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Miyazaki

Tropical palms and prize-winning jitokko chicken

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Top Attractions in Miyazaki

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Miyazaki Top 10

  1. Ikoma Plateau Cosmos Festival
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    Ikoma Plateau Cosmos Festival

    Activities
  2. Hinokage Chestnut Festival
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    Hinokage Chestnut Festival

    Culture
  3. Ama-no-Iwato
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    Ama-no-Iwato

    Takachiho
  4. Takachiho Yokagura
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    Takachiho Yokagura

    Takachiho
  5. Obi Town - the 'Kyoto of Kyushu'
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    Obi Town - the 'Kyoto of Kyushu'

    Nichinan
  6. Trip to Takachiho
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    Trip to Takachiho

    Takachiho
  7. Hiking in Beautiful Kaeda Valley
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    Hiking in Beautiful Kaeda Valley

    Beauty & Spa
  8. Night Dances at Takachiho Shrine
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    Night Dances at Takachiho Shrine

    Takachiho
  9. The Miyazaki Shrine Forest - Part 1
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    The Miyazaki Shrine Forest - Part 1

    Culture
  10. Yunomiya Zaronbai Plum Garden Illuminations
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    Yunomiya Zaronbai Plum Garden Illuminations

    Activities

Upcoming Miyazaki Events

Hinokage Chestnut Festival 2025
Culture

Hinokage Chestnut Festival 2025

Late Sep

If you'd like to satiate your chestnut cravings, a two-day event at the Four Seasons Fureai Mall in Miyazaki will be serving..

Ikoma Plateau Cosmos Festival 2025
Activities

Ikoma Plateau Cosmos Festival 2025

Late Sep - Late Oct

Each year in autumn, Miyazaki Prefecture's Ikoma Plateau is filled with colorful cosmos flowers in several varieties.

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Where to eat in Miyazaki

Chiara Bella
Italian

Chiara Bella

Paul Arenson-Kawano

Chef Fumi, friendly and gifted, with over 10 years experience in central and southern Italy, cooks up a feast for a reasonable price...

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Places to stay in Miyazaki

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Latest Miyazaki Reports

Inside Nobeoka
Culture

Inside Nobeoka

Arlene Bastion

Nobeoka's rivers and shrines together with the well kept Nobeoka Castle ruins and Bell make being inside Nobeoka as lively as..

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About Miyazaki

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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 Kyushu
Island Kyushu
Capital Miyazaki
Population 1,135,233
Area 7,735.31 km²

Take a look around Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県, Miyazaki-ken) and you’ll see why it was a very popular honeymoon destination during the 1960’s (before Okinawa was returned to Japan and international travel became more affordable). Takachiho Gorge and Aoshima Island are both extremely beautiful sights, while the Udo Jingu, dedicated to Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan, is built in a cave on a cliff.

The prefecture’s warm climate, exotic Phoenix palm trees, and delicious mango fruit will give you the illusion of being in a tropical country. And speaking of food, some can’t-miss Miyazaki dishes are chicken nanban and niku-maki onigiri, both of which go very well with shochu sake, which the prefecture is renowned for. 

The prefecture is still a great resort spot today, and if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of Japan’s big cities, then Miyazaki is the place to go.

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