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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. From November to February each year the night kagura is performed here, village by village, in private houses and kagura lodgings. From evening until the next morning, thirty-three dances are dedicated over a single night. An Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, it continues not as a spectacle but as something the village does for itself.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIt stands on an island ringed by the wave-cut rock shelves called the devil's washboard, and is covered in subtropical plants.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIts deity is the rock cave in which Amaterasu is said to have shut herself away. The nearby Amanoyasukawara is the cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIt enshrines Emperor Jimmu. Known for the great torii on its approach and a white wisteria over 600 years old.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesFirst shrine of Hyuga Province. Emperor Jimmu is said to have prayed here before his eastern campaign.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesA gorge of columnar jointing, formed when Aso pyroclastic flow set hard and the river cut through it. The Manai Falls drop into it.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesThe cave where the gods are said to have gathered to confer. Countless stones stacked by worshippers stand in rows.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesTwo cedars joined at the root. Walk round them three times hand in hand, they say, and the bond is made.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesIt enshrines Konohanasakuya-hime, and carries a tradition of being the birthplace of Japanese sake.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesStone steps said to have been built by an ogre in one night. A sacred stone, cut clean through, remains here.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the birthplace of Emperor Jimmu. Its cedar-lined approach runs a long way.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of Nobeoka, standing on a hill above the town.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be where Amaterasu lived after she came out of the rock cave.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesHeld to be the place of the descent of the heavenly grandson. Originally the mountain itself was the deity.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesSaid to be where Sarutahiko and Ame-no-Uzume were married. A deity of the performing arts.
MiyazakiShrines & TemplesRevered as a deity of the eyes. It carries the legend of Taira no Kagekiyo.
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MiyazakiShrines & TemplesA great camphor with a hollow at its base. Passing through it is said to grant a child.