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Mie

Home to Ise-Shima's coastal getaways

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Rocks at Meoto Iwa (Photo: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com)

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Matsusaka Beef

Matsusaka Beef

Chris Glenn

Matsusaka Beef is raised from specially pampered, "Japanese Black" virgin heifers or Kuro Wagyu cows. Only about 25,000 animals..

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Hinjitsukan

Hinjitsukan

Chris Glenn

Looking like a shrine, temple & small castle all rolled into one, the traditional Japanese Hinjitsukan structure was operated as..

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Umi no Cho

Umi no Cho

Justin Dart

A wonderful resort onsen hotel overlooking the ocean featuring a private beach, bars, game room, and more

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Harvest Your Own Pearls

Harvest Your Own Pearls

Bryan Baier

The Pearl Miki in Ise-Shima City in Japan's Mie Prefecture offers a pearl harvesting experience at a near-century-old pearl..

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About Mie

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kansai
Island Honshu
Capital Tsu
Population 1,854,724
Area 5,774.39 km²

Mie Prefecture (三重県, Mie-ken) is home to the Ise Jingu, Japan’s holiest shrine and dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. And the Jingu is only just the first in a long list of a wide variety of activities Mie tourists can enjoy.

Those interested in Japanese culture might want to visit Iga Ueno Castle and the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, as well as the World Heritage Site Kumano Kodo, an ancient pilgrimage route. For families, Nagashima Spa Land, the Suzuka Circuit, and the aquarium and hot springs in Toba might be more suitable.

For couples, the Meoto-Iwa (literally “Wedded Rocks”) at Futamigaura and Nabana no Sato (known for its brilliant illuminations in the winter) are two romantic date spots. 

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