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Mimitsu Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District
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WHAT TO DOMimitsu Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District
A townscape in Hyuga, said to be where Emperor Jimmu set sail; a preservation district of traditional buildings.
WHEREMiyazaki
Miyazaki
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A townscape in Hyuga, said to be where Emperor Jimmu set sail; a preservation district of traditional buildings.
About this place
An Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in Mimitsu, Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture. It prospered as a port town from the Edo to Meiji periods, and traces of shipping wholesalers remain in its white-walled storehouses and cobbled townscape. There are the Hyuga City History and Folklore Museum, a reconstruction of a former shipping wholesaler, and Mimitsu Machinami Center, a rest area. The setting of the Hyuga myth of Emperor Jimmu's departure by ship, its specialty is Ofunade dango.
