kushifuru, but now it is dedicated to the main deity of “Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandchild of Amaterasu”. In addition, sumo wrestling is performed as part of Shinto harvest festivities on the 16th of October every year during the autumn Thanksgiving Festival.
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- Kunimigaoka
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- Miyazaki Prefecture Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho-cho
- "A 513-meter-high mountain located in Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki County, Miyazaki Prefecture. Visitors can enjoy a sweeping view encompassing the five peaks of Aso, the Sobo mountains, Mt. Amanokagu, the Takachiho Basin, and the Gokase River valley. The mountain is also famous across Japan for its ""sea of clouds."" According to legend, the mountain was named by Takeiwatatsu-no-Mikoto, grandson of Emperor Jinmu, when he visited the area while ruling Kyushu."
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- Shichifukutokuju board
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- Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Mitai 667 Arachidate Shrine grounds
- "A wooden board located on the grounds of Aratate Shrine which legend says will grant your wish if you make it with all your heart while firmly rapping the wooden boardseven times. A well-known mystical ""power spot,"" the wooden board is believed in particular to aid in the improvement of performing arts abilities and in finding luck in love and marriage. There are several other wooden boards hanging nearby, and visitors can walk the grounds while rapping them and making wishes."
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- Mt. Sobo
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- Miyazaki Prefecture Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho-cho
- A 1,756-meter-high mountain straddling Oita Prefecture and Nishiusuki County, Miyazaki Prefecture. The mountain has been designated Sobo-Katamuki Quasi-National Park. It is home to an abundance of virgin forest and wild animals, and visitors climbing the mountain can enjoy seasonal scenery such as Akebono azaleas, rhododendrons, and autumn foliage. Takachiho Gorge, located on the south side of the mountain, is also gaining attention as a picturesque sightseeing destination.
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- Kihachizuka
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho Cho Mitai
- This burial mound is situated in front of the designer Solest Takachiho Hotel near Takachiho Shrine. The mound is said to contain the head of the oni (mythical Japanese ogre) called Kihachi, who, according to legend handed down in Takachiho, was slayed by Mikeiri-no-Mikoto. The legend says that in the time of the gods, Mikeiri-no-Mikoto, the older brother of the first emperor of Japan Emperor Jinmu, slayed Kihachi in order to save Unomehime-no-Mikoto. Kihachi, however, had the ability to come back to life after a single night had passed, and so his head, torso, arms, and legs were cut off and buried in separate places. In addition to this burial mound said to contain Kihachi's head, there are two other burial mounds in Takachiho Town said to contain his body and arms and legs, respectively.
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- Takamagahara Yohaijo
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho Cho Mitai
- """Takamagahara ""is the name of heaven according to Japanese mythology. Its name literally means ""the world above the heavens,"" and it is said to have existed before the Earth was created. Its name appears in the beginning of the ancient ""Kojiki"" historical record as the place from which the gods were born. Takamagahara Yohaijo is located on a small hill extending south from Kushifuru Shrine. According to legend, this small hill is where gods would pray to heaven from afar in yearning after they had descended to Earth, and it is known as a mystical ""power spot"" where heaven and Earth are connected."
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- Takachihocho Community Center: Takachiho History & Folklore Museum
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho Cho Mitai 1515
- This community center complex opened in 1986. The center's museum houses and displays some 10 thousand cultural properties, including ancient texts, folk items, and other artefacts from ruins and historic sites connected to Takachiho and its legends and myths. Takachiho is known as a land of legend, and numerous cultural properties both physical and intangible, such as the National Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property-designated Yokagura Shinto dancing, can still be found there to this day. The museum also displays artefacts from Jomon period site excavations and items dating back to the war, and visitors can experience the ages which have passed through Takachiho.
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- Amanomanai
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Takachiho Cho Mitai 472
- According to legend, when the god Ninigi-no-Mikoto descended to Earth here, there was no water, and so the god Amenomurakumo-no-Mikoto returned to heaven and brought back a water seed which became the source of a spring. This Japanese zelkova is said to be over 1,300 years old, and a natural spring wells forth in abundance from its roots. The water of the spring seemingly never increases or decreases in amount, and is still viewed today as a sacred spring; it is also the source of Manai Falls. During Takachiho Shrine's annual festival in the spring, and Kushifuru Shrine's annual festival in the fall, a portable shrine is brought to the spring as a temporary home for the respective shrine's principle god and traditional performances of kagura song and dance are held as an offering.
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- Mitate Valley
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Hinokagecho Mitate
- This valley, situated along the upper reaches of the Hinokage River, consists of a continuous, 24-kilometer-long stretch of picturesque scenery interweaving pure mountain waters and beautiful rock formations created via countless years of erosion. The valley is a popular destination visited by large numbers of people from across the prefecture and beyond enjoying scenic driving in the area. Also known as one of the top spots for fall foliage viewing in the prefecture, the brocade of colorful leaves on the trees along the river is a truly breathtaking sight. A walking course is maintained in the area, making it easy for visitors to enjoy fresh greenery in the spring, stream activities in the summer, fall foliage in the autumn, and frost-covered trees in the winter.
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- Village of Stone Walls Togawa
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Hinokagecho Togawa
- "This small village consists of seven homes situated along the Hinokage River. The entire village is built of stunning stonework and all of the homes have stone walls and storehouses, leading to it being called the ""Village of Stone Walls."" The village's stonework consist of stones of various sizes skillfully laid on top of one another in a way that, at first glance, looks haphazard, and visitors will find the variations this creates endlessly fascinating. No clear records remain, but it is said the oldest stone wall in the village was built sometime in the Ansei era (1854-1860). A stone teahouse which offers light meals and which also doubles as a lodging facility for group training camps is located in the center of the village, and many tourists visit the establishment during the village's terraced rice field festival held at the end of April."
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- Takachihocho Tourist Association Machinaka Information Office
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- Miyazaki Nishiusuki-gun Takachihocho Mitai 802-3
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滞在五時間に周りたい希望を伝え、何時のバスでどう移動したら良いかなど教えてもらいました。路線バス少ないし、歩くには上り坂あり下り坂あり、相談して損なしです。英語しゃべる外国人おられましたが、韓国語、中国語しゃべる人おられれば尚良いです。
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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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