OitaContemporary ArtHita
Water Hammers of Onta
Water-driven hammers crushing clay along the valley; their sound is listed among Japan's hundred soundscapes worth keeping.
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OitaContemporary ArtNakatsu
Yabakei Gorge
Lava eroded into a run of pillars and walls; the scholar Rai Sanyo named it and made it famous through his writing.
OitaContemporary ArtBungo-Ōno
Harajiri Falls
A 120-metre-wide falls opening abruptly in flat farmland, cut by the river into a plateau of Aso's own ash.
OitaContemporary ArtBeppu
The Hells of Beppu
Pools of hot water divided into blue, red and white by their chemistry - geology showing its colours directly.
OitaContemporary Art
OitaContemporary ArtHita
Rivers of Hita
A town in a basin ringed by rivers, grown on boat traffic and still viewed from the water.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtTakachiho
Takachiho Gorge
Columnar joints from cooling Aso ash form seven kilometres of vertical wall, best seen looking up from a boat.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtAya
Aya Evergreen Forest
A primeval forest saved when the mayor refused a felling plan; a suspension bridge now crosses its canopy.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtNichinan
Nichinan Coast
Wave-cut ridges running along the coast, the tilt of the strata showing directly as pattern.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtGokase
Terraces of Gokase
Stone-walled paddies cut into the Kyushu range, their contour lines running in tiers across the slope.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtMorotsuka
Forestry of Morotsuka
Logs stacked for growing shiitake fill the woods; mixing conifer and broadleaf shows on the mountain as pattern.
Takachiho
Terraces of Takachiho
Terraces filling a valley named in the founding myths - story and farmland lying on the same ground.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtEbino
Ebino Highlands
Crater lakes coloured blue and green by volcanic chemistry, shifting with season and weather.
MiyazakiContemporary ArtKushima
Kojima and the Coastal Terraces
The island where monkeys were first seen washing sweet potatoes - the first record of culture transmitted among animals.
Tsuno
Farmland of Tsuno
Vineyards terraced down a slope toward the sea - farming shaping terrain into steps.
Miyazaki
Coastal Pine Belt of Hitotsuba
Pines planted against blown sand form a straight belt along the coast - a drawn line holding the land.
Hyuga
Citrus Terraces of Hyuga
Citrus terraced on stone; hyuganatsu was discovered by chance in Akae, Miyazaki City, and is a variety native to Miyazaki, now tied to the landscape that grows it.
KagoshimaContemporary ArtYakushima
Yakushima Forest
Vegetation stacked from subtropical to subarctic by altitude alone; even the logged stumps have grown second trees.
KagoshimaContemporary ArtKirishima
Volcanic Landscape of Kirishima
Over twenty volcanoes in a chain, dotted with crater lakes, and still being reshaped by each eruption.
KagoshimaContemporary ArtIbusuki
Sand Baths of Ibusuki
Bathers are buried in sand heated from below - the ground itself used as the equipment.
KagoshimaContemporary ArtAmami
Subtropical Forest of Amami
Subtropical broadleaf forest through the island's centre - the plants and birds Tanaka Isson spent his last years painting.
KagoshimaContemporary ArtYoron
Yoron Island
Administratively Kagoshima but linguistically and architecturally closer to Okinawa - an island where the border is not the boundary.
OkinawaContemporary ArtNanjo
Kudaka Island
The island of the Ryukyuan creation myth, where land is still held communally rather than owned by individuals.